To ask the Prime Minister when he will answer the question of 24 February from the hon. Member for Mid-Bedfordshire on IT contracts in his Department above £50 million.

To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his written answer of 16 June 2003, Official Report, column 63W, on the EU White Paper, what discussions he expects to occur prior to the next meeting of the...

To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had with President Kirchner of Argentina at the progressive governance conference concerning sovereignty of the Falkland Islands; and if he will make...

To ask the Prime Minister if he will request from President George Bush the return of all British prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay to the United Kingdom for the due attention of prosecution and...

To ask the Prime Minister when he expects to lay the first report of the House of Lords Appointments Commission for 2000 to 2003 before Parliament.

To ask the Prime Minister whether the inclusion of (a) the information and (b) the illustration of UNSCOM's visits to the Iraqi presidential palaces in the September Dossier was at the...

To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his answers of 7 July 2003, Official Report, column 616W, on intelligence, what progress has been made since 7 July in identifying the sources in the...

To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had with the Governments of (a) New Zealand, (b) Antigua and Barbuda, (c) Bahamas, (d) Barbados, (e) Belize, (f) Dominica, (g) Grenada, (h) Jamaica,...

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list visits within the United Kingdom he has made since 1 April; what the cost was to public funds of each trip; whom he met; and what gifts were received

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on payment for Pay Review Body chairs and members.

To ask the Prime Minister what representations he has received and what meetings he has held this year on the future management of plutonium; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Prime Minister on how many occasions between 31March 2002 and 31 March 2003 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisors travelled abroad in an official capacity; what...

To ask the Prime Minister how many representations calling for trade justice have been received by the Government this year; and how many of these were from the Orkney and Shetland constituency.

To ask the Prime Minister (1) what evidence he has received of attempts being made by the Iraqi military to deploy chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons during the war; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last used the London Underground in connection with his official duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to secure a viable future for the New Covent Garden Markets Authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to encourage the use of crops for biofuels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on how she proposes to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations she has received on the effects of the Shell Haven oil refinery on fisheries in the Thames.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the number of farmers who have signed up to the Fallen Stock Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what arrangements she is making to pay interest on overdue payments of (a) beef special premium and (b) slaughter premium.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much money is due in outstanding payments for (a) beef special premium and (b) slaughter premium for (i) 2001 and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations she has received on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she will take to encourage farmers to adopt more environmentally sustainable farming practices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what further measures have been taken by the Rural Payments Agency to prevent fraud by farmers, following the Government...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people live in areas with a high risk of flooding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of contamination by GM crops on surrounding plant life; what estimate she has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when and where the EU action plan on illegal logging will be discussed by the Council of Ministers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if the UK Government will press for new legislation to ban the import of illegally sourced timber as part of the EU action...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect of the consultation on private sewers on owners in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has received from (a) the Welsh Assembly, (b) Welsh local authorities and (c) other Welsh...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quantities of radioactive water (a) have been removed and (b) remain to be moved from Sellafield building B30 as part of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by how much the Rights of Way mapping process is over budget; and which other budgets are being used to fund it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of water companies reported financial deficits in 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department since 29 October 2002.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed to man advisory hotlines for working families tax credit; how many are civil servants; and how many have received training in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the script used by advisers at the tax credit helpline for responding to callers who have asked for their tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) telephone lines and (b) telephonists there are for the tax credit helpline; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire of 9 July 2003, Official Report, column 871W, what the April outturn is against the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what extra amount Redcar and Cleveland would have received in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003 under the Treasury's preferred model for local authority...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of Sheffield's 2001 Census information was lost; if he will make a statement on how this information was lost; and what assessment he has made of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the percentage of total central government expenditure was represented by PFI and PPP annual payments in the financial years (a) 1992–93,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury's Chief Economic Adviser plays an executive role in the Inland Revenue's dealings with (a) individuals and (b) businesses.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated annual cost would be of changing the child benefit system to pay the higher rate of child benefit in respect of all children of a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter dated 29 May from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on insurance premium tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many times in the past two years the Customs and Excise National Strike Force has undertaken operational duties in west Wales; (2) what...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Home Office, (b) Secretary of State for Wales and (c) Welsh Assembly regarding removal of permanent...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the UK's gross receipts from the EU Budget were in 2002.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to make his assessment of the effectiveness of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; who will conduct that review; and when the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue which would be lost if the Gift Aid declaration was replaced by allowing all personal donations to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures he is taking to increase the transparency of (a) World Bank and (b) IMF decisions about countries coming off track with the heavily indebted...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that the Inland Revenue obtains accurate declarations from employees of that part of their taxable income derived from the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what positions have been held since January 2000 by (a) Mr. Graham Dean, former Inland Revenue Officer in the International Division and (b) Mr. Robert...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many outsourced IT contracts have been signed by his Department in each year since 1997; how much each of these contracts is worth; with whom they are...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he spent on IT licences in the last financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in the manufacturing sector in (a) 1979, (b) 1997 and (c) 2003; and what percentage of the workforce this represents in each case.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to review the tax threshold for redundancy pay; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 9 July 2003, Official Report, column 867W, in which companies the Government holds special shares; what the value is of those...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his plans for disposing of the Government's golden shares.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people died from (a) strokes and (b) stroke-related diseases in each year since 1997, broken down by age group.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many requests for (a) compensation, (b) back costs and (c) compensation for worry and distress due to mishandling of child and working tax credit...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 10 June 2003, Official Report, column 746W, on child/working tax credit, whether the statistics on awards in August will be...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the average claim for (a) the child tax credit and (b) the working tax credit is expected to be worth in the current financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance has been given to officers on settlement of arrears in payment of working tax credits.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the numbers of outstanding claims for (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit; and how many of these were submitted...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what penalties are enforceable against the provider of computer equipment to implement the change in the system of tax credits.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many claims for emergency interim payments relating to child tax credit applications have been made; and of that number how many have been paid;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Inland Revenue will pay compensation for (a) bank charges and (b) mortgage penalty payments incurred as a result of the late or non-payment of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer where a person is owed tax credit back-payments, what mechanism there is for paying it in one lump sum rather than in weekly instalments; and if he will...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons in the Wansbeck constituency are in receipt of (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit; and how many claims are waiting to be processed.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters to the Inland Revenue from right hon. and hon. Members about working families tax credit applications are awaiting a reply.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide extra resources to help the Inland Revenue in responding to correspondence from right hon. and hon. Members about working families tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates he has made of the extra revenue generated through taxation on those people who will work until the age of 70 in the next 10 years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the cost was in 2002–03 of administering grants provided under the scheme providing rebates on VAT paid in respect of repairs to places of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department since 29 October 2002.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what regulations govern the capacity of a private bailiff forcibly to enter a domicile; and when they were last...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans the Government have to introduce legislation on bailiffs.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what recent representations he has received regarding privately contracted bailiffs.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps are taken by his Department to (a) monitor and (b) enforce standards within the bailiff industry.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what licensing procedures there are for (a) bailiffs and (b) private law enforcement agents.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans he has to make representations to the Chief Justice of Germany concerning the case of Catherine Meyer.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs if he will list his Department's responsibilities for Scotland.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) where the Department of Constitutional Affairs will be housed; who will have responsibility within his Department...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the relationship between (a) Constitutional Affairs, (b) Scotland Office and (c) Wales Office will be with regard to...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs when the case of Darmesh (date of birth 27 February 1973) and Rashik (8 December 1977) Jamiet under Ref MP2777 was...

To ask the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the Department in each of the past five years.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will take measures to ensure that no guarantor of a joint and several personal guarantee is able to default; and...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what limits will be placed on the members of the Judicial Appointments Commission in discussing individual cases with...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether the decisions of the Judicial Appointments Commission and the Secretary of State in respect of judicial...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what discussions he had with the governing authorities of (a) Anguilla, (b) Bermuda, (c) the British Virgin Islands, (d)...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment he has made of the intervention of the Law Society in its role as regulator of (a) sole practitioner...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders his Department (a) enforced overseas and (b) received notification...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when Marianna Hildyard was invited to become a QC.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to his answer of 19 May, Official Report, column 653W, on the National Land Information System (NLIS), what...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how a UK citizen who lives abroad may register to vote as an overseas elector.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans he has to remove the data protection controls which restrict pension information being released to company...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps the Government has taken to encourage public participation in politics.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans he has to change the regulatory system used in relation to solicitors in the UK.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment he has made of the case for making the regulatory system used in relation to solicitors in the UK a fully...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs who will be responsible for the rules of procedure of the new Supreme Court.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many planning applications have been made to site mobile telecommunications masts on land owned by the Department.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department and its predecessors since 29 October 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the United Kingdom Provincial Reconstruction Team in the Mazar-e-Sharif region of Afghanistan will liaise with Afghan military forces acting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of personnel not fit for employment and awaiting NHS treatment in (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army and (c) the RAF.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the (a) arms, (b) armaments and (c) military equipment sold by the UK Government in the last three years, with their destination.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 25 June 2003, Official Report, column 876W, on drugs, what investigations he has conducted to determine why specific army units...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason the Tornado F3 aircraft will not be fitted with Helmet Mounted Sight capability for ASRAAM.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his assessment is of the capability improvement of ASRAAM over the AIM9M and AIM9L Sidewinder missiles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason Tornado F3 aircraft have not received an AMRAAM datalink upgrade as part of the Capability Sustainment programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Jaguar GR3A has been wired for ASRAAM; and what plans he has for the Jaguar GR3A to be equipped with ASRAAM.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Typhoon will be capable of delivering (a) Storm Shadow, (b) Precision Guided bombs, (c) ALARM, (d) Brimstone, (e) unguided bombs and (f)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which units will be equipped with the Bowman system when it first enters service; and when Bowman will be ready for operational deployment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what Territorial Army personnel have received training on Challenger 2 in the past two years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the reasons his Department (a) ended its order for chocolate with Duncans of Scotland and (b) placed the order with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of using cluster munitions in the war in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list category A projects awarded in the last three years where US companies and the UK subsidiaries of US companies were sub-contractors...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value of defence and defence-related (a) imports from and (b) exports to the United States of America was in the last three years for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list category A projects and their approximate values awarded in the last three years to US companies and the UK subsidiaries of US companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on (a) the front line and (b) procurement in current prices in each year since 1999–2000; and what his plans are for each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the contracts (a) initiated and (b) changed by the Defence Logistics Organisation within (i) one week, (ii) two weeks and (iii) one month...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the Urgent Operational Requirements placed by the Defence Logistics Organisation within (a) one week, (b) two weeks and (c) one month of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what value of drugs has been confiscated in operations involving Royal Navy warships in each of the past two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the accessibility of Drummore harbour to seacraft.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the EU Directives and Regulations which have been implemented by his Department since 17 April 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his letter D/S of S/GH 3295/03/Y, what progress has been made on interoperability with the United States in relation to the Galileo Project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his letter D/US of S/IC 3139/03/6, what the most recent results of his longitudinal studies into tracking Gulf War illnesses are.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the future of the Ministry of Defence site at Hermitage, Berkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when HMS Bulwark will be operational.

To ask the Prime Minister what the status is of the Iraqi prisoners handed over to the US army by British troops.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which countries are providing troops for peacekeeping duties in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what training was given to Army personnel deployed on Operation Telic in respect of use of the grenade launchers for SA80A2.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when orders were placed for additional desert clothing which was required for Operation Telic.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many servicemen and women were (a) killed and (b) injured in the conflict in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of each of the friendly fire incidents involving British personnel in Iraq; what changes are planned to reduce...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when UORs for Operation Telic were first issued.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when all Army personnel based in (a) Iraq and (b) Kuwait for Operation Telic had been issued with full desert kit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when underslung grenade launchers for Operation Telic were first issued; and to which battlegroups.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when Camel water bottles were first issued for Operation Telic; and what percentage of Army personnel have been issued with them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the operational period for the biological and chemical attack detectors on Challenger 2 tanks in Operation Telic.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reservists served with (a) 1 Bn Black Watch, (b) 1 Bn Royal Irish Regiment, (c) 1 Bn The Duke of Wellington's Regiment and (d) 1 Bn Royal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many sponsored reserves served on Operation Telic and with which units.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Joint Strike Fighter aircraft will be allocated to the (a) Fleet Air Arm and (b) RAF if the current requirement stands at 150 aircraft; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to make an initial gate announcement on the Maritime Airborne Surveillance and Control programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to make service personnel medical records fully accessible to the service person concerned and his or her medical advisors; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the charging arrangement between his Department and (a) the Department of Health and (b) NHS acute trusts for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his assessment is for the current requirements for naval anti-air warfare capabilities; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which infantry regiments have served in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answers of 30 June 2003, Official Report, column 46W, on procurement, and 20 June 2003, Official Report, column 885W, on Type 23...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the savings have been achieved through (a) cancellation, (b) delay and (c) scaling back of procurement programmes in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people serve in the Royal Irish Regiment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the trials programme of RV Triton.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes have taken place in each Service's manning requirement since April 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when he will make a statement on progress in implementing the recommendations of the recent tri-service audit of initial training; (2) what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when his Department expects to finalise the Skynet 5 contract with Paradigm; and if he will make a statement; (2) on what grounds his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what savings have been achieved through the Smart Acquisition initiative; and what the largest single saving is that has been achieved.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answers of 25 June 2003, Official Report, column 885W, and 30 June 2003, Official Report, column 46W, if he will name the ships to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his assessment is of the threat to UK forces from hostile submarine forces; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the (a) Typhoon and (b) Joint Strike Fighter will be armed with a gun.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's estimate is of the number of people affected by violent conflict in (a) 2003 and (b) 2002; and whether he expects to meet his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the UK commitment is to NATO forces in terms of (a) frigates and (b) destroyers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to (a) encourage and (b) support more people with disabilities to enter (i) teaching and (ii) other employment in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what services will be provided for children who are in families where there has been domestic violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he has taken to ensure that English universities are prepared for the introduction of the European Credit Transfer System; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been allocated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to higher education institutions in their block grants to ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will provide the hon. Member for Colchester with copies of the correspondence between himself and the Chair of Governors of King's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many lay inspectors are working for OFSTED in each region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many non-British European Union students there were on (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate courses in English universities in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many overseas teachers have been working in English schools in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much extra money his Department has provided to schools in (a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire to help ameliorate the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much funding was allocated to (a) Essex Local Education Authority and (b) other local education authorities for turbulence factors...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what mechanisms are in place to ensure that specialist school subject designations correlate to pupil and parent demand; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much each local authority spent on youth services in each year since 2000–01.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when he will publish an updated "List of Ministerial Responsibilities".

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the running costs of Ministers' private offices have been in his Department in each year since 1997.

To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission what timbers are being used in the Houses of Parliament ticket office that is currently being...

To ask the Minister for Women pursuant to her answer of 25 March 2003, Official Report, column 143W, on domestic violence, if she will place in the Library copies of her correspondence with the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the financial impact on the UK insurance and reinsurance industries of the United States Fairness in Asbestos...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman), of 25 February 2003, Official Report, columns 393–94W, on Burma,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the future of Business Support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value of British-owned manufacturing was in China in 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations she has received regarding British trade with China.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what tariffs or other import and export levies are enforced (a) by Britain on Chinese goods and (b) by China on British goods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the volume of trade between the UK and (a) China and (b) Japan was in 2002, broken down by (i) imports and (ii) exports; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications have been received in respect of Coal Investment Aid; from which companies the applications were received; how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the consultation documents issued by her Department in each of the last four years; what the cost was of producing each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she expects to publish the results of the recent consultation on the licensing regime under the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the Minister with responsibility for competitiveness and e-commerce will reply to the letter dated 21 May from the hon. Member for Banff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the impact on businesses in London and the south-east of (a) a decision not to go ahead with the Crossrail...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry where the gas delivered to the UK will come from in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2015; and what percentage of the gas will be delivered from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what contingency plans she will put in place to ensure that energy is delivered to households in the UK in the event that future foreign gas...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the regulatory impact assessments her Department has carried out on measures to protect the environment since January 2002;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action is planned to help deliver the Doha Development Agenda and reduce global poverty at the forthcoming WTO meeting in Cancun, Mexico.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will place a copy of the UK's presentation to the IAEA Board of Governors meeting for June in the Library; and if she will ensure that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to require mobile telephone companies to cease the practice whereby individuals are permitted access to their services...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many UK mobile users are registered with their networks with verifiable personal details.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the progress made by the working group set up in her Department on mine shafts; and when the working group is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures she has taken to help intermittent suppliers adversely affected by New Electricity Trading Arrangements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the changes were in the export price of renewable energy generators (a) since the implementation of New Electricity Trading Arrangements...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many nuclear stations there are; and how many will continue beyond 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will set out the steps taken once an application for a Post Office Card Account has been received.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices have fee-charging ATMs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will arrange for the Chief Executive of Post Office Ltd. to meet the hon. Member for Leicester, East to discuss post office closures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if she will make a statement on the use of practices in the print cartridge manufacturing industry aimed at preventing the recycling of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much subsidy was paid by the Government to electricity generators as a result of their renewable energy policy (a) in total and (b) to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she expects the remediation of Sellafield building B30 to commence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what volume of dried radioactive waste sludges she expects to be removed from building B30 at Sellafield in the post-operation clean-out process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the safety of the Magnox storage and decommissioning B30 facility at Sellafield.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what facility attachments and safeguards provisions apply to the B30 spent fuel and waste store at Sellafield; when Euratom safeguards...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the implications of a shortage of silicon for the solar cells industry; and if, pursuant to the letter of 30...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assistance the Government has given to (a) households and (b) business in the installation of solar energy devices; and how many (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what response she will make to the representations from the Trade Justice Movement on trade with poorer countries; and what plans she has to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the development of wind power facilities in the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received regarding accession by China to the World Trade Organisation; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to take steps in the next round of WTO negotiations to improve access to patented drugs in the developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to take steps in the next round of WTO negotiations to prevent subsidised EU products being dumped on developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to take steps in the next round of WTO negotiations to protect sugar producers in developing countries from competition...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what period has to elapse before EU citizens who remain in the UK under the habitual residency test can claim UK benefits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many families are expected (a) to gain and (b) to lose from the child support reforms, broken down by (i) couple families and (ii) families...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research has been commissioned on the financial impact on absent fathers of the interaction between child support maintenance assessments...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on the compulsory registration of gas fitters according to the Corgi Standard; and how many complaints his Department has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding his Department and its predecessors allocated to Work Based Learning for Adults in each year since 1997; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to award a severely disabled person attendance allowance for the six-month qualifying period once it has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost per claimant was of administering each of the major benefits in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have had (a) their state pension and (b) other benefits incorrectly deducted after a hospital stay lasting more than six weeks...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff are responsible for detection of benefit fraud, broken down by region; what change has been made in the level of such staff in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants in each benefit client group who have been sent direct payment invitation letters have opened (a) normal bank or building...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants in each benefit client group have been sent direct payment invitation letters; and for each of those groups how many have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many customers (a) will and (b) will not be paid by direct payment if the Department meets its public service agreement target to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether customers who have more than one carer or a number of irregular carers will be able to nominate more than one such person to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been contacted following a failure to respond to an invitation to transfer to direct payment; and of those, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Coventry have converted to direct payment of their benefits and pensions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 25 June 2003, Official Report, column 837W, on benefits, how many consolatory payments were made to customers for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance he has issued to his Department regarding making benefit and pension payments to clients who fail to open a bank or Post Office...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which his Department cold-calls customers in connection with the transfer to direct...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much extra grant per year would need to be paid from central Government to local authorities if take-up of all income-related benefits was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Government's recent discussions regarding the allocation of funding to support British Sign...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what policies and procedures are being modified and what actions are being taken within his Department following the Government's decision to ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged over 65 are receiving (a) carer's allowance and (b) the carer's premium in income support; and how many people aged over...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether an allowance is made for child care costs, in relation to a child living with an absent parent with care or with the parent being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the progress made by the CSA in introducing the new system of assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many liability orders were placed on members of the armed forces by the Child Support Agency in each month since July 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the application of child support regulations to armed forces personnel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much interest was earned from monies held by the Child Support Agency between receipt from parents without care and payment to parents with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will apply the new rules for Child Support Agency claims to pre-existing cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the consultation documents issued by his Department in each of the last four years; what the cost was of producing each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) with reference to Figure A3.1 on page 148 of the Pensions Green Paper (Cm 5677), what the assumed number of people receiving...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to ensure that the Department sends out acknowledgements to letters from hon. Members writing on behalf of constituents;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he last met the Chairman of the Countryside Agency to discuss rural proofing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what procedures are available to customers who wish to register complaints regarding his Department's Customer Conversion Centre.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost of paying the basic state pension, deferred by five years, at (a) 110.4 per cent., (b) 120 per cent., (c) 130 per...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost has been to the Exchequer of deferred pensions, in (a) cash and (b) real terms, over the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have deferred their pension in each of the last five years by up to (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) four...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions who owns the medium pressure ductile iron gas mains within 30 metres of buildings reported to HSE in response to its October 2002 warning to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list by project the consultancies his Department and its non-departmental bodies have used on e-Government projects since 1 January 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the Department's policies have been screened for their environmental impact since June 2001; how many environmental appraisals have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the EU directives implemented by the Department since 8 June 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with (a) colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) counterparts in the European Union about the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his Answer of 11 July 2003, Official Report, column 1036W, on fee-charging ATMs, what information is given by his Department to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff were employed to detect and prosecute suspected fraud in each of the last six years; and what the cost was of their employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have committed benefit fraud on two or more separate occasions since 1 April 2002; and of that number how many have had their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of fraud in (a) order books and (b) giros was in 2002–03, broken down by type of fraud; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many instances there were of income support fraud in Scotland, broken down by local authority, in each year since 1997; (2) what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the funding for the Health and Safety Executive in (a) 2003–04 and (b) each of the last three years, broken down by region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many health and safety inspectors there are in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, and how many there were in each year since 1998.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many health and safety inspectors are employed by his Department; and how many were employed in each of the last five years; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on progress towards reform of the housing benefit system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the 200 wards with the highest percentage of adults claiming incapacity benefit in (a) the UK and (b) Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was claimed in income support in Scotland in 2002–03, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reason the Plain English Campaign's Crystal Mark does not apply to the section on collecting and using information on page 6 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many outsourced IT contracts have been signed by his Department in each year since 1997; how much each of these contracts is worth; with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much he spent on IT (a) maintenance, (b) licences, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is in cases of individuals claiming Jobseeker's Allowance refusing a job on grounds of conscientious objection; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many fixed period sanctions have been applied in the income-related jobseeker's allowance in each year since the sanctions were first...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents have had income support reduced as a sanction for failure to attend a compulsory personal adviser meeting; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was to his Department of media and voice training for ministers and officials in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) financial and (b) other support is available to (i) an individual and (ii) a family where the sole earner receives the national...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was to his Department of mobile phones supplied to Ministers and officials in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate for each contributory benefit the extra annual expenditure which would result from abolition of the national insurance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many sanctions have been applied to New Deal participants, broken down by programme, in each year since the programme began; how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) proportion and (b) number of people have found employment as a result of the New Deal, broken down by programme, in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of those who left the gateway of the New Deal for Young People without proceeding to any of the options were in full-time...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of New Deal leavers have entered sustained unsubsidised jobs since the programme began; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) number and (b) proportion of people who went on to New Deal have left for unknown destinations, broken down by (i) programme and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents who have participated in the New Deal for Lone Parents have later returned to income support, broken down by (a) those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of participants in the New Deal for Young People from non-white ethnic minorities found (a) jobs and (b) sustained jobs in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of each quarterly cohort on the full-time education and training option in the New Deal for Young People left with the qualification...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average cost per place on each of the four options in the New Deal for Young People was in the last 12 months; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of persons leaving (a) the intensive gateway period, (b) the extended gateway and (c) each of the four options in the New...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many participants on New Deal for Young People have been placed on training courses longer than a year in each year since the programme...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many participants have joined the New Deal for Young People (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) more than three times; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 26 June 2003, Official Report, column 962W, on the New Deal, on what basis the calculation of cost per job for New...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria are used by New Deal for Lone Parents advisers to determine whether they will assist with the provision of child care; what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the progress of Operation Gangmaster.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 15 July 2003, ref 124888, if he will list the Government Departments and agencies in the Gangmaster Working Group.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases have been processed through the operational intelligence units in (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh in each month since 1997; how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he intends to answer question number 114044, tabled by the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire for answer on Monday 19 May.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether it is his policy that written answers from Ministers in his Department should be deposited in the Library on the day of answering...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place a copy of the pension credit application form in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost of postage for (a) writing to all those aged 60 and over to tell them about their possible entitlement to pension...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what payment options are available to people filling in the pension credit application form who tick the box in part 13B stating that they do...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Northavon (Mr. Webb), of 10 July 2003, columns 979–80W, what proportion of pensioners are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his written statement of 14 July 2003, Official Report, columns 6–7WS, on the pension credit, how many of the pensioner...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps are being taken to minimise the potential for pension credit fraud in advance of its introduction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many hours of staff absence there have been among Pension Service employees each month in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answers of 7 April 2003, Official Report, column 88W, and 2 July 2003, Official Report, column 346W, on pensioners, if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) pursuant to Working and Saving for Retirement: Action on Occupational Pensions, if his plans to ease the indexation requirements will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to issue (a) a further response to the consultation on the Pensions Green Paper (Cm 5677) and (b) a White Paper on pensions;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the appointees to the (a) Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board, (b) Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proposals he has for addressing seasonal unemployment fluctuations in seaside towns; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many staff in his Department were on long-term sick leave in each of the last five years; (2) how many staff in the Department have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what size of geographical area he will determine as appropriate in setting the standard local housing allowance to ensure that it...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he and his Department have (a) made and (b) put into action to extend entitlement for application to budgeting and crisis loans to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what plans he has to meet representatives of widowers' groups to discuss issues affecting widowers' pensions; (2) what recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department since 29 October 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent by her Department and agencies for which her Department is responsible in each of the last five years to promote (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on completion of the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Elite Athletes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with (a) colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) counterparts in the European Union about...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to make science and education new criteria for lottery grants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what efforts are being made to ensure that all the timber being used in the construction of the new stadium at Wembley comes from legal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many members of staff at Ofcom earn more than £100,000 per annum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of school children in the Northumberland local education authority area receive a minimum of two hours physical exercise...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on how many occasions between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisors have travelled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value of Sport England's Exchequer grant aid was to each national governing body in (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has allocated for the promotion of tourism in the UK in 2003–04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people were employed in the tourism industry in Northumberland in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department since 29 October 2002.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development how the Department will help ensure that the UK's beyond heavily indebted poor countries additional debt relief will be used...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what the cost was to his Department for (a) ministerial cars and drivers, (b) taxis, (c) train travel, (d) the use of...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development if he will list the educational projects in Kenya which have received funding from his Department (a) directly and (b)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development (1) what the average waiting time for hospital treatment is in Montserrat; (2) how many people there are on a hospital...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what the average class size is in Montserrat, broken down by age group.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what plans the Department has to facilitate the development of mutually beneficial partnerships between donors and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what the running costs have been of Ministers' private offices in his Department in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what steps will be taken at the next World Trade Organisation meeting on promoting the freedom of developing countries to...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he has held discussions with the Electoral Commission about the possibility of abandoning alphabetical listing of candidates on ballot papers (a) at...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether in valuing dwellings for council tax purposes, it is his policy that district valuers should take into account changing values over time of house prices...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of whether the decent homes target will be met by 2010.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which local authorities have not transferred their stock or set up an arm's length management organisation with PFI scheme.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his estimate is of the time required by a local housing authority from the initial consideration of options to (a) complete a stock transfer, (b) reach...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to announce Government proposals on the way forward for housing capital finance following the recent consultation.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how the scheme funding requirements to meet the decent homes standard as a result of the change from fitness standard to the health and safety rating system will...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the number of houses which will be brought up to the decent homes standard in each year up to 2010, broken down by the method of...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what conclusions he has drawn from the National Audit Office report on the costs of the large scale voluntary transfer programme.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many works of art from the Government art collection are on loan to each Minister in his Department.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether local authorities which under the Communities Plan do not use the options of stock transfer, Arm's Length Management Organisations or PFI, may receive...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the effect of allocating only 70 per cent. of housing investment programme funding to local authorities as proposed in the...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reasons local authorities in the South West region were not included on the Government's list of councils which can temporarily suspend the right to buy.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will extend the Control of Roadside Sales Order to enable local authorities to remove vehicles for sale which are parked on the highway or adjacent...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what powers are available to local authorities to remove vehicles for sale which are parked on the highway or adjacent greenswards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the result of the invasion of Afghanistan by the coalition on the change on the amount of land...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply to the letter, dated 28 May, from the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute regarding Julian Gilbey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the United Kingdom's opt-out from the Schengen agreement will be maintained in the proposed Constitutional Treaty for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the EU directives implemented by the Department since 8 June 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his oral statement of 9 July 2003, Official Report, column 1207, on the communitisation of foreign and security...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he had with President Kirchner of Argentina at the progressive governance conference concerning sovereignty...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to propose that Brazil be given a permanent seat at the Security Council of the UN.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 12 May 2003, Official Report, column 77W, on global conflict prevention pool, what progress has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what conditions are applied to British detainees in Camp Delta receiving food parcels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times the Government has asked for the return of British prisoners in Guantanamo Bay to Britain; when the most recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the sale of national assets in Iraq by the Coalition provisional administration.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress is being made with establishing the interim authority in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials the Provisional Coalition Administration has in the British controlled sector of Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Department has received from the Russian government on the re-establishment of the electrical power...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Ministers were informed that the CIA had counselled the Security and Intelligence Services against including material...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the head of MI6 met Mr. John Humphrys of the BBC since 1 May; who authorised each meeting; and for what purpose each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Foreign Office spent on IT (a) licences, (b) maintenance, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Israeli Government and (b) the Palestinian Authority regarding the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many police officers there are per head of population in Montserrat.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what international system of monitoring in which the United Kingdom participates relates to material which may be used for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when a Minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office last visited St. Helena; and who the Minister was.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the implications for the representation of British interests at the UN of the appointment of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will make available to Clare Anyango and her sponsor Michael Meadows, the explanatory statement of the reasons for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visa cases the Minister responsible for entry clearance has overturned since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many family visit visa applications were (a) allowed and (b) refused during the last 12 months at High Commission offices in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when full visa facilities will be reintroduced in the Pakistan offices.

To ask the Solicitor-General when a successor to Sir David Calvert-Smith as Director of Public Prosecutions will be announced.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many staff in the Department have been on long-term sick leave in each of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what responsibilities his Department undertakes in connection with British overseas territories.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the Carlile report.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) the Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator and (c) the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training and instructions have been issued to (a) ambulance crews, (b) paramedics, (c) GPs, (d) accident and emergency staff, (e) fire...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what equipment has been issued to (a) ambulance crews, (b) paramedics, (c) GPs, (d) accident and emergency staff, (e) fire services and (f)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the optimum treatment time for radioisotope contamination in the event of a radiological bomb.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the regulatory impact assessment concerning the proposed new offence of corporate manslaughter has been completed; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which industries in the private sector were selected for the regulatory impact assessment for the new offence of corporate manslaughter; on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is in relation to (a) Crown immunity and (b) who should conduct prosecution inquiries in relation to the proposed offence of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what financial support is provided by Government to the Criminal Records Bureau; when the Bureau expects to become self-financing; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the timetable is for taking forward the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Criminal Records Bureau.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the revenue gained as a result of the proposed increase to disclosure fees for standard and enhanced disclosures...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for redeployment of members of his Department out of London and the South East.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those recorded on the national DNA database has a criminal conviction.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many class A drug supply offenders there are for every 10,000 residents in (a) the UK, (b) the west midlands and (c) Coventry; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of defendants sentenced to a drugs treatment and testing order re-offended during the currency of the order in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase the number of offenders with drug problems who enter treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many girls under 18 were held in custody in Holloway Prison in each of the last 12 months, broken down by age.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much he spent on IT (a) maintenance, (b) licences, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many naturalisation applications his Department is dealing with.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what intelligence Operation Corolla of 13 November 2002 in Gwent, Dyfed-Powys and Gloucestershire was based.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to build more prisons; what the cost of the construction programme is; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the construction of new prisons at Ashford and Peterborough was ordered.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost was in 2002–03 of imprisoning an offender for one year; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will make a statement on the provision of education courses in prisons; (2) what plans he has to contract out education courses...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the most overcrowded prison is; what the ratio of cells to prisoners is in that prison; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the ratio of staff to prisoners was in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he is taking to tackle the number of suicides in prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men over 65 and (b) women over 60 are held in prisons in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions on royal security at Buckingham Palace he has held with Palace authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many planning applications have been made to site mobile telecommunications masts on land owned by the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reason was for the delay in the vignettes programme announcement; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many out of country work permits have been granted in the first six months of 2003; and what (a) the primary occupations were for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were placed on Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes, broken down by region, 2002–03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the future of Dover House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what revised guidelines have been issued in respect of Scottish Executive use of Dover House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what targets his Department has for improving energy efficiency; and how he intends to achieve these targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office about the legislative competencies covered by the draft European...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the total value of assets and illegal gains confiscated from criminals is in Scotland since the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 came into effect.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Ministers there were in the Scottish Office and Scotland Office in each year since 1996.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Scotland Office is a Department of State.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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 Scotland how many staff are employed by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when his departmental strategy for sustainable development will be published; and what steps are being taken to take forward the actions outlined.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what remit relating to sustainable development is (a) required and (b) undertaken by his Department's (i) executive agencies, (ii) advisory...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment is made (a) of the environmental impact and (b) against sustainable development criteria of the (i) bids made for the different grants...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department's procurement policy covers timber used on and in the construction of departmental building projects; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the local institutions which have (a) made bids, (b) received funding and (c) have bids under consideration under the Urban Bus...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with London borough authorities to encourage the creation of cycle lanes within their boroughs; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost was to his Department for (a) ministerial cars and drivers, (b) taxis, (c) train travel, (d) the use of helicopters, (e) airline...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for redeployment of members of his Department out of London and the south-east.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on progress on the East London Line Extensions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of the Department's policies have been screened for their environmental impact since June 2001; how many environmental appraisals have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the EU directives implemented by the Department since 8 June 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with (a) colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) counterparts in the European Union about the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the manufacturers provided a report on the on-deck pitch/heave and roll certification of a Super Puma helicopter which rolled over on the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to expand the scheme of assistance to purchasers of electric-petrol hybrid vehicles to include those private and business motorists...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many outsourced IT contracts have been signed by his Department in each year since 1997; how much each of these contracts is worth; with whom they...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 2 July 2003, Official Report, column 270W, on underground (masks), how many drivers on the London Underground have asthma;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what environmental safeguards have been put in place to protect the marine environment from damage due to incidents involving uncrewed ships being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations about concessionary travel schemes; (2) how often he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions (a) he and (b) each of his ministerial colleagues has used (i) the railways and (ii) a ministerial car in association with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when (a) he and (b) each of his ministerial colleagues next plan to use the railways in association with official ministerial duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many planning applications have been made to site mobile telecommunications masts on land owned by the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost was to his Department of mobile phones supplied to Ministers and officials in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 9 July 2003, Official Report, column 805W, on motorway accidents, how many of these accidents resulted in the death of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of (a) the revenues and (b) the losses of Network Rail stem from the least used 10 per cent. of the railway network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment has been made by the Department of the economic cost of removing the ban on night flights at Heathrow airport, in terms of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what overseas trips were made by (a) himself, (b) his ministerial team and (c) departmental staff in each month since 1 October 2002, specifying in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of towing former US naval ships through the Pentland Firth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on proposals to tow former US naval ships through the Pentland Firth en route to Teesside.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the UK Administration will exercise its power to prevent the towing of former US naval ships thought to contain toxic chemicals through the Pentland...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will conduct a review into the economic impact of Heathrow Airport on property prices for residential houses on the flight path; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what contractual arrangements there are for the clearing of ragwort from highway land along (a) the A21, (b) the A259 and (c) other trunk roads in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 1 July 2003, Official Report, column 190W, on freight grants, how much the Track Access Grants with a Scottish element...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what role signallers play in minimising delays to fast long distance trains.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures will be put in place to prevent train operating companies adopting train crew relief strategies which will stand trains at strategic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the European rail traffic management system level 2 will be installed on the UK high speed lines; and for what reasons ERTMS level 1 could not be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the introduction of the train protection and warning system has affected line capacity in congested areas of the network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps are being taken to improve the reliability of the train protection and warning system, with reference to (a) delays to trains running into...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the average length of (a) journey and (b) time taken for train passengers to travel to and from the rail station.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers on average travelled on each diesel multiple unit train journey in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what station improvements are planned which are funded under (a) the Rail Passenger Partnership, (b) the Incremental Output Statements and (c) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people working on road repairs and improvements over each of the last three years have been (a) injured and (b) killed working on (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which statutory bodies will be involved in evaluating the potential environmental impacts of (a) route improvements to the A21 between Kippings Cross...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what representations he has received concerning the (a) projected cost and (b) timeframe of building an A259 Bexhill-Hastings link road; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received concerning the A21 from (a) Kippings Cross to Lamberhurst and (b) Flimwell to Robertsbridge.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the expected start date is for road improvements on the A21 from (a) Kippings Cross to Lamberhurst and (b) Flimwell to Robertsbridge.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will make a statement on progress made by (a) East Sussex county council and (b) statutory environmental bodies in developing the A259...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list new road construction schemes in East Sussex which have been allocated for design, build, finance and operate funding; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the annual expenditure of his Department on public local inquiries in East Sussex was in each of the last 10 years; on what dates each inquiry...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what improvements are planned for the A259 over the next three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money his Department allocated to Hampshire county council for the maintenance of (a) principal roads and (b) minor roads in Hampshire in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what tolls are payable when using the Severn Bridges on emergency calls by (a) the Severn Area Rescue Association, (b) HM Coastguards vehicles, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the projected cost of each recommendation contained in the South Coast multi modal study is; and what funding has been allocated to taking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which recommendations contained in the South Coast multi modal study (a) have been approved, (b) have not been approved and (c) are still awaiting a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what percentage of speed cameras on the M25 are covered with not in use signs, broken down by junction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the impact of speed humps on the (a) environment, (b) suspension systems of motor vehicles and (c) response...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidelines he has issued to local authorities in respect of the size, height and positioning of speed humps on roads; and whether he plans changes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what revisions have been made to the 10-year strategic rail plan since January.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his statement of 9 July, on investment in transport, what projects he intends to announce for (a) North Yorkshire and (b) Vale of York.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the operating costs of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency were in each of the last five years; and how many staff it employed in each year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what progress he has made against the targets set in the 1997 walking strategy; (2) what recent research he has conducted into the average...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what additional charges Network Rail will make to express train operators for each express train path, following the upgrade of the west coast main line.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many extra passengers he estimates will be carried each day on the west coast mainline following the upgrade of the route.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department since 29 October 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Mental Health Review will be (a) completed and (b) published; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list (a) the names of those serving on each of the north-south bodies set up under the Belfast Agreement, (b) the terms and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he last met representatives from the (a) Primary Principals Association of Northern Ireland and (b) Grammar School Principals; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures have been taken to introduce a doorstep recycling service for every household in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to ban smoking in public places in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many responses he has received to the Five-Year Tobacco Action Plan consultation document; and if he will make a statement on the responses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to accelerate the introduction of the tobacco strategy for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many state-run old people's homes there are in England; what funding they receive; and what contributions pensioners are expected to make.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in appraising the drug Memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the organisms which are known to exist in imported bushmeat; and what the consequences are of infection in humans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to repeat the national cancer patient survey which was published in 2002; and what the planned timetable is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on improving information given to patients following diagnosis of cancer with respect to (a) prognosis, (b) probability of the cancer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting times have been in each of the last six years for cardiology appointments; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact on human health of textile and leather finishing treatments; what advice has been given to the public relating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the relationship between rates of obesity in children and levels of physical activity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps have been taken in Shrewsbury and Atcham to reduce obesity in children in Shrewsbury and Atcham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the classes of clinical device which are most closely linked with bacteraemia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of catheter associated urinary tract infection in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will hold an inquiry into the use of single use instruments for tonsillectomies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 10 July, Official Report, column 1002W, on the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health, what the non staff costs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the consultation documents issued by his Department in each of the last four years; what the cost was of producing each of these; how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women have taken an emergency contraception pill in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what cushion funding is included in the delayed discharge grant for each local authority for 2003–04.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for redeployment of members of his Department out of London and the South East.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were referred by their GP for drug addiction treatment in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the waiting time targets for (a) in-patient detoxification, (b) community prescribing by specialist, (c) community prescribing by GP, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the nurse reporting figures for adverse drug reactions were for each month since the scheme started, broken down by those under the (a) e-yellow card...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the maximum travelling distance is for patients with anorexia to travel to specialist health care services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office about the (a) possible introduction of an entitlement card scheme, (b) the use to which such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the EU directives implemented by the Department since 8 June 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what level of priority is given to rheumatoid arthritis under EU Framework Programme 6; (2) if he will list the funding areas for medical research...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with (a) colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) counterparts in the European Union about the legislative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to make fluoridation of the water supply compulsory.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evaluation has been carried out into the success of financial rewards for the identification of fraudulent prescriptions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the estimated cost to the NHS of fraudulent prescriptions was in each of the last five years in (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Coventry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs with Special Interests are working in (a) the UK and (b) South Sefton Primary Care Trust; and how many he estimates will be working in the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to recruit more general practitioners in the London Borough of Havering; and if he will make a statement on GP numbers in the Borough.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the health and safety regime in NHS buildings; what plans he has to change the system; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in which areas service level agreements are not yet signed to ensure that the central Health Protection Agency is receiving the information it needs to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on coverage of food, water, environmental and microbiology testing for the purposes of public health since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on ending of the Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System; and what discussions he has had with the Department of Trade...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Belfast, East of 3 July, Official Report, column 1425W, on hospital infections, (1) how many cases were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the impact of the architecture, physical construction and design of hospitals on preventing the spread of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nosocomial deaths and (b) cases of necrotising fasciitis there were in the NHS in (i) England and (ii) each NHS region in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to assess the (a) capital and (b) revenue requirements of hospitals within Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to help ensure that Queen Alexandra hospital, Portsmouth, is able to achieve the status of three-star foundation level within the next...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many outsourced IT contracts have been signed by his Department in each year since 1997; how much each of these contracts is worth; with whom they are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the quantity of single (a) measles and (b) mumps vaccines imported by GPs and private healthcare providers in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received about (a) overcrowding, (b) inadequate facilities and (c) mixed sex accommodation and toilet facilities in medical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average length of stay in medical assessment units in the NHS in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority has been ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance is available to the NHS on the provision of senior staff to supervise medical assessment units; what monitoring is undertaken by his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting times for admission to medical assessment units in (i) England and (ii) each strategic health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the budget of the National Care Standards Commission was spent on the inspection of independent boarding schools belonging to the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the maintained nursery schools in (a) London and (b) the West Midlands so far excluded from the National School Fruit scheme are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what rights an NHS patient has to know the professional qualifications of an NHS employee responsible for his care; how a patient can exercise such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the risk of nosocomial infections in medical assessment units; and what guidance has been given to the NHS on this issue.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 4 July 2003 to the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Mr. Marsden), Official Report, columns 529–30W, on childhood...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes relating to obesity there were in each region in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 10 July 2003, Official Report, columns 1013–14W, on older people, if he will place in the Library a copy of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the standard waiting period is before being able to use NHS funds to seek medical treatment abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what income the NHS has received from payments from overseas patients that are not eligible for free treatment for each of the years since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of overseas patients who have received free medical treatment for which they have not been eligible in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) whole time equivalent posts and (b) vacancies for (i) consultants, (ii) specialist registrars, (iii) senior house officers, (iv) nurses and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish the results of the three human papilloma virus implementation pilots now being undertaken; and what progress is being made in the HPV...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his plans are for the future inspection of pathology laboratories.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 10 July 2003, Official Report, columns 1041–12W, on the Patient Advocacy and Liaison Service, what the methodology was for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library the records which he holds of the number of plastic surgery procedures broken down by category carried out in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) occupational therapists, (b) speech and language therapists and (c) physiotherapists (i) began and (ii) finished training in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of links between high-dose zinc supplements and prostate cancer in men.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the efficacy of using glycyrrhizin in treating severe acute respiratory syndrome.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has developed a model to assess the impact of waiting times on sexual health outcomes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the outcome was of the audit of genito-urinary medicine waiting times; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether additional resources are being invested to improve genito-urinary medicine services in the current financial year; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were admitted to the Royal Shrewsbury hospital last year with sporting injuries, broken down by sporting type.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of stroke patients were under 18 in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of stroke patients were treated in a specialist unit in each strategic health authority, in each year since 1997; (2) how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many stroke physicians there are in hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the cost of strokes to the NHS in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what monitoring is in place to ensure that NHS trusts have reviewed hospital services for stroke using the clinical audit methodology developed by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the operation of tanning salons following health education authority guidelines which recommend that nobody under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many planning applications have been made to site mobile telecommunications masts on land owned by the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of toothpaste sold in the UK contained fluoride in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations the UK has made to the European Medicines Evaluation Agency's review of anti-depressant drugs; (2) what steps the UK's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of (a) tuberculosis and (b) drug resistant tuberculosis there have been in England in each year since 1997; and how many deaths resulted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he has taken with respect to the discovery in March that chief executives of some hospitals had altered waiting list figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 9 April 2003, Official Report, column 334W, on waiting times, whether anyone waited for more than 24 months for cancer treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the update of the Wanless report announced in the Budget will include a full examination of the long-term trends in social care, as recommended by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the impact of the changes to the Welfare Food Scheme on (a) disadvantaged parents and (b) other client groups.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the working time directive on junior hospital doctors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department since 29 October 2002.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which departments of state have faith advisers or units.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which departments of state have failed to reach their employment targets for minority ethnic staff and women at senior levels of the civil service; and what new...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What minority ethnic staff networks exist in different departments of state; what financial support is given to each; and what benefits have been accrued to date.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to lay the first report of the House of Lords Appointment Commission for 2000–03 before Parliament.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any encouragement will be given to local government councils in Northern Ireland to take action against those who sell tobacco products to minors and what...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to reduce smoking in public places in Northern Ireland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will list each activity that has been banned by Acts of Parliament introduced by the Government since 1997.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What the procedure was for approving and publishing the dossier entitled Iraq—Its infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation; and which...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Prime Minister will publish the full membership and terms of reference of ministerial committees of the Cabinet.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Director of Public Prosecutions will publish his annual report.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Attorney-General will publish the review of his current panels of junior counsel to the Crown?

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are helping the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) states and governments in the Great Lakes region of Africa to develop effective...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they consider the current situation in Zimbabwe is one of peace and security in the sense in which those terms were used by the G8 nations in regard to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have information that the Burmese military are committing against the Karen, Karenni and Shan people in Burma any or all of the following crimes under...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have requested or intend to request the United States Government to extradite British citizens detained in Guantanamo Bay to face trial in this...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the United States has provided them with evidence indicating that British citizens detained in Guantanamo Bay have committed terrorist or other serious...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are changing their policy on visits to British nationals in prison overseas.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their position on the cases that have been brought under the United States' Alien Tort Statute against British companies in relation to their activities in...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a new Attorney-General for the Cayman Islands has been appointed.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish the next report to Parliament on Hong Kong and the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 30 June (WA 63), whether they will give an assurance that no prisoners captured by British forces in Iraq, and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: (a) What action they or their allies took in Iraq before the outbreak of war to incapacitate all known scud missiles, similar weapons or other weapons of mass...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the first order for refrigerated containers for British military use in Iraq on operation TELIC was placed; whether it was fulfilled; and, if not, why not.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many Challenger 2 tanks currently exist at the Royal Armoured Corps training establishments and at the British Army Training Unit Suffield; how many are in the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What key targets have been set for Army Personnel Centre for financial year 2003–04.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What key targets have been set for the Training Group Defence Agency for financial year 2003–04.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What key targets have been set for Army Training and Recruiting Agency for financial year 2003–04.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What key targets have been set for Service Children's Education for financial year 2003–04.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish the military low flying annual report.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What contribution they are making to the recruitment and training of soldiers for the new Afghan army; under what timetable; and with what results.

asked Her Majesty's Government: In view of the working hours, unsocial hours and operational commitments of the Armed Forces, whether they will ensure the X factor is renewed by the Armed Forces...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to mark the return of Service personnel from the Gulf.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What the status is of the multi-role armoured vehicle and the future command and liaison vehicle programmes.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to conduct a business review of the disposals process carried out by the Ministry of Defence.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 24 June (WA 11), what they consider to be the reasons why the European Commission and the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will seek to amend the Race Relations Directive so as to ensure that it contains express language defining racial discrimination to include...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many compliance notices have been issued by the Commission for Racial Equality to public bodies which are not meeting their statutory duty under the Race...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In respect of the Home Office's decison to pilot the collection of biometric data from Sri Lankan nationals applying for United Kingdom visas, how and where the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In view of the expiry of the deadline for implementation of European Union Directive 2001/55 on Temporary Protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the outcome of the public consultation on the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: Coercive Information Powers.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they plan to publish the technical note for their public service agreement (PSA) target to improve public confidence in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the annual report of the UK Passport Service will be published.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they plan to carry out a review of the Forensic Science Service (FSS).

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the statistics for 2002 on scientific procedures on living animals will be published.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to review the pay for Asylum Support Adjudicators.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they plan to publish the first annual report of the Assets Recovery Agency.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they plan to publish the report of the annual meeting to review the compact on relations between government and the voluntary and community sector.

asked Her Majesty's Government: For each local housing authority in England that administers its own housing stock, what is the average housing subsidy or negative housing subsidy per dwelling,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service's annual report and accounts for 2002–03.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish an annual report on the work of the magistrates' courts in England and Wales.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston on 22 May (WA 107), what are the "greater environmental benefits" of bioethanol produced from...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What discussions they have held with companies which have the resources to produce in the United Kingdom the amounts of biofuels necessary to meet the European...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Statement on transport investment by the Secretary of State for Transport on 9 July (HC Deb, col. 1175), what is the congestion category attributed...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the question by the Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes on 23 June (HL Deb, col. 7), whether they will take steps to compel car owners to display a disc...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which Minister now has responsibility for the handling of pre-Union Scottish Peerage claims.

asked Her Majesty's Government: With respect to each of the following in England and Wales: (a) comprehensive schools; (b) secondary modern schools; (c) grammar schools; (d) independent schools;...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 23 June (WA 5), why the annual salary cost of the 800 economists employed by the Government...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made in building on the ideas submitted as bids in the competition for European Capital of Culture 2008.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the outcome of the quinquennial review of the Council for Science and Technology.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish the model constitution in relation to governance structures for National Health Service foundation trusts.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many staff are supporting adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities in residential care in the United Kingdom; and How many staff are supporting...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent correspondence Ministers in the Department of Health have had with the Disabled Living Foundation further to the ministerial announcement that the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the incidence of dental caries in children is higher in the non-fluoridated cities in France, Germany, Italy and Sweden than in broadly comparable cities...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish the Commission for Health Improvement's 2002–03 annual report.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish the 2002–03 annual report and accounts of the National Health Service Pensions Agency.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What the outcome was of the quinquennial review of the National Health Service Pensions Agency.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish their response to the fifth report of the House of Commons Select Committee on Health, on the control of entry regulations and retail...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What arrangements will be made for the provision of independent complaints advocacy services in September 2003.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will estimate the annual monetary value in United States dollars of gross transfer at the farm gate through prices higher than world level applied to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been the imported content of plywood used in the United Kingdom over the last five years; whether some grades are being made from home-grown timber or...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether greater use could be made of home-grown timber in the production of wooden flooring; and, if so, what action they will take.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What specific production is given to areas of outstanding natural beauty to prevent leisure developments from proceeding; and Which bodies are responsible for...