Written answers

Tuesday, 12 February 2002

  • Scotland

    • Hospital Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when she intends to meet health ministers from the UK Government and the devolved Administrations to discuss NHS waiting lists.

    • Rail Network

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions she has had with the Department for Transport, Local Government and the regions on the Strategic Rail Authority plan as it affects Scotland.

      Rural Economy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on the future viability of the rural economy in Scotland with special reference to designation of assisted areas.

      Small Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps she is taking to encourage small business development in Scotland.

      Small Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when she next expects to meet representatives of small businesses to discuss regulation and employment issues.

      European Capital of Culture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on the role of her Department in the competition for European Capital of Culture 2008.

      Ministerial Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what her policy is on the use of railways for ministerial travel between Glasgow and London.

      Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on unemployment in Scotland.

      Energy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on the Scotland Office involvement in the PIU energy review.

      Energy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on the contribution made by her office to the energy review, with special reference to clean coal technology.

      Energy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations she has received concerning the Government's energy policy in Scotland.

      Aggregates Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations she has made to the Treasury on the imposition of the aggregates levy in Scotland.

      Aggregates Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations have been made to Her Majesty's Treasury on the aggregates levy; and if she will make a statement.

      Aggregates Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate has been made of the amount yielded from the proposed aggregates levy in Scotland; and if she will make a statement.

      Friends of Scotland Initiative

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions she has had with the First Minister about her Friends of Scotland initiative.

      Air Traffic Control Centre, Prestwick

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when she last met representatives of NATS to discuss construction of the Prestwick air traffic control centre.

      Attendance Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to her answer of 21 January 2002, Official Report, column 595W, on attendance allowance, what role the Scotland Office played in discussions...

      Minimum Income Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pensioners in Scotland are benefiting from the minimum income guarantee.

      Scottish Parliament

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions she has had with the Scottish Executive about the costs of the devolved Parliament.

      Oil and Gas Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when she last met the Minister for Energy to discuss developments in the UK oil and gas industry.

      Euro

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when she last met the Board of Directors of the Scotland in Europe campaign to discuss the impact of the euro on Scotland; and if she will make a statement.

      Secondments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list the names of staff who have been seconded to her Department from the private sector since May 1997, indicating (a) the names of the...

      Devolution Funding Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on her role as the Minister responsible for the Government's financial relations with the devolved Administration in Scotland.

  • Advocate-General

    • Devolution

      To ask the Advocate-General if she will make a statement about (a) the subject matter and (b) changes in the number of devolution cases taken to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council since 1998.

    • Devolution

      To ask the Advocate-General what devolution issues have been raised in the last month under the Scotland Act 1998.

      Duties

      To ask the Advocate-General pursuant to her answer of 25 January 2002, Official Report, column 1126W, on her duties, if she will make a statement, in light of the role she has developed under the...

      European Institutions (Reform)

      To ask the Advocate-General if she will make a statement on the implications of reform of European institutions on the operation of the Scotland Act 1998.

  • House of Commons

    • Portcullis House

      To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on the number of repairs required to the fabric and installations...

    • Select Committees

      To ask the President of the Council what proposals he has for reform of the system for the appointment of members to select committees.

      Private Members' Bills

      To ask the President of the Council what plans he has to make proposals to the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons to reform the system of Private Members' Bills.

      Members' Pensions (Survivor Benefits)

      To ask the President of the Council if he will make a statement on the impact of the June 2001 decision to extend hon. Members' pension plans to their unmarried partners.

      Works of Art

      To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much is available to commission and acquire works of art for the Palace of Westminster.

      Sitting Hours

      To ask the President of the Council if he will make a statement on changes to the parliamentary timetable and calendar.

      Timber

      To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee how much has been spent on timber for the refurbishment of the Norman Shaw South building.

      Timber

      To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee how much certified timber has been used in the refurbishment of the Norman Shaw South building; and what proportion of the total...

      Timber

      To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee what action was taken by his Committee to ensure that timber procured for the refurbishment of the Norman Shaw South building was...

      Select Committee Websites

      To ask the Chairman of the Information Select Committee how many hits there were on the website of each departmental select committee in the weeks beginning (a) 28 January and (b) 4 February; and...

  • Lord Chancellor

    • Judiciary

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what steps he is taking to encourage employers to give working magistrates sufficient time off work to fulfil their Bench duties.

    • Transsexuals

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what plans she has for changes to the legal status of transsexual people.

      Child Guardians

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what progress has been made in setting up an IT system that will enable child guardians to record the details of the children with...

      Criminal Courts (Reorganisation)

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what representations he has received about the Auld report recommendations for a middle tier court; and if he will make a statement.

      Parking Spaces

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what car parking spaces are provided and what the average annual cost of providing such spaces is for (a) the Official Solicitor's...

      Parking Spaces

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what car parking spaces are provided and what the average annual cost of providing them is for the (a) Domestic Legal Services,...

      Parking Spaces

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what car parking spaces are provided and what the average annual cost is for providing such spaces to (a) CAFCASS, (b) the Public...

      Parking Spaces

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many car parking spaces are reserved for judges; what the total cost is of providing such spaces; and what criteria are used...

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what discussions he has had in the past year with employers' organisations to encourage their members to give time off for Bench...

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what percentage of magistrates are (a) full-time employed, (b) self employed, (c) part- time workers, (d) retired and (e) unemployed.

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what proportion of the magistracy is aged under (a) 60 and (b) 40.

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what proportion of working magistrates work in (a) the public and (b) the private sectors.

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many full-time employed magistrates have been (a) put onto the reserve list and (b) retired from the bench, in each of the...

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department whether section 50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is ensuring that working magistrates have sufficient time off work to fulfil...

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the employers who have discouraged their employees from undertaking Bench duties in the last five years.

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when the provisions of section 51 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 have been used by a magistrate; and what the outcome was in...

      Magistrates

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many people from Warrington, North constituency were serving as magistrates in Warrington (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest...

      Judge Advocate-General

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what official foreign visits the Judge Advocate-General has made since his appointment; and what was the purpose of such visits.

      Northern Ireland Court Service

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many staff in her Department work (a) whole-time and (b) for part of their time on matters related to the Northern Ireland...

      Reporting Procedures

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what reporting procedures exist between the Public Guardianship Office and her own.

      Reporting Procedures

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what reporting procedures exist between the Judge Advocate-General's Office and her own.

      Court Service

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what training programmes are made available to junior administrative staff in the Court Service.

      Green Travel Plans

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what green travel plans are in place for (a) judges, (b) the Court Service, (c) magistrates' courts, and (d) staff in the...

      Green Travel Plans

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what green travel plans her Department has for (a) the Land Registry, (b) CAFCASS and (c) the Public Guardianship Office.

      Green Travel Plans

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what green travel plans are in place for (a) the legal services ombudsman's office and (b) the Law Commission.

      Jury Intimidation

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department by what date she intends to produce (a) in draft and (b) in published form proposals to tackle intimidation of jurors.

      Human Rights

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the Government's policy is on establishing a Human Rights Commission in Britain.

      Human Rights

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (1) what the Government's policy is on monitoring the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998; (2) what resources have been...

      Children (Court Proceedings)

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (1) under what statutory powers a court can prevent publication of the identity of children concerned in court proceedings by...

      Coroners

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many coroners there are; and how many are women.

      Correspondence

      To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what guidance his office has provided to Government Departments on dealing with hon. Members' correspondence.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • Theft and Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what additional security measures are planned by his Department to deter and detect theft and fraud.

    • Departmental Secondments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff in his Department have been seconded to jobs in the (a) private and (b) public sector in each of the last four years.

      Gibraltar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the significance of Gibraltar as a UK trading partner.

      Liberia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in Liberia, with specific regard to human rights abuses.

      HIV/AIDS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what provision he is making to respond to the forthcoming request from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for a report on...

      FCO Telecommunications Network

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in how many embassies the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Telecommunications Network hardware has been installed in each of the...

      FCO Telecommunications Network

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place the contract for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Telecommunications Network in the Library; and if he will...

      FCO Telecommunications Network

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the date upon which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Telecommunications Network will be fully...

      British Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if all British detainees in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Cuba have been allowed contact with family members in the UK.

      Ian Stillman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will ensure the British high commission in New Delhi provides interpreter help for Ian Stillman; and if he will make a...

      Ian Stillman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many consular visits there have been to Ian Stillman since he lost his appeal.

      Private Military Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will publish the proposed Green Paper on private military companies outlining options for the control of private...

  • Defence

    • Trident

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what technical programme his Department conducts to assure the safety and serviceability of the Trident warhead; and if he will make a statement.

    • A400m

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has made to his German counterpart about the German Parliament's approval of the A400M Project.

      NATO Budget

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list common budget contributions by NATO members to the three NATO budgets in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000, (e) 2001 and (f) 2002;...

      NATO Budget

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts regarding NATO member contributions to the 2002 NATO budgets; and if he will make a statement.

      It

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the total expenditure of his Department on IT systems and support in each year from May 1997 to date; how many IT contracts have been let...

      Submarine Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001, Official Report, column 337W, on submarine officers, what the specific disciplines necessary to conduct a...

      Submarine Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (1) pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001, Official Report, column 337W, on submarine officers, what the maximum length of time allowed is...

      Service Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints have been received about the (a) suitability and (b) condition of MOD married quarters each year since 1997; and if he will make a...

      Service Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many claims for (a) serious neglect and (b) vandalism against MOD houses have been made in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

      Service Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent upgrading MOD married quarters in each constituency since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

      Service Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who manages MOD housing in each constituency; and if he will make a statement.

      Service Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on private sector housing for service personnel in the last 12 months, broken down by constituency; and if he will make statement.

      Service Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel are seeking married quarters accommodation; and if he will make a statement.

      Alvis 4 Mamba Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made to replace the Army's fleet of Alvis 4 Mamba vehicles.

      Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his estimate is of the cost to the defence budget of the emergency deployment to Northern Ireland in each financial year since 1991–92.

      Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many forces personnel have been committed overseas in each month since January 2000; and where.

      Chinook Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what action he will take as a result of the House of Lords Committee inquiry into the Chinook helicopter crash in 1994.

      Former Service Personnel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the measures he is taking to ensure that service personnel are equipped to cope with civilian life when they leave the...

      Freefall Bombs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of gravity bombs made in the UK were for (a) war stock and (b) the longer term in (i) 1998–99 and (ii) 2000–01.

      Departmental Expenditure (Publications)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow) of 28 January 2002, Official Report, column 21W, on departmental expenditure, if...

      Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 1 February 2002, Official Report, column 599W, if he will specify the appropriate guidance to the UK forces operating in...

      Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what progress has been made in securing commitment from the Turkish Government to take over the UK-led ISAF command in Afghanistan; (2) what other...

      Royal Ordnance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the status is of the partnering agreement between the MOD and Royal Ordnance; and if it is his policy to guarantee indigenous supply of ammunition.

      Royal Ordnance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with BAE Systems concerning the closure of ROF Birtley.

      Royal Ordnance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on Royal Ordnance's policy relating to the TACAS project and the supply of hardware from indigenous bases.

      Ammunition Supplies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the MOD's ammunition supplies over the next five years will be sourced from overseas (a) directly and (b) indirectly from a UK supplier.

      Computer Hacking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions in 2001 attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to computers in his Department by hacking; and of those how many were successful.

      Pakistan Ordnance Factories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what UK-based training was provided by Royal Ordnance for engineers and staff of Pakistan Ordnance Factories in relation to munitions and weapons...

      Lost/Stolen Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those items valued at less than £50 each which have been stolen or lost from his Department in each of the last four years.

      Tritium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements his Department has made to obtain tritium supplies in the event that tritium production is halted in the UK.

      HMS St. Albans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if HMS St. Albans will enter service in September.

      Military Demonstration (Copehill Down)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the nature of the demonstration of military capability given to the Afghan Government's Ministers at Copehill Down on 1...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on agreements reached at the UK/French Government's industry conference on defence procurement.

      War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many war pensions were granted by the War Pensions Agency to armed forces personnel last year.

      Service Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what rates of annual pay are for (a) a private in the Army and (b) a marine in the Royal Marines (i) at commencement of basic training and (ii) once...

      Human Rights Cases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the legal cases brought against his Department and the armed forces since 1997 citing (a) the European Convention of Human Rights and (b)...

      Civilian Contractors (Gulf)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his response to the recommendation in paragraph 92 of the seventh report of the Defence Committee, session...

      Armed Forces Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence of those members of the armed forces pension scheme who retired between 1975 and 1977, how many (a) survive and (b) are survived by a widow or widower to...

      Armed Forces Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost to the armed forces pension scheme (a) for existing service personnel and (b) for those who have already left the services...

      Armed Forces Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army service personnel have been granted war disablement pensions since the earliest date for which he recently examined the records.

      Armed Forces Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 5 February 2002, Official Report, column 857W, on service pensions, if he will make a statement on the findings of his...

      Organophosphate Pesticides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the international studies of the effect of exposure to organophosphate pesticides, with particular reference to their use in the Gulf...

      ASRAAM Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made with the ASRAAM Project.

  • Electoral Commission Committee

    • Minimum Voting Age

      To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick- upon-Tweed, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will make a statement on the Commission's plans for changing the...

  • Culture Media and Sport

    • Departmental Events

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the (a) conferences, (b) seminars, (c) workshops, (d) exhibitions and (e) press conferences which have been sponsored...

    • Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what legal costs have been incurred by her Department in each of the last four years.

      Entertainment Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list for 1997–98 and for each subsequent financial year, including the current year to date, the amount spent by (a)...

      Entertainment Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list for 1997–98 and each subsequent financial year the amount spent by (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c)...

      Departmental Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the publications issued by her Department in each of the last four years; and what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and...

      Accountancy Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total cost to her Department was for accountancy services in each of the last four years.

      Mobile Telephones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list, for 1997–98 and for each subsequent financial year, the amount spent (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) abroad by...

      Mobile Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to increase the number of mobile libraries.

      Child Protection (Sport)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what financial assistance is provided to national governing bodies of sport to draw up and implement child protection policies; and what...

      Regional Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the spending by regional arts boards was, per capita of population served, in each of the past 10 years; and if she will make a...

      Regional Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on the funding of regional arts and cultural services.

      Regional Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the savings which would be achieved under the revised proposals from the Arts Council of England...

      Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total cost to her Department was of the use of external consultants in each of the last four years.

      Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the frequency of visits by members to libraries per annum in each of the past 10 years; and if she will...

      Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list by local authority (a) the number of members of library services and (b) the proportion of the authority's population...

      City of London Corporation (Events)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the functions, engagements and events which Ministers, her officials and advisers have attended which have been...

      Secondments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the names of staff who have been seconded to her Department from the private sector since May 1997, indicating (a) the...

      Commonwealth Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if additional public funding is being sought for the Commonwealth games in Manchester; and if she will make a statement.

      "Hidden Britain"

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the exclusion of the Northern Highlands, the Western Isles and the Northern Isles from the British...

  • Deputy Prime Minister

    • Departmental Expenditure (Publications)

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each of the last four years.

    • Visual and Aural Impairment

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he is taking to promote the use of RNID typetalk within Government Departments.

      Visual and Aural Impairment

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Government Departments employ a trained lip speaker.

      Visual and Aural Impairment

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Government publications were published in (a) Braille and (b) large print in 2001.

      Visual and Aural Impairment

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many sign language specialists are employed by Government Departments for public and media relations.

      Visual and Aural Impairment

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Government Departments provide (a) Braille facilities, (b) text phone facilities and (c) lip speaking training for employees.

      Visual and Aural Impairment

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether it is possible to receive an audio version of Government publications.

      Social Exclusion Unit

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the future work programme of the social exclusion unit.

      Regional Government White Paper

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when the White Paper on Regional Government will be published.

      Ministerial Meetings (Lobbyists)

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what meetings (a) he and (b) his senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years.

  • Solicitor-General

    • Crown Prosecution Service

      To ask the Solicitor-General in how many cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service it decided not to prosecute in each of the last three years.

  • Education and Skills

    • Nursery Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the (a) actual and (b) percentage change in the number of nursery places provided by the (i) statutory and voluntary...

    • Nursery Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) three and (b) four- year-olds in St. Helens, South there are (i) with a full-time nursery place and (ii) without a full-time...

      Private Finance Initiative

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on how many of her Department's PFI contracts Arthur Andersen has been an adviser; and if she will make a statement.

      Teachers Pay and Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the supplemental submission to the School Teachers' Review Body from the six teaching organisations in...

      Teachers Pay and Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will allow head teachers and teachers a three-month sabbatical once they have completed 10 years continuous service; and if she will...

      Teachers Pay and Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will establish any new rents-to-mortgages schemes for teachers in the London area.

      Teachers Pay and Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what further action she is taking to reduce the level of student performance evaluation work required by teachers; and if she will make a...

      Teachers Pay and Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what further action she is taking to help schools in London retain teachers.

      Teachers Pay and Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for what reason Surrey has been allocated less money from the Recruitment and Retention Fund than other LEAs in the South East.

      Teachers Pay and Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent guidance has been issued to schools in relation to management of performance- related pay for teachers.

      Student Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of the levels of student debt on leaving university; and if she will make a statement.

      Student Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to reduce the burden of debt on students; and if she will make a statement.

      Student Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement about parental contributions to student fees.

      Lecturers (Pay)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many higher and further education establishments have not implemented the 3.7 per cent. wage rise for lecturers.

      Lecturers (Pay)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures there are to ensure that the wage increase for university lecturers, agreed in August 2001, is paid by colleges and...

  • President of the Council

    • Golden Jubilee

      To ask the President of the Council what events (a) he is and (b) other Ministers in his Department are planning to attend as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations; and what events his...

    • Fair Trade Goods

      To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to his answer of 16 November 2001, Official Report, column 897W, on Fair Trade goods, if, during Fair Trade Fortnight, he will review the amount of...

      Parliamentary Questions

      To ask the President of the Council if he will make proposals to the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons to enable an employee of an hon. Member to hand in oral...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Farms

      To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many farms the Church owns; and how many it owned in 1997.

  • Transport, Local Government and the Regions

    • Railtrack

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to written answer 23221, of 19 December 2001, Official Report, column 495W, for what reason this...

    • Railtrack

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions who will provide working capital for the company limited by guarantee prior to the completion of Railtrack administration.

      Railtrack

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) who made the approaches to (a) Mr. Iain McAllister and (b) Mr. Iain Coucher to join the team working on a...

      Railtrack

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions who will meet the legal costs of the team working to establish a company limited by guarantee to bid for Railtrack.

      Railtrack

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions whether he has received requests from the European Commission for clarification of the application for state aid...

      Railtrack

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 30 January 2002, ref 30241, Official Report, column 320W, how and when these costs will be...

      Railtrack

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions whether Schroder Salomon Smith Barney are retained by his Department.

      Railtrack

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) how many shares he held in Railtrack Group Plc on 31 March 2001; how many he holds now; and what value was...

      Transport for London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many staff are employed by Transport for London working (a) exclusively and (b) 50 per cent. of their time on new...

      Rail Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many (a) days work by staff, (b) days work by passengers, (c) trains and (d) passenger journeys have been lost to...

      Ministerial Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list each of the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team in each of the...

      Departmental Secondments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many staff in his Department have been seconded to jobs in the (a) private and (b) public sector in each of the...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will state, for each local authority in London, what the real terms increase in total external support was...

      TransPennine Rail Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if the new TransPennine franchise will ensure that services continue to stop at South Milford station (a) on Sundays...

      West Coast Main Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what plans he has for infrastructure works on the WCML between Rugby and Crewe to (a) alleviate the effects of...

      Rail Passengers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001, Official Report, columns 526–27W, on rail passenger projections,...

      Strategic Rail Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001, Official Report, column 532W, on the Strategic Rail Authority, on what...

      Rail Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001, Official Report, column 526W, on rail freight projection, from whom the...

      Rail Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 30 January, Ref 31538, Official Report, column 328W, how much of the £3.5 billion of...

      Rail Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001, Official Report, column 532W, on the regulation of rail fares, on what...

      Rail Delays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will publish the total weekly rail delays, in minutes, for each week from 1 June 2001 to 30 January 2002; and...

      A5 Nesscliffe Bypass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on (a) the progress made and (b) the expected completion date of the A5 Nesscliffe bypass...

      Aviation Industry (Emergency State Aid)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what discussions he has had with European colleagues regarding Europe- wide aid to airlines; and which European...

      Fixed Penalty Notices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many fixed penalty notices were issued by (a) Buckinghamshire county council and (b) Aylesbury Vale district...

      Departmental Secondments (Energy Industry)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many staff were seconded between (a) BP, (b) Shell, (c) Enron, (d) Exxon-Mobil, (e) Conoco, (f) Texaco and (g)...

      Departmental Meetings (Energy Industry)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions on what occasions he and his Department have held meetings since May 1997 with representatives from (a) BP, (b)...

      Buses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans the Government have to allow longer buses to be used on UK roads.

      Channel Tunnel Rail Link

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what is the (a) current status of, (b) start date of and (c) expected completion date for the channel tunnel rail...

      London Underground (Sickness Absence)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what action is being taken to reduce the number of working days lost through absence of staff on medical grounds on...

      London Underground (Sickness Absence)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, (1) pursuant to his answer of 28 January 2002, Official Report, column 50W, for what reason London Underground is...

      Fair Trade Fortnight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what steps he is taking to encourage participation by his Department in Fair Trade Fortnight from 4 to 17 March.

      Radioactive Materials (Transport)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the incidents involving trains carrying (a) radioactive materials and (b) other nuclear materials...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what proportion of households in which the head of the household is registered as disabled paid at least (a) 5 per...

      Secondments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many staff were seconded between (a) PWC Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Ernst & Young, (c)...

      Rail Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what assessment he has made of the implications of the European Union Transport White Paper for vertical integration...

      Accountancy Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the total cost to his Department was for accountancy services in each of the last four years.

      Mobile Telephones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list, for 1997–98 and for each subsequent financial year, the amount spent (a) in the United Kingdom...

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what legal costs have been incurred by his Department in each of the last four years.

      Entertainment Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list for 1997–98 and each subsequent financial year the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its...

      Entertainment Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list for 1997–98 and for each subsequent financial year, including the current year to date, the...

      Rail Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what proportion of the public money going to the railways in the 10-year plan will support investment in new facilities.

      Electoral Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what action he is taking to allow voting online; and if he will make a statement; (2) what plans he has to...

      Electoral Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what action he is taking to encourage higher turnout at elections; and if he will make a statement.

      Electoral Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what action he is taking to increase voter registration; and if he will make a statement.

      Student Accommodation (Houses in Multiple Occupation)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what measures he intends to take to restrict the use of houses in multiple occupation for students.

      Domestic Violence Survivors' Refuges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many refuges for survivors of domestic violence have been taken back into direct management by registered social...

      Noise Insulation (Schools)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will set out his Department's policy on noise insulation for schools in respect of areas where (a) noise...

      Advanced Train Protection System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when he expects the advanced train protection system to be installed and operational on all trains.

      Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many park home sites operate under planning permission but without licences.

      Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans he has to prevent the operation of park home sites without a full licence.

      Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what action he will take to spread best practice in the park home industry to all park home sites.

      Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what action he will take to prevent abuse of service charges for park home residents.

      Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans he has to reform the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental Underspend

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the total underspend in his Department was on (a) capital and (b) non-capital expenditure in each financial year...

      Asbestos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what action he has taken to strengthen the enforcement of regulations related to the handling of asbestos; and what...

      Asbestos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many prosecutions have been brought, and by which agencies, for breach of asbestos-related regulations in each of...

      Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what guidance he gives local authorities on the requirements of the Human Rights Act 1998 in applications for and...

      Car Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what progress has been made on making car fronts safer since the publication of the Road Safety Strategy.

      Llandogo-Monmouth Bus Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the results were of the bus compliance officers investigation into the stagecoach red and white service between...

      A47 Corridor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans he has for a multi-modal transport study of the A47(T) corridor in eastern England; who is undertaking the...

      Representation of the People Act

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will introduce proposals to amend the Representation of the People Act 2000 to allow citizens of EU member...

      Fire Service (London)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on the integrated clothing project for the fire service in London.

      City of London (Ward Elections) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what communications have taken place between Ministers, officials and advisers with the City of London Corporation in...

      Ports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what proposals he has for action on initiative 4.2.8 of Modern Ports: A UK Policy, that suggests a reserve of power...

      Ports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will abolish the Statutory Harbour Undertakings (Pilotage Accounts) Regulations 1988.

      Ports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will take steps to ensure that the role of competent harbour authorities is separate from the ownership of a port.

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what percentage of appeals against a refusal of planning permission were received by the Inspectorate during the...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what plans he has to introduce a statutory duty on local planning authorities to enforce planning controls; (2)...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans he has to enable a member of the public to have locus standi to apply for a prerogative order of mandamus...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions whether he intends to amend section 87 of the Town and Country Act 1971 and section 171 B of the Planning and...

      Marine Accident Investigation Branch

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many investigations have been concluded by the MAIB; what the cost incurred was; and how many staff were employed...

      Solway Harvester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what representations he has received from the Isle of Man authorities regarding the timing of the publication of the...

      Solway Harvester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what discussions he has had with the police in the Isle of Man on the timing of the release of the MAIB report into...

      Second Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will publish the most recent figures for the number of (a) second residences which are entitled to the 50 per...

      Pilots

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what assessment he has made of the impact of section G(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 1971 on the...

      Pilots

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what steps he has taken to encourage other EU countries to validate UK national pilot licences on the same basis as...

      Speed Signs (Bredhurst)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions further to his answer of 31 January 2002, Official Report, column 457W, on speeding signs in Bredhurst, if he will...

      Maritime Professionals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what steps he is taking to increase the number of people becoming trainers of maritime professionals; and if he will...

      Marine Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what assessment he has make of (a) safety and (b) working conditions on board ships; and if he will make a statement.

      Ships' Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on the manpower strength of ships' officers.

      Organophosphates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the international studies and investigations of exposure to organophosphates in aviation engine...

      Regional Development Agencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the (a) running costs and (b) total budget are for the English regional development agencies in 2001–02.

  • Treasury

    • Special Advisers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints have been reported in his Department under paragraph 11 of the Civil Service Code since 13 May 1999; and how many of them related to...

    • Theft and Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what additional security measures are planned by his Department to deter and detect theft and fraud.

      Departmental Retirement Ages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the retirement ages that apply to the employees of his Department and its agencies, including how many and which categories of employees are...

      Television Sets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) integrated digital and (b) analogue television sets have been bought by his Department in each of the last 24 months; and if he will publish...

      10-Year Transport Plan

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the total transport 10-year plan financial envelope has been increased by £2.2 billion additional money; and whether it represents new...

      Entertainment Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list for 1997–98 and each subsequent financial year the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its...

      Capita

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much public money each Capita- administered Government scheme has paid out; (2) how many Government contracts Capita has; and how much these are...

      Capita

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Her Majesty's Government plans to outsource future projects to Capita.

      Debt Relief

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the number of heavily indebted poor countries having to borrow in order to meet the...

      Promoting Sport in the Community

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what regulatory impact assessment has been undertaken on the proposal contained in the Treasury consultation paper, "Promoting Sport in the Community"; and...

      Stamp Duty

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason property transactions in Williton, Somerset, are exempt from stamp duty; and for what reason transactions in Brompton Regis, Somerset are...

      Housing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what indicators of housing need the ward-based statistics to be collected by the Office for National Statistics will include.

      Manufacturing Industry

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many jobs in manufacturing industry were lost (a) in each of the past 10 years and (b) in each month in 2001.

      Stability and Growth Pact

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his intended policy at the ECOFIN meeting on 12 February regarding the Commission's position on the stability and growth pact.

      Fair Trade Fortnight

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to encourage participation by his Department in Fair Trade Fortnight from 4 to 17 March.

      Working Conditions and Practices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department; how much compensation has been paid to employees; how many work days have been...

      Lamfalussy Report

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals the Government will be making to the European Council at Barcelona on the implementation of the Lamfalussy report; and if he will make a...

      Welsh GDP

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate changes in the proportion of Welsh GDP as a percentage of the UK economy in 2001.

      Personal Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what compensation proposals will be forthcoming in respect of those persons who have opted out of SERPS and who had their pension policies affected by...

      Departmental Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes he has made to departmental expenditure ceilings within the controlled total for (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03 since the Budget.

      GDP/Revenues Ratio

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the change in the ratio of (a) income tax revenue and (b) national insurance revenue to GDP if GDP is (i) 1 per cent. above...

      Reputational Externalities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 4 February 2002, Official Report, column 705W, on reputational externalities, if he will state the reasoning underlying the...

      Departmental Underspend

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' underspending against the departmental expenditure limits in the last...

      Public Bodies (Resources)

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what resources were made available to the (a) Disability Rights Commission, (b) Equal Opportunities Commission and (c) Commission for Racial Equality in (i)...

  • Work and Pensions

    • Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the 2001 pre-Budget report, if he will estimate the distribution by household income quintile of the additional expenditure...

    • Savings Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if pensioners' earnings will qualify for the savings credit.

      Stakeholder Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to improve uptake of stakeholder pensions.

      Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken to process a new claim for the (a) working families tax credit and (b) jobseeker's allowance was in the last six months.

      Occupational Pension Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to reform the regulations that govern the arrangements for electing trustees to the boards of occupational pension schemes.

      Industrial Action (Jobcentre Plus)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many members of staff at the Benefits Agency and the Employment Service took part in the recent industrial action; and what steps he is...

      Code of Practice (Disability Rights)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Disability Rights Commission's revised Code of Practice on rights of access to goods, services, facilities and premises will come into...

      Minimum Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidelines on the minimum incomes for healthy living for (a) pregnant women, (b) families, (c) single adults and (d) pensioners (i) before...

      Income Support

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the value of (a) expenditure (i) in cash terms and (ii) in current prices and (b) expenditure as a share of GDP on income...

      Pensioners Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the value of expenditure (a) in cash terms, (b) in current prices and (c) as a share of GDP on (i) retirement pensions,...

      Pensioners Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners receiving one or more means-tested benefit have a weekly income of (a) up to £100, (b) £101 to £120, (c)...

  • Prime Minister

    • Honours List

      To ask the Prime Minister how many persons (a) knighted (or equivalent) and (b) admitted to each rank of the orders of chivalry in the recent New Year's honours list were honoured for their...

    • Honours List

      To ask the Prime Minister how many persons in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland were (a) knighted or equivalent and (b) admitted to each rank of the orders of chivalry in each...

      Suez Emergency 1951–54

      To ask the Prime Minister when he expects the Chairman of the Honours and Decorations Committee to conclude his review of the 1951 to 1954 Suez Emergency and its recognition by way of a General...

      Departmental Retirement Ages

      To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the retirement ages that apply to the employees of his office and its agencies, including how many and which categories of employees are affected by...

      Data Protection Act

      To ask the Prime Minister (1) what the policy of his Office is for ensuring responses to requests for information under the Data Protection Act 1998 are completed within 40 days; and what their...

      Publications

      To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the publications issued by his Department in each of the last four years; and what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) purpose of each was.

      Lost/Stolen Property

      To ask the Prime Minister if he will list those items valued at less than £50 each which have been stolen or lost from his Department in each of the last four years.

      African Visit

      To ask the Prime Minister what sales of UK-produced defence equipment he proposes to promote during his forthcoming visit to African countries; and if he will make a statement.

      Performance and Innovation Unit

      To ask the Prime Minister (1) if he will list the dates of meetings that (a) special advisers and (b) Members of the Performance and Innovation Unit have had since 7 June 2001 with...

      Nigeria

      To ask the Prime Minister what recent representations he has made to the Government of Nigeria regarding ethnic violence in Lagos.

      UN Convention on Children's Rights

      To ask the Prime Minister which Government Department is responsible for co-ordinating the Government's report on the Implementation of the UN Convention on Children's Rights to the UN Committee...

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Ministerial Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate is of the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for her Department in each of the last...

    • Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of fuel poverty in the ethnic minority communities; and if she will commission a study.

      Agricultural Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many acres of Grades 1, 2 and 3 agricultural land (a) in England and Wales and (b) in the Buckingham constituency were...

      Departmental Secondments (Energy Industry)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff were seconded between (a) BP, (b) Shell, (c) Enron, (d) Exxon-Mobil, (e) Conoco, (f) Texaco and (g)...

      Rural White Paper

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 11 December 2001, Official Report, column 848W, when the consolidated list concerning (a) the...

      LGC

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 29 January 2002, Official Report, column 240W, on genotype test errors, what plans she has to...

      Ashmoor Pit, Petrockstowe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the retrospective Environmental Impact Assessment of the Ashmoor Pit, Petrockstowe will be published.

      Thames Flood Barrier

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimates she has made of the number of years of protection afforded to London by the Thames Flood Barrier; when these...

      Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will set out for each Civil Service grade within her Department the (a) total number of staff employed and (b) the...

      Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when she will reply to the letter of 18 November 2001 from Ms Anne Parker concerning the implementation of the...

      Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) parliamentary questions, (b) letters and (c) other representations she has received from hon. Members regarding...

      Meat Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff (a) are employed examining meat imports into the United Kingdom; and (b) were so employed in each of the last...

      Meat Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many consignments of imported meat products have been rejected on inspection, and from which countries they originated,...

      Meat Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to improve the controls on the import and labelling of meat.

      Farm Produce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of farm gate prices of farm produce are less than the cost of production.

      Sheep Annual Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs why the sheep annual premium scheme application forms were changed between 2001 and 2002; how many farmers have made mistakes...

      Farmers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list by administrative region in England and Wales the amounts paid to farmers in each of the last five years for...

      Fair Trade Fortnight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to encourage participation by her Department in Fair Trade Fortnight from 4 to 17 March.

      Exmoor National Park

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will provide funds to the Exmoor national park to help with the damage caused by foot and mouth disease.

      ESA Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the time it takes for Environmentally sensitive areas payments to be made to farmers; and how...

      ESA Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on her plans for the provision of ESA payments.

      Departmental Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many days were lost in strike action in her Department (a) in Somerset and Devon and (b) in the UK in 2000–01.

      Departmental Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list her Department's total expenditure by month in the financial years (a) 1999–2000 and (b) 2000–01.

      Foot and Mouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department has taken to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the (a) Disease Control System Database and...

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what mechanisms have been put in place on the resumption of the live animal export trade to ensure the protection of the...

      Flooding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures she has taken to increase the amount spent on flood defences in 2003–04 to the levels necessary to meet...

      Flooding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures she has taken to cap premiums imposed by insurance companies on homeowners in high-risk flood areas.

      Agricultural Shows

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what agricultural shows licences farmers need to apply for; and what are the regulations governing animals at such shows.

      Agricultural Shows

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many agricultural shows were cancelled as a consequence of the outbreak of foot and mouth; and how many received...

      Sugar Beet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has received from sugar beet farmers about the price of the crop in 2001–02; and what action...

      Animal Movements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the 20-day standstill rule has been amended to apply to animals that have been moved onto the farm and are not...

      Rural Payments Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information technology difficulties have been identified in the operations of the Rural Payments Agency.

      Rhizomania

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact on farming of the removal of protected zone status for rhizomania.

      Livestock Headage Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what headage payments are available to (a) beef, (b) dairy, (c) sheep and (d) other livestock farmers; what is the value of...

      Rat Infestations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated annual cost was to (a) agriculture and (b) the food industry of damage and losses as the result of rat...

      Fishing Fleet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 8 January, 2002 Official Report, column 769W, on the fishing fleet, if she will make a statement...

      Ear-tagging (Sheep)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the introduction of unique ear-tagging of sheep in improving...

      Poland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on whether Poland has accepted the terms and conditions of the acquis communautaire for...

      Fishing Gear

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on who is responsible for the initial authorisation of fishing gear to be used outside the...

      Livestock Movements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the practical implications of the 20 day standstill order for stock breeding livestock...

      IT Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what has been the total expenditure of his Department on IT systems and support in each year from May 1997 to date; how many...

  • Trade and Industry

    • Group Lotus (Redundancies)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement concerning the proposed redundancies at Group Lotus in the South Norfolk constituency; and if she will take steps...

    • Utility Disconnections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many households (a) in England and Wales and (b) in the Buckingham constituency have been disconnected by (i) water companies, (ii)...

      Company Statistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of the work force is employed in companies that have grown 20 per cent. or more in the last four years in (a) St. Helens,...

      Company Statistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of the work force was employed by (a) European and (b) other foreign companies in (i) St. Helens, South, (ii) the St. Helens...

      Company Statistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of companies in (a) St. Helens, South, (b) the St. Helens MBC area, (c) Merseyside, (d) Manchester, (e) the North West RDA...

      Glazing Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what support her Department plans to give to small glazing businesses in Bassetlaw who will not be able to afford the local authority building...

      PILOT Advisory Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list (a) the present members of the PILOT advisory group and (b) former members who have subsequently left and been replaced, with...

      PILOT Advisory Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will provide details of when the PILOT advisory group is due to report; and if she will place copies of related documentation in the...

      Oil and Gas Task Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the members of the Oil and Gas Task Force (a) at the time it was established and (b) at the time it was replaced by PILOT.

      Oil and Gas Task Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will provide details for (a) the Oil and Gas Task Force and (b) PILOT of (i) the terms of reference of these advisory groups, (ii) the...

      Regulatory Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the Government will respond to the report of the Better Regulation Task Force on sector regulators; for what reason the response has been...

      Arms Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the British companies which have received export licences to export arms and army-related equipment to (a) Qatar, (b) United...

      Apprenticeships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) boys and (b) girls are taking apprenticeships within the construction industry in England and Wales.

      Nuclear Reactors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) whether the recent discovery of radiolytic corrosion in the graphite moderators of UK Magnox reactors will...

      Pallets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the change in the size of the UK pallet market in the last four years.

      Public Holidays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what calculations she has made of the cost to public funds of an additional day's public holiday in (a) the UK, (b) Wales only, (c) Scotland...

      Public Holidays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what figures she has collated on the number of paid bank holidays employees are entitled to in each European Union country; what plans the...

      Eurozone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessments she has made of the impact of Britain's employment laws on (a) the loss of jobs in manufacturing industry and (b) the...

      End of Life Vehicles Directive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on her implementation of the end of Life Vehicles Directive; and whether she intends to make it apply...

      Electricity Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much electricity was imported from France into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

      Departmental Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list her Department's total expenditure by month in each financial year since 1997–98.

      Enron Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what submissions have been received by the Government from Enron Europe since May 1997 that have been made publicly available.

      Energy Reserves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how long UK (a) coal, (b) oil and (c) gas reserves are expected to last.

      Green Technologies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she is taking to promote the take-up of green technologies.

      Retention Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what assessment she has made of the impact of the system of retention on smaller construction companies; and if she plans to change the...

      Combined Heat and Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps her Department intends to take to ensure CHP is excluded from the obligation base for the Government's renewable energy obligation.

      BNFL

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions she has had with British Nuclear Fuels in respect of improving the safety and security of buildings B302 and B302.1 at Sellafield.

      BNFL

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, of 1 February 2002, Official Report, column 618W, on BNFL, if...

      Energy White Paper

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date she will issue the Energy White Paper.

      Staff Payments (Commercial Negotiations)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what advice Ministers in her Department have sought from the head of her Department regarding the propriety of members of their personal staff...

      Mineworkers' Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much compensation was paid to former mineworkers in Nottinghamshire in respect of (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration...

      Retail Fuels Market

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the size of the road transportation retail fuels market in each nation of the UK was in (a) ultra low sulphur diesel, (b) unleaded...

      Oil Suppliers and Retailers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the steps her Department takes to monitor the fairness of the contractual relationship between oil suppliers...

      Road Transport Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 10 December 2001, Official Report, column 669W, on rural petrol stations, when she expects to announce the more...

      Fair Trade Goods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 20 November 2001, Official Report, column 169W, on Fair Trade goods, (1) if she will review during Fair Trade...

      Building Firms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if there is a professional organisation that has a list of building firms that are reputable.

  • Home Department

    • Road Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries were caused by road crashes in the Metropolitan Police area in 2001; and at what estimated cost...

    • Jury Trial

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is on trial by jury; and if he will make a statement.

      Drug Awareness Programmes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contribution he plans that coroners' courts will make to drug awareness programmes.

      Extradition

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with United States officials about the potential extradition of terrorist suspects to the USA.

      Youth Referrals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged under 16 years have been referred to local authority social services departments by criminal courts over the last five...

      Volunteering

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to encourage people to take part in volunteering activity.

      English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those known to have settled in the United Kingdom in the last 10 years is fluent in the English language.

      Racial Attacks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he collates on the ethnic origin of the (a) perpetrators and (b) victims of racially motivated attacks; and if he will make...

      Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 4 February 2002, Official Report, column 666W, to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Ms Munn) how many persons...

      Coroners Duties (Deaths Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the role of local coroners relating to UK nationals who die abroad.

      Police Retention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of police officers (a) retired from, (b) left for other reasons from and (c) was recruited to each police force in each year...

      Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what figures he has collated on the number of court orders obtained by local authorities to evict travellers from public parks and open...

      Criminal Cases Review Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of applicants to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have the assistance of a solicitor.

      Criminal Cases Review Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will advise the Criminal Cases Review Commission to give priority to cases of women crown court conviction applicants who are in...

      Criminal Cases Review Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women convicted of murder are the subject of applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

      Domestic Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions of (a) men and (b) women there have been for offences involving domestic violence in the last 12 months.

      Sex Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to force sex offenders to notify the authorities if they are travelling abroad for eight days or less; and...

      Child Pornography

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions by courts in the United Kingdom there have been for the (a) production and (b) distribution of child pornography...

      Policies and Actions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Cynon Valley constituency, the effects on the...

      Hacking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in 2001 attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to computers in his Department by hacking; and of those how many...

      Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have finished their basic training course and are waiting a start date; and if he will make a statement.

      Lost/stolen Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those items valued at less than £50 each which have been stolen or lost from his Department in each of the last four years.

      Spouses (Permanent Residence Applications)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken to process permanent residence applications for spouses of UK residents is; and what the average time is in each...

      Policy Checklist

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place a copy of his Department's policy checklist in the Library; and what status this checklist has in the decision making...

      Fundamentalist Audio Tapes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will take steps to prevent the further sale, distribution and copying of the audio tapes, 'No peace with the Jews', 'History...

      Victim Support

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his policy on the victim support network; and if he will encourage local authorities to assist the scheme...

      Asylum Seekers (Kosovo)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the number of people from Kosovo who are claiming political asylum in the United Kingdom.

      Voluntary Sports Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many voluntary sports clubs are registered with the Charity Commission, broken down by nation and region of the United Kingdom.

      Unlicensed Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he gives to police forces on the prosecution of individuals who fail to pay road fund licence.

      Property Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the prison population is made up of those convicted of property offences.

      Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the five most common offences were for which young offenders were brought to trial in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

      Criminal Defence Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made with the Government's plans for pilots for a criminal defence service; and if he will make a statement.

  • Health

    • Overseas Treatment (Lutterhaus Hospital)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of the total cost to the NHS of the knee replacements to be carried out on three patients from West Sussex at the Lutterhaus Hospital...

    • Air Ambulances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the Government plans to fund air ambulances throughout Britain once their funding from the Automobile Association finishes.

      Hospital Waiting Times

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the expected cost to public funds is of ensuring that by the end of 2005 the maximum waiting time for an out-patient appointment will be three months...

      Primary Care Trusts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of the state of preparedness from primary care groups becoming primary care trusts.

      Private Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average (a) income of and (b) number of patients treated by an acute hospital in England and Wales was in the last financial year.

      Nice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions have taken place with (a) representatives of NICE, (b) representatives of patients' groups, (c) representatives of professional groups,...

      Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health which countries in the EU allow children to be given single inoculations for measles, mumps and rubella.

      NHS Staff (Disciplinary Action)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many disciplinary actions took place in 2001 involving NHS staff in allegations of (a) racism and (b) sexism.

      Traditional Medicines Directive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the impact upon the United Kingdom health products industry of the lack of provision in the proposed Traditional...

      Medical Errors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients within the NHS have (a) died and (b) been injured as a result of user error of medical equipment in each of the last five years.

      KPMG

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts his Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one.

      Personal Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he will take to ensure that no personal information about NHS patients will be disclosed by Ministers, and officials acting on their behalf,...

      Personal Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ensure that no information relating to NHS patients of a sensitive nature, covered by Schedule 2 of the Data Protection Act 1998, will be...

      Portsmouth and South-east Hampshire Health Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors were employed in the NHS in the Portsmouth and South-east Hampshire health authority (i) in May 1997 and (ii) at the...

      Health Authority Chairmen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list health authority chairmen in England and Wales.

      Buckinghamshire Health Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in the Buckinghamshire health authority area benefited from the hospital travel costs scheme in each year since 1997; and what the total...

      Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many written complaints the Buckinghamshire health authority has received concerning treatment received in accident and emergency departments in...

      Assaults

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff employed by the Buckinghamshire health authority were assaulted by patients in each of the last five years; and how many people were...

      Dental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Government have to improve education of parents and children on dental health; and if he will make a statement.

      Fluoridation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of fluoridation schemes; and if he will make a statement.

      Redundancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost of staff redundancy packages arising as a consequence of organisational change in the NHS, broken down by region, since 1996.

      Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts his Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work;...

      Ambulance Crews (Assaults)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many ambulance crew members had to take sick leave owing to being assaulted while on duty in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many ambulance...

      Stakeholders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 8 January 2002, Official Report, column 629W, on the NHS Reform Bill, how he defines the term key local stakeholder.

      National Alcohol Strategy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the work on the National Alcohol Strategy commenced; at what stage the work is at present; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a...

      Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been appointed by him to official bodies and NDPBs coming under the aegis of his Department in the last three years; and who they were.

      Dental Practice Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the remit is of the Dental Practice Board; what the objectives of the Dental Practice Board are; who sets the objectives; how the performance of the...

      NHS Activity Levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the activity levels were in the quarter to (a) September 2000 and (b) September 2001 for (i) new attendances at accident and emergency departments,...

      Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the national health service framework for diabetes will receive additional dedicated funding centrally.

      Prescribing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to convene the New Prescribing Advisory Committee.

      Prescribing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he expects to announce his timetable for commencing section 63, on the extension of prescribing rights, of the Health and Social Care Act 2001;...

      Care Homes (Isle of Wight)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has received from (a) the Laing and Buisson surgery and (b) other sources on the number of (i) care home closures and (ii) care home...

      Care Homes (Portsmouth)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new care homes have been registered in Portsmouth, South since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

      NHS Appointments Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people who had been appointed to a position within the NHS by the NHS Appointments Commission had declared a political interest, broken...

      Long-term Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute beds were blocked last year in Oxfordshire owing to a shortage of long term care places.

      Paramedics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to increase the pay of paramedics in the Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement.

      Christchurch Health Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action has been taken to market the former Christchurch Health Centre premises since March 2001; and if he will make a statement.

      Multiple Sclerosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people with MS likely to present themselves for assessment by a neurologist with a view to getting a...

      Smallpox Vaccine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 22 November 2001, Official Report, column 410W, upon what estimates on the rate of transmission of the smallpox infection his...

      Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the London regional office will conclude its review of the Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust in respect of its management of in-patient waiting lists;...

      Adoption and Fostering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to propose amendments to the legislation regarding adoption and fostering of children.

      Private Medical Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies have had private medical insurance provided...

      Home Care Packages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures he is taking to increase the number of home care packages for the elderly; and if he will make a statement.

      Physiotherapists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many of the extra therapists by 2004 announced in the NHS plan will be physiotherapists; (2) how many extra physiotherapists will be trained in...

      Mobile Telephones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the research which he has commissioned into the health effects of mobile telephones includes transmitter masts.

      Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for radiotherapy in the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust area on (a) 1 January 1999, (b) 1 January 1997, (c) 1...

      After-surgery Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) primary care trusts and (b) acute trusts put in place systems which provide care and support for patients who...

      Dietary Supplements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his policy on the European Directive on dietary supplements.

      Digital Hearing Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the NHS trusts that will provide digital hearing aids in accordance with his announcement of December 2001.

      Medical Education (Investment)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of each regional NHS budget is earmarked for (a) medical, (b) higher and (c) further education capital investment; what investment in...

      Nursing and Midwifery Student (Funding)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of nursing and midwifery students in the latest year for which figures are available had no access to student loans, university hardship...

      Midwifery and Nursing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government plans to take to bring about parity between diploma and degree students of midwifery and nursing.

      Medical Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government takes to encourage and finance the continuing professional development and education of consultants and GPs.

      Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list those (a) health authorities and (b) hospital trusts which have not achieved the Government target for all breast cancer patients to...

      Dentists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have opted out of the NHS in each year since 1997.

      Tobacco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the harm caused to nicotine users of (a) using oral tobacco and (b) smoking cigarettes; (2) what advice he received...

      Care Home Beds (Wycombe)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement in the change on the number of care home beds in the Wycombe constituency since 1997.

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many episodes of in-patient care were purchased by the NHS in London in the independent mental health sector in the last year for which figures are...

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what work has taken place on child and adolescent mental health services for the Children's National Service Framework; (2) if he will list the...

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2002, Official Report, column 750W, on mental health, how much capital expenditure has been profiled in respect to...

      Clinical Depression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of (a) adults, (b) children and young persons and (c) adults over 65 years have clinical depression at the latest date for which figures...

      Tilt Report

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the first patient to move out of a hospital as a result of the Tilt report.

      Air Ambulances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance he issues on the circumstances in which an air ambulance is more appropriate than its terrestrial equivalent for the transfer of...

      General Practitioner Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he takes to ensure that children are not removed by general practitioners from their lists due to medical and lifestyle decisions by their parents.

      Northwood and Pinner Community Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of Northwood and Pinner community hospital; and what plans he has received from the Hillingdon primary care...

      Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to raise the personal expenses allowance in care homes.

  • International Development

    • Global Conflict Prevention Pool

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the projects funded from the Global Conflict Prevention Pool since its establishment, indicating for each project the...

    • Zimbabwe

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what assistance Her Majesty's Government (a) is providing and (b) has provided since 1990 to primary education in Zimbabwe; (2)...

      Zimbabwe

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the supply of staple foodstuffs in Zimbabwe in each year since 1990.

      Secondments

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the names of staff who have been seconded to her Department from the private sector since May 1997, indicating (a) the...

      Voluntary Service Overseas

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what help she intends to give to Voluntary Service Overseas in relation to the insurance premiums payable by them in the...

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what legal costs have been incurred by her Department in each of the last four years.

      Departmental Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the publications issued by her Department in each of the last four years; and what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and...

      Burundian Rebels

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the Government are taking to monitor the activities of the Burundian rebel groups operating from refugee camps on the...

      Botswana

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her answer of 16 January 2002, Official Report, column 311W, on Botswana, what action she has taken to secure water access...

      Burkina Faso

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the new partnership for African development in relation to Burkina Faso.

      Burkina Faso

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funds her Department provides to the Government of Burkina Faso.

      Malawi

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance she is providing to people affected by floods in Malawi.

      Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance her Department has provided to the Jawand district of Afghanistan since 11 September.

  • House of Lords

    • Republic of Ireland: British Passport Applications

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Amos on 26 November (WA 1), which indicated an increase in excess of 87 per cent in the number of applications for...

    • London Underground: Timing of 7 February Statement

      asked the Leader of the House: Why the Statement made on 7 February (HL Deb, col. 742) on London Underground was made at 7 p.m. and not at the usual time, after 3.30 p.m.

      Afghanistan: Ethnic Communities' Representation

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure that ethnic communities including the Pushtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara, Turkmen, Baluch and Nuristani are adequately represented...

      Afghanistan: Ethnic Communities' Representation

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their evaluation of the need to achieve a convincing cross-section of ethnic representation in provincial and central government in Afghanistan in order to...

      Afghanistan: Ethnic Communities' Representation

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their evaluation of the interrelationship between the ethnic communities in Afghanistan and their "patron states" like Pakistan, Iran and Uzbekistan; what...

      World Trade Centre Attack: Fatalities

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the final figure of those people killed in the attack on the New York World Trade Centre on 11th September 2001; and how many of them were British citizens.

      Youth Justice Orders: Ethnic Monitoring

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will include ethnic monitoring of the new youth justice orders in their annual publication under Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.

      Defence Medicine: Employment of Civilian Medical Consultants

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether civilian medical consultants are employed to cover the deficiency of military medical specialists; if so, how many are employed in each speciality; and how...

      Army Units Not Conforming to 24-month Tour Interval

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Which are the corps whose units are continuously required for overseas and operational deployment and do not conform to the 24-month tour interval; and what...

      Private Military Companies

      asked Her Majesty's Government: When they intend to publish the proposed Green Paper on private military companies outlining options for their control.

      Milne Task Force Report

      asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish their response to the Milne Task Force Report.

      Government Departments: Assets of Cultural Significance

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a decision has been made over the future of the Privy Council silver that was withdrawn from auction on 29 October 2001; and whether the silver will be...

      Government Departments: Assets of Cultural Significance

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will list all the assets of cultural significance that each government department has submitted for auction since October 2001.

      Meat Importing Companies: Controls

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to Written Answer by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 15 January (WA 148), how many of the nine plants affected have rectified their controls; how many of...

      Landfill Sites: Health Outcomes

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in relation to Dr Vrijheid's letter to the Lancet on 26 January, they are doing everything they can to look into the safety of landfill sites including...

      National Health Service: Litigation

      asked Her Majesty's Government: How much money has been paid out by the National Health Service in litigation against the National Health Service; how many legal firms are involved on behalf of...

      Genetics: Progress on Publication of Green Paper

      asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to publish a Green Paper on genetics, as promised by the Secretary of State for Health in his speech to the National Health Service International...

      National Health Service: Standards for Information Systems

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will set out the timetable for their declared ambition to develop standards for National Health Service informations systems.

      Testing: Genetic Proposed National Network

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 15 January (HL Deb, col. 1062) whether they will give details of the proposed national network of...

      Anticoagulation Treatment: Disposable Testing Strips

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to make disposable testing strips for blood self-monitoring machines available on prescription for those with congenital heart disease who...

      National Curriculum: European Integration

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What aspects of European integration are taught as part of the national curriculum.

      State Pension

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What number and proportion of (a) single male pensioners and (b) single female pensioners receive (i) a full state pension and (ii) a partial state pension, broken...

      European Union Signatures Directive

      asked Her Majesty's Government: When they anticipate that they will be in a position to implement fully the European Union Signatures Directive, the deadline for which was July 2001.

      EC Regulation 2037/2000: Implementation

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress they are making in implementing European Regulation 2037/2000 on substances that depleted the ozone layer; and what work was carried out prior to...

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