To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate she has made of the costs to industry of the adoption of (a) emission limit values and (b) a national...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she intends to publish regulations relating to the exclusion and restriction of access under Part 1 of the Countryside...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the (a) cost of and (b) number of visitors to each website operated by her Department and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on progress with achieving transparency in respect of the European working groups for which the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to channel production-linked farm subsidies into rural development schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 1 April 2003, Official Report, column 644W, on fur farming, whether the compensation scheme for fur...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of (a) direct incineration and (b) rendering followed by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to whom tallow was sold by her Department and its non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003; and for what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the adequacy of water resources to sustain the proposed expansion in the number of homes to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on advertising in each of the last five financial years; what the most expensive campaign was in each of these...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Government will support efforts to ensure that poor countries can protect agricultural products that are important in terms of (a) food...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will extend the provisions in her Department's Consultation Document on Draft Orders to be made under the Export Control Act 2002 so as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the hon. Member for Walsall, North will receive a reply to his letter of 27 February 2003 regarding a constituent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the meetings Ministers in her Department have had with the e-Envoy since his appointment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement, in relation to her Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which her Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the United Kingdom oil supply was refined within Wales in the last three years; and how much this represented per head of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the UK (a) electricity and (b) gas supply originated in Wales in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what representations she has received from the engineering profession on changes to the UK Standards for Registration as a Professional...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the effect of increased insurance premiums on the competitiveness of British businesses; and if she will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the system for awarding commercial contracts for reconstruction in post-conflict Iraq under interim...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions she has had with Wainstones Ltd. about the power station site at Langage, Plymouth; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she has taken to engage stakeholders in plans to create the new Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value is of the decommissioning and liabilities management fund held by British Energy; and what discussions she has had with British...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2003, Official Report, column 628W, on radioactive waste, if she will list the places identified as possible...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of (a) the number of people in the United Kingdom labour movement and (b) the number of people in her Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices and sub-post offices there are in each Suffolk constituency; and how many of them transact more than 40 per cent. of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices and sub-post offices there were in Suffolk in each year since 1996.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much coal fired generation capacity she estimates will be taken out of the system by (a) 2008 and (b) 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people are employed in her Department's press office; and how many were employed on 2 May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many individuals have been seconded to her Department from (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, in each case listing (i) from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many civil servants have been seconded from her Department to (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, broken down by (i) grade of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make it her policy to undertake a full regulatory impact assessment on UK broadband development of the effects of proposed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the (a) cost of and (b) number of visitors to each website operated by her Department and each agency and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans there are for a teenage cancer unit in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teenagers with cancer in Belfast South were treated on wards for children or old people in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps primary care trusts in South Belfast are taking to tackle late and mis-diagnosis of teenagers with cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons the Government does not recognise teenagers as a separate category for delivery of health services.

To ask the Prime Minister how much was spent on hospitality by the (a) strategic communications unit and (b) corporate communications division in 2001–02.

To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer of 2 April 2003, Official Report, column 910, what evidence he has received that (a) the Iraqi authorities have used children as human...

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the steps he has taken to press the UN to create an international court to try Saddam Hussein for (a) war crimes and (b) genocide.

To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer of 2 April 2003, Official Report, column 912, on postage to Her Majesty's forces in Iraq, when he expects that a free mail service will be...

To ask the Prime Minister (1) whether it is his policy to endorse the rearmament of Iraq following the conflict in the Gulf; (2) what discussions he has had relating to the rearmament of Iraq...

To ask the Prime Minister what categories of information are held about (a) individual hon. Members and (b) opposition parties by the Research and Information Unit.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was,...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what help will be given to district councils that have asylum seekers in respect of (a) housing, (b) health and (c) education.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what research his Department has undertaken into the ability to pay of (a) pensioners and (b) low waged households in England in relation to the council tax.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average council tax as a percentage of the average (a) wage and (b) state pension in England was in each financial year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to raise the level of council tax as a percentage of total revenue expenditure.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the 10 district councils in England with the largest rise in council tax for this year.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his Department spent on (a) publicity, (b) promotions, and (c) hospitality in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much was spent by his Department, its predecessors and its agencies on external consultants, in each year since 1997; what annual cost savings this...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the occasions on which (a) his Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department failed to pay valid...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what progress has been made with the pay review in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible, with particular...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what safeguards are being put in place to ensure that e-voting does not make it easier for dishonest individuals to abuse the system.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what is being done to maintain public confidence in the security and privacy of the electoral system in the introduction of further e-voting pilots in May.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff in his Department have taken time off from work in order to attend to domestic incidents as provided for by the Employment Relations Act 1999.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how his Department was consulted in the preparation of the Energy White Paper, Cm.5761.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he has entertained Labour hon. Members at public expense in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the government grant per head for 2003–04 is for each London borough.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment of the liveability of the plans for the growth areas in the Sustainable Communities-Communities plan (a) has been carried out and (b) is planned...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the Departmental Expenditure Limit for housing was in the financial year 1999–2000.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if his Department will continue to produce monthly data on housing starts and completions.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reason his Department proposes to replace monthly monitoring of housing starts and completions with a quarterly series.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received since 1997 from organisations and individuals other than hon. Members on (a) the financial implications of the costs incurred...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many mobile phones have been used and at what cost by (a) himself and Ministers in his Department, (b) special advisers in his Department and (c) his...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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 Deputy Prime Minister how many staff in his Department have used their leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive since it came into force.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the expected saving to public funds from the private finance initiative schemes due to become operational in 2003.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when English Partnerships was given its new strategic role for surplus public sector land; when its register of surplus public sector land will be published; what...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many responses from Cambridgeshire the Minister received to the public consultation on regional assemblies.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the administrative costs of each (a) Regional Development Agency and (b) Government Office for the Region was in financial year 1999–2000; and what...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many retained firefighters there were at each fire station in Suffolk in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, in each case listing (i) from which organisation...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff are employed by his Department.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff were employed by his Department in (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies receive paid leave to undertake union duties; how many days they are allocated; and...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i)...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the sunset clauses included in legislation from his Department since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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) local rate.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what procedures were used by his Department in awarding contracts for the supply of mobile and car telephones to his Department and its executive agencies; which...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much was spent on telephone costs by (a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) his Department's non-departmental public bodies staff in each...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many mobile telephones are supplied for his personal use; what the cost of each phone is on a monthly basis; and how much he has paid for personal usage since...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) type and (b) value of (i) specific and (ii) special grants have been provided by central government to (A) Tunbridge Wells borough council and (B) Kent...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which local authorities count war pensions (a) in full and (b) in part when calculating entitlement to housing benefit or council tax benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when the annual report of his Department will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in her Department have taken time off from work in order to attend to domestic incidents as provided for by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions the Government have had with the US Administration on the effectiveness of the provision of untied aid for...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if her Department will support the development of micro-credit organisations to develop a sustainable economy in post-conflict Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what role is envisaged for other countries in (a) providing humanitarian aid and (b) providing peacekeeping troops in a post-war Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether there are Oil For Food officials in Umm Qasr; and whether food is being distributed through the Oil for Food Programme in Umm Qasr.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had with the US Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance regarding the role of her Department and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of ethnic strife between Kurds and Arabs in the north of Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the timescale for the allocation of the money given to her Department by the Treasury for Iraq; and what this money is being spent on.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what military strategy is in place to move humanitarian supplies quickly through Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the capacity of the hospitals in Baghdad to handle the civilian and military casualties caused by...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the Iraqi refugee situation at Mehran, on Iran's western border.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in her Department have used their leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive since it came into force.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many people are employed in her Department's Press Office; and how many were employed on 2 May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the estimated value is of the Property Portfolio held by her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the role of her Department's officials seconded to the Ministry of Defence; and whether they will...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the salary bill was for special advisers in her Department in 2002–03; and what it is expected to be in 2003–04.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what action she is taking following commitments made at the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the number of people affected by famine in Zimbabwe; what steps her Department is taking to alleviate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Afghanistan High-Level Strategic Forum held in Brussels on 17 March.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the 2003–04 budget proposed by the Transitional Authority in Afghanistan is; how much has been promised; how much has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received that the regime in Burma is building a nuclear reactor; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Convention on the Future of Europe is due to complete its work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the English Cricket Board on plans by the English cricket team to tour Zimbabwe;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the US Administration and (b) the French Government on the conflict in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the annual report of the Department will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the adoption of an EU constitution would first be the subject of a referendum in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list events at which his Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which his Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's (a) total managed expenditure, (b) total spending on Information Technology and (c) spending on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the US Government about the treatment of Iraqi prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 25 March 2003, Official Report, column 120W, on Iraq, whether he received a copy of (a) the full...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government's policy is on the principle of a US-controlled government in post-war Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visas have been issued to Iraqi directors of UK (a) banks and (b) companies to come from Iraq to London on business in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 17 March 2003, Official Report, column 550W, on Iraq, what steps he is taking to protect the Kurds of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Iraqi organisations will be invited by Major General Robin Brims to the Southern Iraq regional conference on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on information he has received on (a) the number of homes which have been destroyed and (b) how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the Palestinians that the Government have accepted may have been killed illegally by the Israeli policy of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the estimated level of saving to the Department is from the use of market testing in 2002–03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what financial resources have been allocated to ensure the internal security of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the bugging of the UK Mission in the Justus Lipsius Council of Ministers building.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what dates Ministers in his Department have held meetings with members and officials of the United States administration...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions have taken place on the Asylum Seekers Dispersal Programme (a) by his Department and (b) by NASS with Stoke-on-Trent...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers from Iraq in each of the last three years (a) have had their applications refused and exhausted all their appeal...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what powers (a) police officers and (b) firemen have to require decontamination of members of the public in the event of chemical or...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what safety checks are required by British holiday companies which run holiday clubs for children (a) abroad and (b) in the UK; and if he...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what circumstances a person granted (a) humanitarian protection and (b) discretionary leave to remain will be able to be joined in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to give access to benefits to failed single asylum seekers who cannot be removed from the UK.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 27 March 2003, Official Report, column 333W, to the hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Amess) on National Insurance, if he will...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria childminders must fulfil in order that their clients may claim children's tax credit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many hon. Members are drawing the Working Families Tax Credit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the progress being made to ensure that all recipients who are eligible for child tax credit are able to receive it.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families with children are expected to be ineligible for the child tax credit because their earnings are too high.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of claimants for the new tax credits have opted for payment by girobook.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many allegations of improper use of the childcare tax credit have been communicated to the Inland Revenue's Childminder's hotline; and how many of these...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims for the working families tax credit have (a) been identified as being appropriate for further investigation because of the possibility of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 5 March 2003, Official Report, column 1065W, on working families tax credit, how many families in receipt of the working families...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the average length of time taken by the Inland Revenue to process each application for (a) Children's Tax Credit and (b) Working Tax Credit has...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he is taking to overcome delays in processing claims for the working tax credit and children's tax credit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applications the Inland Revenue has received for (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit; how many applications for (i) child tax credit...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are involved in processing applications for Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit; and what changes to the number of staff have been made...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people entitled to the (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects that the Inland Revenue will be in a position to make available to employers the information necessary to enable them to process employees'...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many applications for working families tax credit were processed (a) within one month, (b) within two months, (c) within three months, (d) within...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which passported benefits recipients of the different tax credits are entitled; and what other conditions for receipt apply in each case.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many parents in Hendon are estimated to be entitled to children's tax credit; how many are claiming children's tax credit; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on (a) the liability of public benefit corporations to capital gains tax and (b) the circumstances in which they will pay...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) which of the post-1920 decennial population census records for England and Wales are stored in the Central Repository at Hayes, Middlesex; and how...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many parents in Buckingham are estimated to be entitled to children's tax credit; how many are claiming children's tax credit; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the building at 1 Horse Guards Road is wholly owned by HM Treasury; what his estimate is of the value of recent refurbishment work; what his latest...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of UK housing stock will benefit from stamp duty exemption in enterprise areas.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the total revenue raised from EU tariffs in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) exporting...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Treasury's assessment of the five economic tests will begin; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to tax the gratuity a member of Her Majesty's armed forces receives when leaving the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people had income between (a) £4,616 and £6,535, (b) £6,536 and £30,420, (c) £30,421 and £34,515, (d) above...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people who will have income between (a) £4,616 and £6,575, (b) £6,576 and £30,940, (c)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contingency plans he has made for funding an ongoing commitment of British forces in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has had regarding compulsory liability insurance with (a) the insurance industry, (b) British business representatives and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether figures to show the take-up of stakeholder pensions will be broken down by (a) age and (b) gender; (2) when the Inland Revenue will publish...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions officials from his Department have had with representatives of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development regarding the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates total central government spending on public sector IT will be over the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when his Department first informed (a) the DTI, (b) the Office of Science and Technology and (c) each research council that the introduction of phase...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many married couples' associated companies were affected in (a) 1996, (b) 1999 and (c) 2002 by the status of small companies tax relief introduced under...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the status of married couples' associated companies in terms of small companies tax relief introduced under the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies receive paid leave to undertake union duties; how many days they are...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families are in receipt of the enhanced children's tax credit which is paid in the year of a child's birth.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many combined claim forms for the child and working tax credits have been (a) issued and (b) returned.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many awards for the (a) Child Tax Credit and (b) Working Tax Credit have been paid.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many child and working tax credit application reminder notices were issued in each of the last six months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people he estimates in Suffolk are eligible for (a) the Child Tax Credit and (b) the Working Tax Credit; and how many people he estimates will take...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit application forms have been sent out and how many completed application forms have been received, broken down by month.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families (a) were entitled to and (b) received the children's tax credit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was received in (a) income tax and (b) corporation tax from companies based in the City of London in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the (a) cost of and (b) number of visitors to each website operated by his Department and each agency and non-departmental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what powers he has to override (a) schools admissions decisions and (b) the design of school catchment areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average number of A-level points obtained per head of total 18-year old population was (a) in England and (b) in each local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) when he will announce the name of the Access Regulator for Higher Education; (2) when he will publish the consultation document on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what net percentage increase per pupil Barnet is receiving from central Government funds in 2003–04; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the (a) percentage and (b) cash increase necessary in (i) the schools budget and (ii) the individual schools...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of representations from Barnet council that (a) the cost pressures on schools to set a statemented budget in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) day nurseries, (b) playgroups, (c) childminders, (d) out-of-school clubs and (e) holiday schemes have been provided in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the 20 per cent. most deprived wards in the country to benefit from children's centres; and what criteria he will use to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many incidents of classroom abuse against teachers have been reported in Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made with the pay review in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding for education, excluding the Standards Fund and School Standards Grant, was given to North Tyneside local authority in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what criteria he uses to determine educational action zones.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff in his Department have taken time off from work in order to attend to domestic incidents, as provided for by the Employment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost to maintained schools of (a) setting up and (b) maintaining the ethnic monitoring programme required...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is his policy to set access targets for higher education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if it is his Department's policy that the Access Regulator for Higher Education should take account of the birth weight of applicants to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average cost was to public funds of (a) support, (b) teaching and (c) university infrastructure costs attributable to each higher...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average debt to (a) the Student Loans Company and (b) others was of a higher education student graduating in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average infant class size in North Yorkshire was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority have Investors in People status.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent discussions have takes place between the Local Learning and Skills Council and the South Buckinghamshire 14 to 19 Consortium in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of members of (a) each local learning and skills council and (b) the National Learning and Skills Council...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 24 March, Official Report, column 37W, what proportion of (a) Level 2 and (b) Level 3 qualifications achieved in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) students enrolled on modern languages degrees and (b) young people entered higher education in each year since 1995.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people are employed in his Department's press office; and how many were employed on 2 May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many primary schools in (a) Kent and (b) Sittingbourne and Sheppey have school populations of 100 or less.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what arrangements his Department makes for the regulation of private hire vehicle companies employed by local authorities to transport (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the estimated value is of the property portfolio held by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the authorised uses of the pupil identification number are; whether the use of the pupil identification number for non-education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what capital spending there has been in schools in Amber Valley since May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools in the Buckingham constituency benefited from the Schools Access Initiative in (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02 and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding was received by North Tyneside local authority from the Standards Fund in 2002–03; and how much is being received in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much School Standards Grant was paid to schools in North Tyneside in 2002–03; and how much is being paid in 2003–04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in the (a) state maintained and (b) independent sector in Gloucestershire have statements in each year from year 1 to year 11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to introduce a lower maximum annual top-up fee for part-time higher education courses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he will publish the funding implications for his Department of devolved administrations not using top up fees in their universities to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will publish the comparative cost analysis showing the differences between using (a) a top up fees system and (b) a graduate tax to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average difference was between the cost of a student resident at home and a student resident away from home (a) to the student and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the Sure Start programmes in Buckinghamshire, indicating the amount spent on each scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much he estimates will be raised for higher education from students' tuition fees, net of state support, in each of the financial years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what evidence his Department has collated from (a) the United States (b) Australia, (c) Canada and (d) New Zealand on the impact of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will issue guidance to state-funded schools on flying the Union Flag on a daily basis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the CBI's report on work placements, with particular reference to its findings that students found work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RBL755 cluster bombs have been dropped on targets within Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many L20 cluster shells have been fired by UK forces around Basra.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the United States on banning cluster bombs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on the procedure for the sale of his Department's housing by the Defence Housing Executive; whether the procedure is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of the Defence Medical Services was in each year from 1995–96.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the key targets set for his Department's agencies since 1997–98 were; and whether those targets were met.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the (a) cost of and (b) number of visitors to each website operated by his Department and each agency and non-departmental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what research the Government have (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned into the health effects of inhaling or ingesting depleted uranium dust.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the publication Summary Listing of Field Trial Programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the research his Department has conducted into the possible causes of Gulf War syndrome.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to publicise the symptoms associated with Gulf War syndrome.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the Government-funded SCOPE study, published in The Lancet on 2 March; whether he will amend his policy for treating and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the contribution of the Hydrographic Office to current military operations in the Gulf.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy not to use cluster bombs in urban or populated areas in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will hold an inquiry into the numbers of deaths of journalists during the current campaign in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what guidance he will issue to members of the public who want to collect items and send them to (a) British service men and women serving in the Gulf and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what procedures are in place for screening prisoners of war for diseases prior to their internment with other prisoners and contact with UK forces; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on the conditions in which Iraqi prisoners of war are held; (2) if he will make a statement on the diet supplied to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what legal reasons prevent the convening of a Board of Inquiry into the death of Private Geoff Grey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies receive paid leave to undertake union duties; how many days they are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the sunset clauses included in legislation from his Department since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on proposed changes to war disablement pensions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the first windfarm planning application was scrutinised by his Department; and for that year, and each year since, how many (a) applications were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors are taken into account in determining whether to approve or oppose windfarm applications in low-flying tactical training areas; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to her answer of 7 April 2003, Official Report, column 22W, on entertainment licensing, whether the charge made to cover costs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of Birmingham's bid to be designated European Capital of Culture.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received in support of Birmingham's bid to be designated European Capital of Culture.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to visit Birmingham to discuss the city's bid to be designated European Capital of Culture.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the independent expert panel who will judge Birmingham's bid to be designated European Capital of Culture.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on progress with achieving transparency in respect of the European working groups for which her Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list events at which her Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which her Department is responsible...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her Department's (a) total managed expenditure (b) total spending on information technology and (c) spending on information...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost will be to public funds in 2003–04 of the rise in national insurance contributions on the salary bill of her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the difference in annual lottery funding between (a) that received by the Birmingham, Erdington...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the (a) funded and (b) unfunded public sector pension schemes for which her Department, its agencies and its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the expected saving to public funds from the private finance initiative schemes due to become...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of the (a) Sport England and (b) UK Sport budget was spent on grant aid to national governing bodies in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the Exchequer funding allocation to Sport England and UK Sport is for (a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her most recent estimate is of the number of pensioners over 75 who are receiving a free television licence in the Selby constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to review resources available to the Powershift programme for converting road vehicles to LPG.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what preliminary assessment has been made of the risks of birds colliding with aircraft at the Midlands New Site proposed in "The Future of Air...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria were used to determine which potential airport development sites proposed in "The Future of Air Transport in the UK" were considered to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from the European Commission about the implications of an airport at Cliffe for sites designated under the (a) EU...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to public funds of assessing the liability, within the SERAS process, of options other than those at Gatwick,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many responses he has received concerning Alconbury Airfield following the commencement of the most recent public consultation entitled The Future...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment he has made of the safety of a new airport in the Cliffe area of North Kent with reference to the Government commissioned report...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what public funds will be committed to the development of Finningley airport and related infrastructure, including (a) roads and (b) rail links.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the (a) timescale and (b) process for decision-making on a third runway at Heathrow.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which properties will be compulsorily purchased if the Government give permission for the third runway at Heathrow; and how these properties will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what aid has been given to airline companies since 11 September 2001; and what plans he has to give further financial assistance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the PlusBus ticket scheme; and what plans he has to extend this scheme to the whole of the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made since 1997 in improving disabled access to public transport; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with rail companies on improving disabled access to (a) trains and (b) train stations; what progress has been made;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff in his Department have taken time off from work in order to attend to domestic incidents as provided for by the Employment Relations Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list events at which his Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible have exhibited...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans there are to relocate Stranraer railway station after the cessation of passenger ferry services from Stranraer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on employment conditions of non-UK citizens on ferries from UK ports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people are employed on ferries operating from UK ports; and of those, how many are (a) UK, (b) other EU and (c) non-EU citizens.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 21 January 2003, Official Report, column 205W, on freight facilities grant, what the expected expenditure is on Freight...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to change the operating hours of (a) Rotherhithe station, (b) Canada Water station and (c) Surrey Quays station on the London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the budget of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has been for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement on their role.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what expenditure has been incurred by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received on the issue of illegal use of off-road motorcycles in (a) the last three years and (b) the last six years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will undertake a review of legislation relating to the illegal use of off-road motorcycles and other vehicles on public highways, cycle paths and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward proposals for a minimum age restriction for the use of off-road motorcycles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward proposals for (a) a statutory driving licence for the use of off road motorcycles and (b) a national registration scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will publish the public consultation paper on off road motorcycling; and what the remit of that consultation will be.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many charges for breach of the peace and causing a nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1993 have been brought by local authorities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost will be to public funds in 2003–04 of the rise in national insurance contributions on the salary bill of his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff in his Department have used their leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive since it came into force.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessors were appointed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in December 2001 to observe the transitional arrangements made by Associated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people are employed in his Department's press office; and how many were employed on 2 May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the expected saving to public funds from the private finance initiative schemes due to become operational in 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the estimated value is of the property portfolio held by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with train operators about the proposed cuts in services between Ashchurch and Birmingham; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will quantify the (a) increase in electricity generation required and (b) consequent implications for climate change arising from the replacement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made by the Department towards the aim in the White Paper, "Your Region, Your Choice", of encouraging applicants to public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) pursuant to his written statement of 1 April 2003, Official Report, column 49WS, on trunk roads, when he will announce the concrete roads due to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact of the policies of passenger transport executives on services in the rural areas adjacent to the area of such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many applicants from the South East for funding under the Rural Transport Partnership Fund have (a) been rejected and (b) are awaiting funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, in each case listing (i) from which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants have been seconded from his Department to (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, broken down by (i) grade of civil...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff in his Department were on long term sick leave in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he has taken to ensure that people driving in the United Kingdom on South African driving licences are qualified to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many vehicles on the M6 use the Thelwall viaduct each day; (2) what plans his Department has made to ensure that the Thelwall viaduct is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the role of the (a) Mersey Tunnels Police Force and (b) British Transport Police in the context of a major emergency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research evidence underpins the work of the Highways Agency in deciding the best environmental protection measures for major trunk road...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts and primary care trusts had patient advice and liaison services with staff in post on 1 April in (a) England, (b) London and (c) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to make AAT deficiency a priority in medical schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients who had received treatment at Leeds General Infirmary's Assisted Conception Unit before November 2002 have since taken DNA tests;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 31 March 2003, Official Report, columns 39–40WS, on children in care, how many and what percentage...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his written statement of 31 March 2003, Official Report, column 39WS on children in care, if he will make it his policy to apply the targets...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which boroughs have applied to be Children's Trusts; and how co-terminosity will work between (a) police, (b) Social Services, (c) PCTs and (d) London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of the work programme of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health and its implementation is commercially confidential; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 8 August 2002 for which an acknowledgement was sent on 1 November 2002...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made with the pay review in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible, with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance his Department gives to local authorities about charging for domiciliary care services for disabled children; (2) how many, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors there are per 100 beds in each of the Lancashire NHS trusts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on funding for care of the elderly in Buckinghamshire in (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advertising and public awareness campaign will be used in conjunction with the launch of the five-a-day initiative; what form this public awareness...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he gives to (a) health trusts and (b) agencies for which he is responsible regarding the procurement of food that is (i) local and (ii) British.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to protect smaller local hospitals from becoming unable economically to carry out particular procedures and treatments in the face of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether foundation hospitals will be able to set up limited companies with which to conduct trade with their non-protected assets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact of the new GP contract on the provision of out of hours cover.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) care beds, (b) nursing beds, (c) elderly mentally impaired beds and (d) terminal beds there are in Somerset; and how many there have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for (a) Great Britain and (b) each health authority the expenditure on health per head of population, expressed in real terms, in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in developing a sustainable development strategy for health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the vacancy rate was for consultants working in coronary care in the NHS in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each NHS trust in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his Department's presentation to the healthcare computing conference in Harrogate on 25 March.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will make details of the second stage of the Better Hospital Food Programme available to the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to introduce legislation to give the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health the power to (a) commission and (b) provide...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements are in place to require NHS IT managers to compare external supplier costs to costs of goods and services procured under framework contracts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring his Department is undertaking of clinician (a) satisfaction with and (b) use of new NHS IT systems; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he investigated the leaking of confidential contractual documents relating to the sale of Inventures at any point (a) before and (b) after the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) language and (b) speech therapists are employed in the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has given to primary care trusts about the timing of consultations on changes to services during local council election campaigns; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total expenditure on locum GPs was as a percentage of total GPs' salaries in each (a) health authority, (b) primary care trust and (c) county in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money is being contributed by the New Opportunities Fund to health education programmes in which his Department has an involvement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each strategic health authority the proportion of patient occupied floor area not compliant...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS consultants are employed on joint contracts with both English and Welsh hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he intends that NHS consultants employed on joint contracts by English and Welsh hospitals should continue to be employed under a single NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS walk-in centres there are (a) in England and (b) in the Buckinghamshire health authority area; and what plans he has for further centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many agencies were used by NHS trusts to recruit nurses in each year since 1997; and if he will list the agencies used by NHS trusts to recruit nurses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many registered nurses actively recruited to the NHS from abroad are employed within the NHS in England; (2) how many registered nurses were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of registered nurses working in the NHS at the beginning of the year remained working in the NHS at the end of the year in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce the number of nurses leaving the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average age of retirement of registered nurses working in the NHS in England was at the last date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses leaving the NHS have been subsequently re-employed by the NHS through agencies, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses have been employed by the NHS in each of the last 25 years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to bring forward statutory instruments to reduce obesity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which aspects of the Research and Development Strategy for the National Standards Framework on older people will examine the extent of inappropriate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to the Question from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, ref 103543, tabled for answer on 18 March.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many statutory patients forums and patient and public involvement forums he expects there to be in place on (a) 1 September 2003, (b) 1 January 2004...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received regarding the right of NHS patients to choose to have operations performed in hospitals outside the UK within...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to extend the right to prescribe medicines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial allocation is to the primary care trusts in (a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forest; how this compares to the allocation to the three PCTs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts have not carried out exercises with chemical, biological and radiological protective equipment in the last (a) six months and (b) three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has held with the Health Professions Council concerning the regulation of psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to legislate for the regulation of psychotherapists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) the Commission for Health Improvement and (b) the National Care Standards Commission will remain in place until the Commission for Healthcare...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of rubella were recorded in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) London in each year since 1997–98.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how often parents may visit their children detained in Orchard Lodge and Standford House secure units.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the second tranche of smallpox vaccines to be ordered by his Department are to undergo clinical trials; whether any of the manufacturers bidding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether IDT was invited to submit a bid for the second tranche of smallpox vaccines to be procured by his Department; why no direct invitation was made to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the Approved Code of Practice on Smoking in the Workplace.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reported assaults against hospital staff at NHS hospitals there have been in the Greater London area during the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated for strokes (a) by hospital, (b) in England and (c) in each health authority in 2002; and what their annual rates were.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the sunset clauses included in legislation from his Department since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2003, Official Report, column 350W, on tuberculosis, how many specialist nurses were employed in each sector in London,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what prevention and awareness campaigns about tuberculosis took place in London in each of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are waiting for NHS treatment for (a) a hip joint replacement, (b) a knee joint replacement, (c) coronary artery bypass grafts and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what definition of a ward is used in the national health service.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many children gave evidence as witnesses in criminal trials in the last year.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on (a) the development proposals for alternative sentences for those who genuinely cannot pay court...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in 2002.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the running costs in 2002 were of (a) the Lord Chancellor's Department Ministers' private offices, separately identifying...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on the (a) cost of and (b) number of visitors to each website operated by her Department and each...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on her assessment of the constitutional implications for the UK of acceding to the principle of a...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts do not have separate waiting areas to ensure that witnesses do not have to mix with...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what expenditure has been incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in 2002 on (i) opinion...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the cost will be to public funds in 2003–04 of the rise in national insurance contributions on the salary bill of the...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on the expected saving to public funds from the private finance initiative schemes due to become...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many people are employed in the Department's press office; and how many were employed on 2 May 1997.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many staff in the Lord Chancellor's Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies receive paid leave to undertake...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will list the statutory instruments issued by her Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what policy on (a) core hours and (b) flexible working hours is operated by his Department and each agency and non-departmental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 13 March 2003, Official Report, column 414W, on jobseeker's allowance, what assessment he has made of the reasons for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on the means testing of pensions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects the European Court of Human Rights ruling on the treatment of transsexuals in the UK to be implemented by his Department in...

To ask the Secretary of State if he will make a statement on pension provision for women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs of 17 March 2003, Official Report, column 606W, on pensions, what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the advice his Department is giving to pensioners through the Payment Modernisation Programme, with regard to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether units of graduated pension have been price-indexed in every year since they were earned.

To ask the Secretary of State for work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure that private training providers delivering (a) New Deal and (b) other programmes spend a high proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what further measures he will take to ease the move from unemployment into work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the sources of scientific evidence and research that he has used on the possible health consequences of contact with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consultation he has held with the farming community on the (a) incidence and (b) consequences of chrysostile asbestos on farm properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to differentiate between the controls on (a) chrysostile asbestos and (b) other more dangerous forms of asbestos...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the take-up rate has been by (a) caseload and (b) expenditure for (i) income support, (ii) the minimum income guarantee, (iii) housing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the authorised uses of the national insurance number are; whether the use of the national insurance number for non-tax or non-benefit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the extent of industrial lung disease, silicosis, among steelworkers; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of state for Work Pensions what guidance has been given to Jobcentre Plus staff on the collection and provision of information on childcare provision for parents who are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) pursuant to his written statement of 24 March 2003, Official Report, column 1WS, what the budget is for the Employment Retention and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list (a) the benefits that may be available to asylum seekers, (b) the amounts that may be available and (c) the criteria for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measures he is taking to prevent fraudulent claims of benefits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to implement the recommendations by the National Audit Office to update his Department's research into the effect of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions claimants of which benefits are entitled to help from the adviser discretion fund; and how the eligibility criteria have changed since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of children in households subject to benefit sanctions, broken down by each category of sanction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which call centre in Sheffield was recently awarded the contract previously held by Vetex in Pembroke Dock.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated cost to public funds is in each of the next three years of the Social Security (Child Maintenance Premium and Miscellaneous...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the annual report of the Department will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the (a) conferences, (b) seminars, (c) workshops, (d) exhibitions and (e) press conferences which have been sponsored by his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much access audits will cost village and community halls and other voluntary, charitable or community service providers under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what action he will take against village and community halls and other voluntary service providers who do not have the funds to make reasonable...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department's review of Employers Liability Compulsory Insurance will be concluded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on progress with achieving transparency in respect of the European working groups for which his Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 20 March 2003, Official Report, column 931W, on the targeting fraud campaign, if he will provide comparable...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether women who had opted to pay reduced rate national insurance contributions and who left paid employment for more than two years because...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement about the eligibility of sufferers of ME for incapacity benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the (a) value of and (b) potential for the development of intermediate labour markets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when Jobcentre Plus will be extended to cover the whole of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's policy is regarding (a) access to JobCentre Plus offices and (b) meetings with JobCentre Plus staff for members of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents of Hendon are JobCentre Plus clients; how many such clients are on each of the New Deal programmes; how many residents of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the work of his Department's Joint Working Unit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage and what value of New Deal contracts are delivered by (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) other organisations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in the Buckingham constituency are on the New Deal Programme, broken down by each category of the New Deal.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the New Deal for Young People in the Buckingham constituency in 2001–02 have joined (a) subsidised employment, (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reasons it is not possible for a client registered with the New Deal for Disabled People to undertake a gateway interview...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the guidelines are for implementation of the (a) employer option, (b) Environmental Task Force Option and (c) Voluntary Sector...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with the Department of Health to place older person's health services into older people's homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department have used their leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive since it came into force.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners will be entitled to the pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the impact of the pension credit on the poorest pensioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what methods are used to ensure that pensioners eligible for the pension credits are able to receive them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to ensure that disabled customers who are unable to use the PIN pads for Post Office card accounts are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated value is of the property portfolio held by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress has been made by his Department towards the aim in the White Paper, "Your Region, Your Choice", of encouraging applicants to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to change his Department's policy whereby a young person taking part in a residential training scheme loses his or her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many civil servants have been seconded from his Department to (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, broken down by (i) grade of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the (a) cost of and (b) number of visitors to each website operated by his Department and each agency and...