To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for changes to the Departmental Expenditure Limit and administration costs limit within his responsibility.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths were recorded (a) in prison, (b) in young offender establishments and (c) in other places of custody in each of the last 10...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will grant permission for Mr. Satpal Ram, of HMP Wellingborough, to visit his mother in hospital each day.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the situation of asylum seekers Mr. and Mrs. Eric Moussavou, placed in the Palace Hotel, Southend on 16 May...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff from each directorate in his Department are to be transferred to other Departments as a result of the transfer of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the areas of responsibility that have (a) been transferred from his Department to other Departments and (b) been transferred...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were brought (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully under (i) the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and (ii) the Dogs Act 1871,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the change of specification was that led to the decision not to publish the October 1999 report of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason war pensions assessors were issued with guidance to discuss cases with political sensitivities with an executive case worker.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the outcome was of the investigation into the shooting of Leslie John Douglas on 13 June 2000; and what actions he has taken subsequently.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his Department's officials are employed to conduct the comprehensive survey of the service volunteer programme at the chemical defence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what aspect of the comprehensive survey of the service volunteer programme at the chemical defence establishment, Porton Down, announced on 1 May will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of the correspondence from the Medical Research Council confirming that the Council is looking at the feasibility...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel who took part in experiments at the chemical defence establishment, Porton Down, have been referred to the Medical Assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what dates officials from his Department and the chemical defence establishment, Porton Down, held meetings with the Medical Research Council since 5...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what studies his Department is undertaking as to the accountability of registered social landlords; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the expenditure from central Government sources was on (a) repairs to council properties and (b) capital...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local government and the Regions how many (a) dwellings were completed, (b) new council properties there were, (c) new housing association properties...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what recent representations he has received on the question of planning controls on the conversion of public houses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will conduct an inquiry into the sale of Nutts Farm caravan site by Swale borough council; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what financial support his Department has given in the current financial year to community transport schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what recent initiatives have been taken in order to provide affordable housing in rural areas; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when he expects to publish the results of his consultation on aviation policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans the Government have to introduce a mandatory 20 mph zone in areas close to schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what percentage of council housing stock in Stockton, South has been sold since 1979.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to review the process of awarding the contract to operate the National Lottery.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she will take in the event of the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium not proceeding to recover public funds invested in the project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will ensure that religious organisations are given the opportunity to obtain local digital radio broadcasting licences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the Broadcasting Act 1996 with the freedom of expression provisions of the European...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if non-religious radio stations can automatically renew analogue licences by applying for digital licences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when applications for the last digital radio licence in London will be determined.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her Department's expenditure was on Antarctica in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which Minister within her Department has responsibility for deregulation; and if she will list deregulation measures enacted since May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost of the review of UK competition policy conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers was; and what her Department's response is to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the cases since May 1997 (a) where her predecessors referred mergers to the Competition Commission (i) on the advice of and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to introduce criminal sanctions for breaches of competition law.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the outcome of the Internal Market, Consumers and Tourism Council on 30 and 31 May.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the terms of reference are for the taskforce that is to consider how to give parents of young children a right to make a request to work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what changes will be made to the resource departmental expenditure limit of British Trade International.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to provide advice to owners of onshore gas processing infrastructure in relation to their statutory obligations to publish...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what changes will be made to the departmental expenditure limit and administration costs limit for her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the outcome of the Energy and Industry Council on 14 and 15 May.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to take forward the recommendations of the Ofgem/DTI working party on embedded generation published in January 2001; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research she is supporting into less polluting fuels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will publish the inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of the London borough of Lambeth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will publish the inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Manchester City Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will publish the inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Lincoln City council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how much was spent on countering fraud in Family Credit, and what the estimated savings were in the last three years; (2) what his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if the checks made on continuing claims for benefit with respect to National Insurance are done through access to Inland Revenue records.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will set out his strategy for identifying those who have failed to claim their entitlement for Winter Fuel Payments in the winters of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the value of unclaimed Winter Fuel Payments for the winter of 2000-01 and the number of entitled recipients who failed to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will set out the basis for his oral statement of 25 June 2001, Official Report, column 372, about the number of pensioners who will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much it is expected to cost to establish the Pension Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have bought a stakeholder pension in each month since they first became available; and what proportion of these were bought on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if Jobcentre Plus and the Pension Service will have their own dedicated websites.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who claim minimum income guarantee as a result of the take-up campaign.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how people in long-term residential care who are (a) state-funded and (b) self-funded will benefit from the introduction of the pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many claims were made for Severe Disablement Allowance in each of the 12 months up to and including March 2001; (2) how many (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimates he has made of the administrative costs of Housing Benefit for each London borough for each of the past three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much it is expected to cost to establish Jobcentre Plus; and how much revenue is expected to be raised by selling off premises that are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's most recent estimates are for expenditure on (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Severe...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's original forecasts were for expenditure on (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Severe...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's actual expenditure was on (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Severe Disablement Allowance,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will produce an updated set of tables in the same terms as those at the back of the last DSS departmental report (Cm 4614) to outline the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list his special advisers and their division of responsibilities; (2) if he will list the special advisers in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the expiry of the UN and EU arms embargoes against Ethiopia and Eritrea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which goods subject to strategic export controls have recently been approved for export to Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects the environmental impact assessment study of the Chagos Islands to be completed and published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what actions are being taken by his Department to establish a permanent secretariat for the Antarctic Environmental Protocol...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what monitoring of the legal proceedings against General Pinochet in Chile is being undertaken by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has held with the US Government concerning the right of return of the Ilois people to Diego Garcia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry regarding the responsibilities of the Minister...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to launch the UK consultation process for the Future of Europe debate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to continue the "Your Britain, Your Europe" campaign; and what budget has been set for this initiative.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he discussed the proposals for peace in the middle east put forward by the director of the CIA during his recent visit to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with representatives of the EU and the US on the issue of ballistic missile defence; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the status of his Department's rebuttal unit on EU issues.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he had during his recent visit to Gothenburg regarding the situation in Macedonia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on (a) the conclusions of the Gothenburg Summit as they relate to the Irish referendum on the Nice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings he has had since his appointment with (a) the President of the European Commission and (b) representatives of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if it remains the Government's policy that qualified majority voting should not be extended to border controls, defence,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he will give to the NHS Appointments Commission to ensure that suitable nominations are received from the voluntary sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current financial deficit of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the pithing ban.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of total funds available to the cancer screening programme are available to the cervical cancer screening programme; and what that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish the ninth annual report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the General Social Care Council will publish the time-scales for registering each category of social care worker; (2) pursuant to his answer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in improving food labelling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to improve the regulations covering the clarity of food labelling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the countries of origin of staff first employed by the NHS in the past year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will break down by region for each of the last 12 months the additions to the organ register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what further action the Government are intending to take to tackle work-related stress disorders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans she has to use her powers of intervention under the Scotland Act 1998 in relation to the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement about the impact of recent foot and mouth outbreaks on the rural economy of the North Yorkshire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what is the total sum of money made available in compensation payments, to date, to farmers as a result of the foot and mouth...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to establish a public inquiry into the Government's handling of foot and mouth disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many premises classified as infected with foot and mouth disease in each county of (a) England and (b) Scotland have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of the foot and mouth crisis on the veterinary sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will commission an inquiry into the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with representatives of tenant farmers on the situation in agriculture; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proposals she has to include the recovery and recycling of wood in the packaging waste regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the US Administration on the Kyoto targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the environmental consequences of the Kyoto protocol not being ratified by the United States...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures she intends to introduce to reduce pollution in industrialised areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact on food surplus production of the proposed expansion of the EU.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the prospects for the pig industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the value for money obtained for support to the farming industry in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the role will be of the proposed independent commission on the rural economy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on her responsibilities for the rural economy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on policy relating to the next year of the cod recovery programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the National Assembly for Wales about the reopening of the livestock markets in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she plans to issue regulations to amend the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations 1994 in the light of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the expenditure incurred in introducing the title of her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many abattoirs closed in each of the last 20 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to reply to the letter to her predecessor from the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, dated 3 May...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on further plans to encourage countryside conservation and the Countryside Stewardship Scheme. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what changes are proposed to the departmental expenditure limit for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there have been any recent changes to the UN and EU arms embargoes against Ethiopia and Eritrea.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Boundary Commission for Scotland has decided when to start a general review of constituencies in Scotland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to improve the welfare of broiler fowls following the report of the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the outcome of the Environment Council held in Luxembourg on 7 June.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they plan to issue regulations to amend the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations 1994, in the light of the provisions of the Countryside and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What decisions have been reached about the possible use of economic instruments in relation to water abstraction.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there are any proposals to amend the Food Standards Agency Departmental Expenditure Limit/Administration Costs Limit for 2001-02.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the outcome of the meeting of the Health Council which took place on 5 June.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made on the private-public partnership for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have yet made any decisions on the findings of the report by Mr Stephen Shaw on the Triennial Review of the Board of Visitors at HM Prison Standford...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many places have been offered by HM Prison Service, the Scottish Prison Service and the Northern Ireland Prison Service to the Immigration and Nationality...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What reports they have received about the suitability of the Thorncliffe Hotel, Heston, Middlesex, for the accommodation of asylum seekers; and how much it has...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the current arrangements in Northern Ireland for those detained while seeking asylum in the United Kingdom are satisfactory; and What plans they have to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many persons are now detained in prison in Northern Ireland under the Immigration Acts; what have been the maximum and minimum numbers of detainees at any time...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many police officers and civilian staff there are in total and in each police force in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in order to maintain and strengthen the cultural diversity of the regions of the United Kingdom, the number of weekly hours of local programmes...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the average weekly time allotted to regional programmes transmitted in each of the 17 television areas for the years, 1998, 1999, and 2000.