Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 31 March 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 31 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.

MONDAY 31st MARCH

1   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in her Department in 2002.

(106344)

2   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, how many staff are employed by her Department.

(106287)

3   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, what her estimate is of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106306)

4   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, what expenditure has been incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if she will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106268)

5   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, if she will list the statutory instruments issued by her Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106325)

6   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106339)

7   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106301)

8   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106321)

9   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106263)

10   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106282)

11   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many vacancies in public appointments there were in each county in 2002.

(106231)

12   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public appointments there were in each county in 2002.

(106232)

13   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106257)

14   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106446)

15
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer where the four new national strike teams of Customs officers, whose priority will be meat and animal products, will be based; how many officers each team will comprise; and whether they will be responsible to (a) the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs and (b) Her Majesty's Treasury.

(106108)

16   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106261)

17   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many visits there have been to the Treasury Euro website since 9th January 2002.

(106374)

18   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106318)

19   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106337)

20   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106280)

21   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106299)

22   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters he has received since February 2002 from residents in the Buckingham constituency regarding annuities.

(106368)

23
N   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 14th March, Official Report, column 491W, on the Crown Estate, when the Government last made an assessment of the level of charges levied by the Crown Estate.

(105891)

24   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 18th March, Official Report, column 677-8W, on insurance, how many responses he has had to the consultation on Regulating Insurance Mediation; if he will place copies in the Library; and what representations he has received from travel agents and tour operators.

(106543)

25   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 18th March, Official Report, column 677-8W, on insurance, if he will carry out a cost benefit analysis of each of the three options proposed in the consultation on the adoption of the Insurance Mediation Directive.

(106542)

26   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106256)

27   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the annual revenue to the Exchequer from air passenger duty was in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) destination category and (b) rate category.

(106179)

28   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government is taking to educate the population in the use of equity release products.

(106526)

29   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what resources the Treasury has allocated to address the question of regulating reversionary equity release products, with particular reference to (a) taking the advice of Counsel and (b) engaging parliamentary draftsmen.

(106523)

30   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government is taking in consulting on regulating reversionary equity release products; and whether it intends that the introduction of such regulation will coincide with the regulation of mortgage-based schemes.

(106522)

31   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment the Government has made, in the absence of regulation of reversionary equity release products, of the risk to consumer confidence in the overall equity release market.

(106524)

32   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment the Government has made of the extent to which partial regulation of equity release products is acting as a barrier to entry.

(106525)

33   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government is taking to enable providers of equity release products adequately to hedge their exposures.

(106527)

34   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106431)

35   Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate has been made of the level of revenue received from duty on tobacco in each of the last five years.

(106516)

36   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which Government officials are responsible for liaisons with officials from the Isle of Man in respect of the euro.

(106251)

37   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the most recent discussion between Government officials and representatives of Guernsey was in respect of the euro.

(106416)

38   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the issue of the euro has been discussed during recent meetings between Government officials and representatives of Jersey.

(106415)

39   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Hamilton South he estimates will benefit from the working families tax credit.

(106577)

40   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he expects to spend on overhead costs as a result of the introduction of the child and working tax credits in each year between 2002-03 and 2005-06.

(106119)

41   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the statutory instruments issued by her Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106330)

42   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106311)

43   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in her Department in 2002.

(106349)

44   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the museums based in Buckinghamshire which have received funding from the Designated Museums Challenge fund, indicating (a) the nature of the project, (b) the date of the award and (c) the amount of funding provided in each case.

(106373)

45   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what expenditure has been incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if she will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106273)

46   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff are employed by her Department.

(106292)

47   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department was consulted on the proposal to charge £95 for each work permit for entertainers playing engagements in the UK; and how she responded.

(106473)

48   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact upon live music venues of the decision to charge for work permits in the UK.

(106458)

49   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106400)

50   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106441)

51   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106313)

52   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106294)

53   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106351)

54   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106332)

55   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106275)

56
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received about delays to mail from UK forces in Iraq to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

(106068)

57   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column 884W, on chemical and biological weapons, what estimate has been made of the individual useable minimum and maximum lifetime, given the varying degrees of initial purity and differing storage conditions, of (a) wet form of anthrax, (b) smallpox, (c) VX gas and (d) mustard gas.

(106235)

58
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK nationals are suspected to be fighting for Iraqi armed forces, terrorist groups or militias; how many UK nationals have recently been captured or detained in Iraq and are suspected of being a member of the Iraqi armed forces terrorist groups or militias; whether those captured or detained are being held as prisoners of war; whether they will face criminal charges under UK law; and if he will make a statement.

(106061)

59
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his colleagues in the Northern Ireland Office about the establishment of a UDR Fund to recognise and support the widows and families of soldiers serving with the Ulster Defence Regiment who were murdered by terrorists in Northern Ireland.

(105980)

60   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list Ministry of Defence sites in the South East of England that were classed as (a) common land and (b) manorial waste prior to their acquisition by the MoD in the last 30 years.

(106214)

61   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106397)

62
N   Jim Knight (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the logistic support required to sustain British forces in the Gulf region.

(105453)

63   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received concerning the (a) pay, (b) pension and (c) service conditions of Gurkhas serving with British defence forces; and if he will make a statement.

(106413)

64   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers of what regiment were photographed posing beside a loyalist paramilitary mural on 1st February; what disciplinary action has been taken against these soldiers and their commanding officer; and what measures have been taken to ensure this behaviour is not repeated.

(106352)

65
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will encourage the Trustees of the Gulf Trust Fund to make payments of (a) capital and (b) income to civilian Gulf War veterans.

(105979)

66
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he considers that (a) the renal disorder and (b) the post traumatic stress disorder of Paul Connolly, a civilian Gulf War veteran are attributable to that conflict.

(105978)

67
N   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent since the end of hostilities of the Gulf War in 1991 by Her Majesty's Government on operations in the Middle East in each year since 1991, broken down by each of the armed services.

(105780)

68   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106439)

69   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MoD personnel are serving in South Korea.

(106135)

70   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are serving in Kosovo.

(106450)

71   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place daily in the Library transcripts of press briefings by Coalition commanders at Centcom Media Centre in Qatar on the invasion of Iraq.

(106412)

72   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on how the coalition forces invading Iraq convey to Iraqi citizens how they can surrender.

(106427)

73   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the military objective is of attacking Iraqi television offices in the invasion of Iraq.

(106429)

74   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training in use of Arabic was given to military personnel and medical auxiliaries in the invasion forces in Iraq.

(106426)

75   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the guidelines adopted for deciding which targets are chosen to attack in Iraq.

(106357)

76   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has issued to the media (a) television footage and (b) still photographs of Iraqis taken prisoner by coalition forces in the invasion of Iraq.

(106419)

77   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidence he has received that British servicemen involved in the invasion of Iraq were executed by Iraqi authorities after being captured as prisoners of war.

(106428)

78
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the effect of a declaration of war is on the (a) pay, (b) taxation and (c) legal liability of armed forces personnel.

(105223)

79   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support will be made available to the dependants of those killed or injured in the conflict in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(106245)

80   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106320)

81   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106262)

82   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106338)

83   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106281)

84   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106302)

85   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will rank each local authority in England by the percentage of total expenditure raised by council tax in 2001-02.

(106505)

86   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons the spouses of servicemen deployed overseas cannot claim the sole occupier discount for council tax.

(106519)

87   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106392)

88   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what projects (a) are being funded and (b) will be funded in the next year in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency as a result of the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund.

(106575)

89   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Department of Health and (b) local authorities regarding (i) overcrowding and (ii) poor housing in connection with tackling the rise in incidences of tuberculosis.

(106572)

90   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless people in London who have had health checks last year were found to be suffering from tuberculosis.

(106573)

91   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) discussions and (b) guidance has been issued to local council authorities regarding the implementation of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in evicting council and housing association residents who have been involved in criminal activities.

(106574)

92   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham will receive Answers to his Questions (a) 97398, (b) 97476 and (c) 97477 of 6th February.

(106576)

93   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had with local authority chief executives regarding the removal of billboard tobacco advertising; and what funding has been given to local authority trading standards teams to help in the removal of billboard tobacco advertising.

(106571)

94   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106443)

95   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the calculation used by his Department to reach the conclusion that the forthcoming change in national insurance contributions would increase local authorities' pay costs on average by 0.7 per cent.

(106176)

96
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what legal duties Swale Borough Council has when issuing a lawful development certificate to (a) consult parish councils and (b) inform elected council members.

(105225)

97   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106298)

98   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106317)

99   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106260)

100   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on ICT (a) in total and (b) per pupil in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in England in 2001-02.

(106193)

101   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106336)

102   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106279)

103   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parenting orders have been sought by and granted to schools in the Buckingham constituency since July 2001.

(106369)

104
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will publish details of the principal alternative models of university and student funding which his Department has considered.

(104662)

105
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will publish details of the principal variations on a graduate tax which his Department has considered.

(104663)

106
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the financial implications for (a) the Exchequer, (b) students and (c) universities of the principal variants on a graduate tax which his Department has considered.

(104664)

107
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the financial implications for (a) students, (b) universities and (c) Exchequer of the principal alternatives for a flat, non-differential tuition fee structure which his Department has considered.

(104665)

108
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will publish the evidence his Department has collated from (a) the United States, (b) Australia, (c) Canada and (d) New Zealand on the impact of differential tuition fees on access to university for students from different socio-economic backgrounds.

(104666)

109   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106388)

110
N   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will reverse the policy on exclusion in secondary schools.

(105539)

111
N   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers stopped teaching in each of the last 10 years for reasons other than retirement; and what the average length of service of such teachers was in each of those years.

(105540)

112
N   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers were granted early retirement on the grounds of ill health in each year since 1998.

(105541)

113
N   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of teachers were aged 45 or over in (a) 2002, (b) 1997, (c) 1992, (d) 1987 and (e) 1982.

(105542)

114
N   Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which core subjects make up the core curriculum of the National Curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

(105832)

115   Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of UK entrants to initial (a) full time and (b) part time higher education aged 21 or more was from each social class group between 1980 and 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(106449)

116   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what effect he estimates specialist schools have had on the increase in secondary school students receiving five GCSE passes or more over the last five years.

(106511)

117   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria are used to assess the gap between the best and worst performing (a) secondary and (b) primary schools; whether this gap is widening or narrowing; and at what rate.

(106506)

118   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what change there has been in SAT results of primary schools students over the last five years.

(106512)

119   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of secondary schools has received specialist status.

(106510)

120   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106442)

121
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) training and (b) technical advice has been provided by her Department to officers of Customs and Excise who are due to take over responsibility for anti-smuggling controls on illegal imports of meat from 11th April.

(106107)

122
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of illegally imported meat have been seized at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick Airports since October 2002; from what countries of origin they arrived; and if she will make a statement.

(106106)

123   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the level of change in farm incomes between 2001 and 2002.

(106383)

124   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water meters were installed in houses (a) in England and Wales and (b) in the Buckingham constituency in 2001-02.

(106381)

125   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure has been incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if she will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106259)

126   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the statutory instruments issued by her Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106316)

127   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in the Buckingham constituency have received funding from the (a) Rural Enterprise scheme, (b) Processing and Marketing Grants scheme and (c) Vocational Training scheme since their introduction, indicating the length of funding received from each scheme.

(106382)

128   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed by her Department.

(106277)

129   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money has been paid in agri-monetary compensation in the county of Buckinghamshire since 9th January 2002.

(106375)

130   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the costs was of travel by train by staff in her Department in 2002.

(106335)

131   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106297)

132   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many successful prosecutions have been undertaken since 6th February 2002 by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in Buckinghamshire.

(106379)

133   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many organic farmers are registered in Buckinghamshire.

(106370)

134   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints have been received since 6th February 2002 by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in the Buckinghamshire constituency.

(106380)

135   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the discussions her Department has had with the Department of Trade and Industry with regard to reforming the Export Credit Guarantee scheme.

(106521)

136   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 13th March, Official Report, column 376W, on the Noise Mapping Project, whether short-term noise events will be considered in later stages of the project; and if she will make a statement on best practice for resolving disputes caused by the sounding of train horns.

(106501)

137   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months, and at what cost.

(106387)

138   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she proposes to take as a result of the Court of Appeal's recent ruling regarding compensation for fur farmers; and if she will make a statement.

(106361)

139   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that the compensation scheme for fur farmers includes (a) a higher standard payment for female mink than was offered in the original scheme, (b) recognition of the higher value of specialist breeds, (c) compensation for male animals and (d) a specified date for the cessation of fur farming after the end of the consultation period in 2001.

(106362)

140   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 17th March, Official Report, column 502W, on the English Rural Development Programme, how much of each of the amounts shown is accounted for by expenditure already agreed to; and how much is available to new applicants, broken down by scheme in each case.

(106227)

141   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the practice of debeaking in the poultry industry; and if she will make a statement.

(106531)

142   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mortality rates were of poultry kept in (a) battery units, (b) enriched units and (c) alternative units in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

(106532)

143   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact on British agriculture of the European Commission's proposals of January 2003 to reform the Common Agriculture Policy; and if she will publish the results.

(106504)

144   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has undertaken into methods of controlling Johne's disease; and if she will make a statement.

(106535)

145   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what strategies she has in place for tackling the spread of Johne's disease in animals; and if she will make a statement.

(106534)

146   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has undertaken into the relationship between Microbacterium avium sub-species paratuberculosis and (a) Crohn's and (b) Johne's disease.

(106536)

147   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has carried out to establish the effects of the six-day movement rule for cattle on agricultural shows; and if she will make a statement.

(106533)

148   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on the introduction of biodigestion as an alternative system of disposal of fallen stock; and if she will make a statement.

(106406)

149   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on the setting up of the Government of a national collection and disposal scheme for fallen stock; and what financial assistance she will provide to the farming industry in the establishement of a scheme.

(106403)

150   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the (a) farming industry and (b) countryside of the prohibition on on-farm burial of fallen stock.

(106407)

151   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will produce guidance on (a) the use of on-farm incinerators as a legal alternative method of disposal of fallen stock and (b) the possible use of a proportion of animals dying on-farm as carrion.

(106404)

152   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Department will issue guidance to farmers on how to comply with the rules on on-farm burial which will be introduced on 30th April.

(106405)

153   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will give instructions to farmers on alternative means of disposal of fallen stock; and how these alternative schemes will be funded.

(106197)

154   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the EU Animal By-Products Regulation on (a) the countryside and (b) farmers.

(106226)

155   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the design of the scheme that will replace categories C and CC of the landfill tax credit scheme.

(106461)

156   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her proposals for the National Emissions Reduction scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(106462)

157   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations she has held to ascertain the (a) nature and (b) scale of (i) the transitional rump fund and (ii) the successor scheme to replace the landfill tax credit scheme.

(106468)

158   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she will take to guarantee transparency in a successor to the landfill tax credit scheme.

(106467)

159   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what figure she uses to estimate the leverage or gearing ratio between landfill tax credit scheme funding and further funding secured from other sources against it.

(106464)

160   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the stakeholders she consulted over changes to the landfill tax credit scheme recommended (a) no changes, (b) minimal changes, (c) major changes and (d) abandonment of the scheme.

(106463)

161   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the sulphur bubble she calculates arises from power stations operating during 1996 to 2000.

(106466)

162   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money she estimates will be lost from the sustainable waste sector as a result of funding formerly distributed through categories C and CC of the landfill tax credit scheme being distributed by a public body and losing the capacity to be used to draw further funds from private sources.

(106465)

163   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the terms of reference are of ENTEC to consider the New Large Combustion Plants directive; and if she will make a statement.

(106472)

164   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the quantity of coal to be burnt in UK power stations in 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(106471)

165   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to find a mechanism for distributing funds formerly flowing through the landfill tax credit scheme categories C and CC that will classify them as private rather than public sector in order to allow leverage of further funding from other sources.

(106460)

166   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans (a) have been made and (b) are in progress to determine the future funding mechanism for local schemes promoting sustainable waste issues following the end of the landfill tax credit scheme.

(106459)

167   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to set up a strategic waste forum to ensure coordination between (a) government departments, (b) local authorities, (c) the waste management industry and (d) the environmental sector.

(106456)

168   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the difference is between the cost of (a) landfill and (b) incineration per tonne of waste; and what information she has collated on the costs in other European Union member states.

(106455)

169   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ensure that stakeholder opinions are taken into account when deciding upon the successor to the landfill tax credit scheme.

(106470)

170   Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to announce the format of the successor scheme for landfill tax credit scheme categories (a) C and (b) CC.

(106469)

171   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual emission of (a) NOx, (b) SOx, (c) Carbon Dioxide and (d) particles in the area surrounding Stansted airport was in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999.

(106518)

172   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106435)

173   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of the EU Animal By-Products Regulation for the disposal of fallen livestock.

(106204)

174   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the spending plans are from 2003 to 2008 for (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland under pillar two of the Common Agricultural Policy.

(106202)

175
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to establish a new reconciliation committee to address human rights, war crimes and transitional justice in Somalia.

(105620)

176   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106328)

177   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106347)

178   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106290)

179   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106271)

180   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106309)

181
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the use of force in Northern Cyprus on 25th March to prevent the holding of a referendum on the Cyprus peace plan in the village of Doganci (Elye); and what action he is taking in response to the arrest of Erdogan Sorakin, Ahmet Barcin, Izzet Izcan, Niyazi Duzgun, Mehmet Bicen and Ali Gulle, political and trade union leaders in Northern Cyprus.

(105831)

182   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning incursions made by Islamist mercenaries from Chad into (a) Sudan and (b) Nigeria; and what representations he will be making to the Government of Chad concerning these incursions.

(106421)

183   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning the attacks by government-backed Arab militants upon the Fur people of Darfur in western Sudan; what discussions he will have with the Sudanese government concerning these attacks; and what benchmarks will be used to determine progress made in these discussions.

(106422)

184   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106398)

185   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when entry clearance posts began electronic compilation of statistics in relation to family visitor visa (a) applications, (b) decisions and (c) appeals.

(106528)

186   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 25th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms E Vaswani.

(106181)

187   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent action his Department has taken to try to find a solution to the Indo-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir.

(106537)

188   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Ministers in his Department next plan to meet their (a) Indian and (b) Pakistani opposite numbers to discuss Kashmir.

(106538)

189
N   Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in the Western Sahara.

(105982)

190   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106433)

191   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the level of support given to the International Criminal Court by the UK.

(106137)

192   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the status of negotiations on the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

(106134)

193   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart on terrorist bases in Papua New Guinea.

(106138)

194   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to issue an apology to members of families of Iraqi civilians killed by Coalition forces.

(106414)

195
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the consequences of the enlargement of the EU on the workload of the European Court of Justice; and what plans he has for reforms to allow the Court to deal with the consequence of enlargement.

(106066)

196
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's estimate is of the effect of enlargement on Britain's contribution to the EU budget.

(106067)

197
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many representations he has received about UK citizens held (a) in remand and (b) following conviction in French prisons in the last 12 months.

(105779)

198
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK lorry drivers are held (a) on remand and (b) in prison following conviction in France.

(105777)

199
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens are held (a) on remand and (b) in custody following conviction in France; and what proportion of (a) and (b) was for drug offences.

(105778)

200   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on human rights abuses of British citizens residing in Zimbabwe.

(106133)

201   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on human rights abuses in Iran.

(106130)

202   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met Iranian officials.

(106129)

203   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources will be made available to health overview and scrutiny committees from funds previously allocated to community health councils.

(106541)

204   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times, on average, NHS hospitals are inspected each year; and by whom.

(106540)

205   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the guidelines for doctors issued by the British Medical Association and the General Medical Council on withdrawing tube feeding and hydration from patients who are not dying.

(106539)

206   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will decide whether the drug Memantine should be made available on the NHS to treat Alzheimer's disease; and if he will make a statement.

(106520)

207   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106289)

208   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106346)

209   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the provision of NHS dentistry in Buckinghamshire.

(106194)

210   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106308)

211   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106327)

212   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106270)

213   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) companies, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) public sector organisations based in the Buckinghamshire constituency have signed up to the healthy workplace initiative; what information he has received; and at what cost to public funds.

(106378)

214   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total number of people who required access to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each of the last three years.

(106190)

215   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many structures identifying nursing leaders with responsibility for older people have been developed as part of the milestones set out on page 172 of the National Service Framework for Older People.

(106124)

216
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the contribution his Department made to the Office of Fair Trading's recent report on entry controls for pharmacies.

(105445)

217   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his Department's arrangements for monitoring companies offering human sperm donor services.

(106228)

218   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what human sperm donor services are not covered by the Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority; and if he will make a statement.

(106229)

219   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of risks facing women who purchase human sperm over the internet.

(106230)

220   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106390)

221   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants there are on average in an accident and emergency department in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority.

(106206)

222   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the (a) minimum and (b) optimum number of consultants needed to staff an accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement.

(106174)

223   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurse returners (a) have been recruited to return to practice schemes, (b) have successfully completed these schemes and (c) have subsequently been employed by the NHS in England, for recruits entering schemes (i) from 1st April 1999 to 31st March 2000, (ii) from 1st April 2000 to 31st March 2001, (iii) from 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002 and (iv) from 1st April 2002, including the latest statistics available, in (A) England and (B) each NHS region.

(106209)

224   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of student nurses undertaking three year nursing diploma programmes to become registered general nurses failed to complete the course in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(106208)

225   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered nurses actively recruited to the NHS from abroad are employed within the NHS in England.

(106211)

226   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of student nurses, who successfully completed a three year nursing diploma course to become a registered general nurse, failed to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council within one year of completion of their course in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(106175)

227   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants there are in each accident and emergency department in England.

(106207)

228   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age of retirement of registered nurses working in the NHS in England was at the last date for which figures are available.

(106213)

229   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of registered nurses working in the NHS at the beginning of the year remained working in the NHS at the end of the year in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(106212)

230   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered nurses were actively recruited to the NHS from abroad in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) since April 2002 in (i) England, (ii) each NHS region and (iii) each strategic health authority.

(106210)

231   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to maintain students at the best performing hospitals within the present NHS structure.

(106509)

232   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what incentives are proposed so as to increase standards for the worst performing hospitals.

(106508)

233   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his policy on obtaining organs from donors abroad.

(106111)

234   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time staff work in the headquarters of the Commission for Patient and Public Improvement in Health in Birmingham; and what plans there are to change this number.

(106569)

235   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) calls the NHS Careers Hotline and (b) hits the NHS Careers website have received since the recruitment campaign Join the Team, Make a Difference was launched.

(106556)

236   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last visited a local health authority in London to see TB screening and prevention services.

(106562)

237   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Indian Government and (b) the National Asylum Seekers Service on tackling tuberculosis.

(106563)

238   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what prevention and awareness campaigns about tuberculosis took place in London in each of the last two years.

(106568)

239   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) TV and (b) press advertising to publicise the Join the Team, Make a Difference NHS recruitment campaign.

(106557)

240   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what policies are in place to encourage GP surgeries to open for longer hours and at weekends.

(106565)

241   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are planned to work in the nine regional centres of the Commission for Patient and Public Improvement in Health in Birmingham.

(106544)

242   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 340W, on foster care, if he will make a statement on his Department's involvement in the choice protects review of local authority fostering allowances.

(106550)

243   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 350W, on tuberculosis, how many specialist nurses were employed in each sector in London, broken down by (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent figures, in each year since 1997.

(106567)

244   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham can expect answers to his Questions Ref 96033, 96059 of 3rd February, 97861, 97882 of 10th February and 100554, 100512, 100555, 100416 of 26th February.

(106564)

245   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to encourage people to take up jobs as care assistants caring for (a) elderly and (b) disabled people.

(106545)

246   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th March, Official Report, column 419W, on the NHS University (NHSU), when the NHSU working group last met; and if the NHSU working group have a date which they are working to, to submit the necessary paperwork to the Privy Council to grant the NHSU university status.

(106549)

247   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 343W, on mental health, how much funding was given to the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness this financial year; and if he will make a statement on the work of the group.

(106552)

248   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of the Commission for Patient and Public Improvement in Health is in 2002-03 for (a) training members of local forums and (b) national and local publicity.

(106570)

249   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 343W, on mental health, what involvement the National Patient Safety Agency has had in the last year with serious untoward incidents by mental health patients in mental health trusts.

(106551)

250   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the (a) Association of Directors of Social Services and (b) local authorities regarding the cost to them of the need to employ agency social workers.

(106548)

251   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advertising and public awareness campaign will be used in conjunction with the launch of the Five a day initiative; what form this public awareness will take; and at what cost.

(106553)

252   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent last year by local authorities' social services departments in London on agency social workers.

(106547)

253   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the London Boroughs of (i) Newham and (ii) Brent and (b) the Department for Education and Skills on tuberculosis.

(106560)

254   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance he has issued to primary care trusts on longer opening hours for GP surgeries.

(106566)

255   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) tobacco companies concerning the removal of billboard tobacco advertising.

(106559)

256   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) local authorities and (b) care agency companies regarding shortages of care assistants.

(106546)

257   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to help local health authorities in (a) improving early referral and (b) proactive screening of high risk groups for tuberculosis; and what form proactive screening of high risk groups for tuberculosis by local health authorities will take.

(106561)

258   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have taken up jobs within the NHS as a direct result of the Join the Team, Make a Difference NHS recruitment campaign.

(106558)

259   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of community pulmonary rehabilitation services in reducing emergency admissions to acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

(106496)

260   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to primary care trusts on community pulmonary rehabilitation services; and what performance targets he has set for these services.

(106494)

261   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts employ community pulmonary rehabilitation nurses.

(106495)

262   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions to acute hospitals in (a) the West Midlands (South) Strategic Health Authority area and (b) the Worcestershire Acute Hospital Trust related to respiratory diseases in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.

(106493)

263   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the West Midlands (South) Strategic Health Authority and (b) the South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust on the strategies the trust will adopt to address its deficit; and if he will make a statement.

(106492)

264   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further action he has taken in response to the Prime Minister's letter of 23rd October 2002 concerning Mr. Mark Heyes of Ormskirk.

(106425)

265   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106438)

266   Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets are in place for reduction of tobacco smoking.

(106515)

267   Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what decision-making processes were adopted on determining the outcomes of the local exercise activity pilots.

(106499)

268   Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local exercise activity pilot bids secured private sector partners; and how many secured private sector contributions of over £50,000.

(106500)

269   Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the successful local exercise activity pilots, indicating in each case (a) the health deprivation indexes of the relevant populations, (b) the partner organisations engaged, (c) the non-health funding levered in, (d) the number of general practitioner referral schemes created, (e) the non-health objectives to be achieved and (f) the health benefits to be achieved.

(106497)

270   Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used to determine the winning local exercise activity pilot in Yorkshire.

(106498)

271   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Independent Complaint Advocacy Service serving will be established.

(106358)

272   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources are being made available to reduce waiting lists for knee operations; and if he will make a statement on waiting times in North Staffordshire.

(106203)

273
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is intended that possession of prescribed cannabis medicines will be an offence contrary to the Misuse of Drugs Acts.

(106109)

274
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to legalise the use of cannabis for pain relief in disease.

(105827)

275
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure the security of supplies of heroin in pharmacies which may be required to prescribe it.

(105828)

276   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been awarded to provide home security improvements for low income pensioners in each year since 1997.

(106384)

277   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106276)

278   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) those schemes which have received funding under the Communities Against Drugs Initiative in the Buckingham constituency, (b) the amount received and (c) targets set to reduce crime under the scheme.

(106367)

279   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106295)

280   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106314)

281   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106333)

282   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were in the Buckingham constituency in 2002.

(106385)

283   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the funding available for CCTV schemes in the Buckingham constituency.

(106371)

284   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of travel by train by staff was in his Department in 2002.

(106386)

285
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to provide additional funding for the Metropolitan Police in order to meet the exceptional requirements for security in the capital arising from the war in Iraq and associated terrorist threats.

(106105)

286   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues about the police services that exist separate to the police services of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

(106474)

287   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the (a) training, (b) ethical and (c) professional standards that apply to the police forces which exist outside the regular police service.

(106475)

288   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new jobs will be created in the appropriate government department and in the fee handling agency to deal with the new charges for work permits.

(106113)

289   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) organisations and (b) companies in the UK entertainment industry he consulted on the proposal to introduce charges for work permit applications; and how many of each (i) opposed and (ii) supported the introduction of a flat rate fee for work permits.

(106112)

290   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children of asylum seekers under the age of 18 years are being held in the former prison at Dungavel in Scotland; and for what reason.

(106114)

291
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for hard cases section 4 NASS support, broken down by area, in each month for the last two years; what the average duration of time taken was to process an application to the point where a decision is made on the application; how many applications resulted in the applicant receiving section 4 NASS support; how many applications were refused, broken down by reasons for refusal; and how many applications were deferred pending further information.

(105959)

292
N   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long Wellington, Somerset has been included within the Taunton and Bridgwater cluster area for the housing of asylum seekers; and when (a) Taunton Deane Borough Council and (b) Somerset County Council were notified.

(106103)

293   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested and not charged in each of the past five years; and how many of them had never been arrested previously.

(106529)

294   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 17th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr R. Myers.

(106182)

295   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) this year and (b) last year the police have investigated mini-cab companies for (i) employment of illegal immigrants and (ii) failure to keep accurate work documents.

(106554)

296   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many council and housing association residents have been evicted from their homes as a result of powers under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

(106555)

297   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106434)

298
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to the Somali peace process taking place in Kenya; and if she will make a statement.

(105619)

299
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how she will ensure that humanitarian aid and re-construction of Iraq are carried out under the auspices of the United Nations.

(105830)

300
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to discuss the re-building of Iraqi institutions with European Union partners.

(105829)

301   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contingency plans she has to provide reconstruction assistance to Iraq in the event of no further resolution being made by the United Nations relating to reconstruction in Iraq.

(106189)

302   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received on heroin production in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle heroin production in Afghanistan.

(106115)

303   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in her Department in 2002.

(106342)

304   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what expenditure has been incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if she will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106266)

305   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff are employed by her Department.

(106285)

306   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her estimate is of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106300)

307   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the statutory instruments issued by her Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106319)

308   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support Her Majesty's Government is giving to the Fur and other indigenous peoples of Dafur in Western Sudan.

(106423)

309   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106399)

310   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information she has collated on the number of children aged under five years who have died of malnutrition in each of the last five years in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Cote d'Ivoire, (c) Ethiopia, (d) Iraq, (e) Malawi, (f) Palestine and (g) Pakistan.

(106530)

311   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what change there has been annually in overall levels of international aid since 1995; and what proportion of this aid has been directed to countries qualifying or seeking to qualify as a Heavily Indebted Poor Country during this period.

(106188)

312   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking, along with other donor country governments, to improve long-term debt sustainability in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.

(106191)

313   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure the additionality of Heavily Indebted Poor Country funding.

(106187)

314   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government will be issuing a response to the World Bank's recent evaluation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country initiative.

(106186)

315   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the proper ownership of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country initiative by debtor nations.

(106185)

316   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106437)

317   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what level of aid is being given to combat the recent outbreak of Ebola in the Congo.

(106139)

318   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what level of aid the UK is providing to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

(106136)

319   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which aid projects her Department supports in Iran.

(106131)

320   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff are employed by her Department.

(106286)

321   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in her Department in 2002.

(106343)

322   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106305)

323   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what expenditure has been incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if she will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106267)

324   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will list the statutory instruments issued by her Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106324)

325   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Lord Chancellor intends to reply to the letter to him dated 20th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Ajmal Ali.

(106180)

326   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effect of conditional fee agreements on legal services, with particular reference to access to justice.

(106198)

327   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106444)

328   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will list the members of the (a) Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace, (b) Advisory Committees on General Commissioners of Income Tax, (c) Civil Procedure Rule Committee, (d) Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct, (e) Judicial Studies Board and (f) Council on Tribunals.

(106123)

329   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106340)

330   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106304)

331   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106322)

332   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106283)

333   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106264)

334   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding bodies have responsibility for allocating funds to groups and organisations dealing with ex-prisoner issues; how much each such body has allocated to ex-prisoner groups in the current year; and which ex-prisoner groups have benefited.

(106240)

335   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has received from groups and organisations dealing with victims' issues about levels of funding.

(106242)

336   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many murder cases in Northern Ireland opened in the last 30 years remain unsolved.

(106239)

337   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of accommodation provided at public expense to those attending the Saville Inquiry in London.

(106236)

338   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the targets were for police recruitment in Northern Ireland in each year since 2001; and how many police officers were recruited in each year.

(106237)

339   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the clear-up rate for crime was in each of the District Council Units in Belfast in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(106238)

340   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding bodies have responsibility for allocating funds to groups and organisations dealing with victims' issues; how much each such body has allocated to victims' groups in the current year; and which victims' groups have benefited.

(106241)

341
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ensure that there is a full investigation of the circumstances surrounding the murder of the son of Mr David Wright that is fully compliant with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

(106064)

342
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column 895W, on the Prerogative of Mercy, if he will name each individual convicted of a terrorist offence who has been granted the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in each year since 1998; and what the reasons were in each case for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative.

(106104)

343
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will grant additional funding to victims groups who provide support to the victims of terrorist violence and who are encountering serious financial consequences as a result of a shortfall in core funding made available by the Community Relations Council.

(106063)

344   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated to (a) athletes and (b) equestrianism in Northern Ireland from (i) Lottery funding, and (ii) Exchequer funding in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02, (c) 2002-03 and (d) 2003-04; and for which country the competitors allocated funding for the 2004 Olympic Games will be competing.

(106366)

345   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in what constituencies (a) Exchequer and (b) lottery funding goes to prepare competitions in (i) hockey, (ii) athletes, (iii) cycling, (iv) swimming and (v) equestrianism to compete against British teams.

(106365)

346   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has gone from the Northern Ireland Sports Council to the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation in the last three years.

(106363)

347   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many awards from the (a) Talented Athlete, (b) Talented Athlete Next Generation and (c) Talented Junior programmes have been made to cyclists who are members of the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation.

(106364)

348   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take measures to streamline the procedures whereby victims' support groups apply for and obtain government funding.

(106354)

349   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is his policy to make funding for victims' support groups available for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement.

(106353)

350   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if it is his policy in his dealings with victims' support groups to distinguish between (a) groups supporting victims of the Troubles and (b) groups related to terrorist organisations or individuals with terrorist backgrounds.

(106355)

351   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been provided (a) by the Government and (b) by the European Union for (i) victims' support groups and (ii) support groups closely related to terrorist organisations or individuals with terrorist backgrounds in the last five years.

(106356)

352   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects work to commence on the installation of car-parking facilities adjacent to Derryboy Primary Schoool in the South Eastern Education and Library area.

(106126)

353   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which schools in the South Eastern Education and Library Board area will lose funding as a result of the Department of Education's decision on the changes to payment of the threshold award; and what the shortfall will be for each of the schools affected.

(106125)

354   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact on the Ulster Hospital of proposed restructuring of hospital services in the province, with particular reference to capital expenditure.

(106127)

355
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Prime Minister, what reports he has received from the Victims Group FAIR concerning a number of IRA murders committed in South Armagh; and what progress has been made in the police investigation into each of these murders.

(106065)

356   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Prime Minister, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106393)

357   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Prime Minister, when he informed Mr Abu Mazen that the publication of the final draft of the roadmap had been postponed until after the approval by the Palestinian Legislative Council of the Palestinian Cabinet; and when and by whom this decision was taken.

(106451)

358   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he had regarding Gibraltar with the Prime Minister of Spain; and if he will make a statement.

(106420)

359   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he raised the awarding of post war reconstruction contracts to Halliburton during his visit to President Bush on 26th and 27th March.

(106430)

360   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his recent meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York; and if he will place in the Library copies of briefing material used in respect of that meeting.

(106418)

361
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Prime Minister, what the policy of Her Majesty's Government is on assassination of (a) civil and (b) military public figures.

(105222)

362   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff are employed by her Department.

(106288)

363   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in her Department in 2002.

(106345)

364   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what her estimate is of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106307)

365   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the statutory instruments issued by her Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106326)

366   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what expenditure has been incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if she will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106269)

367   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106395)

368   Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Boundary Commission for Scotland is able to present reports independently of other Boundary Commissions.

(106184)

369   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106436)

370
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arms export licences have been approved for the sale of weapons to Ethiopia in the last year.

(105621)

371   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff are employed by her Department.

(106278)

372   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what expenditure has been incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if she will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106258)

373   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households in (a) England and Wales and (b) the Buckingham constituency have (i) electric and (ii) gas pre-payment meters.

(106376)

374   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) people and (b) household in the Buckingham constituency that are in fuel poverty.

(106377)

375   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the statutory instruments issued by her Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106315)

376   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her estimate is of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106296)

377   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in her Department in 2002.

(106334)

378   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria she uses to establish whether replacement component parts for nuclear power stations in India are capable of being diverted to military use; and whether these criteria changed between January 2001 and January 2003.

(106183)

379   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what response she gave to the consultation on the proposal to charge for work permits, with particular reference to the impact on the live music industry in the UK.

(106457)

380   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will make a decision on funding for phase 2 of the Solar PV Major Demonstration Programme in 2003-04; and if she will make a statement.

(106201)

381
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish the research undertaken (a) by and (b) on behalf of the Office of Fair Trading for its recent report on entry controls for pharmacies.

(105446)

382   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to protect industry standards and law-abiding companies from rogue traders in the household conservatory construction industry.

(106250)

383   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106394)

384   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Telecommunications Council held on 27th March; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.

(106360)

385   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department has taken to regulate the mobile phone industry within the United Kingdom, with particular reference to (a) the rights of customers to have clear bills that are easily understood, (b) telephone providers altering terms and conditions of contracts, and (c) customers being refused return of unspent prepaid monies upon cancellation of a contract; and if she will take measures to make refusal to return such prepaid monies an offence which could result in the revocation of their licence to operate.

(106507)

386   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate the Government has made of the costs to (a) the haulage industry and (b) the UK economy of implementation of the Working Time Directive.

(106411)

387   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her statement of 28th November 2002, Official Report, column 488, on British Energy, if she will publish the evidence to support the statement that it was necessary to underwrite financial assistance to British Energy because it was the best way of securing the safety of the nuclear power stations.

(106580)

388   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her statement of 28th November 2002, Official Report, column 488, on British Energy, if she will publish the evidence to support the statement that it was necessary to underwrite financial assistance to British Energy because it was the best way of securing the security of electricity supply to the grid and customers.

(106579)

389   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 221W, on British Energy, whether an application has been made to draw on the current facility to finance the cost of installing flue gas de-sulphurisation at British Energy's Eggborough Power Station (a) directly and (b) indirectly.

(106581)

390   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information she has received since 9th September 2002, which indicated that British Energy was offering electricity contracts for sale at below the wholesale market prices.

(106513)

391   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with British Energy on financing the cost of installing flue gas de-sulpherisation of Eggborough Power station since 9th September 2002; and if she will make a statement.

(106514)

392   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106440)

393
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the panel appointed by the Energy Saving Trust to assess her Department's solar PV Major Demonstration Programme Stream 2 applications will provide written feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

(106062)

394
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish the minutes of the meetings of the panel appointed by the Energy Saving Trust to assess her Department's Solar PV Major Demonstration Programme Stream 2 applications.

(106031)

395
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) names and (b) political affiliations are of the panel appointed by the Energy Saving Trust to assess her Department's Solar PV Major Demonstration Programme Stream 2 applications.

(106030)

396   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which prospective sites were chosen by Nirex in its earlier site search for suitable locations to dispose of radioactive waste.

(106417)

397
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to promote the use of Post Office card accounts.

(105776)

398   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value of (a) exports to and (b) imports from Iran were in the last year for which figures are available.

(106132)

399   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to assess the working practices of the Medical Research Council; and if she will make a statement.

(106247)

400   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Medical Research Council has to fund future Alpha rated research projects.

(106246)

401   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Medical Research Council has made to increase funding for research into obstetrics; and if she will make a statement.

(106249)

402   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to assess the funding and management of the Medical Research Council.

(106248)

403   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government will publish its proposals for replacing European structural funds with its own regional funding system; whether the Government will ensure that all Objective One and Two areas receive the same level of funding as they receive under the Objective One and Two programmes; whether all Objective One and Two areas will continue to receive pound for pound matching funding for regeneration programmes; whether the Government's proposals will offer the same seven-year guarantee of funding as that offered by the Commission's proposals; whether the Government will maintain the same level of non-structural regeneration funding to Objective One and Two areas over this period; and whether money will be targeted at Objective One and Two areas whose economic performance is below that of the national average.

(106233)

404   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish her Department's proposals for the reform of the state aid rules.

(106234)

405
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the United States Agency for International Development on potential contracts for reconstruction projects in Iraq; and if she will make a statement.

(105981)

406   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106272)

407   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106348)

408   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106291)

409   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the cost of the construction of the Aston Clinton bypass.

(106195)

410   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106310)

411   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106329)

412   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Association of Train Companies regarding the use of railcards for train journeys costing less than £10; and what his policy is on encouraging short journeys by train.

(106424)

413   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the outcome was of the Transport Council held on 27th-28th March; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement.

(106359)

414   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106391)

415   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on signage for local destinations from trunk roads in urban areas.

(106199)

416   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission demonstration projects on rural road speed management.

(106401)

417   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the members of the working group referred to in the Government's response to the Ninth Report of the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee, HC557 Session 2001-02, on Road Traffic Speed.

(106402)

418   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of projected demand for additional HGV drivers in the UK; and what measures he will introduce to counter skill shortages in this area.

(106409)

419   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Working Time Directive on the transport industry; and if he will make a statement.

(106408)

420   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reasons underlie the differences between the projected capacity figures for the three expansion options for Stansted Airport outlined in The Future of Air Transport in the South East and SERAS report No. 51.

(106503)

421   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the noise preferential routes for Stansted Airport under the option of three additional runways as outlined in The Future of Air Transport in the South were determined.

(106502)

422   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106432)

423   Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys were taken by bus passengers in each passenger transport authority area in each of the last three years.

(106452)

424   Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of bus companies' income in 2002 was generated from (a) local and (b) national subsidies.

(106454)

425   Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of transport subsidies was allocated to bus companies by each passenger transport authority in each of the last three years.

(106453)

426   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106265)

427   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106303)

428   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106284)

429   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106341)

430   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106323)

431   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106396)

432   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for Women, what discussions she has had with other departments concerning pension poverty amongst women; and if she will make a statement.

(106410)

433   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the entitlement is to the winter fuel payment; how many have received it in each year since its introduction; how much it has cost in public expenditure in each year; what percentage of this represents the cost of administration of the payment; and what his estimate is of the cost of the payment if it were to be restricted to those entitled to the pension credit.

(106448)

434   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her estimate is of the number of pensioners entitled to the pension credit.

(106447)

435   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

(106350)

436   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed by his Department.

(106293)

437   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

(106312)

438   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have taken stakeholder pensions; and when he expects the Government's take-up target to be met.

(106372)

439   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals.

(106331)

440   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if he will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(106274)

441   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice he is giving to (a) blind people and (b) others with disabilities who cannot use the current PIN pads installed in post offices for access to the Post Office card account; and if he will make a statement.

(106177)

442   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances can payment of benefits in cash at post offices can be continued.

(106178)

443
N   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to credit pension payments paid into a bank account (a) weekly and (b) in advance rather than arrears; whether changes in method of payment are made only on request; and how such a request can be made.

(105378)

444   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders in Scotland have been (a) sought and (b) granted at the instance of the Child Support Agency in each year since 1997.

(106244)

445
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the cost to the Exchequer of the Child Support Agency in each year since 1997.

(105781)

446   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) third party debt orders, (b) charging orders, (c) county court judgements, (d) levying of distress actions, (e) committal actions and (f) withdrawal of driving licence orders have been (i) sought and (ii) granted at the instance of the CSA in each year since 1997.

(106243)

447
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in approved personal pensions in each year since 1988; and what proportion of members were accruing no additional pension rights in each year.

(105826)

448
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of working age were not making second tier pension arrangements (a) in 1997 and (b) in the last year for which figures are available.

(105825)

449   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he has entertained Labour honourable Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

(106389)

450   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners aged 80 or over are in receipt of the 25p per week pension supplement; and what the cost is of administration of this scheme.

(106252)

451   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the 25p per week pension supplement for those aged 80 or over would be worth on 1st April 2003 had its value kept pace with inflation since it was introduced in 1971.

(106253)

452   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th March, Official Report, column 167W, on pension supplement, what plans he has to consolidate the 25p per week pension supplement for those aged 80 or over with another benefit targeted at that group.

(106200)

453   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(106445)

454   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Hamilton South receive the minimum income guarantee.

(106578)

455   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average percentage difference between men's and women's pensions was in (a) 1973, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) 2000; what measures he is taking to reduce the gap; and if he will make a statement.

(106128)

456
N   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 24th March, Official Report, column 105W, on Home Responsibilities Protection, in which year the special insert was placed in child benefit books.

(105977)

457   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Yeovil, of 13th February, Official Report, column 967W, what his estimate is of the gross annual cost of increasing the basic state pension by average earnings growth for each of the next 10 years; what offsetting savings there would be on the benefits; and what the net cost would be.

(106120)

458   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many couples going through a divorce have used the pensions sharing regulations since they were implemented in December 2000; and what proportion this represents of all couples going through a divorce.

(106117)

459   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place a copy of the new HCTB1 form in the Library.

(106122)

460   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to inform British people living abroad of the reduction in inherited SERPS, including the transitional arrangements and the compensation procedures.

(106192)

461   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to classify groups of staff within his Department as working in a high-risk occupation.

(106121)

462   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people who stop being entitled to income support or jobseeker's allowance in favour of the new tax credits will retain access to grants and loans from the Social Fund.

(106118)

463   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether legislation arising from the consultation process on the recent Pensions Green Paper, Cm 5677, will include a commitment to protect the pension rights of people who worked in Australia before the termination of the Anglo-Australian Social Security Agreement.

(106196)

464   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what discussions the Lord Chancellor has had with the Minister for Finance, Local Government and Communities in the Welsh Assembly Government on the introduction of votes for 16 year olds; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (106205)

465   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps her Department is taking to monitor and control the dispersal of heroin from Afghanistan, with particular reference to its import into the UK.

[Transferred] (106116)