Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 6 March 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 6 March 2003, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

THURSDAY 6th MARCH

1   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101541)

2   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101566)

3   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his Ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101486)

4   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many working days were lost owing to industrial action by staff in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in 2002.

(101511)

5   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent developments there have been in developing a UK resilience strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(101643)

6   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101568)

7   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101546)

8   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101483)

9   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with shareholders about the most effective economic instruments for (a) limiting and (b) reducing the aviation industry's contribution to (i) climate change, (ii) local air quality and (iii) noise pollution.

(101514)

10   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the contribution Public Service Agreements will make to the Government's sustainable development strategy.

(101506)

11   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a sustainable development appraisal of the Spending Review 2002.

(101505)

12   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 33W, on revenue qualifying regimes, whether changes to the qualifying regime will be subject to an assessment of the likely impact to those on low incomes.

(101810)

13
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will announce the date of the Budget

(101080)

14
N   Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been contributed to environmental projects as a result of the Landfill Tax Credit scheme.

(101132)

15   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the prospects for the United Kingdom meeting the Maastricht criteria relating to budget deficits.

(101645)

16   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment HM Treasury has made regarding the level of house price inflation in the UK economy.

(101698)

17   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to retain standard rate VAT on participation fees under the new gross profits tax system for bingo.

(101755)

18   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of a gross profits tax system on the opportunity for growth for licensed bingo clubs.

(101756)

19   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 28th February, Official Report, column 1568W, on Manufacturing Investment, whether he intends to extend the period of allowances for investments in plant and machinery; and if he will make a statement.

(101798)

20   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenue has been received from insurance premium tax in each year since 1997.

(101704)

21   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Department began work on the Green Paper, The Financial System and Major Operational Disruption.

(101699)

22   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the benefits change from bingo duty to gross profits tax will bring for (a) bingo players and (b) licensed bingo clubs.

(101757)

23   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions officials from his Department have had with representatives of (a) employers and (b) employees concerning the cost of insurance premiums.

(101700)

24   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to reduce the tax burden on licensed bingo.

(101754)

25   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of Britain's GDP was spent on Research and Development in the last year for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the average proportion of GDP spent on Research and Development in (a) the EU, (b) Japan and (c) the United States of America.

(101479)

26   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many self assessment taxpayers have not submitted a tax return for financial year 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(101760)

27   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish Treasury investment appraisal guidance used to construct public sector comparators; and if he will make a statement.

(101759)

28   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance the Centre for Non-Residents has issued for British nationals (a) returning from countries neighbouring Iraq and (b) otherwise affected by Foreign Office advice on safety, concerning their tax liability and legal residency for financial year 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(101781)

29   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what methodology is used to calculate monthly public sector net investment statistics; and if he will make a statement.

(101758)

30   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(101783)

31
N   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the yield of increasing the rate of national insurance contributions payable by married women by 1 per cent. of the reduced rate.

(101418)

32   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the pension rights of clergy.

(101436)

33   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to his oral statement of 3rd February, Official Report, column 20, on Church Repairs and VAT, when he expects the review of the sixth VAT directive to be completed.

(101642)

34   Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the annual cost of providing free television licences for retired people over the ages of (a) 70 years and (b) 65 years.

(101811)

35   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to devolve the distributor arrangement for the operation of the National Lottery in Scotland.

(101744)

36   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on Government support for the UK film industry since 1997.

(101641)

37   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the administrative costs were for the (a) Designated Museums Challenge Fund grants, (b) Wolfson Public Libraries Fund grants and (c) Spaces for Sport and Art grants in the last financial year.

(101481)

38   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to promote (a) tourist attractions and (b) resorts outside London.

(101421)

39   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total Government expenditure on the promotion of tourism in the UK to visitors from overseas was in 2002.

(101423)

40   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to increase the numbers of visitors to the UK from (a) EU countries and (b) non-EU countries.

(101422)

41   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets are identified under the current grant-in-aid funding agreement with the English Tourism Council.

(101424)

42   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the US Government asked for permission for the US National Guard to be based at (a) RAF Mildenhall, (b) RAF Lakenheath and (c) JAC Molesworth; who gave permission; and how many US National Guard are based at each of the bases.

(101689)

43   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the US formally asked permission from the UK Government to deploy B52 bombers to British bases for anticipated operations in Iraq; if he will list the bases involved; and when the UK Government gave its consent.

(101686)

44   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US B-52s have been authorised to deploy to RAF Fairford; for how long; with which types of ordnance US B52s will be armed while deployed at RAF Fairford; and whether these will include the Joint Direct Attack Munition.

(101687)

45   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) US, (b) RAF, (c) MOD and (d) Ministry of Defence Police Agency personnel are deployed at RAF Fylingdales.

(101688)

46   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his Ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101491)

47   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101561)

48   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101536)

49   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many working days were lost owing to industrial action by staff in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in 2002.

(101510)

50   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the UK's home defence capability.

(101670)

51
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK forces are normally deployed in Diego Garcia, broken down by rank; and how many, broken down by rank, are currently deployed.

(101236)

52
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements exist for members of the US National Guard to be deployed at US bases in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(101235)

53
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational status is of RAF Fairford.

(101172)

54
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British personnel are on peace-keeping duties, broken down by (a) regiment and (b) location.

(101170)

55
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change the number of personnel on peace-keeping operations in (a) Bosnia, (b) Kosovo, (c) Sierra Leone and (d) Afghanistan.

(101171)

56
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enquiries from (a) reservists and (b) the families of reservists he has received concerning miscalculation of their enhanced pay since being called up.

(101231)

57
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the (a) allowances and (b) enhanced pay paid to reservists were last increased.

(101232)

58
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to lay orders before the House increasing the allowances and enhanced pay to reservists.

(101233)

59
N   Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what experience of tenders for civil aircraft contracts was available to the assessor of the Wattisham Air Traffic contract.

(101373)

60
N   Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the main differences were between the risk assessments used in the first and second assessments of the Wattisham Air Traffic contract.

(101374)

61   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from his Department with responsibility for media and communications operations are (a) in the Gulf and (b) on their way to the Gulf; and if he will make a statement.

(101593)

62
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, ref 99186, where and how the RAF Continuous Attitude Survey was published in September 2002;and if he will make a statement.

(101369)

63   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms exist for servicemen and women on operations to raise concerns and complaints about their welfare; and if he will make a statement.

(101592)

64   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British aircraft participated in recent coalition attacks on Iraqi ground positions; and if he will make a statement.

(101594)

65   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the SKYNET-5 Project.

(101595)

66
N   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the urgent operational requirements in respect of Operation Telic, broken down where available by individual urgent operation requirement together with the total value.

(101417)

67   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last visited the Vale of York to discuss training of RAF pilots; and if he will make a statement.

(101644)

68   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel are stationed in Sudan.

(101600)

69   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations have been established in his Department into the role played by Royal Ordnance in providing military equipment and explosives to Iraq.

(101651)

70   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the proposed sale by QinetiQ of Longcross Tanklands to Crest and Mowlem Ltd.

(101653)

71
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the consequences will be for troops operating in the Iraq area of the Iraq Atomic Energy Commission's possession of (a) E-coli, (b) genetic materials and (c) human and bacterial DNA.

(101402)

72
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has received about the amount of (a) bacillus anthracis, (b) clostridium botulinum, (c) histoplasma capsulatum, (d) brucella melitensis and (e) clostridium perfingens which have been exported from the USA to Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(101401)

73
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has received a copy of the pages of the Riegle Report published by the US Senate on 25th May 1994, which lists the materials exported to Iraq which could contribute to a biological warfare programme; and if he will seek to establish from the USA what threat these materials provide to troops engaged in warfare with Iraq.

(101400)

74   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funds, in each of the last five years, have been provided to local authorities to make provision for replacement or repair of (a) leaking piping and (b) lead piping within public sector housing.

(101680)

75   Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will issue guidance to rural authorities about council tax relief for service personnel on duty in Afghanistan and the Gulf.

(101740)

76   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his Ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101489)

77   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101565)

78   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101542)

79   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many working days were lost owing to industrial action by staff in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in 2002.

(101507)

80   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to include proposals for (a) increasing provision of official traveller sites and (b) a system of charging fees for site usage of traveller sites in the Housing Bill.

(101813)

81
N   Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government Office for the South-East has to facilitate a light rail link between High Wycombe and Bourne End.

(101370)

82
N   Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how council tenants and council leaseholders will be able to receive independent advice on the implications of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 for the consultation procedures involved in housing stock transfer.

(100880)

83
N   Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice he has given to local authorities and housing associations on the implications of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 for the housing stock transfer process.

(100881)

84
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the next round of the Starter Homes Initiative will begin.

(100454)

85
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many lecturers working in further education colleges have purchased homes with assistance from funds from the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme.

(100455)

86   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much uncollected poll tax revenue remains outstanding in the UK, broken down by local authority.

(101512)

87   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the current market valuation of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre; what plans he has to privatise this facility; and if he will make a statement.

(101706)

88   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the (a) annual running costs and (b) net annual cost to the Exchequer of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in each year from 1990-91 to 2005-06 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(101707)

89   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment has been made of the value for money of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre; and if he will make a statement.

(101581)

90   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cases of (a) misuse, (b) forgery and (c) breach of copyright of logos of local authorities on proofs of identity have (i) occurred and (ii) been successfully prosecuted in the last three years.

(101753)

91   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures his Department (a) has put in place and (b) plans to put in place to stop (i) forgeries and (ii) breach of copyright of logos of local authorities on proofs of identity.

(101752)

92   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Standard Spending Assessment was for each year between 1996-97 and 2002-03 and the Formula Standard Spend for 2002-03 and 2003-04 and the percentage change in each year from the previous year, for the Isle of Wight (a) in total and (b) broken down by major funding blocks; and what the aggregate external finance was for each year.

(101556)

93   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the 1991 Census definition was of urban areas; and what proportion of (a) the land area and (b) the population falls within such areas in each local authority.

(101649)

94   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the value was of each grant paid to public sector bodies in London in the last year before the creation of the Greater London Authority for transport and highways purposes, including the highways and transport element of rate support grant; what sum was paid to the Greater London Authority in the last year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement on the methodology for determining that grant.

(101550)

95   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how, in establishing formula spending share, he measured sparsity in calculating (a) the older people element of the social services formulas, (b) the police formula and (c) the EPCS formula; and in each case (i) what proportion of the relevant aggregate FSS allocation was distributed on the basis of sparsity and (ii) if he will list the authorities which benefited from the sparsity measure in each allocation.

(101548)

96   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the authorities which benefited from the coastline factor in the fire service formula; and what proportion of the aggregate fire service FSS allocation was distributed on the basis of the coastline factor.

(101549)

97
N   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for encouraging the use of double and triple glazed windows to improve energy conservation in (a) homes and (b) commercial buildings.

(101117)

98   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent guidance has been issued by his Department on the symbols and markings included on Ordnance Survey maps; what assessment he has made of the Ordnance Survey's decision to omit the traditional symbols and markings indicating (a) civil and parish boundaries, (b) national park boundaries and (c) churches from future editions of its maps; and if he will make a statement.

(101719)

99
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people obtained career development loans in Redcar and Cleveland in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) course studied.

(101223)

100
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland (a) applied for and (b) obtained career development loans in each of the last five years; and what the rate of default is on repayment in each of the last three years.

(101225)

101
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance the Department gives for (a) rates of repayment and (b) income levels for the commencement of the repayment of career development loans.

(101226)

102
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action is taken to publicise the availability of career development loans.

(101224)

103   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101562)

104   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101482)

105   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101545)

106   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many working days were lost owing to industrial action by staff in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in 2002.

(101534)

107   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the involvement of British higher education in the Bologna process.

(101721)

108   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what ratio of students on bachelor or higher degree courses to students on foundation degree courses he plans for the additional numbers of students entering higher education by 2010.

(101735)

109   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what figures his Department collates on the incidence of (a) violence and (b) harassment perpetrated (i) by higher and further education staff on students and (ii) by students on higher and further education staff.

(101727)

110   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is his policy to set access targets for higher education.

(101720)

111
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the purpose is of the project being carried out by Jigsaw Research for his Department.

(101399)

112   Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people entered higher education from (a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire in each year since 1997.

(101697)

113   Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the post-16 staying on rate was for (a) Doncaster and (b) Barnsley in (i) 1992, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 2002.

(101696)

114   Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when education maintenance awards will be introduced in (a) Blackpool and (b) Lancashire.

(101492)

115
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will reply to the letter of 28th November 2002 from the honourable Member for Manchester Central on the collection and recording of information on pupils' ethnic background.

(100288)

116   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact on education of proposals coming forward from the Convention on the Future of Europe.

(101797)

117   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the length of consultation provided on the consultation documents on partial regulatory impact assessments published on 17th February meets the requirements laid out in the code of practice on written consultation published by the Cabinet Office in November 2000; and if she will make a statement.

(101674)

118   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much water was estimated to be lost from water pipes broken down by (a) company supply pipes and (b) piping between the water company connection point and the householder's tap in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2002.

(101681)

119   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which water companies (a) have and (b) have not accepted responsibility for a free leak repair service for domestic supply pipes.

(101685)

120   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of households pay for water supplies based on the 1973 rateable value of the property, broken down by supplier area.

(101692)

121   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that there are markets for waste electrical equipment diverted from landfill.

(101691)

122   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to conduct research on the relationship between production and consumption with reference to the delivery of sustainable development.

(101672)

123   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of households are supplied by private water suppliers.

(101695)

124   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the continuation of charging regimes for drinking water based on 1973 rateable values.

(101693)

125   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies (a) have been conducted and (b) are planned to establish the extent of lead contamination in drinking water in (i) hard and (ii) soft water areas.

(101678)

126   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that leakage levels in piping between the water company connection point and the householder's tap are reduced.

(101682)

127   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to assist householders, particularly those on a low income, who wish (a) to test their domestic drinking water systems to ensure that they are free from lead contamination and (b) to replace or repair domestic drinking water systems contaminated by lead solder.

(101679)

128   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that lead pipes carrying water into domestic properties are replaced.

(101677)

129   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of drinking water is carried through (a) blue asbestos pipes and (b) lead pipes.

(101684)

130   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent studies (a) have been conducted and (b) are planned to establish the extent of leaking pipes in (i) the public water supply and (ii) domestic and business properties.

(101683)

131   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of domestic customers she estimates have relied on lead pipes for connections to company supplies of drinking water in each year since 1992.

(101676)

132   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses have been received to the consultation documents on partial regulatory impact assessments published on 17th February on (a) flytipping, (b) local environmental quality and (c) street furniture broken down by (i) local authority, (ii) business, (iii) NGO, (iv) individual and (v) other sources; and if she will place a list of respondees in the Library.

(101675)

133   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses were received on the consultation document Living Places-Powers, Rights, Responsibilities, broken down by (a) local authority, (b) business, (c) NGO, (d) individual and (e) other sources; and if she will place a list of respondees in the Library.

(101673)

134   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of the monitoring by local authorities of drinking water originating from private suppliers.

(101694)

135   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of her Department's officials have been seconded to (a) Greenpeace and (b) other NGOs since 1st January 2002; and on what areas of policy seconded individuals have worked.

(101702)

136   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of her Department's officials have been seconded to (a) British Energy, (b) BNFL and (c) other (i) companies and (ii) NGOs involved in the nuclear sector since 1st January 2002; and on what areas of policy seconded individuals have worked.

(101701)

137   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) British Energy, (b) BNFL, (c) Greenpeace, (d) Friends of the Earth and (e) other (i) companies and (ii) NGOs staff have been seconded to her Department since 1st January 2002; and on what areas of policy seconded individuals have worked.

(101703)

138   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 11th February, Official Report, column 664W, on nuclear fuel reprocessing, if she will list the different radioactive materials that make up (a) the low level waste, (b) the intermediate level waste and (c) the high level waste.

(101437)

139   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on Linking Environment and Farming.

(101435)

140   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of her visit to the Linking Environment and Farming project in Wirral South.

(101671)

141   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many disposals of land (a) under 100 acres and (b) over 100 acres have been completed by the Forestry Commission in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales.

(101739)

142   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her policy towards Forestry Commission disposals of land to (a) community purchase and (b) smallholding farmers.

(101742)

143
N   Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to prevent flooding in Marlow and Medmenham.

(101371)

144
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether every country in the EU is implementing the Directive regarding horse passports; what recent discussions she has had with the European Commission on further derogation to exempt the UK from compulsory horse passports; what further consultation there will be with the UK horse industry on the implementation of the horse passport scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(101253)

145   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Environment Council on 4th March; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting records; and if she will make a statement.

(101747)

146
N   Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's official estimates are for the total of UK carbon dioxide emissions in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002; what proportion of each total is attributable to emissions from the domestic sector, as defined in the UNECE definitions of end user groups; and whether the Government has made an estimate of what those levels will be in 2003.

(100878)

147
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the use of downward directed lighting and to improve the visibility of the night sky.

(101185)

148
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking to curb light pollution; and if she will make a statement.

(101186)

149
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of energy wasted by street lighting directed above the horizontal.

(101184)

150   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the administrative costs were for (a) Food and Farming grants, (b) EU Fisheries grants, (c) Land Use and Rural Affairs grants and (d) Environment grants in the last financial year for which figures are available.

(101494)

151
N   Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commission further research on the impact of intensive rearing of broiler chickens on (a) human and (b) animal health.

(101118)

152   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned in the last two years into the UK turkey meat market.

(101570)

153   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning the import into the UK of whole turkeys from Brazil at below production cost.

(101573)

154   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made representations concerning the non-compliance of Brazil with EU residue testing and veterinary certification requirements.

(101571)

155   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101567)

156   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101540)

157   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his Ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101487)

158   Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received about the state of health of the Palestinian MP, Marwan Barghouti; and what representations he is making to ensure that Israel complies with articles 30, 31 and 32 of the Third Geneva Convention and Articles 91 and 92 of the Fourth Geneva Convention in respect of its treatment of Mr Barghouti.

(101574)

159
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held with his Turkish counterpart concerning the decision of the Turkish parliament on their government's request to allow UN troops to use Turkey as a place from which to attack Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(101234)

160
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will put a copy of the Annan 3 proposals for a Cyprus Summit in the Library.[R]

(101248)

161   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government concerning (a) the resettlement of Bedouin in the Negev and (b) the provision of services to Bedouin in the Negev; and if he will make a statement.

(101584)

162   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on US plans for US military administration in Iraq following military action.

(101597)

163   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the policy of his government to support a UN administration in Iraq following any change of regime in that country.

(101598)

164   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the UK's relations with European countries with regard to Iraq.

(101646)

165   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will seek to incorporate the UK's opt-out from the euro in the draft document from the Convention on the Future of Europe.

(101655)

166   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on the progress of peace negotiations in Sudan.

(101590)

167   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals are employed in the southern oil fields of Sudan.

(101587)

168   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Sudan on the clearances of villages in the oil field area of Southern Sudan.

(101586)

169   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals are imprisoned in Saudi Arabia; and what discussions he has had with the Saudi government on their behalf.

(101708)

170
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress is being made on women's access to justice in Afghanistan.

(101230)

171
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action has been taken on UN Resolution 57/232 on human rights and Iraq.

(101229)

172
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to encourage Afghanistan to ratify CEDAW.

(101228)

173   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Baroness Amos had with the Government of Angola regarding (a) illegal diamond trafficking, (b) mine removal programmes, (c) the peace process in that country and (d) humanitarian aid to that country during her recent visit to Africa; and if she will make a statement.

(101801)

174   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the recent vote in the Turkish Parliament regarding the deployment of military troops to that country; and if he will make a statement.

(101776)

175   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) European and (b) African partners regarding re-scheduling the postponed EU-African meeting that was intended to be held in April; what date and location have been agreed; what impact cancelling this meeting will have on relations between the two regions; and if he will make a statement.

(101779)

176   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those persons the Baroness Amos met during her recent visit to Africa; what discussions she had on the role of Zimbabwe within the African Union during that visit; and if he will make a statement.

(101777)

177   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the latest situation in the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo; what steps his Department is taking to address this situation; and if he will make a statement.

(101772)

178   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list assets frozen under EU sanctions against Zimbabwe broken down by (a) name of account holder, (b) amount and (c) date on which they were frozen; what impact freezing these assets has had upon the political situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.

(101778)

179   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Baroness Amos has had with the Government of Guinea regarding the present situation in the Ivory Coast; what steps his Department is taking to address this situation; and if he will make a statement.

(101773)

180   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what applications (a) Mr Robert Mugabe and (b) other Zimbabweans subject to the EU travel ban have made to visit Europe in the next three months; and if he will make a statement.

(101780)

181   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Baroness Amos had with the Government of Guinea regarding the present dispute between Liberia and Sierra Leone during her recent visit to Africa; what assessment he has made of the impact of this dispute on the region; what steps his Department is taking to address this situation; and if he will make a statement.

(101774)

182   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the Governments of (a) Guinea, (b) Cameroon and (c) Angola regarding the disarmament of Iraq and UN Resolution 1441; during her recent visit to Africa, what the conclusion of those discussions was; and if he will make a statement.

(101775)

183   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Baroness Amos had on (a) the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (b) the Kimberley diamonds process and (c) conflict prevention measures in the region during her recent visit to Africa; and if he will make a statement.

(101800)

184   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of whether the EU is on course to meet the Lisbon target of making the EU the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion by 2010; what method of assessment is being employed; and if he will make a statement.

(101480)

185   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evaluation the Government has made of the state of the Lisbon process; and if he will make a statement.

(101478)

186
N   David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 16th January regarding a constituent.

(101086)

187   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101539)

188   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101558)

189   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his Ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101488)

190
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care home beds there are in Greater London; and how many there were in May 1997.

(101250)

191
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GPs and (b) GP practices there are in Greater London; and how many there were in May 1997.

(101249)

192
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest average waiting time is for a GP appointment in Great London; and what the average waiting time for a GP appointment was in May 1997.

(101252)

193
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the cost to the NHS in each of the last five years of asylum seekers (a) in Greater London and (b) in England.

(101251)

194   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February to the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, Official Report, column 514W, on the Care Standards Act 2000, if he will place copies of the consultation in the Library.

(101799)

195   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on increasing the availability of beta interferon for MS sufferers in Sutton.

(101513)

196   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patients forums will be set up before community health councils are abolished on 1st September.

(101580)

197
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the hospital trusts which have indicated an interest in foundation status.

(101376)

198   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients waited up to (a) four weeks, (b) 13 weeks and (c) 26 weeks for their first outpatient appointment following GP referral; and how many patients were waiting for over 13 weeks at quarter end, for thoracic medicine, in (i) England and (ii) each NHS region in each quarter since Q1 1997.

(101583)

199   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the parliamentary questions numbered (a) 98918 and (b) 98920 tabled by the honourable Member for Oxford West and Abingdon and (c) 98919 tabled by the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam.

(101582)

200
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set up a specialist centre of excellence within the NHS for dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.

(101084)

201
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure the NHS can cope with increase in demand for specialist mental health services as a result of forthcoming military action in the Gulf.

(101082)

202
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of the British armed forces who served in the last Gulf war were subsequently diagnosed with mental health problems.

(101081)

203
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set up a system of specialist mental health services for returning service men and women along the lines of that in the US.

(101085)

204
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific financial provision he has made for increase in demand for specialist mental health services following forthcoming military action in the Gulf.

(101083)

205   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the BMA concerning NHS consultants' contracts in Wales.

(101426)

206   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales' Secretary for Health concerning NHS consultants' contracts in Wales.

(101425)

207   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on NHS funding of a growing list of NICE approved treatments.

(101577)

208   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research into opioid substitution therapy.

(101578)

209
N   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the dairy industry about the proposed changes to the welfare food scheme.

(101127)

210   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances there have been since January of the detection of nitrofuran in poultry meat imported from Brazil; and what steps have been taken to respond to these.

(101572)

211   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he collects on the relationship between the distance from home patients are treated and their recovery rate from acute conditions.

(101555)

212
N   Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners at Wakefield Prison have had their status reduced from enhanced to standard in the last 12 months; and how many prisoners are in each category.

(101379)

213   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101476)

214   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101557)

215   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101535)

216   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 17 year olds have been (a) questioned, (b) arrested and (c) charged in the past 12 months.

(101728)

217   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements have been put in place by the Youth Justice Board to undertake the work that was being done by The Children's Society's National Remand and Review Initiative.

(101729)

218   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Commission for Racial Equality's report into Feltham Young Offender's Institution will be published.

(101730)

219
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th January, Official Report, column 287-8W, on the Criminal Records Bureau, if he will place in the Library a copy of the CRB application form for (a) basic, (b) standard and (c) enhanced disclosures and the guidance notes for (i) before and (ii) after they were modified.

(100164)

220
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the inquiry headed by Patrick Carter into the Criminal Records Bureau cost.

(100165)

221
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) internal hacking and (b) external hacking incidents categorised as (i) access denied, (ii) browsing, (iii) password abuse, (iv) privilege abuse, (v) data stolen/disclosed, (vi) files deleted/damaged, (vii) fraud and (viii) other were reported by each Department contributing to the Unified Reporting and Alert Scheme.

(100166)

222
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to permit airlines to refuse to accept passengers who are being deported or removed by order of the Government where such passengers cause disruption and distress to others; and if he will make a statement.

(101398)

223
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passengers have been removed from the United Kingdom on scheduled airlines pursuant to Government deportation or removal orders under section 27 of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the last three years; and at what cost to public funds.

(101416)

224
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers known to his Department are in the UK and not in receipt of any kind of benefit; and how many there were at the same date in each of the last three years.

(101237)

225   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals have been received by the Criminal Records Bureau since its inception; how many of those referrals have been completed and responded to; how many are pending; and how many the bureau was unable to fulfil.

(101603)

226   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have made applications for clearance by the Criminal Records Bureau on more than one occasion since it was formed; and what proportion of these have resulted in an applicant being charged more than one fee for the service.

(101602)

227   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applicants for clearance by the Criminal Records Bureau from within the teaching profession have not yet received their disclosure certificates.

(101601)

228
N   Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are registered at the Hinton Hotel, Fareham by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.

(101377)

229   Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the effectiveness of the Community Safety Partnership is (a) monitored and (b) inspected.

(101495)

230   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with fellow ministers in EU governments regarding (a) the provision of a rapid reaction civil emergency force within the EU and (b) coordination at the EU level of measures needed to facilitate civil emergency planning.

(101596)

231   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th February, Official Report, column 321W, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the provisions cited in his Answer in helping the UK to meet its obligations under the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention.

(101809)

232   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to ensure that all persons employed by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are either UK citizens or have valid work permits.

(101650)

233
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will invite Ms MAA (A1161869) to attend the asylum screening unit in connection with her asylum application.

(100289)

234   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the administrative costs were of (a) Active Community Unit grants, (b) Race Equality grants and (c) Refugee Integration Unit grants in the last financial year.

(101493)

235   Mr Sio(r)n Simon (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the closure of the Birmingham Public Enquiry Office of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate; and when it is expected to reopen.

(101660)

236   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which PFI funded prisons have payments to the contractors related to reoffending rates.

(101763)

237   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were in (a) PFI and (b) non-PFI funded prisons at the latest date for which information is available.

(101761)

238   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of savings realised from PFI funded prisons which are due to (a) capital costs and (b) running costs in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(101762)

239   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which contingent liabilities for which his Department has responsibility have matured in each of the last five financial years; and if he will make a statement.

(101767)

240   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the total cost of spending related to illegal drugs by government departments, broken down by (a) department and (b) drug; and if he will make a statement.

(101765)

241   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the avarage cost per year of a prisoner held in (a) PFI funded and (b) non PFI funded prisons in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(101764)

242   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Criminal Records Bureau has supplied inaccurate information about an individual; on how many occasions the supply of inaccurate information resulted in (a) the denial of a job to that individual and (b) the offer of a job to an individual who would normally be disbarred from taking that job; and if he will make a statement.

(101790)

243
N   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) suicide and (b) other self-harm there were in women's prisons in each of the last 24 months (i) in total and (ii) in each institution; and if he will make a statement.

(101378)

244   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on aid to be made available to Iraq for the forthcoming year.

(101647)

245   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the administrative costs were of the (a) Social Science Research Fund, (b) Financial Deepening Challenge Fund, (c) Development Awareness Fund, (d) Education Research Programme, (e) Asia Regional Poverty Fund, (f) Tourism Challenge Fund, (g) Civil Society Challenge Fund, (h) Renewable Natural Resources Knowledge Strategy Fund, (i) Engineering Knowledge and Research Programme, (j) Business Linkage Challenge Fund and (k) Enterprise Development Innovation Fund in the last financial year.

(101477)

246   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support her Department gives for the provision of (a) ultrasound and (b) other prenatal scanning technology.

(101496)

247   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list those (a) countries and (b) organisations her Department financially supports for the provision of (i) ultrasound and (ii) other prenatal scanning technology; and how much is given to each such country and organisation.

(101497)

248   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Sudanese Government in relation to aid available to their internally displaced persons in Southern Sudan.

(101591)

249   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the UK has given to Sudan in the last 12 months.

(101588)

250   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the governments of (a) Uganda, (b) Kenya and (c) Ethiopia in relation to the refugee situation on their borders with Sudan.

(101589)

251
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of whether UN Security Council Resolution 1325 is being implemented in the work of reconstruction in Afghanistan.

(101227)

252   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the impact on Iraqi civilians, in terms of (a) hunger and (b) disease, of military hostilities against Iraq.

(101652)

253   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the (a) cost and (b) logistics of aid operations established to replace the oil for food programme for Iraq.

(101654)

254   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the UN regarding the rights of third country nationals to receive UNHCR care in the transit centres of Grand Gedeh County, Liberia.

(101716)

255   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to increase its funding to the International Organisation for Migration.

(101715)

256   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the UN regarding the food scarcity affecting (a) third party nationals, (b) Russian refugees and (c) Liberian returnees in UNHCR transit centres in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia.

(101717)

257   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the International Organisation for Migration regarding the provision of care to third country nationals in the event of military intervention in Iraq.

(101714)

258   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the security situation in UNHCR transit centres and surrounding villages in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia.

(101718)

259   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the governments of (a) France, (b) Mali, (c) Burkina Faso, (d) Togo and (e) Senegal regarding their nationals trapped in refugee camps on the border of Liberia and the Ivory Coast.

(101713)

260   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the UN regarding the funding of a visit by the International Organisation for Migration to Liberia.

(101712)

261   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(101789)

262   Mr Tony Banks (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he has received a copy of Professor Montgomery's report commissioned by his Department on the hare population in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(101575)

263   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated impact on the environment the European Union Working Time Directive will have in respect of carbon dioxide emissions from heavy goods vehicles in Northern Ireland; and if he will seek derogation from this Directive on behalf of the quarrying and construction industries.

(101738)

264   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners have been released under the early release scheme since 10th April 1998; to which paramilitary groups they were affiliated; how many have been recalled due to further criminal activity; and how many would still be in prison today if the early release scheme was not in operation.

(101737)

265   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many working days were lost owing to industrial action by staff in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in 2002.

(101508)

266   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his Ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101485)

267   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101543)

268   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101564)

269   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what appeals procedures (a) exist and (b) are planned for residents of Northern Ireland whose property is subject to a compulsory purchase order; and if he will make a statement.

(101569)

270   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(101788)

271   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to publish the actions which the Government of Iraq must take in order to avoid conflict with Her Majesty's forces, and the maximum length of time in which those actions must be completed; and if he will make a statement.

(101502)

272   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with other governments about the costs of (a) a conflict in Iraq and (b) the subsequent occupation of the country.

(101636)

273
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the (a) Convention on the Future of Europe and (b) Gibraltar were discussed at his meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister on 27th February; what the outcome of the discussions was; and if he will make a statement.

(101375)

274   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Prime Minister, what records the Government has kept of claims by Mr Hussain Karnell relating to the destruction of weapons by Iraq.

(101736)

275   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if she will place a copy in the Library.

(101787)

276   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the transmission losses of electricity in the UK in 2002, broken down by supplier; and what percentage of total electricity supplied this represents.

(101690)

277   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what records she holds of arrangements entered into by UK companies to license the production overseas of controlled goods; and whether the details of these arrangements are publicly available.

(101711)

278   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what records she holds of offsets arranged by UK companies as part of the conditions of sale of controlled goods to overseas buyers; and if the details of these offsets are publicly available.

(101710)

279
N   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that British companies are able fairly to compete for reconstruction work in post-conflict Iraq.

(101372)

280   Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on progress in reinstating pension rises for miners sacked as a result of the 1984 industrial dispute.

(101812)

281   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on representations by the Scottish Executive on her policy on rural pharmacists.

(101743)

282   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of broadband coverage in Liverpool; and if she will make a statement.

(101420)

283   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd March, ref 99985, if she will list the official visits to (a) companies, (b) universities and (c) organisations by (i) the Minister for Science and (ii) the Chief Scientific Adviser in the last six months.

(101709)

284
N   Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many enforcement orders have been issued in respect of fair estimate agreements since the introduction of the National Minimum Wage Regulations; and what assessment she has made of the number of fair estimate agreements entered into in that period.

(101254)

285
N   Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association tenancy agreements have been received by the Office of Fair Trading for investigation under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.

(100879)

286   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many UK companies are operating in the oil sector in Sudan.

(101585)

287   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with scheduled tour operators in relation to seating and pricing arrangements on aircraft over the last 12 months.

(101599)

288   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(101786)

289   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101559)

290   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101475)

291   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101538)

292   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the Highways Agency's performance in registering with the Land Registry its acquisition of land; whether a system is in place to ensure acquired land is registered; and if he will make a statement.

(101748)

293   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to alter the period of the contract with the London Underground PPP Infrastructure Consortia; and if he will make a statement.

(101749)

294   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what publicity is (a) being given and (b) planned to the change in eligibility for the travel pass for elderly people from 1st April (i) in London and (ii) elsewhere; and if he will make a statement.

(101750)

295   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the arrangement between Amey and Croydon Tramlink regarding the Special Purpose Vehicle is a non-recourse financial arrangement.

(101427)

296   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of (a) the total of all motoring taxation each year in the UK, (b) the annual cost of all roads related spending, (c) the total social costs of pollution from vehicle emissions in each year, (d) the total social costs of congestion on the roads each year and (e) the total social costs of climate change effects of motor vehicles each year; and if he will make a statement.

(101522)

297   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the spending funded by his Department and its predecessors on (a) railways, (b) trunk roads (maintenance), (c) trunk roads (new build), (d) local roads, (e) London Transport, (f) aviation and (g) buses, in each year from 1990-91 (planned) to 2005-06 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(101638)

298   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reasons underlie the increase in staffing of the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency between 1998-99 and 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(101521)

299   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of average UK household spending on (a) motoring, (b) rail travel and (c) bus travel, in each year from 1980-81 to 2002-03, using real terms prices at 2000-01 levels; and if he will make a statement.

(101523)

300   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) benefits and (b) costs of privatising English motorways; and if he will make a statement.

(101517)

301   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits of introducing congestion charging on motorways; and if he will make a statement.

(101530)

302   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the costs of (a) congestion and (b) pollution relating to traffic on English motorways; and if he will make a statement.

(101516)

303   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of funding new trunk roads in the private sector through road tolls; and if he will make a statement.

(101639)

304   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the marginal cost to the (a) motorist, (b) other motorists and (c) society of each marginal additional mile of travel on the M25 motorway for each period of the day; and if he will make a statement.

(101529)

305   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the 10 most congested English motorway stretches; and if he will make a statement.

(101524)

306   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the total external social costs in pence per average vehicle mile for road travel in the United Kingdom accounted for by (a) congestion costs, (b) accident costs, (c) air pollution costs, (d) noise pollution costs and (e) climate change costs; and if he will make a statement.

(101526)

307   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the total growth in vehicle miles travelled on United Kingdom roads in each year from 1980-81 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(101527)

308   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the annual maintenance costs of English motorways in each year from 1985-86 to 2005-06 (planned), broken down by motorway; and if he will make a statement.

(101533)

309   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the budget of his Department and its predecessors has been spent on railways in each year from 1983-84 to 2005-06 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(101531)

310   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the (a) gross and (b) net costs of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for each year from 1990-91 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.

(101520)

311   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce motoring costs in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.

(101637)

312   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the central departmental administration costs of his Department in each year from 1990-91 to 2005-06 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(101519)

313   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the number of journeys on English motorways each (a) day and (b) year, broken down by (i) cars, (ii) lorries and (iii) other vehicles; what information is available to break these figures down by each such motorway; and if he will make a statement.

(101528)

314   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list each publicity campaign of his Department and its predecessors over the period 1997-98 to 2002-03 which cost over £500,000, giving the cost in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(101518)

315   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the total cost to the Government of all central government funded new road building in each year from 2001-02 to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

(101532)

316   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the administrative costs were of the (a) Water Freight grant, (b) Mobility grants, (c) Road Safety grants, (d) Clean Up Haulage grant, (e) Clean Up grant, (f) Powershift grant, (g) Track Access grant, (h) Rail Freight grant and (i) Bus Service Operator's grant in the last financial year.

(101474)

317   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(101784)

318   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the level of rail service to (a) Macclesfield and (b) Stoke-on-Trent, following (i) the upgrade of the West Coast Mainline in 2004 and (ii) the introduction of the half hourly London to Manchester service.

(101741)

319   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101563)

320   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101484)

321   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101544)

322   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(101785)

323   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his Ministerial team in 2002; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was in each case.

(101490)

324   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in 2002.

(101560)

325   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working days were lost owing to industrial action by staff in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in 2002.

(101509)

326   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department was in 2002.

(101537)

327   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate for the next three years the number of people in receipt of retirement benefit and likely to benefit from recent changes in the hospital downrating provisions who will be affected by withdrawal of (a) attendance allowance and (b) other benefits because of hospital stays of below 13 weeks.

(101725)

328   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals who would otherwise qualify for incapacity benefit are affected by (a) whole and (b) partial withdrawal of benefit owing to their receipt of an occupational pension; and what the total annual benefit foregone from this clawback was in each of the last three years.

(101723)

329   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to review (a) the starting point and (b) the tapered relief for set-off of occupational pension income against incapacity benefit.

(101722)

330   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the weekly earnings disregard for incapacity and invalidity benefit (a) was introduced and (b) has subsequently been amended; at what level it stands in real terms compared with that of the time of introduction; and what plans he has to review the level of the disregard.

(101726)

331   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances disability living allowance is currently payable to persons who go abroad; and if he plans to review this.

(101724)

332   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly payment for lone parents (a) not in receipt of income support and (b) in receipt of income support of child maintenance is as determined by the courts and the CSA (i) in the year prior to the introduction of the CSA and (ii) in the latest year for which he has data in current price terms.

(101499)

333   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the running costs are of the (a) court-based child maintenance assessment system in the year prior to the introduction of the CSA and (b) CSA in the latest year for which he has data in today's price terms as a percentage of the total value of all maintenance assessments.

(101500)

334   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of lone parents not in receipt of income support received regular maintenance payments for their children (a) in the year prior to the introduction of the CSA and (b) in the latest year for which he has data.

(101501)

335   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of lone parents refused to disclose the details of the father of their child (a) in the year prior to the introduction of the CSA and (b) in the latest year for which he has data.

(101498)

336   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) disability living allowance and (b) incapacity benefit there were, broken down by (i) region, (ii) age and (iii) type of disability in each of the last 10 years.

(101766)

337   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the total amount of fraud by each category of benefit in (a) the latest year available and (b) 1996-97; and if he will make a statement on the Government's strategy to reduce benefit fraud.

(101515)

338   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the grounds for the decision by the London Region of Jobcentre Plus to reduce the number of staff working in its local office network.

(101745)

339   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact on service delivery of the reduction by the London Region of Jobcentre Plus of staff working in its local office network.

(101746)

340   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the administrative costs were of the (a) New Deal 50 Plus training grant, (b) job grant, (c) funeral payments grant, (d) Sure Start maternity grant, (e) community care grants and (f) access to work grants in the last financial year.

(101648)

341   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that financial advice is available to those persuaded to open bank accounts for the first time by the changes in benefit and pension distribution through the Post Office.

(101438)

342   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(101782)

343   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list those parts of his responsibilities which will be the subject of media campaigns in the coming six months.

(101553)

344   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what checks he conducts against benefit fraud by members of his staff.

(101554)

345   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons have been gaoled for benefit fraud since 1997.

(101551)

346   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on (a) the objectives of the forthcoming media campaign against benefit fraud and (b) its planned budget.

(101552)

347   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Government contracts for (a) translation and (b) interpreting services are put out to tender.

[Transferred] (101579)

348   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role the Government had in assisting London Underground PPP Infrastructure Consortia to obtain grants or loans from (a) the European Investment Bank and (b) other financial institutions; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (101751)

349   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he took, in establishing formula spending share, to ensure that compensation for sparsity in the education formula did not benefit urban authorities with a large number of small primary schools; what proportion of the aggregate national education FSS allocation was distributed on the basis of sparsity; and if he will list the authorities which benefited from the education sparsity factor.

[Transferred] (101547)

350   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of (a) the freedom of speech, (b) the freedom of the press, (c) the freedom of association and (d) the freedom of religion in Libya .

[Transferred] (101793)

351   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of human rights violations by (a) the Libyan Government and (b) the Libyan security forces.

[Transferred] (101791)

352   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of levels of political violence and repression by the Libyan Government.

[Transferred] (101795)

353   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the use of forced labour by the Libyan Government.

[Transferred] (101794)

354   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of discrimination against tribal groups in Libya.

[Transferred] (101792)

355   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action his Department is taking to raise the issue of Libya's record on human rights at the United Nations.

[Transferred] (101796)

356   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets he has set for raising educational aspirations among young people in the coalfields.

[Transferred] (101576)

357   Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the last year have been covered by applications for work permits under the Intra Company Transfer Scheme; how many ICT applications have been granted; how many were examined in detail and checked; and how many were rejected and why.

[Transferred] (101503)

358   Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU nationals are working in the UK under the Intra Company Transfer scheme; and how many of them are working in information technology.

[Transferred] (101504)

359   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reduce the share of costs borne by public funds for claimants bringing personal injury cases against their employers.

[Transferred] (101705)

360   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his policy on lorry road user charging.

[Transferred] (101525)