Thursday, 13 February 2003
Written answers
- Cabinet Office
- Civil Service (Recruitment)
Mr. Gareth Thomas: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what action he is taking to increase (a) graduate recruits, (b) recruits from the private sector and (c) recruits from the voluntary...
- Treasury
- Customs (Northern Ireland)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Customs and Excise in Northern Ireland has received any additional Government funding since 1 April 2002.
- United Kingdom GDP
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the total UK GDP was constituted by (a) business-to-business transactions and (b) business-to-consumer transactions in (i) 2000, (ii)...
- Departmental Consultations
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list consultations his Department has conducted since 1997; and when each consultation (a) opened and (b) closed.
- Duty Diversion Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many convictions were secured in cases relating to diversion fraud between 1993 and 2002; and how many of these convictions are considered unsafe...
- Gold Reserves
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the investments that have been made since 6 July 1999 with the proceeds from sales of gold reserves; and what the value was on 10 February...
- Gold Reserves
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice he took on investing the proceeds of sale of the gold reserves; and if he will publish that advice.
- Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue loss of (a) extending the basic income tax rate bracket to individuals with an annual income of (i) £38,000, (ii)...
- Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have applied for conditional exemption from inheritance tax in the last 12 months; and how this tax relief is being amended to take into...
- Israel
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what inquiries are being made by HM Customs and Excise to ascertain whether goods are on sale in British supermarkets which have been imported to the...
- Landfill
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the costs to the public sector of (a) salaries and (b) administration arising from his proposed changes to the landfill tax...
- UK Gold Holdings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount of money realised from the sales of UK gold holdings from 6 July 1999 to 6 March 2002 and what would be the value of that gold at...
- VAT Exemptions (Charities)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to extend VAT exemptions for recognised charities.
- Defence
- Gibraltar
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the strategic importance of Gibraltar to military intervention in Iraq.
- Afghan-Pakistan Border
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) Lwara and (b) other US positions on the Afghan-Pakistan border have been (i) abandoned and (ii) occupied by al-Qaeda fighters.
- Anthrax Find
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will release information on the courses of MOD vessels on or before the 23 January from which the quantities of anthrax vaccine found on a Dorset...
- Army Reservists (NHS)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what category of NHS staff have been called up as Army reservists in the last four weeks.
- Defence Diversification Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the objectives of the Defence Diversification Agency.
- Defence Establishments (Closures)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the Ministry of Defence establishments that have been designated for closure; (2) how many Ministry of Defence establishments were...
- Depleted Uranium
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the expenditure was on MOD research into depleted uranium munitions in each year since 1997 and what percentage of the departmental budget this...
- Eurofighter
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on the Eurofighter in each year from 1997–98 to 2008–09; and if he will make...
- Eurofighter
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Eurofighter aircraft he plans to purchase; and if he will make a statement.
- Human Centrifuge
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 29 January 2003, Official Report, column 859W, on human centrifuge, which company, other than AMST, is bidding for the High G...
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many reservists working in the NHS have been called up to serve in Iraq; and whether the hospital trusts concerned have been informed; (2) how...
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps are being taken to protect the health of the indigenous population of Iraq in the theatre of operations.
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (a) what role is planned for British field hospitals in Iraq and (b) what preparations have been made for such hospitals to receive civilian casualties...
- Missile Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what research NATO is carrying out on (a) theatre missile defence and (b) ballistic missile defence of Europe.
- Nato
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost of British membership in NATO was in (a) 1990, (b) 1995 and (c) 2000; and what percentage of the Department's budget was paid to...
- Night Vision Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what personal night vision equipment is in service with (a) infantry, (b) Royal Marine units, (c) RAF and (d) Fleet Air Arm aircrew.
- Operation Southern Watch
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether all the RAF's Tornado GR4s are capable of supporting Operation Southern Watch duties; and if he will make a statement.
- Operation Telic
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which RAF units will be participating in Operation Telic; and if he will make a statement.
- Royal Navy Ships
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether further reductions in Royal Navy (a) warships and (b) submarines are envisaged in consequence of the new chapter of the Strategic Defence Review.
- Tank Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his estimate is of the expenditure by his Department on tank procurement in each year from 1990–91 to 2008–09 (planned); and if he will...
- Universities' Royal Naval Units
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the role and structure of the Universities' Royal Naval Units.
- Vacant Ministry Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of Ministry of Defence owned buildings are vacant; and if he will make a statement.
- Working Week
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hours were worked in the average week in (a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the Air Force in each of the past five years.
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Air Quality
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to implement recommendations for low emission zones made by the National Society for Clean Air.
- Air Quality
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the local authorities in England which have completed Ambient Air Quality (a) plans and (b) assessments; and...
- Illegal Meat Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people coming into the UK have been apprehended at the port of entry in each of the last five years for illegal...
- Sheep Dip
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information she has collated on adverse health effects reported following use of sheep dip by farmers.
- Animal Diseases (EU Finance)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2002, Official Report, column 40W, on animal diseases (EU finance), on what date the...
- Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action the Government have taken to limit the maximum journey time for livestock throughout Europe.
- Badgers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what evidence her Department evaluated in advance of the slaughter of badgers at Saltdean.
- Capital Projects
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will place the evaluations for Capital Modernisation Fund projects in her Department and undertaken by the Forestry...
- Cetaceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the estimated number of dolphins in (a) 2003 and (b) 1993 within the British Isles.
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Workington dated 10 December 2001, sent on to her Department in...
- Dairy Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assistance and support she is able to provide to dairy farmers in the north-west; and what recent discussions she has...
- Departmental Budgets
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budgets are for 2002–03 for each of the advisory bodies, stakeholders groups, executive agencies, executive...
- Departmental Consultations
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list consultations her Department has conducted since it was established; and when each consultation (a) opened...
- European Water Directive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans her Department has to develop and implement a communications strategy for the EU Water Framework Directive.
- European Water Directive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to pilot the Common Implementation Strategy Guidance on Wetlands in the EU Water Framework Directive.
- Flood Defences (Hampton Bishop)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action the Environment Agency is taking to ensure that the Welsh Environment Agency repairs the flood defence barrier by...
- Flooding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the (a) local authorities and (b) local drainage boards whose information about flood risks has been entered...
- Flooding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much grant aid has been paid to the Environment Agency and its flood defence committees for flood defence in England in...
- Forest Enterprise (England) (Grant Provision)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether the increase in grant to Forest Enterprise (England) has been above, below or at inflation level for the past...
- GM Crops
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the notification of (a) genetically modified oilseed rape (GT73) by the Dutch Government and...
- Janet Hughes (Costs Claim)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy not to enforce her Department's claim for costs against Janet Hughes of Churchstoke, Montgomery.
- Parrett Catchment Project
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what jobs have been declared by the chairman of the Parrett catchment project.
- Public Service Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 3 February 2003, Official Report, column 25W, on the public service agreement, how the savings will...
- Radioactive Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quality control programme is in place for the stocks of high activity radioactive waste in store at (a) Sellafield, (b)...
- Returnable Bottles
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect of the use of returnable bottles on reducing the amount of domestic and commercial...
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made by the Government since 1997 in strengthening the legislative protection afforded to sites of...
- Sudden Oak Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will assess the risk of infection by the sudden oak death fungal pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in (a) quercus species...
- Warm Front Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much money in total has been allocated to Warm Front.
- Waste Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what additional funding will be made available to local authorities and community organisations for sustainable waste...
- Water Framework Directive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to consult on the creation of formal links between river basin management planning and land use planning...
- Woodland Grant Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what evaluation she has made of the impact on (a) the rural economy, (b) rural employment and (c) skills retention of...
- Transport
- Air Travel Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans he has to require airlines to ask all passengers to prove their identity; (2) what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State...
- Air Travel Reserve Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the financial status of the Air Travel Reserve Fund; and if he will list which types of air tickets are (a) covered and...
- Aircraft (Palace of Westminster)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport from what time in the morning aircraft are permitted to fly into Heathrow over the Palace of Westminster.
- Airport Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to increase security at BAA airports; and what discussions he has had with BAA and CAA on this issue and the funding of enhanced security.
- Arriva Northern
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the (a) economic and (b) other effects of the Arriva Northern strike.
- Capita
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 15 January 2003, Official Report, column 622W, on Capita, if he will give the (a) start and finish date, (b) value, (c)...
- Capital Modernisation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library the evaluations for the Capital Modernisation Fund projects relating to (a) London Underground, (b) priority bus...
- Computer Hacking
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in 2001–02; and on how many occasions computer systems...
- Congestion Charge
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the cost of the congestion charge to the Department on the basis of motor vehicles supplied to (a) himself, (b) Ministers of State,...
- Congestion Charge
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 6 February 2003, ref. 95029, if he will establish a dedicated hotline so that the public can inform his Department of their...
- Congestion Charge
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 6 February 2003, ref. 95029, by what means he intends to obtain information about experiences gained from road user charging...
- Cycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if his Department will take steps to (a) raise awareness among all road users of the purpose of advanced stop lines (ASLs) for cyclists, (b) educate...
- Delivery Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) which announcements made by his Department since June 2001 were cleared in advance with the Delivery Unit; (2) if he will list the reports he...
- Disabled Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to review the criteria for awarding Blue Parking Badges to disabled people; what assessment he has made of the exclusion of...
- Industrial Action/Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many working days have been lost in his Department and its predecessors due to (a) industrial action and (b) illness in (i) 1997–98, (ii)...
- Level Crossings
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the trunk roads in England that are crossed by a rail level crossing.
- M25
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answers of 17 December 2002, Official Report, column 684W, and 20 January 2003, Official Report, column 41W, on the M25, what his...
- Motorway Signs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's policy and practice is on the use of electronic information signs on motorways.
- Motorway Signs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will display alternative route information on electronic information signs on motorways, whenever a motorway closure occurs.
- Online Sales/Purchases
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) products, (b) goods and (c) services were (i) bought and (ii) sold online by his Department in each of the last five years.
- Rail Services (Bedfordshire)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 7 January 2003, Official Report, columns 105–06W, on Sandy-Bedford rail link, what estimate he has made of the levels...
- Railways (External Consultants)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total value was of (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c) financial consultants...
- Road Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the amount of freight he expects to travel by road rather than rail as a result of the withdrawal of (a) freight...
- Road Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the road schemes (a) approved and (b) provisionally approved in (i) the targeted programme of improvements, (ii) multi-modal studies...
- Culture Media and Sport
- Communications Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport during the Committee Stage of the Communications Bill, how many (a) clauses and (b) schedules were (i) fully debated, (ii) partly...
- Domestic Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to increase awareness of domestic violence in the British media.
- National Lottery
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the level of ticket sales of the National Lottery.
- National Lottery
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of National Lottery charitable contributions have been spent on cancer-related groups.
- National Lottery
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the operation of the National Lottery franchise.
- Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the estimated marketing budget of the British Tourist Board is for the promotion of tourism in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England.
- Union Anniversary
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the union of England and Scotland in 2007.
- Education and Skills
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children living in poverty live outside the 20 per cent. most disadvantaged wards; and how many of them have access to...
- Child Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent representations he has received from child care organisations regarding the provision of child care to lone parents.
- Child Minders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many full-time child minders there were in England in each year since 1997.
- Higher Education Funding
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of funding to higher education institutions comes from (a) student contributions, (b) LEA funding and (c) foreign student...
- Scotland
- Air Quality
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) which local authorities in Scotland have completed ambient air quality (a) assessment and (b) plans; (2) what measures she is taking to assist...
- Air Quality
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what annual emission of (a) NOx, (b) SOx and (c) CO2 was recorded for each Scottish airport in the last available year, classified by (i) aviation...
- Paper Suppliers
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who the suppliers are of her Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.
- Child Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans she has to reduce child poverty in Scotland; and if she will make a statement.
- Hedgehogs (Outer Hebrides)
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions she has had with representatives of Scottish National Heritage regarding hedgehog numbers in the Outer Hebrides; and if she will make a...
- Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what her latest estimate is of how many (a) pensioners, (b) children and (c) other people are living in poverty in each constituency in Scotland.
- Sewel Convention
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions the Sewel convention has been invoked since the inception of the Scottish Parliament; and on how many occasions the convention was...
- Telephone Helplines
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many telephone helplines are sponsored by her Department; and which of these helplines are charged at (a) national rate, (b) premium rate and (c)...
- Union Anniversary
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans she has to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the union of England and Scotland in 2007.
- Union Anniversary
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans she has to host celebrations on the anniversary of the Union of the Crowns.
- Vehicle Fleet
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what progress has been made, by (a) volume and (b) percentage for each (i) category of vehicle, (ii) type of power unit and (iii) type of fuel, in...
- Privy Council
- Mileage Allowance
To ask the President of the Council what total number of miles was claimed by hon. Members under the mileage allowance scheme in each year since 1997, broken down by journeys to and from (a)...
- Home Department
- Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the banning of the use of wild caught primates in experiments.
- Ashfield Young Offenders Institution
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the (a) young offenders and (b) remand inmates housed at Ashfield are from Wales; to which young offenders institutions they will...
- Asylum Seekers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers with HIV/AIDS have been refused support as a result of not claiming asylum on arrival at UK ports of entry since 8...
- Asylum Seekers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure that asylum claimants are made aware of the consequences of a failure to claim asylum at ports of entry...
- Asylum Seekers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum in this country have been received from (a) single Afghan males, (b) Afghan females and (c) Afghan families...
- Asylum Seekers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were (a) removed and (b) deported from the UK in each year since 1990; and how many of each category were asylum...
- Child Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many National Hi-Tech Crime Unit staff will (a) be dedicated to the policing of internet chatrooms, (b) have the priority of protection...
- Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have, as a result of breaching a community order, been deprived of any benefit to which they are entitled, or had the amount...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reasons the hon. Member for Yeovil has yet to receive a reply to his letter of 1 December 2002 to the Chief Executive of the Immigration...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total budget for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board is for the financial year 2002–03; how much has been paid in...
- Criminal Justice Policy Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statistics are to be collected by the Criminal Justice Policy Unit; in what form; and how frequently information so obtained will be...
- Deportations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 27 January 2003, Official Report, column 701W, on deportations, if he will list, of the 634 who were deported...
- Firearms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to ban the import and sale of (a) replica, (b) blank-firing and (c) deactivated guns.
- Independent Appellate Tribunal Judgment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department received notification from the Independent Appellate Tribunal of its decision to reject the Home Office's appeal to the...
- Murder Cases
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the report from Sussex police in 2002 on the problems with securing murder verdicts for parents or carers accused of...
- Murder Cases
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to change the law for consideration of joint enterprise when pursuing murder cases against parents or carers accused of...
- Over-lenient Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to extend the power to appeal against over-lenient sentences to sentences for burglary.
- Prisoner Suicides
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides have taken place in prisons in the Greater London area in each of the last three years.
- Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are (a) female and (b) male of pensionable age; and what percentage of the total prison population each sex represents.
- Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total (a) operational capacity and (b) population of prisons in England and Wales was in each year since 1973.
- Sex Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women held in prisons in England and Wales are serving a life sentence for sexual offences.
- Student Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is his policy to remove from the UK students who do not comply with the immigration rules for students visas, particularly with regard...
- Terrorist Attacks
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps have been taken by his Department to ensure the integration and training of (a) the armed forces, (b) the emergency services and...
- Vehicle Fleets
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual rate is at which his Department and its agencies renew their vehicle fleets, by (a) volume and percentage for each category...
- Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list information and communications technology courses available for young offenders serving sentences in young offenders...
- Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures are being taken by his Department to reduce the average distance of young offenders held in young offender institutions from...
- International Development
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what role there is for the Conflict Prevention Fund in Contingency Preparations for humanitarian operations in the aftermath of...
- Capita
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to his answer of 13 January 2003, Official Report, column 459W, on Capita, if he will give the (a) start and finish date, (b)...
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will place in the Library information received by her Department from the third report of the UN Panel of Experts on the Illegal...
- EU Aid Budget
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will estimate how much money the United Kingdom transfers to the European Union as a contribution to the European Commission's...
- Kyrgyzstan
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) the United States of America, (b) the European Union and (c) Russia to...
- Kyrgyzstan
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent meetings she has had with non-governmental organisations and international aid organisations regarding Kyrgyzstan; and if...
- St. Helena
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made in respect of developing air links with St. Helena; and if she will make a statement.
- Minister for Women
- Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for Women what measures she is introducing to increase the number of women applying for public appointments.
- Social Enterprises
To ask the Minister for Women what measures her Department takes to support social enterprise by women.
- Wales
- Air Quality Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which local authorities in Wales have completed Ambient Air Quality (a) plans and (b) assessments.
- Cardiff International Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what annual emission of (a) NOx, (b) SOx and (c) CO2 was recorded for Cardiff International Airport in the last available year, classified by (i) aviation...
- Flood Defences (Hampton Bishop)
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what action the Welsh Environment Agency is taking to repair the weakness in the flood defence barrier by the Bunch of Carrots pub at Hampton Bishop,...
- Gwydyr House
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales who owns the headquarters of his Department at Gwydyr House in Whitehall, London; what his estimate is of (a) the capital value of this building and (b)...
- Ministerial Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the overseas visits of Welsh Office Ministers in each year from 1997–98 to 2002–03, setting out the (a) destination, (b)...
- Postal Votes
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the number of postal votes applied for in Wales for the forthcoming elections to the National Assembly, broken down by (a)...
- Sickness Absence
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many days were lost due to sickness absence in the Department in 2002.
- Sickness Absence
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many working days were lost due to illness in his Department in (a) 2002 and (b) each of the preceding five years.
- Sickness Absence
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the rate of staff (a) absenteeism and (b) sickness was in his Department in each year from 1990–91 to 2002–03; what the target set is for...
- Vehicle Fleets
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures he is taking to encourage Cardiff International Airport Ltd. to introduce low emission vehicles in its operations; and what the outcome has been.
- Trade and Industry
- Manufacturing
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what efforts her Department is making to improve productivity growth rates in the manufacturing sector.
- Social Enterprises
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the contributions that social enterprises can make to public service provision.
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the help she gives rural businesses which have no access to broadband.
- Workplace Bullying
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what she is doing to tackle bullying in the workplace.
- Supermarket Ownership
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the effects on primary producers of the pattern of ownership of supermarkets.
- ACT (Benefits Payment)
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions she has had with (a) the Post Office and (b) the Department for Work and Pensions about preparedness for the introduction of...
- Aon Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value is of the contract recently awarded to Aon Health Services for carrying out health assessments for compensation for services...
- Car Manufacturing
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many motor cars were manufactured in the United Kingdom during each of the last five years.
- Disablement Benefit (Access)
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received regarding the ability of disabled people to access their benefit entitlement at post offices by using a...
- Earnings
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the gap between the average earnings of men and women is in (a) South East Scotland, (b) the Scottish Borders, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
- Essential Medicines (Poorer Countries' Access)
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she has taken to ensure poorer countries are able to access essential medicines since the World Trade Organisation failed to...
- EU Enlargement
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the opportunities for UK businesses arising from EU enlargement.
- EU Enlargement
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what (a) assessment and (b) analysis her Department has conducted on the opportunities for UK businesses from EU enlargement.
- Gas NVQ
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what advice CORGI gave to (a) the HSE and (b) Ministers in March 2002 on the introduction of a new NVQ industry qualification for gas engineers.
- Manufacturing
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many manufacturing businesses operated with five employees or fewer in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
- Manufacturing
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people and what percentage of the work force in Pendle (a) were employed in manufacturing industry in 1977 and (b) are employed in...
- Post Office (Banking Services)
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will ensure that the Post Office card account is given equal promotion and advertising as high street banking options.
- Post Offices (Portsmouth, South)
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the financial loss to post offices in Portsmouth, South as a result of the change in the payment of benefits...
- Public Liability
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many businesses have ceased trading in the last 12 months citing a rise in public liability premiums from their insurers.
- Small Retail Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant, to the answer of 8 January 2003, Official Report, column 248W, on small retail businesses, how many work-force jobs are accounted...
- Wind Farms
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many planning consents are being sought for (a) offshore and (b) land-based wind farm projects in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland...
- Wind Farms
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the contribution to be made by (a) off-shore and (b) land-based wind farm projects over the next ten years as a...
- Northern Ireland
- A29
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will identify the automatic traffic monitoring sites situated along the A29 route.
- Air Quality Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures he is taking to assist local authorities in Northern Ireland in adopting ambient air quality plans; how many local authorities...
- Belfast International Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures he is taking to encourage Belfast International Airport Ltd. to introduce low emission vehicles in its operations.
- Care Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent in Northern Ireland in providing (a) occupational and physiotherapy, (b) home help and (c) district nursing services in each...
- Gardner Report
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will place in the Library the findings of the report on education by Professor John Gardner commissioned by the Northern Ireland Assembly...
- Historical and Cultural Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will bring forward legislation to prevent the destruction and diminution of important historical and cultural buildings in Northern Ireland.
- Housing Executive Tenants
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the rent increases for Northern Ireland Housing Executive tenants have been, expressed as a proportion of GDP, for each year since 1997.
- IFI Belfast Plant
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) discussions with and (b) representations to the Irish Government have taken place over its handling of the closure of the IFI Belfast...
- Minimum Income Guarantee
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people it is estimated are eligible for Minimum Income Guarantee in Northern Ireland.
- Minimum Income Guarantee
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have applied for the Minimum Income Guarantee in Northern Ireland in each year since its introduction.
- Old People's Dwellings
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many old people's dwellings in Northern Ireland have been allocated to people under 60 years of age.
- Public Transport (Free Fares)
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans there are to introduce free fares on public transport for women aged 60 and over in Northern Ireland.
- Senior Citizens
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding has been provided by Belfast Regeneration Office to projects and programmes dealing with senior citizens in each financial year...
- Sports Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money was allocated to the NT Sports Council in (a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99, (c) 2000–01, (d) 2001–02 and (e)...
- Traffic Volume (Moy Village)
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will commission a new survey for traffic volume in Moy village.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Colombia (Human Rights)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration regarding (a) developments and (b) the abuse of human rights...
- Arms and Drugs Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information exchange systems there are between (a) UK and (b) EU agencies to monitor and tackle arms and trafficking.
- Arms and Drugs Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Overseas Law Enforcement Liaison Officer network has taken to co-ordinate efforts to tackle arms and drugs...
- Bermuda
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Bermuda on constitutional change.
- British Indian Ocean Territory
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the use of British Indian Ocean Territory in relation to the international war against terrorism.
- British Prisoners Overseas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries in which British (a) men and (b) women are serving a prison sentence.
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which people elected at the last elections in Burma are under house arrest there.
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which people elected at the last national elections in Burma are political prisoners in Burma; and what information he has...
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has collated about the number of British tourists who visited Burma in each of the past two financial years.
- Capita
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 9 January, Official Report, column 351W, on Capita, if he will give the (a) start and finish date, (b)...
- Chechnya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Russian Government on the future referendum to take place in Chechnya.
- Commonwealth Institute
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who the (a) directors and (b) trustees of the Commonwealth Institute are.
- Computer Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in 2001–02; and on how many...
- Kimberley Process
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to recommend the introduction of certification schemes similar to the Kimberley Process for (a) timber and (b)...
- Energy Supplies (Security)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) which countries he has identified as posing a threat to the security of energy supplies; (2) what current international...
- EU Budget Information Company
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 13 January 2003, Official Report, column 381W, on EU Budget Information Company, how many officials...
- External Consultancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from...
- Iain Hook
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to receive the official report from the Israeli authorities into the death of Iain Hook on 22 November 2002.
- International Court
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people (a) have been tried at the International Court in The Hague and (b) are in custody who will in the near future...
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the proposals of the Greek Presidency of the EU for an emergency summit to be convened on Iraq.
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many pages of documents the Government passed on to the (a) UNMOVIC and (b) IAEA inspectorates since 24 September 2002.
- Iraq
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what discussions he has had with the United Nations regarding their estimates of the number of (a) children under five at...
- North Korea
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the risk to international security from North Korea; and what action his Department is...
- Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made since the 2002 London Conference on organised crime with the development of an EU wide, co-ordinated...
- UN Resolutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to update his Department's Table of 1998 of Draft Resolutions in the United Nations Security Council that have...
- UN Security Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on granting India a permanent seat on the UN Security Council; and what steps he is taking in relation to this.
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions the British Government have had with European partners concerning the French Government's invitation to...
- Health
- Care Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) his Department and (b) the Social Services Inspectorate have required Lancashire county council to close older people's residential care homes.
- Child Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has allocated in 2003 to advertising for child protection social workers in (a) England and (b) abroad; and in which...
- Child Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the Canadian Government regarding the recruitment of child protection social workers.
- Child Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent guidance was issued to employment agencies regarding working in local authority social services departments in child protection.
- Child Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there are in each local authority social services department in England for child protection social workers.
- Child Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many basic grade social work vacancies there have been in field work teams dealing with child protection work in each local authority area in each...
- Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to encourage children in care to become involved in local community projects.
- Children Trusts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many bids he has received from local authorities to become pilot projects for children trusts.
- Delayed Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the response to his consultation into delayed discharge; and what aspects of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.)...
- Medium-Secure Units
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are awaiting transfer from high security hospitals to medium-secure units; and what proportion of these patients have been waiting for...
- Operation Cancellations (Hull and East Riding)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled for non-clinical reasons in Hull and the East Riding in each year since 1997; what percentage of operations were...
- Secure Mental Health Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were available in secure mental health wards in (a) West Sussex, (b) East Sussex and (c) Surrey in each of the last five years.
- Social Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many social workers working with vulnerable children have been dismissed in each of the last five years in (a) Haringey social services, (b) Ealing...
- Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many named day written parliamentary questions tabled between 15 October 2002 and 5 February 2003 received (a) a substantive answer on the named...
- Prime Minister
- Anglo-French Aircraft Carrier
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his announcement in Le Touquet, how his plan for France and the United Kingdom to have one aircraft carrier permanently available will work in practice.
- Chequers
To ask the Prime Minister (1) what have been the running costs of Chequers in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many (a) full time, (b) part time and (c)...
- Union Celebrations
To ask the Prime Minister what plans he has to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the union of England and Scotland in 2007.
- Work and Pensions
- Child Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will set a universal indicator of child poverty to be used by the Government.
- Child Support, Pension and Social Security Act
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how much money in total has been withheld by way of retention or kept back by way of deprivation in relation to orders made pursuant to...
- Pensions (Protected Rights)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under what circumstances a member of a pension scheme can benefit from the protected rights part of the pension fund before the age of 60.
- Benefit Claimants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how his Department will treat benefit claimants who fail to respond to requests to inform the Department what method of payment they have chosen.
- Benefit/Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate, for each major benefit and pension, how much of the expenditure of his Department is received by each decile within the UK...
- Child Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of child benefit decisions that were correct in the last five years; when he started setting...
- Child Support
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which areas are piloting the child support reforms IT system; and of those areas, which are testing cases calculated using the (a) existing...
- Child Support
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many driving licences have been removed from non-resident parents for failure to pay child support to parents with care since this measure...
- Child Support Agency (Scotland)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases are being dealt with by the Child Support Agency; and how many cases were received in each of the last five years in (a)...
- Computer Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases of computer misuse there were in his Department in each of the last five years, broken down by each category of misuse; and how...
- Demography
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent discussions he has had with European colleagues regarding a EU-wide approach to problems arising from changes in the average...
- Departmental Budget
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the increase in his Department's budget in each year since 1980–81, in real terms; and if he will make a statement.
- Disability Living Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applicants for disability living allowance were (a) granted on first application and (b) successful on review in the Orkney and...
- Disability Living Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claim Disability Living Allowance in (a) Haltemprice and Howden, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) England; and if he...
- Government Information (Disabled People)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to improve access to government information about disabled people for organisations in the voluntary sector which have been...
- Greater London Assembly
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what financial assistance his Department gave to the Greater London Assembly in 2002; and for what projects.
- Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what advice Ministers have received from the Health and Safety Commission on the responsibility of company directors for health and safety, as...
- Incapacity Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many successful new claims for Incapacity Benefit and its predecessor benefits were made by (a) men and (b) women in each of the last...
- Independent Schools (Health and Safety)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps are taken to ensure that asbestos surveys are carried out by experts and that their safety guidance is found in independent schools.
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated cost is of a case-law change exercise in (a) correcting Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit records and (b) notifying...
- Maternal Support
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the financial support available to women with children under 3 years.
- New Deal
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the (a) New Deal for Young People and (b) the New Deal for 25 Plus have had their jobseeker's allowance reduced in each year...
- New Deal for Disabled People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled people found jobs through the New Deal for Disabled People in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002 in (i) Scotland and (ii) Fife; how many...
- Parliamentary Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the Speaker's Statement of 20 November 2002, Official Report, column 645, whether he has reviewed his Department's handling of...
- Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the cost of raising the basic state pension to the level of the minimum income guarantee; and if he will make a statement.
- Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the annual cost of increasing the basic state pension by the rate of average earnings growth for each of the next 10...
- Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost of increasing the basic state pension to the level of the minimum income guarantee for those (a) 75 and above and...
- Benefit Fraud Hotline
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many calls the National Benefit Fraud Hotline received in each month since January 1997; (2) how many calls were made to the...
- Tobacco Smoke
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what percentage of workers reported that their workplace was smoke-free in 2001; (2) how many workers in England and Wales have been...
- Top-up Fees (2 annotations)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of the proposed introduction of university top-up fees on the pension...
- Windfall Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what sources of funding will be used after the 2003–04 financial year to continue projects that have been funded by the Windfall Tax.
- Workplace Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 7 January, Official Report, column 10W, on workplace health and safety, on what basis the Department for Work and...
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Brownfield Sites
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the impact of the requirements of the water framework directive upon the cost of clean-up of brownfield land for re-use in his...
- Broxtowe Local Plan
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects the Broxtowe Local Plan Inspectors' report to be available.
- Capital Projects
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place the evaluations for Capital Modernisation Fund projects in his Department since 1998 in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
- Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which district and city councils in Gloucestershire have awarded Disabled Facilities Grants; and how much was spent by each in each year since 1998.
- Domestic Violence
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library the data on local authority performance provided to the Audit Commission on the extent of domestic violence refuge provision in...
- Havering Borough
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what plans he has to visit the London Borough of Havering; (2) what discussions he had during January 2003 with representatives of the London Borough of...
- Lionheart Industrial Estate, Alnwick
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will call in the planning application by Northumberland County Council for a waste transfer station on the Lionheart Industrial Estate, Alnwick.
- Local Government Finance
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what purposes he has held back part of the local government grant settlement; and if he will make a statement
- Local Government Recruitment
Mr. Gareth Thomas: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what action he is taking to increase (a) graduate recruits, (b) recruits from the private sector and (c) recruits from the voluntary sector...
- North West Regional Assembly
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what central Government funding the North West Regional Assembly received in each year from 1998 to 2003.
- Planning Enforcement
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he plans to publish a response to the consultation exercise on the effectiveness of planning enforcement; and what process will follow.
- Rough Sleepers
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what methodology is used to count the number of rough sleepers; when the last count took place; and how many rough sleepers there were in (a) Portsmouth, (b)...
- Sustainable Communities (North-East)
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he will announce a housing market renewal pathfinder project in the Tees Valley.
- Waste Disposal
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will establish a special fund for the allocation of resources to the most affected local authorities for dealing with fly tipping, tyres, obsolete...
- Lord Chancellor
- Lay Magistrates
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many lay magistrates there were in 1997; and what the most recent figure is.
- Civil and Family Courts
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when she will launch the consultation on "Modernising the Civil and Family Courts".
- Civil and Family Courts
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (a) when and (b) how the local consultation in Dorset on modernising the civil and family courts will take place.
- Departmental Consultations
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will list consultations the Department has conducted since 1997; and when each consultation (a) opened and (b) closed.
- Independent Appellate Authority
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when the Independent Appellate Authority notified the Home Office of its decision to reject the Home Office's appeal to the...
- Libra Project
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the costs of her Department's Libra project are (a) as originally estimated and (b) as currently predicted.
- Online Sales/Purchases
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what (a) products, (b) goods and (c) services were (i) bought and (ii) sold online by her Department in each of the last five years.
- Special Advisers/Press Officers
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full-time, (ii) part-time and (iii) on a contract basis by...
- Timber
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department which companies supply timber and timber products to his Department.
- Vehicle Fleets
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what progress has been made, by (a) volume and (b) percentage for each category of (i) vehicle, (ii) type of power unit and (iii)...
- Vehicle Fleets
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the annual rate is at which his Department has renewed its vehicle fleet, by (a) volume and (b) percentage for each category...
- Witnesses
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many court cases failed to take place in (a) 1997–98 and (b) 2002–03 because (i) the accused and (ii) witnesses...
- Youth Court Cases
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many youth court cases in 2002–03 have had to be abandoned because the accused and witnesses failed to turn up.
- House of Lords
- Zimbabwe: Aid
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much bilateral and multilateral aid is given to Zimbabweans by (a) the United Kingdom; and (b) the European Union, broken down by member states.
- Zimbabwe: FCO Advice
asked Her Majesty's Government: What advice the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is currently giving to British nationals intending to visit Zimbabwe; and whether the same advice is given to those...
- Bulgaria and Romania: Visa Control
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are their reasons for maintaining visa control in relation to Bulgaria and Romania.
- Bulgaria and Romania: Visa Control
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which member states of the European Union (other than the United Kingdom) maintain visa control in relation to Bulgaria and Romania.
- Bulgaria and Romania: Visa Control
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, following recent deaths and homelessness in Darfur Province of the Sudan, allegedly caused by attacks of the Baggara tribes against the Fur and Massalit...
- Reproductive Healthcare
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Amos on 24 October (WA 107), whether their statement that they "do not provide assistance to stabilise population growth"...
- Yorkshire: Job Creation
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many jobs have been created in 2002 and since 1997 in the county of South Yorkshire and in the Yorkshire region.
- 2001 Census: Key Statistics for Local Authorities
asked Her Majesty's Government: When detailed results from the 2001 census for local authorities in England and Wales will be published.
- EU Legislation
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 13 January (WA 13–14), and with respect to European Union regulations directly applicable...
- Iraqi Nationals: Leave to Enter UK
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many immigrants and asylum seekers from Iraq have been allowed into the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.
- Iraqi Nationals: Leave to Enter UK
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps are currently being taken to check the bona fides of immigrants and asylum seekers from Iraq.
- Entitlement Cards and Identity Fraud
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish the Information Commissioner's response to the Government's consultation paper on entitlement cards and identity fraud.
- Police Performance
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made on the development of indicators of police performance for forces in England and Wales.
- Home Office Targets Delivery Report
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish the Home Office Targets Delivery Report.
- CPS Targets Delivery Report
asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Crown Prosecution Service Targets Delivery Report will be published.
- Sting Ray Lightweight Torpedo
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made on the award of a contract for the manufacture of the modified Sting Ray lightweight torpedo.
- Cattle Herds: TB Movement Restrictions
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many cattle herds are currently infected with tuberculosis and under restriction notice.
- Krebs Tuberculosis Trial Projects
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many Krebs tuberculosis trial projects are currently in hand; and how many tuberculosis tests are overdue on farms.
- Hunting Bill
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will define the test of competence for a person carrying out the shooting of a wild mammal under the current plans brought forward in the Hunting Bill.
- Golf: Governing Body
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackstone on 9 January (WA 227), whether they agree with the statement made by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St...
- Licensing Bill: Guidance
asked Her Majesty's Government: What arrangements have been made to debate the guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport under the Licensing Bill.
- Public Health Laboratories
asked Her Majesty's Government: How they plan to ensure that accommodation currently used for public health work is protected when the management of public health laboratories transfers to their...
- Public Health Laboratories
asked Her Majesty's Government: How they intend to ensure the continuance of the contribution of the Public Health Laboratory Service to health and safety after 1 April.
- Public Health Laboratories
asked Her Majesty's Government: How they plan to maintain services for food, water and environmental microbiology services when the network of public health laboratories are transferred to the...
- Overweight and Obesity
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action has been taken or is planned to address the areas of National Health Service provision for the management of overweight and obese patients that were...
- Pneumococcal Disease
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their estimate of the number of service level agreements that will be required after 1 April to ensure the continuance of the work done by the Public...
- Primary Care Trusts: Specialised Services
asked Her Majesty's Government: When their conclusions concerning the review of specialised services commissioning by primary care trusts will be published; and What steps are being taken to...
- Ebixa
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the findings of the Committee on Safety of Medicines have encouraged doctors to prescribe the medical drug Ebixa for patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- House of Lords Reform
asked Her Majesty's Government: In the event that Parliament decides in accordance with the Prime Minister's and the Lord Chancellor's opinion that the House of Lords should be wholly appointed,...
- Writs of Summons to the House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government: What change has been made to the form of the Writ of Summons issued to Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal by the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamation Rules)...
- Election Candidates: Copies of Electoral Register
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 27 January (WA 128) whether the entitlement to a copy of the relevant electoral register before...
- Irish Government: Respect for Traditions
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 9 January (WA 230) concerning respect for traditions, whether the list can be recorded in the Official...
- Northern Ireland Act 2000: Legal Opinions
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 7 January (WA 170), whether paragraph 4(1)(f) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 allows the...
- Irish Language Agency
asked Her Majesty's Government: In reference to the appointment of the deputy chief executive, Director of Education Services of the Irish Language Agency, who will be in charge of the agency's...
