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Wednesday, 19 June 2002
Written answers
- Wales
- Coastal Emergencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received regarding placing planning for coastal emergencies on a statutory footing in Wales.
- Respite Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales about the provision of respite facilities in Wales.
- Refrigerators
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what facilities are in operation in Wales to recycle refrigerators in accordance with the EU Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations 2037/2000.
- Millennium Stadium
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the Home Department about additional resources for the policing of events of national significance at the Millennium...
- Further and Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with (a) the National Assembly and (b) his Cabinet colleagues about cross-border access to higher and further education.
- M4 and Severn Bridge Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received about the recent closures of the M4 and Severn Bridge.
- Family Farms
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the future viability of small family farms in Wales.
- Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the level of unemployment in North Wales.
- Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about the effect in Wales of Government measures to create job opportunities for unemployed people.
- Regeneration
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary regarding economic regeneration in towns.
- Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department about the impact in Wales of measures to reduce crime.
- Departmental Representation
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how often, in the last year, his office has been represented on Cabinet committees dealing with home affairs.
- Appeals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the Appeals Service in Wales to ensure that bilingual medical officers are available to users.
- Red Dragon Project
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he next plans to meet the Secretary of State for Defence to discuss the Red Dragon project; and if he will make a statement.
- Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he next expects to meet representatives of the National Assembly for Wales to discuss agriculture.
- Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on employment levels in North Wales.
- Coal Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the extension of the subsidy to coal produced beyond July 2002; and if he will make a...
- Elderly Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the Secretary for Health and Social Services in the National Assembly for Wales about the funding of free care for the...
- European Capital of Culture
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on Cardiff's bid to become the European capital of culture.
- Health Service Auditing
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the auditing of the health service in Wales.
- Farming
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last met the First Secretary to discuss farming.
- Prime Minister
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Prime Minister if he plans to request a recall of his Commonwealth counterparts to consider the developing situation in Zimbabwe.
- Special Advisers
To ask the Prime Minister on how many occasions between 31 March 2001 and 31 March 2002 special advisers of (a) the Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and (b) Minister without...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Prime Minister what proportion of ordinary written questions for his Office were answered within a week of tabling in each month since June 2001; and what proportion of questions for...
- Computers
To ask the Prime Minister what measures are (a) in place and (b) under discussion in his Office in order to ensure compliance with the WEE directive.
- Computers
To ask the Prime Minister how many computers were replaced in his Office in each of the past three years; how the replaced units were disposed of and by which companies; and at what cost.
- G8 Summit
To ask the Prime Minister if he will prioritise debt cancellation at the G8 summit in Canada; and if he will make a statement.
- Staff Numbers
To ask the Prime Minister how many staff were employed by his Office on (a) 2 May 1997 and (b) 31 May 2002.
- Iraq
To ask the Prime Minister what evidence he has received of Iraqi involvement in the anthrax mail attacks in the United States; and if he will make a statement.
- Unpaid Advisers
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 25 March 2002, Official Report, column 620W, on unpaid advisers, if he will list the steps that were taken to ensure no conflicts of interest...
- Defence
- Performance Targets
Tony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the performance targets that his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are required to meet, apart...
- Armed Forces (Suicides)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 23 May 2002, Official Report, column 473W, on armed forces personnel (deaths on military premises), (a) how many and (b) what...
- Armed Forces (Suicides)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 17 April 2002, Official Report, column 942W, on firearm deaths, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the members of HM...
- Pakistan Ordnance Factories
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2002, Official Report, column 175W, on Pakistan ordnance factories, if he has ascertained the exact amount of...
- Licence Production Agreements (Iran)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what licence production agreements have been signed with the (a) Ammunition Industries Group (Iran) and (b) Defence Industries Organisation of Iran...
- Defence Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the total cost in the current financial year of providing and maintaining the Royal Navy's ballistic missile submarine fleet.
- Defence Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost in the current financial year of maintaining the capability to research, design, produce, store, move and carry out...
- Tornado
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if AMRAAM has been equipped on Tornado F3 flying on operations.
- Tanks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Challenger 2 tanks are allocated to each tank regiment in the British Army; and how many are off-road in each case; (2) how many...
- Fighter Combat Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with which foreign aircraft types RAF and Fleet Air Arm pilots have participated in fighter combat training in the past 24 months.
- Fighter Combat Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which RAF armed Fleet Air Arm squadrons have participated in fighter combat training exercises with overseas air forces in the past 24 months.
- Educational Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what was the uptake of individual educational allowances in each year since 1997; (2) what categories of educational opportunity the IEA has been...
- Elementary Flying Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to continue RAF involvement in (a) the Joint Elementary Flying Training Service and (b) university air squadrons; and if he will make a...
- Nepal
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has had from the Government of Nepal concerning the Maoist rebellion; what advice his Department has offered; and if he will make...
- Jubilee Medal
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the membership of the ministerial group for the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and which members will receive the Golden Jubilee Medal.
- Nato
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his meeting with his NATO counterparts on 14 and 15 May in Reykjavik, Iceland.
- Trade and Industry
- Credit Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will authorise Consignia and Post Office Counters to act as collection points for credit unions; and if she will make a statement.
- Employment Tribunal Cases
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment tribunal claims, where a deposit at a preliminary hearing was required as a condition of proceeding, were proceeded to a...
- Employment Tribunal Cases
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in employment tribunal cases in 2001 where parties were required to pay a deposit, what the mean average deposit was at preliminary hearings...
- Arms Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what licences have been granted for equipment on the military list to Israel in each month of 2002, including military list and dual-use...
- Arms Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the policy of the Government on the granting of export licences for defence-related equipment to (a) India and...
- Arms Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many licences for defence-related exports have been (a) granted and (b) refused to (i) Pakistan and (ii) India in each of the last five years.
- Arms Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of (a) Accuracy International sniper rifles and (b) sniper rifles to...
- "Your Guide"
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which Government Departments' and agencies are involved in discussions with Consignia about participating in the "Your Guide" scheme to use...
- Oil and Gas Directorate
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of her Department's Oil and Gas Directorate posts that are in Aberdeen (a) have been transferred from London and (b) are new posts...
- Oil and Gas Directorate
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of her Department's Oil and Gas Directorate posts are in (a) Aberdeen and (b) London; and if she will list the jobs in each location...
- British Telecom
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she last held discussions with British Telecom.
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Eastleigh dated 18 March regarding the funding for supply chain companies...
- Liabilities Management Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Salisbury (Mr. Key) of 10 June 2002, Official Report, column 993W, if she will state (a) the...
- Lean Manufacturing
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how often during the past year the Manufacturing Advisory Service has (a) given advice to firms about lean manufacturing and (b) acted as a...
- Lean Manufacturing
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures are being taken by the Manufacturing Advisory Service to inform domestic firms about lean manufacturing.
- Californian Energy Crisis
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment her Department has made of the lessons to be learned from the Californian energy crisis.
- University Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of public funding of research in UK universities in each of the last five years has been for (a) military application and (b)...
- University Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the proportion of research in UK universities in each of the last five years that has been funded (a) privately...
- End-of-life Vehicles Directive
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what extra funding has been provided to local authorities to finance the end-of-life vehicles directive; and if she will make a statement.
- Plutonium
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what studies have been undertaken by (a) her Department, (b) non-departmental public bodies responsible to her Department and (c) consultants,...
- Export Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 20 May 2002, Official Report, column 50W, on export licences, when she will complete processing the export licence...
- Education and Skills
- Teachers' Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to equalise rates of pay between teachers in (a) sixth forms and (b) further education colleges.
- Departmental Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list her Department's appointees to DCMS sponsored bodies, broken down by age group.
- GCSEs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to make provision for a GCSE in performing arts and related disciplines.
- Small Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on pupil achievements and pupil teacher ratios in (a) small schools and (b) larger and amalgamated schools.
- Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if schools are required to record whether a pupil is living in (a) a residential care home or (b) with foster parents.
- Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what provision the Government makes to ensure children in care remain in the same educational institution until the age of 16 years.
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans the Government have to make access to child care less dependent on families' income, location and their employment status.
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the Government's long-term objective is for child care by 2010.
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when the PIU review of the national child care strategy will be published.
- Religious Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what policy changes she plans for (a) school assemblies and (b) religious education in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools; and if she...
- Sign Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what discussions she has had with the British Deaf Association and RNID about whether teachers of the deaf should be required to have...
- Music Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what support her Department gives for the use of music therapy to assist people with disabilities.
- Educational Attainment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils awarded educational maintenance allowances were living (a) in a residential care home and (b) with...
- Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many overseas students there are in England and Wales universities, broken down by university; and what percentage overseas students...
- Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many complaints she has received in 2002 about falsification or cheating in SATs or public examinations in schools.
- Sixth Form Provision
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment the Government have made of the need to increase funding to retain academic staff in sixth form colleges.
- Education Maintenance Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students have been awarded an education maintenance allowance in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Stoke-on-Trent, North for the academic...
- Individual Learning Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what support and resources are made available to young people when developing their individual learning plans.
- Language Teaching
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when modern foreign language teaching is to be excluded from the compulsory curriculum for those aged 14.
- Language Teaching
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how the Government intend to encourage the integration of language learning within modern apprenticeship frameworks as stated in the Green...
- Language Teaching
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research into the study of languages and the benefits of studying a foreign language is being undertaken by her Department.
- Language Teaching
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if her Department intends to provide peripatetic language (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers.
- Brookfield School
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the application to dispose of the playing fields element of Brookfield school in the constituency of...
- City Technology Colleges and Academies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the initial capital costs of (a) Emmanuel City Technology College in Gateshead, (b) each approved city technology college...
- Parenting
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make it her policy to require children to declare that they have received parental support on the cover sheet of public examinations.
- Schools (Community Cohesion)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she plans to publish for consultation her draft guidance to school organisation committees on the effect of proposals for new schools...
- Voluntary Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what arrangements are made for the transfer of assets, land and buildings, when voluntary aided and voluntary controlled schools close.
- School Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many specialist sports schools there are in (a) England and (b) each local education authority.
- School Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many schools hold annual sports days in the (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) North East and (c) UK; and how this figure has changed...
- Modern Apprenticeship Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action she is taking to encourage young people to enter modern apprenticeship schemes.
- Construction Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to improve the skills base of people entering the construction industry.
- Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what provision the Government have made to ensure children in care remain in the same educational institution until the age of 16 years.
- Criminal Records Checks
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many criminal records checks have been undertaken in respect of people applying to work in schools as (a) teachers, (b) governors and...
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Rights of Way
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress she is making on implementation of the rights of way provisions in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
- Energy Efficiency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made by each energy conservation authority in improving the energy efficiency of the domestic housing...
- Performance Targets
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of whether the PSA target for 2001–02 for improvement in response time for all...
- Performance Targets
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what has been the (a) cost and (b) saving from the pursuit of the Department's public service agreement targets in each...
- Committee Mandates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture is; how many times it has met over the last 12...
- Committee Mandates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the mandate of the Joint Meetings of Management and/or Regulatory Committees dealing with trade mechanisms is; how many...
- Committee Mandates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the mandate of the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the...
- Committee Mandates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the mandate of the EU Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress of the directive on the quality...
- Foot and Mouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment has been made of the risk to public health from the long-term storage of meat and bonemeal.
- Foot and Mouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement about her Department's handling of claims for compensation, other than compensation for loss of...
- Foot and Mouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from how many farms culled during 2001's foot and mouth epidemic samples were taken and tested in a laboratory.
- Foot and Mouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from how many of the farms culled as contiguous culls during 2001's foot and mouth epidemic samples were taken and tested in...
- Stationery
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent by her Department on stationery in (a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97, (c) 1997–98, (d)...
- Policy Commission on Food and Farming
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Policy Commission on Food and Farming.
- Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which Ministers and officials had meetings with representatives of (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the...
- Bovine TB
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations she has received from the Scottish Executive in respect of measures to control the spread of the...
- Bovine TB
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent research her Department has undertaken into possible causes of tuberculosis in cattle other than through badgers.
- Bovine TB
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will suspend the badger cull until it has been established that badgers are the cause of bovine tuberculosis.
- Farm Business Tenancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to receive the conclusions of the Government's review of farm business tenancies.
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the countries from which meat may be legally imported into the United Kingdom which have endemic foot and...
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at which ports amnesty bins have been installed in line with the Government's action plan on illegal animal and plant imports.
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what period she has set for the pilot use of detector dogs to trace illegal meat imports; at which ports the pilot is to take...
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she intends to publish a guide on the roles, responsibilities and powers of the agencies responsible for preventing and...
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many targeted sample checks on meat imports have been carried out since the publication of the Government's action plan...
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what studies her Department has commissioned since February 2001 into technologies which might help to detect illegal imports.
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) titles, (b) membership and (c) terms of reference are of the external stakeholder groups that she has...
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on (a) the objectives and (b) progress so far achieved in her work with European authorities to...
- Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many enforcement officers are in post at each relevant port with powers to search baggage for illegal imports of meat.
- Fallen Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate is of the percentage of fallen (a) calves, (b) adult bovines and (c) sheep that are buried on farms in (i)...
- EC Animal By-Products Regulation 2000/0259
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is towards the possible introduction of a national fallen stock service following the implementation of the...
- Veterinary Laboratories Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what additional data is being collected by her Department and its agencies to inform the risk assessment of meat imports...
- Veterinary Laboratories Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if she will place in the Library a report on the results so far of the risk assessment of meat imports being carried...
- Landing Cards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will conclude her review of possible changes to landing cards.
- England Rural Development Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the total cost for the three years from 2003–04 of implementing the proposals of the...
- Rural Payments Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the salary is of the chief executive of the Rural Payments Agency.
- Statutory Instruments
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the maximum time scale permitted between the laying of a statutory instrument and its...
- Vessel Monitoring By Satellite
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if it is her policy to support the European Commission's proposal to extend vessel monitoring by satellite to include...
- Common Fisheries Policy
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will publish a compliance cost assessment of the impact on the United Kingdom's fishing industries of the European...
- Serological Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will publish a record of serological testing carried out by her Department since 1 January 2001, on a regional basis,...
- Funding (Luton, South)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what moneys have been provided (a) directly and (b) via agencies for which the Department has responsibility to the Luton,...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letter of 11 October 2001 from the hon. Member for Torbay on behalf of Mrs. Cawood of Torquay.
- Timber
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which Departments are represented on the interdepartmental working group on timber.
- Cattle Powder
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total costs have been of storing powder resulting from foot and mouth and BSE.
- Cattle Powder
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the anticipated schedule is for the final disposal of powder stored in Devon and Lincolnshire.
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the questions from the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight of 1 March, Refs. 39938 and 40044.
- Illegal Food and Plant Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quantity of illegal food and plant imports was seized at (a) (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick and (iii) Manchester airports...
- Press Releases
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many press releases were issued by her Department in each month of 2001.
- International Development
- Third World
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she is having with EU Ministers about reforming the EU's policies towards importing goods from the third world; and if...
- Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the conduct of the Government of Rwanda with regard to...
- Southern Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the estimated amount of food aid required by the World Food Programme for the famine in Southern Africa is; and how much has been...
- Southern Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much of the World Food Programme's appeal for the famine in Southern Africa has been met; and how much the total UK contribution...
- Southern Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her assessment of the current food crisis in Southern Africa is, with particular reference to (a) the number of people at risk of...
- Trade Justice Movement
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had with members of the Trade Justice Movement.
- Asylum Seekers
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether UK funds disbursed via the European Union are to be tied to a country's policy towards asylum seekers.
- Environmental Know How Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the projects by category and the amount spent on them under the Environmental Know How Fund in 2001–02.
- Treasury
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the total real terms expenditure of his Department, its agencies and non- departmental public bodies on publicity in each of...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much and what proportion of the departmental expenditure limit for 2002–03 will be accounted for by staff costs; what the figures were for...
- Special Advisers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions between 31 March 2001 and 31 March 2002 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an...
- Estate Duty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce plans to change the rules relating to the payment of estate duty on royal assets; and if he will make a statement.
- Staff Training
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Department has spent on staff training and development in each of the last five years.
- GDP
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the relative relevance and importance of (a) real and (b) nominal GDP figures.
- Credit Card Debt
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, pursuant to his answer of 10 June 2002, Official Report, column 848W, to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Harris), he will state the...
- Royal Family (Taxation)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer from which taxes members of the Royal Family are exempt.
- Credit Unions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many credit unions are registered within the UK; and how many people are members.
- Credit Unions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the level of funds loaned in each of the last five years by credit unions in the UK.
- Credit Unions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action is being taken by his Department to support credit union development in the UK.
- National Statistics
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what statistics have been collected by the National Statistician to determine the rate of self-inflicted death and suicide among (a) members of HM...
- Cross-border Payments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to establish an infrastructure for cross-border payments in euros.
- Cross-border Payments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact of not including sterling in the EU regulation on cross-border payments in euros.
- Curry Report
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make available the funds to support the implementation of the Curry report proposals; and if he will make a statement.
- Bank Notes
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of the withdrawal of £5 notes announced by the Bank of England on 27 May; by what means he reached the figure;...
- Divorce
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of marriages have ended in divorce in each of the last 30 years in the UK.
- Family Statistics
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the percentage of dependant children living in lone-parent families in the UK in each of the last 30 years; and if he will make a...
- Family Statistics
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of children in the UK have been born outside marriage in each of the last 30 years; and if he will make a statement; (2) what his...
- Pension Annuities
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the new pension annuities are on an (a) indexed and (b) flat basis, and based on a (i) single and (ii) joint life in the last three...
- Tobacco and Alcohol Taxes
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax revenue has been collected from the sale of (a) tobacco and (b) alcohol in each of the last three financial years.
- Northern Ireland
- Military Complaints Procedures Report
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he intends to lay before Parliament the ninth annual report of the Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland.
- Solicitor-General
- Electronic Case Management
To ask the Solicitor-General if the new electronic case management application will be operational in 2003; and if this application is compatible with other systems in the criminal justice system.
- President of the Council
- Departmental Expenditure Limit
To ask the President of the Council how much and what proportion of the departmental expenditure limit for 2002–03 will be accounted for by staff costs; what the figures were for...
- Departmental Expenditure Limit
To ask the President of the Council how much and what proportion of the departmental expenditure limit for 2002–03 had been spent by 31 May; what the figures were for 2001–02; and if...
- Computers
To ask the President of the Council how many computers were replaced in his Department in each of the past three years; how the replaced units were disposed of and by which companies; and at what...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Mr. Sheikh
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 30 April 2002, Official Report, column 649W, whether the Pakistan authorities have responded to the...
- Kashmir
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in China concerning strategies for securing a resolution of the dispute...
- Joint Entry Clearance Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's staff are employed in the joint entry clearance unit.
- Entry Clearance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visitor visa applications were made on 11 June in (a) Mumbai, (b) New Delhi and (c) Islamabad.
- Entry Clearance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many immigration officers were on duty in (a) Mumbai, (b) New Delhi and (c) Islamabad on 11 June.
- Committee Mandates
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the mandate of the EC-United States of America Joint Committee is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what...
- Committee Mandates
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the mandate of the EC-Canada Joint Committee is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK...
- Turkmenistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Turkmen authorities concerning the renewed persecution of Christians in Turkmenistan.
- Asia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what UK diplomatic representation there is in the five central Asian republics; what plans are in hand to improve this...
- Asia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to visit the five central Asian republics; and if he will make a statement.
- Richard Ward
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) for what reason the Government have not petitioned for conditional bail in the case of Richard Ward; (2) when he expects...
- Surjit Kaur Athwal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the support provided to the family of Surjit Kaur Athwal in the search for her as a missing...
- EU Enlargement
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration is given to resolutions from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in shaping Government policy...
- Nepal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Nepal concerning the Maoist rebellion; what advice his Department has...
- Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what purpose money was allocated to Luton borough council by the European Union, which is now to be spent in Pakistan; and...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reason he has not yet replied to the letter from the hon. Member for Yeovil dated 27 May, regarding visa arrangements...
- Home Department
- Land Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the land that his Department is (a) offering for sale and (b) plans to offer in the next 12 months, giving its (i) location...
- Charging
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to transfer the charging process for offences from the police to the Crown Prosecution Service; and if he will make a statement.
- Asylum Seekers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) deportees and (b) asylum seekers are in prison; and how many were in prison in each of the past five years.
- Dungavel Detention Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 10 May 2002, Official Report, column 384W, on Premier Services, when a copy of the service aspect of the contract...
- Sexual Offences Review
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to publish a response to the consultation on the review of sexual offences, "Setting the Boundaries: Reforming the Law on...
- Work and Pensions
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will reply to the questions from the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight of 1 March, Refs 39922, 39933 and 40040.
- Regional Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what regional organisation his Department has; and if he will list the counties and unitary authorities in each region in (a) 1997 and (b) 2002.
- Truancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she expects to consult on the withdrawal of child benefit in respect of truancy.
- Demographic Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of (a) women reaching 60 and (b) men reaching 65 in each of the next five years.
- Special Heating Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated costs are of the special heating allowance paid to all pensioners in 2002–03.
- Basic State Pension
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost would be of increasing the basic state pension (a) for the single pensioner to £120 per week for the over 75s and (b) for...
- Basic State Pension
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 20 May 2002, Official Report, column 42W, why the practice of up-rating basic state pension increments in line with...
- Basic State Pension
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 10 June 2002, Official Report, column 880W, on the cost of the basic state pension if increased in line with prices,...
- Basic State Pension
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost would be of increasing the basic state pension (a) for the single pensioner to £120 a week and (b) for married couples for...
- Pension Funds
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether regulations on stakeholder pensions to require pension funds to spread charges evenly throughout the year will increase the cost of...
- Means-tested Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the costs of means-tested benefits, including housing benefit, were for (a) men over 65 and (b) women over 60 in 2001–02.
- European Year of Disabled People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions who will sit on his Department's Co-ordinating Committee for the European Year of Disabled People.
- National Pensions Systems Plan
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the organisations that he plans to consult in drawing up the national pension plan; and if he will make a statement.
- Committee Mandates
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the mandate of the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation...
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Criminal Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by his Department since 1997.
- Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much was spent by his Department on paying pensions to retired employees of his Department in 2001–02; if...
- Press Releases
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each month of 2002; (2) how many press releases...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many letters were received by each Minister in his Department in each month since June 1997.
- External Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much expenditure his Department has incurred in each year since 1997 on employing external consultants to deal...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what proportion of ordinary written questions for his Department were answered within a week of tabling in each month...
- Departmental Sponsors
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what the duties are of hon. Members appointed as sponsors to his Department; and what assistance is given by...
- Millennium Dome
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement to dispose of the Dome site.
- Parish Councils (Audit)
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will estimate the cost to parish councils of the internal audit work which will be required to be carried out in addition to the main audit; and if she will...
- Social Housing
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new accommodation units have been created by (a) local authorities, (b) registered housing associations and (c) other Government registered housing...
- Asylum Accommodation Centres
To ask the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2002 [Ref 59084] from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the format and procedures will be of...
- Mobile Phone Masts
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when the revised Code of Best Practice for mobile phone operators on the development of mobile phone masts will be completed.
- Housing Debt (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the housing capital debt attributable to the housing revenue account of the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne is (a) in total and (b) per dwelling chargeable to...
- Fire Service
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what the average years of service with the Fire Service were for firefighters leaving the service in each year since 1997; (2) how many people left the...
- e-Government (Local Authorities)
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to work together in partnership to meet the Government's target for all services to be electronically...
- Sustainable Development
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the role sustainable development will play in regional devolution.
- Population Estimate (South Kesteven)
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will state the assumptions on which his estimate of the population of South Kesteven for RSG and standard spending assessment purposes is based.
- Culture Media and Sport
- Belfast Agreement (Broadcasting Obligations)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) pursuant to her statement of 7 May, Official Report, column 44, if she will make a statement on the discussions she has had with...
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the pay grades are for officials in her Department.
- Departmental Expenditure Limit
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much and what proportion of the departmental expenditure limit for 2002–03 had been spent by 31 May; what the figures were for...
- Millennium Dome
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether revenues from the sale of the Dome will be given to lottery charities; and if she will make a statement.
- Entertainments Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost was of the Department's 2001 staff Christmas party; and how many people attended.
- Disabled People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what steps her Department has taken to ensure libraries are equipped to help visually impaired people access information; and if...
- Prize Competitions
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) whether the investigation into prize competitions will include (a) Women Empowering Women and (b) other gifting schemes; (2) what...
- School Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what proportion of the £1.1 billion recently announced for sport in schools has been previously (a) allocated or (b)...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance for officials in her Department on answering parliamentary questions.
- Museums
Mr. Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made on the review of the National Museum of Science and Industry.
- Museums
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made on the joint review of the Museum of London, the Horniman Museum and the Geffrye Museum.
- Transport
- UK Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimates he has made of the number of people using UK airports over the next 20 years.
- Carbon Dioxide Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the average carbon dioxide emissions per passenger for a flight to (a) Miami, (b) Paris, (c) Tokyo, (d) Manchester, (e) New York...
- Street Works
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what incentives are (a) in place and (b) planned to ensure that local authorities and highway agencies are incentivised to complete street works as...
- Street Works
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy that the powers contained in section 74A of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 will not be made available to all...
- Street Works
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fines have been levied on telecommunication companies under section 74 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 in each year since the...
- Ministerial Visits (Wales)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) date, (b) location and (c) purpose was of visits by Ministers in his Department to Wales since 1997; and when he next intends to visit Wales.
- Railway Track
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the lifetime is of the different types of track used on the rail network; (2) what types of track are used on the Railtrack network,...
- Traffic Lights
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will publish the (a) guidance and (b) regulations he has given on the construction/erection of new traffic lights (i) at junctions and (ii)...
- Pedestrian Crossings
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the average cost of constructing (a) pelican, (b) puffin and (c) zebra crossings.
- Pedestrian Crossings
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the average cost of upgrading a pelican crossing to a puffin crossing.
- Pedestrian Crossings
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the average reduction in traffic speeds resulting from the construction of (a) pelican, (b) puffin and (c) zebra...
- Rail Track Access Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the increase was in access charges granted to Railtrack as part of the last periodic review carried out by the ORR.
- End of Life Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the Government will comply with the EU directive on end of life vehicles.
- Lord Chancellor
- Child Contact Orders
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will list the targets for each year since 1997 set for the Lord Chancellor's Department to increase the number of contact...
- Child Contact Orders
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what recent advice the Lord Chancellor has received regarding (a) Articles 12, 3 and 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the...
- Public Guardianship Office
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the target time is for completing cases in the Public Guardianship Office; and in the last year how many cases have been...
- Child Witnesses
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the policy is of the Court Service on the treatment of children as witnesses in criminal cases.
- Asylum Seekers
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the cost was in the financial year 2000–01 of judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings involving asylum seekers.
- Magistrates (Warrington)
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (1) how many people from Warrington, North constituency were serving as magistrates in Warrington (a) in 1997 and (b) at the...
- Health
- Medical Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many medical students have dropped out before the completion of their course in each of the last five years.
- Medical Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on staffing levels at medical schools in London.
- Coronary Heart Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he expects his Department to meet milestone 3 of the milestones for hospitals admitting patients for the management of heart failure in the...
- Osteoporosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the number of (a) emergency readmissions and (b) delayed discharges as the result of osteoporotic hip fractures in the last...
- Alzheimer's Disease (Memory Test)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will visit Cambridge Cognition Ltd. in order to see a demonstration of the Cantab Paired Associates memory test for Alzheimer's disease.
- GPs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs were registered as working within (a) the Weston area health trust and (b) the Avon health authority in each of the past three years.
- Sexual Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of people below the age of 24 using a condom when engaging in sexual intercourse; what the average age...
- Me
Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has sponsored into the causes of ME.
- Patient Data
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will amend the Health and Social Care Act 2001 so that its powers cannot apply to the wider use and disclosure of genetic data without the consent...
- Patient Data
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to regulate the use and disclosure of genetic data; and if he will make a statement.
- Regional Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what regional organisation his Department has; and if he will list the counties and unitary authorities in each region in (a) 1997 and (b) 2002.
- Heroin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time has been for a heroin addict in Plymouth to obtain (a) detoxification and (b) rehabilitation treatment in the last 12 months.
- CPHPC
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the drug CPHPC in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and adult onset diabetes; and if he will...
- Alcohol Treatment Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health further to his answer of 7 May 2002, Official Report, column 100W, on alcohol abuse, what advice his Department gives to primary care trusts on assessing...
- Natural Health Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health upon what basis the Medicines Control Agency included in its Regulatory Impact Assessment of the European Traditional Herbal Medicines and Products...
- Natural Health Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultations the Medicines Control Agency has had with (a) the National Association of Health Stores, (b) Consumers for Health Choice, (c) Holland...
- Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many computers were replaced in his Department in each of the past three years; how the replaced units were disposed of and by which companies; and at...
- Diabetes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Government funding has been allocated to research into the causes of diabetes in each of the last five years.
- Diabetes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what extra resources he is making available to fund the National Service Framework for Diabetes; how those resources will be allocated; and if he will...
- Gonorrhoea
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department is carrying out into treatments for gonorrhoea; and if he will make a statement.
- Chlamydia Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the national chlamydia screening programme will be operational across the country; (2) if he will publish the results of the pilot...
- Coronary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether primary care trusts are obliged to wait for NICE guidance on drug eluting stents before allowing their use in patients.
- Coronary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has made an assessment of how the use of drug eluting stents will contribute to revascularisation targets set out in the national...
- Coronary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what restenosis rate is associated with the use of bare stents in the UK.
- Coronary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the relative cost effectiveness of the (a) coronary artery bypass graft for coronary heart disease and (b)...
- Coronary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the average number of bed days for recovery from percutaneous coronary interventions in the last year for which figures are...
- Residential and Nursing Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the total income to local authorities that resulted in the last 12 months from including war widows' pensions when calculating charges...
- Stents
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients per million population benefited from the use of stents in (a) the UK and (b) each other EU country; and if he will make a statement.
- Stents
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects NICE will complete its assessment on drug eluting stents; and if he will make a statement.
- Stents
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received regarding the provision of drug eluting stents; and if he will make a statement.
- Stents
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of how many patients would benefit from the use of drug eluting stents; and if he will make a statement.
- Stents
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what cost benefit analysis his Department has undertaken of bare stents compared to drug eluting stents.
- National Endometriosis Society
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to restore relief and research funding to the National Endometriosis Society; (2) on what date relief and research funding for...
- Drug Users (Treatment and Rehabilitation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what action the Government are taking to increase investment in drug rehabilitation services in Somerset; and if he will make a statement; (2) how...
- Drug Users (Treatment and Rehabilitation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of drug and addiction consultancy posts are vacant in England at the latest date for which information is available; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the deadline of 8 April for the reassessment of preserved rights of residents in nursing homes was met.
- Ministerial Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) date, (b) location and (c) purpose was of visits by Ministers in his Department to Wales since 1997; and when he next intends to visit Wales.
- Antipsychotic Medication
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has been undertaken on the trend in prescribing of antipsychotic medication; what the key findings are; and if he will set out prescription...
- House of Lords
- Sexual Offences
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to publish a response to the consultation on the review of sexual offences, Setting the Boundaries; Reforming the Law on Sex Offences.
- Watchkeeper Project
asked her Majesty's Government: What progress they are making with the Watchkeeper project; what benefits they anticipate from this; and on what timetable they are planning to proceed.
- Youth Convention on the Future of Europe
asked Her Majesty's Government: How the United Kingdom will be represented at the Youth Convention on the Future of Europe.
- RBG Resources
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have given any financial assistance to RBG Resources or any other company in which Viren Rastogi is involved; if so, how much, for what purpose and...
- NHS: Violent Incidents, Accidents Involving Staff and Sickness Absence
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish the results of the 2000–01 survey of violent incidents, accidents involving staff and sickness absence in National Health Service...
- Defra Sustainable Development Strategy
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish the forthcoming Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' sustainable development strategy.
- Hunting with Dogs
asked Her Majesty's Government: Given that the Burns Report quotes evidence that there are 198 packs of foxhounds, harriers and fellhounds, totalling around 16,000 hounds, what measures they...
- Agricultural Grants and Subsidies: Administration Costs
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the estimated cost of administration of payments to farmers for (a) "agricultural" grants and subsidies; and (b) "environmental" grants and subsidies.
- National Museum of Science and Industry
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made on the review of the National Museum of Science and Industry.
- Museum of London, Horniman Museum and Geffrye Museum
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made on the joint review of the Museum of London, the Horniman Museum and the Geffrye Museum.
- Toll Roads
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they consider toll roads suitable for new roads or existing roads, or both.
- Golden Jubilee Medal: Palace of Westminster Collection
asked the Chairman of Committees: Further to his Written Answer on 7 May(WA 170), what progress is being made with the display of The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in the Palace of Westminster...
- Written Answers: House of Commons
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the maximum length of time to answer a Question for Written Answer in the House of Commons that would be acceptable to the Government within current...
