To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how many (a) couples with children, (b) couples with no children and (c) single childless people will be entitled to the new working tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the annual cost (a) in each year since its introduction and (b) over the next five years of tax relief on work done to remove...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the (a) verification and (b) auditing arrangements for claims for tax relief on work done to remove asbestos.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how many couples are ineligible for children's tax credit because the income of the highest earner is too high, but would be eligible...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates his Department has made of the annual cost to British industry of the climate change levy (a) overall and (b) per sector.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what measures have been taken to assist sectors that are unable to comply with the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive, and are...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) numerical and (b) percentage breakdown by perceived community origin are of (i) Inland Revenue and (ii) Customs and Excise staff employed in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what financial aid is available for those petrol stations which wish to supply liquefied petroleum gas.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether meetings between officials of his Department and representatives of Guernsey are held on Jersey; (2) how often meetings are held between his...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much compensation has been paid to claimants by the Inland Revenue following the decision of the ECJ in the case of Metallgesellschaft (C-397/98); and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made as to the effect tax changes on North Sea oil and gas companies announced in the Budget statement 2002 are having on the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) families and (b) individuals have gained from tax and benefit changes since 1997; and on average by how much.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what performance targets have been set for the tax credit helpline; and what have been the monthly performance levels against those targets since the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will estimate the number of families where the principal earner has a gross income above the higher rate threshold and the gross household...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer further to his answer of 22 January 2003, Official Report, column 42W, on thermal insulation, what the implications are of the European Union Court Case...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the principal regulatory risks are that the UK Listing Authority is responsible for managing; (2) what progress the UK Listing Authority has...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many university students her Department and associated agencies has supported or sponsored with a work placement in the last year;...

To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission whether use of the internet within the parliamentary estate is monitored.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether civil offences are recorded in disclosures issued as a result of criminal records bureaux checks.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the budgets of the (a) police, (b) Customs and (c) intelligence services were to combat (i) drug, (ii) firearm and (iii) people...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms he will use to ensure that the numbers of anti-Gulf War protesters marching to Hyde Park on 15 February 2003 are accurately...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has received from Swiss authorities regarding two Britons detained in Switzerland last year on suspicion of terrorist...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 4 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Mansoureli...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people arrested in (a) Haltemprice and Howden, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) the Humberside Police Authority area tested...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions were recorded in each year since 1997 in the Humberside police authority areas for (i) carrying...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for Criminal Records Bureau checks processing will be postponed from March 2003 to 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will commission an evaluation of the impact of the Criminal Records Bureau on volunteering in deprived communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Criminal Record Bureau plans to launch an advisory service to employers about the availability of checks in a variety of countries;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what date the Carter report has set for the restoration of checks against the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List; (2) if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place a copy of the (a) enhanced, (b) basic disclosure and (c) standard forms and the (i) old and (ii) new explanatory notes for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 29 January 2003, Official Report, column 911W, on the Criminal Records Bureau, how much was paid to each...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects basic disclosures to be issued again by the Criminal Records Bureau; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 3 February 2003, Official Report, column 72W, what the total cost is of the ex-gratia payments that have been made...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department was made aware that the Daedalus site at Lee-on-the-Solent might be available for Home Office purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what extra resources the Home Office will provide for Hampshire Constabulary for the policing of the Daedalus site at Lee-on-the-Solent in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the decision to allow employment of domiciliary carers for disabled people without them first being cleared by...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) drink-driving offences were recorded in each year since 1997 by the police constabulary and (b) successful prosecutions there...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what studies his Department has undertaken in relation to drink-driving offences from the sale of alcohol from (a) supermarkets, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average number of interventions through the criminal justice system is for a Class A drug misuser before (a) treatment, (b) a drug...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for merging drug action teams and crime reduction partnerships; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been through the court system for (a) possession, (b) dealing and (c) trafficking of illegal drugs in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been to prison for offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in each of the last five years; and what proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug treatment and testing orders have been issued to (a) heroin addicts, (b) crack cocaine addicts and (c) poly-drug users since...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens he expects to apply for asylum in the United Kingdom in the event of conflict in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi refugees the United Kingdom will take in the event of conflict in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from (a) banks and (b) retailers on conversion to microchip and PIN technology for point of sale payment...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how frequently serving police officers returning to active duties after traumatic brain injury should be assessed by a clinical psychologist.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the rights of prison officers to undertake industrial action; and whether the Government plans to review these...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug misusers under treatment have been (a) arrested and (b) imprisoned since 1 January 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many problematic drug users have been in prison.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the proportion of (a) the prison population, (b) those going through the court system and (c) those going through the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures his Department is taking to (a) increase employment to the Probation Service and (b) ensure that officers have the necessary...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the proportion of property crime related to the need of the perpetrator to support illegal drug use in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the relationship between Class A drug addiction and recidivism among criminal offenders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what revenue funding will be provided to match the capital funding for new refuge provision announced on 11 December 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures have been taken to ensure the integration of (a) planning and (b) communications between (i) the armed forces, (ii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many treatment orders have been given to people with alcoholism in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women are being held in vulnerable prisoner units in prisons in England and Wales.

To ask the Minister for Women what measures she intends to take to encourage the promotion of women into (a) the board of FTSE 100 companies and (b) senior positions in trade unions; and if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether she has plans to cap auditor liabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) which British companies have investments in Burma; (2) what the value of UK investment in Burma, including transfers via dependent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the results of the consultation on investment for the coal industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what changes in unit payments for electricity have resulted from the switch by her Department to purchasing renewable energy which is exempt...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her estimate is of the total spending of her Department on entertainment in each year from 1994–95 to 2002–03; and if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent research her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) begun to undertake to assess the amount of fur derived from domestic animals...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many solar installations have been completed as a result of the grants made available by her Department; what has been the average cost of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list IT contracts in her Department above £50 million in each of the last 10 years; what the inception date for each system...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the remedies to UK employees of multinationals who have been made redundant without the required (a) process...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on her assessment of the relative susceptibility to being made redundant of employees of multinationals operating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what official visits (a) the Minister for Science and (b) the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government have made in each of the last three...

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the other appointments the recruitment consultants used in the appointment of the Director General of Ofgen...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the future of the powers of entry, search and arrest employed by the investigation branch of the Royal Mail.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the United States Government on establishing a Palestinian state; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will table a resolution under chapter VII of the United Nations charter to impose a duty on Israel to halt and withdraw...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government's activities in seeking a Middle East peace settlement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the prospects for a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with President Assad of Syria regarding kidnapped Israeli soldiers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of South Africa on the search for a peaceful settlement to the Zimbabwe crisis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of the Annan plan for Cyprus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent steps he has taken to promote a settlement in Cyprus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funding his Department makes available for projects that involve members of the (a) Greek and (b) Turkish communities in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met his French and German counterparts to discuss EU foreign and security policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the future of the European Security and Defence Policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to raise the issue of human rights with his Iranian counterparts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest estimate is of the proceeds to his Department from the asset re-cycling programme agreed with HM Treasury for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the prohibitions on the use of (a) riot control agents and (b) other disabling chemicals as a method of warfare...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of representations to the Indian Government in the case of Professor Davinderpal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes he has made to guidance on export licensing, with particular reference to sales of defence equipment and technology...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list consultations his Department has conducted since 1997; and when each consultation (a) opened and (b) closed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest estimate is of the (a) market value and (b) same use value of FCO-owned land and buildings; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest estimate is of the (a) same use value and (b) market value of the FCO properties at (i) Buenos Aires, Argentina,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest estimate is of the (a) same use value and (b) market value of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office properties at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to sell FCO properties in (a) Hong Kong, (b) Singapore and (c) France; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which FCO properties his Department is (a) contracted to sell and (b) trying to sell; what sales proceeds are expected in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria are used to decide whether to possess an embassy or consular building in a particular (a) city and (b) country;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funding he has made available to London Underground Limited to display multi-lingual poetry to mark the 30th anniversary of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what e-mail address members of the public may contact (a) his and (b) each of the Ministers in his Department; and for each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to ensure that a draft European constitution reflects Europe's religious heritage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects the Intergovernmental Conference on a Future Treaty of the EU to begin work; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether his Department has made recent representations to the Indonesian Government about the need to co-operate fully...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) products, (b) goods and (c) services were (i) bought and (ii) sold online by his Department in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many overseas students were awarded FCO scholarships in each of the last five years; what their country of origin was; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his Department's policy toward awarding scholarships to overseas students.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the European Commission regarding allegations of EU aid to Palestinian territories being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department, in enhancing the competitiveness of UK companies abroad in the latest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the annual rate is at which his Department and its agencies renew their vehicle fleets, by (a) volume and percentage for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action his Department is taking to promote political stability in Venezuela.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the real level of UK visa fees; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much money was collected in visa fees for the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the use by HM armed forces of biological and chemical weapons in future conflicts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recommendations have been made to improve protection against bullying at Bovington Camp, Dorset since October 2002; and what compensation has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times in each of the last 10 years the Crichel Down rules were applied by the Ministry of Defence; when the last occasion was; and in how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will decide on the application of Crichel Down rules with respect to land which previously formed part of Marlborough at Falmouth, Cornwall and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department had for the Daedalus site at Lee-on-the-Solent in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 2000 and (d) January 2003; and when the plans changed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to construct housing for MOD personnel at the Daedalus site.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which (a) Type 42 destroyers and (b) Type 23 frigates are to be considered for removal from the fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there has been an acceleration since the completion of the Strategic Defence Review in the rate at which Type 42 destroyers are expected to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) mail, (b) E-blueys, (c) private telephone calls up to 20 minutes per week, (d) E-mail, (e) newspapers, (f) library services, (g) BFBS, (h)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans the MOD has to develop the use of HMS Sultan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Imams are attached to the three services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contingency plans he has to limit the damage to Iraq's power supply in the event of war.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment has been made of the feasibility of establishing safe havens in Iraq in the event of war.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contingency plans have been made for (a) civilian casualties and (b) humanitarian operations in the event of military action in Iraq; what role...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with (a) the US Administration and (b) others concerning the protection and preservation of Iraq's ancient cities and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) remit, (b) timetable, and (c) proposed expenditure for the Joint UAV Experimentation Project is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many medical regular reserves are (a) serving on operations; and (b) eligible for call up.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) on how many occasions since 1 May 1997 the Government have authorised military aid to the Civil Power in relation to the mainland of Great Britain;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he last met Mr. Donald Rumsfeld.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2003 to the hon. Member for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth), Official Report, column 52W, what progress he has made with BAE...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the procedure is for emergency procurement in a deployment of the armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) reservists and (b) medical reservists have responded to call-up notices in the last three months; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the proposed pooling of Royal Navy and French aircraft carriers for future European Union military operations will ensure that at least one...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many telephone helplines are sponsored by his Department; and which of these helplines are charged at (a) national rate, (b) premium rate and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 3 February 2003, Official Report, column 68W, on the Type 23 frigate, if he will list the systems being considered to enable...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he proposes to announce the shortlist of selected bidders for the Watchkeeper Programme; what sums were given to the bidders; and whether he is...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what remit the Shareholder Executive Unit will have; (2) what (a) organisational and (b) employment plans his Department has for managing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what market research has been undertaken by (a) her Department and (b) Food from Britain since 1995 regarding the use of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many companies used the services, by type, of Food from Britain in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for St Ives (Andrew George) of 16 January 2003, Official Report, column 728W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 16 January 2003, Official Report, column 728W, on agricultural exports, how many companies used...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2003, Official Report, column 728W, on agricultural exports, how much (a) revenue and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if the Government will introduce a Bill of Rights for Animals; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Rural Payments Agency will complete its review of the case referred by Mr. and Mrs. McCoy of Dartmouth regarding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many bovine TB reactors were positive in (a) Herefordshire and (b) Worcestershire in 2002; and how many have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans the Government have to change the law relating to the welfare of circus animals; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what work has been done by the Environment Agency in Somerset on coastal erosion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding is being made available under the Government's financial statement 2003 for (a) West Somerset District Council...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many laptop computers were used by (a) Ministers and special advisers and (b) officials in her Department in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the powers of drainage boards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the constraints are on the fund-raising powers of drainage boards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the Government's policy on the individual marking of eggs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information she collates on the imposition of penalties for equine cruelty on a regional basis; and what plans she has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will bring forward proposals for an automatic lifetime ban on keeping horses following a conviction for cruelty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 6 February, Official Report, column 377W, on fishermen, what proportion of the aid that will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what EU funding is available for flood defences outside structural fund areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement about how she will deal with future flood alerts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the powers of flood defence committees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial assistance is being given to the Environment Agency to help with flood prevention and relief in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many game licences were issued for the 2002–03 season; how much it cost to administer the game licence regime in...

Mr. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) processed food and (b) soya milk, containing genetically modified soya grown in the USA, was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list for the latest year that figures are available, how many grants for farmers and landowners have been given,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial assistance her Department gave to the Greater London Assembly in 2002; and for what projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list IT contracts in her Department and its predecessors above £50 million in each of the last 10 years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many live sheep were exported from Dover to continental Europe on 1 February 2003; when and where health certification...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect of the requirement to remove vertebral column from Over 30 Month cattle upon...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 11 February 2003, Official Report, column 647W, if she will list the main items of property that...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a summary of the responses to the consultation on the removal of the requirement for local authorities to obtain consent to run a...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what response his Office has made to the Greater London Enterprise Report on Developing New Approaches to the Measurement of Deprivation.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many empty homes his Department had five years ago, by region; if he will establish an empty homes strategy within his Department; and if he will set a target...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what has been the ratio of population to (a) housing units and (b) bedspaces in each county of England in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of new homes to be built in the UK will be transferred to the private renting sector; and what proportion will be built on brownfield sites.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much funding Leeds city council has received from the neighbourhood renewal fund; when funds were received; what projects have been funded and by how much;...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the balance between mobile and permanent staff servicing the needs of older people under the Supporting People Scheme.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the other housing programmes identified in the table on page 7 of Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future are; and how much will be spent on each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many condemned temporary classrooms there are in Somerset; and how many temporary classrooms were replaced in Somerset in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidelines the Government has issued on classroom replacement in Somerset.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to review the operation of the Construction Industry Training Board levy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schoolchildren were excluded from schools for drug misuse in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley in the last year for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what support is given to (a) schools and (b) pupils to tackle drug use.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 4 February, Official Report, column 188W, what benefits were envisaged when the tender process was undertaken;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will publish his costings that underlie his estimate that the administration costs for a graduate tax would be in the region of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his statement of 22 January, Official Report, column 303, on higher education, what the evidential basis was for his description...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien), of 6 February 2003, Official...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people entered higher education from (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West of England in 1997 and each subsequent year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the planned increase in higher education funding is (a) tied to particular schemes and (b) for specified purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list IT contracts in his Department and its predecessors above £50 million in each of the last 10 years; what the inception...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what studies he has carried out into the shortage of IT staff in higher education since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many IT teaching posts in higher education were unfilled in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills why IT is no longer part of the core curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills at what level maintenance grants will be introduced for university students from households where the income is between £10,000 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of medical students are from families whose family income is (a) less than £10,000, (b) £10,000 to £15,000,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to increase the flexibility of Section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 to take account of the needs of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual cost will be of the forthcoming uplift of National Insurance Contributions for (a) higher and (b) further education institutions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the post-16 staying on rate was in each region and nation of the UK in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 11 February 2003, Official Report, columns 694–95W, whether it is in accordance with his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his latest estimate is of the repair and maintenance backlog cost for schools in (a) England and (b) each local education authority;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the formula used to calculate shares of the Science Research Investment Fund 2004–06 takes account of universities engaged in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what assessment he has made of the skill shortages experienced by employers in England; (2) what assessment he has made of the skill...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills why he has established skills sector councils to improve skills in the hospitality and leisure sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he has taken to identify the special educational needs of children born to (a) crack cocaine and (b) cocaine-addicted mothers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 11 February 2003, Official Report, column 697W, on specialist state schools, what percentage of schools...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many youth action groups have been established with funding through partnerships of study support schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what provisions he has made in his departmental budget for the spending entailed in the Sustainable Communities plan on schools in Ashford;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) secondary school teachers, (b) primary school teachers and (c) classroom assistants are employed in Derbyshire; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools made errors on form TPP-S concerning the number of teachers who had gone through Round 1 on Teachers Performance Pay; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers in Gloucestershire went through Round 1 on the Teachers Performance Pay Scheme; and what percentage this is of teachers in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the closing date was for accepting errors on form TPP-S for rectification.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many temporary classrooms there are in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his estimate is of the average cost to the public purse of (a) training a plumber, (b) training an electrician, (c) training a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of full-time students who (a) are exempt from paying the full tuition fee of £1,100, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students applied to attend university in each of the last three years in (a) Lancashire and (b) the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made on developing a suite of qualifications which provide a progression route from entry level through to level...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of the working age population had (a) no qualification and (b) no qualification above NVQ Level 2 in each region and nation...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many laptop computers were used by (a) Ministers and special advisers and (b) officials in his Department in each year since...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what percentage salary increase was awarded to the staff of the Legal Services Commission, broken down by grade, in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list those airports whose operators are not charged for police services and presence; and for what reason charges are not made; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what provisions he has made in his departmental budget for the spending entailed in the Sustainable Communities plan in and around Ashford; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what effect on planned growth in freight traffic between 2000–01 and 2010–11 he expects to result from the deferred schemes of (a) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will be making an announcement on the future of the Bristow helicopter operation at Portland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what definition he uses for overcrowding on different forms of public transport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of the non-fatal injuries that occurred on the rail network required hospital treatment in each year since 1997; and what definitions his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what level of funding under the Rail Passenger Partnership Fund is identified for transfer to regional assemblies in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what responsibility the Strategic Rail Authority has for rail services in Scotland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which organisation is managing the recruitment of the senior staff for the Railway Standards and Safety Board; and who is chairing the selection committee.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the proposed new national guidance on speed limits to be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many consultants the SRA employs; and what specialities they cover.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to introduce traffic lights based on light emitting diodes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will announce the terms of reference of the review of his 10 year transport plan referred to in the Sustainable Communities Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether it is the Government's policy that asbestos should be removed only as a last resort; what assessment he has made of whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what inquiries he has instituted into (a) the collapse of ASW and (b) the effect of the collapse upon the pension schemes of the Company's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are claiming (a) unemployment related and (b) sickness related benefits in each (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent research has been conducted into benefit uprating methods; and what conclusions were drawn from recent reviews of uprating methods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance he has issued to officials regarding (a) family birthday and (b) Christmas expenditure when calculating normal household...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the Employer's Liability Compulsory Insurance Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department plans to spend on the Employment Development Fund in each year from 2002–03 to 2004–05; what the purpose is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions of independent schools have been made by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last 10 years; and of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what plans he has for an invest to save bid to the Treasury for the computerisation of industrial injuries disablement benefit records;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for injury benefits have been received pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) (Injury Benefits) Regulations 1998 (as amended) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what changes he intends to make to Jobcentre Plus regulations as a result of the evaluations of the ONE Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects a new Jobcentre Plus office to be opened in Portsmouth; where it will be; how many staff it will employ; what its hours of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what proportion of targeted audits carried out by medical services have been categorised as grade C; (2) how many targeted audits have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people, broken down by client group, participated in the 'ONE' pilot schemes; and how many people in each client group obtained...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of lone parents participating in the ONE programme have gained employment in (a) Scotland and (b) Fife.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the cost to employers of following the full buy-out option contained in paragraph G33 of "Simplicity security...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reason British pensioners living abroad are facing a delay in receiving their state retirement pension.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for pneumoconiosis benefit have been received in Wales in the last two years; and how many are outstanding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer, net of savings in means-tested benefits and of additional income tax revenue, of an increase of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate by how much it would be possible to raise the basic State Pension for the over-75s on a revenue neutral basis, and taking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the locations of the offices of regional bodies and agencies in the Eastern region; by county, for which his Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to recognise impingement syndrome of the shoulder as a prescribed disease for the purpose of industrial injuries disablement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Health and Safety Executive's review of Transco's data handling will be completed; and whether the findings will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many buildings were sold to the Trillium Group Ltd. under the Private Sector Resource Initiative for Management of the Estate; what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the change in the level of unemployment has been in the Jarrow constituency in each year since 1997; (2) what action the Government...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of trends in the rate of unemployment in Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many war pensioners with a diagnosed relevant psychiatric disorder have had their Incapacity Benefit terminated in each of the last three...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of how many people suffer from Impingement Syndrome of the shoulder; and what representations he has made to his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average time it took an ambulance to reach an emergency after the initial 999 call was made in (a) England and (b) Greater London over the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many 999 calls were made to the Greater London Ambulance Service between 20 December 2002 and 3 January 2003 for which it was decided an ambulance was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients admitted to accident and emergency departments waited more than 12 hours before being treated in each of the last two quarters for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of accident and emergency clinical staff, by category, which will need to be recruited to achieve the four hour...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people from outside the UK were treated in acute trusts in 2001–02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the advertising of fatty and other foods carrying health risks to the under-fives.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the new NHS foundation trusts will set their pay within the limits spelt out in Agenda for Change.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the use of arnica as a natural herbal remedy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to reduce (a) waiting times and (b) cancelled operations for elective surgery at Barnet Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of children with educational and behavioural difficulties in (a) Haltemprice and Howden and (b) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made on increasing the availability of beta interferon for MS sufferers in York and North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department will announce the results of its inquiry into whether recipients of blood are to be prevented from donating blood tissue or organs for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many operations were cancelled less than two days before the due date, broken down by strategic health authority, in each of the last 12 months;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that teenagers diagnosed with cancer gain appropriate access to medical treatment and care; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospitals have wards specialising exclusively in cancer in teenagers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he plans to take over the import into the UK from non-EU countries of (a) poultry and (b) eggs which are fed canthaxanthin; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what tests will be carried out to check the levels of canthaxanthin in (a) poultry and (b) eggs imported into this country from non-EU countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many responses he received to his consultation on regulations to the Care Standards Act 2000; and how many dealt with (a) room dimensions, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what allocation of chemical protection suits has been made to each ambulance NHS trust; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with social services authorities in (a) Nigeria, (b) Sierra Leone and (c) the Ivory Coast about the dangers to children coming...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has carried out into the health implications of cigarette smuggling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with the London Ambulance Service concerning the introduction of congestion charges in Central London; (2) how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next plans to visit coronary heart disease departments in hospitals in Havering.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to combat coronary heart disease in the London Borough of Havering; (2) if he will make a statement on the levels of coronary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with (a) Havering Primary Care Trust and (b) the Havering, Barking and Redbridge NHS Hospitals Trust regarding coronary heart...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 25 October 2002, regarding Mrs. J. A., his ref P01018183.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 10th January from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. H Fisher.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many delayed discharge patients there were in January in (a) the Suffolk West PCT area and (b) the Central Suffolk PCT area; and what percentage of...

Mr. Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions on a reciprocal agreement to recognise qualifications in dental surgery achieved in Kenya there have been in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money his Department has spent on public health programmes targeted at encouraging the consumption of fruit and vegetables in each of the past 10...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice is given to the public on improving diet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the fruit and vegetables that are (a) excluded and (b) included in the approved lists for the five a day campaign.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made on increasing the availability of digital hearing aids for patients in York and North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will provide digital hearing aids on the NHS in Chorley; and when the next round of allocations for the provision of digital hearing aids on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he expects to use non-NHS providers to achieve full coverage of digital hearing aids under the Modernising Hearing Aid Services Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many additional audiologists he estimates will need to be recruited to provide digital hearing aids for the target user group within the two year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts do not offer digital hearing aids; and what estimate he has made of when each of them will be able to start fitting digital hearing aids.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for an opiate dependent patient seeking treatment before he or she received treatment in the last year for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the proportion of opiate dependent patients seeking treatment who (a) proceed to receive treatment, (b) complete the course...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of methadone is prescribed for (a) oral consumption and (b) delivery by injection.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what targets are in place for the introduction of electronic patient records; (2) how many trusts are meeting their targets for the introduction of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has put in place to extend the London pilot scheme on patient choice for (a) cataract patients, (b) ENT patients and (c) general surgery...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the withdrawal of Oil of Evening Primrose from the NHS Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average ratio of family doctors to patients was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2000; and what the average is now in (i) England and (ii) North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Government has to increase (a) funding for the foster carer service and (b) local authority allowances for children in foster care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much is paid towards foster care allowances in each Social Services Authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to standardise allowances paid to foster carers throughout the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures foundation hospitals will be able to use to recruit and retain staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what (a) monitoring and (b) research has been conducted by or for his Department on long waiting times for genito-urinary medicine services; (2) if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many golden hello payments have been made to general practitioners in (a) London and (b) West Sussex, broken down by primary care trust level.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received concerning the level of GP vacancies; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there are for general medical practitioners in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) residential care and (b) nursing homes have closed in (i) Hull and (ii) the East Riding in each quarter since 1997 for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients contracted a hospital acquired infection in the Hull and East Riding Hospitals Trust in each quarter since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what safeguards he will put in place to maintain existing standards of health emergency planning during the transition of responsibilities from the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment was made of the model adopted by the National Assembly for Wales for a unified infection service for Wales when his Department decided on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ask the Health Service Ombudsman to report on the implementation of the Court of Appeal Judgment R v. North and East Health Authority (Ex parte...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what qualifications are required for a person wishing to become a patient care adviser for the Heart Choice Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of hepatoxicity have been reported in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people infected by HIV/AIDS in (a) Brighton and Hove City, (b) West Sussex and (c) East Sussex.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital managers there are in the Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Hospitals Trust.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures he is taking to protect children aged 13 to 15 engaged in illegal part-time employment; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of the average length of stay for in-patients in an NHS hospital in England; and what the average length of stay was in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what controls he has introduced to ensure that doctors who service internet medical companies provide patient consultations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many hospitals in the UK are equipped to perform flexible sigmoidoscopies;. (2) what the average cost to the NHS for a (a) rigid sigmoidoscopy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time is for a flexible or rigid sigmoidoscopy procedure in each hospital trust in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for public consultation on the operation of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to act upon the recommendations made in the recent National Audit Office report on the Medicines Control Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessments have been made of the effectiveness of assertive outreach teams on the take up of aftercare services by mental health service users...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new posts of Development Manager have been created in Mental Health NHS trusts in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the running costs of the (a) St Charles Hospital Minor Injuries Unit, (b) Soho Walk-In Centre and (c) South Westminster Minor Injuries Unit have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made over the last year to end the use of mixed sex wards in NHS hospitals in England; how many mixed sex wards there are in NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the proposed expenditure on each regional centre for the National Institute for Mental Health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the future funding of the national school fruit scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices are taking on new NHS patients in (a) the Ribble Valley and Fulwood, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the compensation payments to former directors of NHS Mental Health trusts not transferred to new Partnership NHS trusts for mental health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the entry in the Guidance to the National NHS Procurement Programme on page 10 which states that contracts will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many senior managers employed by the NHS (a) had their employment within the NHS terminated rather than being moved to another job within the NHS and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the health establishments which have treated NHS patients on the Continent; and which other establishments he plans to use.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 5 February, Official Report, column 316W, on NHS treatment abroad, whether the figure includes payments for search agents...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many National Institute for Clinical Excellence products increased their price above the accepted rate of inflation in 2002; and whether his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating non-UK nationals in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what protocols are in place to clarify the responsibility and funding arrangements for the follow-up care of NHS patients sent abroad for treatment; how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what organisations will replace the Oxfordshire Community Health Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each London NHS trust whether a patient care adviser has been appointed for (a) ear, nose and throat patients and (b) general surgery...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the contracts entered into with private sector companies for the provision of goods or services in the NHS since 1998 which have included...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many perinatal deaths there were in each of the last 10 years; what the most common causes of perinatal deaths are; what figures he has collated on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to consult local pharmacists regarding the proposed deregulation of pharmacists; (2) what recent discussions he has had with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what analysis he has made of the EU Commission's report DG (SANCO)/8529/2002 on animal and public health controls in Brazil; what assessment he has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to maintain the benefits of bulk procurement in the Public Health Laboratory Service when laboratories are transferred to the National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) local authority residential places, (b) independent sector residential places, (c) national health service long-stay geriatric and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates he has made of the number of people who have died in each of the last five years in England and Wales as a result of exposure to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died in each of the last five years as a result of passive smoking; and what measures are being taken to reduce exposure to passive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many regular tobacco smokers there are (a) in the UK and (b) in other Council of Europe countries; and how many there were in each case in 1980.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled last year in England because of a failure of surgical instruments to be properly sterilised.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to recognise teenagers as a separate group within the National Health Service for all purposes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of tuberculosis have been reported in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West of England in each of the last 36 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of vehicles each NHS trust renewed in their vehicle fleets, broken down by volume and percentage for each category of vehicle, type of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on prescribing practice for Viagra.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his statement on 28 January, Official Report, column 740, on the Victoria Climbié inquiry, if the hospital standards for children form...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average waiting times and (b) number of people waiting were for referral to (i) cancer and (ii) heart specialists in the Dewsbury area in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of patients were seen by a doctor or consultant within one hour of their arrival at accident and emergency departments in Hull and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the distance in a straight line between (a) checkpoint 11 and checkpoint 3 and (b) Checkpoint 3 and the Airport cargo apron at Belfast...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995–96...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on decommissioning of terrorist weapons.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland are being investigated as a result of information received from Operation Ore; and how many have been arrested.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many crimes have been committed by (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland, (i) since the signing of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many complaints against the police were received by the ICPC and Police Ombudsman in each year since 1994; how many were upheld; how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Chief Constable of Northern Ireland may recruit differential numbers of Protestants and Catholics if a differential number of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how the number of applications for employment in the Police Service of Northern Ireland changed in the year after the introduction of the 50/50...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will reply to the questions tabled on 27 January by the hon. Member for Thurrock, refs 94450 and 94503; and what the causes are of the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: On what date they first advised (a) the England and Wales Cricket Board and (b) the Professional Cricketers' Association about the undesirability of the England...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Chancellor on 10 February (WA 76), whether the Lord Chancellor participates either directly or indirectly with the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they consider it to be in accordance with contemporary principles of British parliamentary democracy for legislation to be necessary (in a political, if...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether work being undertaken by them in Northern Ireland in preparing a single equality Bill is to be matched by similar work in Great Britain.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much money they have raised from 1997 to date from the levying of tax on dividends flowing into pension funds.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What extra resources have been made available in both human and financial terms to catch up with the Krebs tuberculosis trials since the foot and mouth disease...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What discussions they have held with the National Gamekeepers Organisation or the Campaign for Shooting about concerns expressed by both organisations that the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are prepared to deploy lethal and humane measures to control grey squirrels in the light of the record of non-lethal and humane measures.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Crown Prosecution Service expects to publish the racist incident monitoring annual report for the years to the end of March 2001 and 2002.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether steps are currently being taken to check that immigrants and asylum seekers are not members of international terrorist organisations such as the Al' Qaeda...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to continue their temporary freeze on deportations of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the weekly cost of running the Oakington asylum centre.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will define the precise terms of their pledge to reduce by September the number of asylum applications by half; and whether they will specify over...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What further consideration they have given to the comments of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Ackner, on 19 November 2002 (HL Deb, col. 298) on the question of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the causes of the breakdown in road, rail and air transport on 30 January following snowfalls.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the definitions of punctuality and reliability used by Virgin Trains are satisfactory, which were used in publicity exhibited by the company saying that...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they consider that the comparative labelling scheme they intend to introduce for cars measuring energy use should be developed so that end of life...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current budget for the Access to Work programme; and by how much it has increased since 1997; and Whether they have any plans to increase the Access to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are their estimates of the percentages of (a) large employers; (b) small employers; and (c) all employers who are aware of the Access to Work programme. What...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are aware of any research showing whether employers are reluctant to retrain workers who become disabled or to take on new workers who are disabled...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made on implementing the recommendations contained in the Government's report on the historic environment: A Force for Our Future.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Privy Seal on 12 December 2002 (WA 48) and on 27 January (WA 138) about security vetting, how many posts in the Northern...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 13 February (WA 144) concerning the appointment of a deputy chief executive to the Irish Language Agency,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether Northern Ireland Railways is being prevented from expanding passenger services by shortage of rolling stock.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in comparison with the cost of rebuilding the Belfast-Bleach Green-Antrim railway, they regard the estimated £13 million for upgrading the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they agree with the proposal for a circular passenger service on the Belfast-Lisburn-Antrim-Bleach Green-Belfast railway line.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to recognise medical qualifications obtained by students at St George's Medical School, Grenada.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How they plan to ensure that the requirements of the Food Standards Agency for joint working between the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, the Central...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What transitional funding will be allocated to the Health Protection Agency in 2003–04 to cover inevitable redundancies.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What treatments for children or adults with disabling conditions have been developed by use of human in vitro embryos since in vitro fertilisation became...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make available lactase tablets on prescription under the National Health Service in view of the benefit claimed by patients with lactose...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have for modernising medical careers, in response to the consultation Unfinished Business: Proposals for Reform of the Senior House Officer grade.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What benefits are gained by the archiving by universities of 25 per cent of written material as laid out in the Quality Assurance Agency's regulations; how much...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish the statistical information on which the proposition that in a lifetime graduates earn £400,000 more than non-graduates over the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What right a parent has to know that a son or daughter is assigned a mentor under the Connexions system.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What qualifications are required for the post of mentor under the Connexions system.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many mentors under the Connexions system are in post; and how many of them have been subject to a Criminal Records Bureau check.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Mr McNulty, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, on 30 January (HC Deb, 789W), why...

asked Her Majesty's Government: (a) which organisations were successful in bidding for a part of the starter home initiative funds of £250 million announced in April 2000; (b) how many homes...