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Session 1998-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 3 March 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 3 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

WEDNESDAY 3rd MARCH
1   N	Dr David Clark (South Shields):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many confirmed transmissible spongiform encephalopathy cases there were by species in animals other than cattle in Great Britain at the latest available date.
	(73410)
2	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about the labelling of country of origin of meat sold in Britain.
	(74694)
3	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to assist farmers to meet meat production costs arising from compliance with regulations.
	(74697)
4	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the current incidence of tuberculosis in badgers.
	(74689)
5	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about methods for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis.
	(74690)
6	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about powers to ban importation of foods whose production standards are illegal in this country.
	(74696)
7	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about the commercial plantation of herbicide tolerant genetically-modified crops.
	(74691)
8	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about the regional spread of bovine tuberculosis.
	(74687)
9	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about the use of antibiotics in imported meats.
	(74695)
10	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of farmers he expects to leave agricultural production in the next five years.
	(74693)
11	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about the segregation of genetically-modified food.
	(74692)
12	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about progress in the implementation of the Krebs Report.
	(74688)
13	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what are the names, qualifications and experience of the members of the Board of English Heritage; and how many of them, and which, have a disability.
	(74557)
14	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the funds made available by his Department to (a) local, (b) national and (c) regional (i) exhibition centres and (ii) galleries in 1998-99.
	(74509)
15	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the funds allocated by his Department to remove charges for entry to museums and galleries is planned to be made available to those institutions which do not currently charge.
	(74500)
16	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals he has to assist those galleries which do not currently charge for admission.
	(74501)
17	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 1st March, Official Report, column 535, what is the size of the annual premium paid to insure the Millennium Dome.
	(74731)
18	Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the countries which have received gifts of (a) weapons and (b) other military equipment from Her Majesty's Government since 1st May 1997, indicating the (i) types and (ii) value of equipment given.
	(74679)
19   N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to set targets for the Medical Supply Agency for 1999-2000.
	(72989)
20   N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Meteorological Office published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(72990)
21   N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Ministry of Defence Police; and what was the figure ten years ago.
	(72991)
22	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reinstate multiple myeloma as a pensionable condition for UK nuclear test veterans.
	(74729)
23	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission a review study of the cancers reported in the early National Radiological Protection Board studies in cases involving multiple myeloma.
	(74730)
24	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will fund studies using radiological techniques proposed by Dundee and St. Andrews Universities on the state of the health of UK nuclear veterans and their families.
	(74728)
25	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the pension applications of nuclear test veterans that were rejected on the basis of the National Radiological Protection Board's conclusions on risk of cancer.
	(74727)
26	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the hazards of exposure to depleted uranium.
	(74714)
27	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tests for depleted uranium have been undertaken under the Medical Assessment Programme; and what consent for such testing was sought from those tested.
	(74719)
28	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason testing for depleted uranium has been omitted from the overt list of standard tests carried out at the Medical Assessment Programme.
	(74717)
29	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what continuing research is in progress on depleted uranium under the Medical Assessment Programme.
	(74718)
30	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has held with Dr Asaf Durakovic; and if he will make a statement.
	(74715)
31	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to introduce testing for British Gulf War veterans using protocols recommended by Dr Asaf Durakovic.
	(74716)
32	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost up to the end of the current financial year to schools of the removal of discretionary rate relief.
	(74722)
33	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which countries have sent him copies of their EU Objective 3 Social Fund application forms; and if he will place translations of them in the Library.
	(74704)
34	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many football clubs are currently participating in the provision of study support centres; and how many such centres there are.
	(74779)
35	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average reading age of children leaving primary school in each of the last 10 years.
	(74766)
36	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to evaluate the effect of introducing national homework guidelines.
	(74789)
37	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress in the development of a national grid for learning.
	(74775)
38	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress in introducing education action zones.
	(74768)
39	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each (a) metropolitan district Council, (b) shire district council, (c) unitary council, (d) shire county council and (e) London borough council the current number of (i) primary school and (ii) secondary school pupils.
	(74806)
40	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the savings resulting from the abolition of the nursery voucher scheme.
	(74785)
41	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money has been spent since 1st May 1997 on improvements to school buildings; and what proportion of this expenditure has been generated through public private partnerships.
	(74790)
42	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received about the introduction of national homework guidelines.
	(74788)
43	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many advanced skills teachers are currently in post.
	(74783)
44	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria are used to determine whether a school is failing; how many failing schools have been given a fresh start; what proportion of all failing schools this represents; and how many of those schools given a fresh start no longer meet the criteria for a failing school.
	(74774)
45	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress in the provision of guaranteed nursery education for all four year olds.
	(74780)
46	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each (a) metropolitan district council, (b) shire district council, (c) unitary council, (d) shire county council and (e) London borough council the amount of money they will receive to contribute towards the teachers' pay award in the 1999-2000 financial year.
	(74770)
47	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures he has introduced to facilitate the removal from post of incompetent teachers.
	(74782)
48	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each (a) metropolitan district council, (b) shire district council, (c) unitary council, (d) shire county council and (e) London borough council the sums of money they will be required to pay towards the Education Standards Agency in the 1999-2000 financial year.
	(74771)
49	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many parent governors of schools there were in each of the last 10 years.
	(74767)
50	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the actions he has taken to improve teacher training; indicating the cost involved; and if he will make a statement.
	(74784)
51	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent representations he has received about the changes to the student maintenance grant scheme.
	(74778)
52	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools have to date been linked to the information superhighway and at what cost; and when he estimates that all schools will have been linked to the information superhighway and at what total cost.
	(74760)
53	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress of the new University for Industry.
	(74777)
54	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in each of the last 10 years, what proportion of children leaving primary school had a reading age of 11 or above.
	(74769)
55	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the reports he has received from the Independent Committee on Technology in Schools.
	(74791)
56	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Government's pilot schemes to (a) broaden A-levels and (b) upgrade vocational courses; and what plans he has to extend the pilot schemes nationwide.
	(74807)
57	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what evaluation he has undertaken of the effectiveness of literacy summer schools.
	(74772)
58	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many literacy summer schools have been established since 1st May 1997; how many children have attended; and what proportion of all school children they represent.
	(74773)
59	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupil referral units have been established.
	(74787)
60	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if valuing cultural diversity and preventing racism will be designated as a priority area for school management and included as a compulsory element in the new qualifications for deputy and head teachers.
	(74549)
61	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what additional resources his Department plans to make available in order to support the training of teachers and headteachers to implement the new emphasis in the National Curriculum on valuing cultural diversity and preventing racism, as proposed in the Macpherson Report.
	(74548)
62	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by (i) region and (ii) local education authority the average class size for (a) all pupils, (b) Key Stage One and (c) Key Stage Two pupils in maintained primary schools in (i) January 1996, (ii) January 1997, (iii) January 1998, (iv) September 1998 and (v) January 1999.
	(74744)
63	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much has been spent to date on achieving the Government's target that no Key Stage One pupil will be in a class of more than 30 pupils; and what is his estimate of the total expenditure that will be incurred to meet the target.
	(74741)
64	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by region the amounts spent to date on (a) employing extra teachers and (b) building new classrooms in order for schools to ensure that no five to seven year olds are in classes with more than 30 pupils; and what is his estimate of the total expenditure that will be incurred.
	(74735)
65	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by local education authority, how much money (a) has been spent and (b) is estimated will be needed to be spent on (i) employing new teachers and (ii) building new classrooms in order for schools to ensure that no five to seven year olds will be in classes with more than 30 pupils.
	(74736)
66	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much of the allocation to local government in England earmarked for schools in July 1997 was received by schools.
	(74734)
67	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what progress the Government has made against its target of (a) placing 20,000 classroom assistants in schools by 2001-02 and (b) placing 2,000 more classroom assistants in schools by April 1999.
	(74737)
68	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average adult--teacher ratio for (a) Key Stage One, (b) Key Stage Two and (c) all pupils in maintained primary schools in each year from 1979 to 1999.
	(74738)
69	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by (a) region and (b) local authority the (i) percentage and (ii) number of (1) Key Stage One, (2) Key Stage Two and (3) all pupils in maintained primary schools, who were in classes of more than 30 pupils in (i) January 1996, (ii) January 1997, (iii) January 1998, (iv) September 1998 and (v) January 1999.
	(74743)
70	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to allow individual schools to charge parents entry fees for GCSE examinations where students fail to attend for the examination.
	(74701)
71	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to resolve the dispute between further education lecturers who continued to retain silver book conditions of service in further education colleges after incorporation in 1993 and their employers.
	(74698)
72   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received in respect of the performance of train operating companies.
	(72480)
73   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current mileage of red routes in each London borough; what was the figure for each of the last five years; and what is the anticipated figure for 1999-2000.
	(73764)
74   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the length of bus lane for each London borough; what was the figure for each of the past five years; and what is the anticipated figure for 1999-2000.
	(73765)
75   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current mileage of cycle lanes in London broken down by borough; what were the figures for (a) 1989-90 and (b) 1993-94; and what are the expected figures for 1999-2000.
	(73823)
76	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many supermarkets have been granted planning permission as a result of a planning inquiry or appeal since May 1997 on (i) out of town, (ii) greenfield, (iii) town centre and (iv) brownfield sites.
	(74556)
77   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the research commissioned by his Department on the disparity between the rate of household formation and the number of dwellings completed.
	(73919)
78   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish revised household projections as a range of figures, and explain the assumptions made in so doing.
	(73916)
79   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he is offering to local authorities on the use of the predicted rates of household formations in drawing up local development plans.
	(73917)
80   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to publish new household projections.
	(73918)
81   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish legislation to establish the proposed Strategic Rail Authority.
	(74419)
82   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will consult the air transport (a) industry and (b) users prior to the Montreal Conference in May; and if he will make a statement on the position to be adopted by the Government at the Conference.
	(74412)
83   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to change the subsidy arrangements for the United Kingdom rail industry.
	(74420)
84   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Rail Summit.
	(74418)
85	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what actions his Department has taken to improve road safety in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the West Midlands.
	(74552)
86	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects measures to be put in place to alleviate traffic problems at junction 10 of the M42 motorway.
	(74553)
87	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to monitor the effects of the A34 (T) Newbury Bypass on traffic on (a) the A36/A46 from the M4 to Southampton and (b) the A338/A346 from the M4 to Bournemouth.
	(74721)
88	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will announce his decision on the extent of the core trunk road network following consultation on his paper, Roads Review: Implementation of Detrunking Proposals.
	(74720)
89	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to consider (a) the order application for the link from London Underground's East London Line to Railtrack's South London Line and (b) the funding application for the southern link and the northern extension to the North London Line; and if he will assess the benefits of creating an orbital rail network for London.
	(74624)
90	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each (a) metropolitan district council, (b) shire district council, (c) unitary council, (d) shire county council and (e) London borough council the sums of money in the 1999-2000 financial year they will be required to pay to the Government in respect of (i) discretionary rate relief and (ii) other grants issued in previous financial years.
	(74776)
91   N	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's report, An Assessment of Artificial Radionuclide Transfer from Sellafield to South West Scotland, by Professor Murdoch Baxter, dated March 1989 (reference DOE/RW/89/127.
	(73824)
92   N	Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the evidence used by officials of his Department to conclude that the dualling of the A21 Tonbridge to Pembury road (a) will decrease peak time traffic delays by up to 3.5 minutes and (b) may affect the great crested newt.
	(74340)
93   N	Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of the full cost-benefit analysis for the A21 Tonbridge to Pembury dualling proposal.
	(74341)
94	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will require a person selling a motor vehicle to provide the odometer mileage at the time of sale and for the information to be printed on the registration document for the vehicle.
	(74781)
95	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many applications for consideration of planning applications by public inquiry have been received by him since May 1997.
	(74536)
96	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many hectares of brown field sites have been developed for private residential accommodation since January 1998.
	(74686)
97	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many planning applications have been called in by him since May 1997.
	(74535)
98	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will (a) list and (b) estimate for each of the past three years applications by local authorities in England and Wales for trading credit approvals or other borrowing requirements for the development and maintenance of self-financing trading operations other than airports.
	(74702)
99	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the effect on the PSBR for 1999-2000 of approving all applications by local authorities in England and Wales for trading credit approvals or other borrowing requirements for the development and maintenance of self-financing trading operations other than airports for that period.
	(74703)
100   N	Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of current holders of a 714 certificate who will not be eligible to hold a tax certificate under the Construction Industry scheme.
	(74157)
101   N	Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of tax revenue due to the Exechequer which has been fraudulently evaded by subcontractors in the construction industry in each of the last three years.
	(74158)
102	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries the London Inland Revenue Mobile Advice Centre has handled; and if he will make a statement.
	(74550)
103   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the changes in assumptions made in the latest sub-national population projections.
	(73915)
104   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the VAT status of credit unions, with particular reference to their ability to claim back VAT paid on purchases of goods and services.
	(73942)
105	Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to zero-rate for VAT computers fitted with screen readers and voice synthesisers for blind people.
	(74628)
106	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of GDP has been spent on education in each of the last 10 years.
	(74786)
107	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which other EU states charge different rates of vehicle excise duty on cars of different engine capacities.
	(74508)
108	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which other EU states charge vehicle excise duty; and at what level.
	(74507)
109	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last visited Turkey; and if he will list the people he met on his visit.
	(74623)
110	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the financial assistance given to Turkey by his Department in each of the last three years, stating (a) the amount of funding, (b) the projects for which the funding was allocated and (c) what supervision his Department conducted on the development of these projects.
	(74638)
111	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for discussions with the Turkish Government about forthcoming elections in Turkey; and if he will encourage Turkey to invite foreign election observers to witness the elections; and if he will make a statement.
	(74632)
112	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to Turkey about the principles of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on the legal rights of a person charged with an offence.
	(74621)
113	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the conventions of the Council of Europe which the United Kingdom has not ratified.
	(74636)
114	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Turkey on proceedings against Abdullah 'O'calan; and if he will make a statement.
	(74627)
115	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the countries to which he made representations in 1998 about imprisonment of elected members of parliament where such members are held in prison for alleged political offences; and if he will make a statement.
	(74622)
116	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response he has had from the Government of Dubai to his note verbale of 10th November 1998.
	(74625)
117	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the NFM Tavistock Institute research project on mediation in public law and social services departments.
	(74680)
118   N	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths have occurred in the United Kingdom as (a) a direct and (b) an indirect result of the use of control and restraint techniques by nurses; and if he will give a breakdown by ethnicity of the deceased.
	(74339)
119   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths or injuries have occurred in the Norvic Clinic in Norwich as (a) a direct and (b) indirect result of the use of restriction techniques by nursing staff; and if he will provide a breakdown by ethnicity of the deceased.
	(74070)
120   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of dental contract holders had an NHS list which (i) increased and (ii) decreased between March 1997 and March 1998 in each health authority area and in total in England.
	(74004)
121   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total revenue raised from patient charges in the salaried dentist scheme in (i) 1995 to 1996, (ii) 1996 to 1997 and (iii) 1997 to 1998.
	(74002)
122   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total spend on salaried dentists in England by health authority in (i) 1995 to 1996, (ii) 1996 to 1997 and (iii) 1997 to 1998.
	(74001)
123   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (i) adults and (ii) children are registered with salaried dentists in each health authority; and how many salaried dentists there were in each health authority in (a) March 1996, (b) March 1997 and (c) March 1998.
	(74003)
124	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been (a) injured and (b) killed in each year since 1990 as a result of an accident involving an ambulance answering a 999 call.
	(74629)
125	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many injuries resulting from accidents involving fireworks were reported in Great Britain for each year from 1990 to 1997, broken down by hospital casualty unit.
	(74635)
126	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will respond formally to the report of the working party on the review of continence services.
	(74551)
127	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the report of the working party on continence services.
	(74542)
128	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the report of the review on continence services prior to making any decisions on its recommendations.
	(74541)
129	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the timescale for implemention of the recommendations of the review of continence services.
	(74543)
130	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were waiting to be seen (a) following GP written referral and (b) following referral to consultation, for each quarter since 30th March 1997 in each (i) health authority and (ii) English region.
	(74740)
131	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total running cost of the NHS in real terms has been in each year since 1979.
	(74742)
132	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made against the Government's target of saving £100 million from bureaucracy in the NHS.
	(74739)
133	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for each of the last 10 years, how many patients have waited (a) three to 25 weeks and (b) more than 26 weeks to see a consultant in each (i) health authority and (ii) English region.
	(74732)
134	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for each of the last 10 years how many patients have waited (a) less than 12 months, (b) more than 12 months and (c) more than 18 months for treatment in each (i) region in England and (ii) health authority.
	(74733)
135	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Ministers in his Department last met representatives of (a) private nursing services and (b) those responsible for private sector care and nursing homes.
	(74537)
136   N	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response he made to the Metropolitan Police following their alerting of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry to the unintended publication of sensitive information.
	(74421)
137   N	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy in alerting independent judicial inquiries to the existence of information, which is intended to be kept in confidence, in a report which is to be published.
	(74423)
138   N	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) he and (b) ministers in his Department learned of the inclusion of sensitive information in the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report.
	(74422)
139   N	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he was first contacted by (a) the Metropolitan Police or (b) the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry as to the existence of information intended to be kept in confidence which was contained in the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report before the Report was published.
	(74417)
140   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he took upon receipt of the report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry to ensure (a) the security of witnesses and (b) that any future (i) investigations and (ii) prosecutions would not be prejudiced by its publication.
	(74416)
141   N	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the final report on the Lawrence Inquiry was first received by his Department.
	(74413)
142   N	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which officials in his Department were (a) responsible for liaising with the Lawrence Inquiry and (b) seconded to the Inquiry.
	(74415)
143   N	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department who read the report of the Lawrence Inquiry between the time it was first received by his Department and its publication.
	(74414)
144   N	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers he had to inform the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry of the existence of the names and addresses of informants in Appendix 11 prior to publication of the inquiry report.
	(74424)
145   N	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his duties in respect of public interest immunity on the protection of the identity of informants in criminal investigations (a) in general and (b) in the case of informants named in Appendix 11 of the Stephen Lawrence Report.
	(74426)
146   N	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his powers in respect of removing the names and addresses prior to publication of the informants listed in Appendix 11 of the Stephen Lawrence Report.
	(74425)
147   N	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons his Department received a copy of the Stephen Lawrence Report prior to its publication.
	(74427)
148	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce measures to allow (a) elections to be held on Sundays and (b) the European election to be held on Sunday 13th June.
	(74685)
149   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures the Macpherson Inquiry team used to vet all documents submitted prior to publication of their report.
	(74480)
150   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the annual cost of providing full police protection to an individual whose life has been threatened.
	(74477)
151   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which divisions of his Department he received submissions on the Macpherson Report prior to the oral statement by the Minister of State on 26th February, Official Report, columns 660-1.
	(74483)
152   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many documents were not published by the Macpherson Inquiry on the basis of their sensitivity.
	(74478)
153   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) written and (b) oral contacts (i) he and (ii) his officials had with the Macpherson Inquiry team from its inception to the receipt of the report by his Department.
	(74482)
154   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he will take to ensure the removal of sensitive parts of the Macpherson Report appendices from the Internet.
	(74485)
155   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Macpherson Inquiry adopted to determine which documents should be published and which should not.
	(74476)
156   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many documents submitted to the Macpherson Inquiry were not published, and how many pages the documents contained.
	(74479)
157   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will meet the costs of (a) relocation and (b) changing identity for those informants who were named by the Macpherson Report.
	(74487)
158   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what external legal advice he has taken on the liability of his Department for civil damages in the event of claims from informants whose names were published by the Macpherson Inquiry.
	(74486)
159   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) written and (b) oral contacts (i) he and (ii) his officials had with the Macpherson Inquiry team between receipt of the Inquiry report in his Department and the oral statement by the Minister of State on 26th February, Official Report, columns 660-1.
	(74481)
160   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) names and (b) job titles of his Department's officials who (i) were seconded to the Macpherson Inquiry, (ii) assisted the Inquiry and (iii) monitored the progress of the Inquiry for his Department, indicating the dates they were engaged for each of the above purposes.
	(74484)
161   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has received to date from the Permanent Secretary in his Department on the leaking of the Macpherson Report.
	(74475)
162	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers from an Asian or Afro-Caribbean background hold the rank of (a) chief constable, (b) assistant chief constable and (c) chief superintendent.
	(74539)
163	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) injured or (b) killed in each year since 1990 as a result of an accident involving a fire engine answering a 999 call.
	(74631)
164	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received calling for the inclusion of additional categories in the 2001 census to identify (a) race and (b) ethnic origin.
	(74630)
165   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the financial aid from her Department and its predecessor in each of the past 10 years to Southern Africa for (a) education and (b) health projects.
	(73912)
166   N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on (a) indigenous and (b) local communities in developing countries of EU Patent Directive COM (95) 661 as it relates to intellectual property rights in genetic resources.
	(74494)
167	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what funding he plans to make available for the Surrey Mediation Forum.
	(74682)
168	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to assist the development of a national mediation council.
	(74683)
169	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Woolf reforms on the conduct of litigation.
	(74684)
170	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to ensure common standards of practice between the private and legally aided mediation sectors.
	(74681)
171	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if the Lord Chancellor will designate one particular publication of the new civil procedure rules as the official version to be used by judges and practitioners in court.
	[R] (74765)
172	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the current availability of (a) contingent and (b) after the event insurance to cover conditional fee arrangements.
	[R] (74764)
173   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many applications have been made to the High Court under the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989, section 7, for a determination that a person has acted in breach of the terms of a declaration against terrorism made by him under section 4 of the Act for each year since the passing of the Act; how any determinations have been made; and against whom.
	(73822)
174   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proposals she has to ensure persons dealing with disability and racial discrimination in employment in the new Equality Commission will have similar expertise to that of their colleagues for the Fair Employment Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission.
	(73741)
175   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to ensure that advice is given to employers and assistance to disabled complainants between the establishment of the Equality Commission and the introduction of the new disability enforcement powers.
	(73742)
176   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proposals she has to ensure that a complainant raising more than one type of discrimination receives appropriate advice and assistance.
	(73743)
177   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to ensure the networking proposals of the draft legislation for a disability rights commission in Northern Ireland are implemented by the new Equality Commission.
	(73744)
178   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the sums granted to the Equality Commission to deal with disability discrimination in Northern Ireland will reflect the amount given for similar purposes in Great Britain with suitable adjustments for the higher rate of disability in Northern Ireland than Great Britain.
	(73745)
179   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if, following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Disability Council, the new Equality Commission will take its place on the National Disability Council.
	(73746)
180	Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings):    To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of total costs to (a) public services and (b) goverment departments of preparations for transition to the euro; and if he will make a statement.
	(74499)
181   N	Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 3rd March.
	(73763)
182   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will give a breakdown of spending planned on other public services as set out in his Answer of 17th July 1998, Official Report, column 336, in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01, (d) 2001-02 and (e) 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.
	(74338)
183   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will give a breakdown of planned expenditure by category for Scottish Enterprise in 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.
	(74242)
184   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are his estimates of planned expenditure on Scottish roads for each of the years (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03; if he will list for each of these years every project costing over £2 million over its project life; and if he will make a statement.
	(74241)
185   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his estimate of the total cost of special advisers in his Department for each of the years (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97, (c) 1997-98, (d) 1998-99 and (e) 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(74240)
186   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what stocks of (a) wine, (b) spirits and (c) beer and other alcoholic beverages are held by his Department; what is their value in each case; and if he will make a statement.
	(74244)
187   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are the causes of the increase in planned expenditure by Scottish Enterprise between 2000-01 and 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.
	(74243)
188	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of people aged 15 to 25 years committed a criminal offence in each year since 1992.
	(74522)
189	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the distribution of new funding for the NHS in Scotland.
	(74518)
190	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much public money has been allocated to Victim Support Scotland in each year since 1992 in (a) cash terms and (b) 1998-99 prices.
	(74517)
191	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many pupils there are per computer in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area.
	(74546)
192	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the level of primary education funding was per primary school pupil in (a) cash terms and (b) 1998-99 prices in each year since 1992 in each local authority area.
	(74544)
193	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's conduct of the Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, in which local authority areas amendments to the draft proposals of the Commission were incorporated in the Commission's final recommendations to him.
	(74526)
194	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's conduct of the Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, in which local authority areas detailed counter-proposals were examined and validated by consultants; and at what cost.
	(74525)
195	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area were opened in each year since 1992.
	(74511)
196	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people (a) undertook nurse training and (b) qualified as trained nurses, and how many and what percentage of qualified nurses gained employment in the NHS, in each year since 1992.
	(74514)
197	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many days of in-service training are provided for (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers in each local authority area per year.
	(74639)
198	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money has been saved from reducing bureaucracy in the NHS in Scotland since 1st May 1997; and what these savings have been spent on.
	(74540)
199	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list by individual school and local authority, the average number of pupils per (a) primary school class, (b) primary years one, two and three class and (c) secondary school class.
	(74545)
200	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for each accident and emergency department in Scotland in each year since 1996.
	(74513)
201	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what percentage of people aged 15 to 25 years have been convicted of (a) two, (b) three and (c) four offences.
	(74521)
202	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what percentage of criminal offences were committed by (a) 15 to 25, (b) 26 to 35, (c) 36 to 45 and (d) 46 to 60 year olds in each year since 1992.
	(74520)
203	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many intensive care beds there were in each health board area in each year since 1992.
	(74519)
204	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many primary school classes (a) had over 30 pupils in May 1997 and (b) currently have over 30 pupils.
	(74554)
205	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area were closed in each year since 1992.
	(74555)
206	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's conduct of the Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, in which local authority areas the Commission agreed to hold a local hearing into its draft proposals and any counter-proposals.
	(74528)
207	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's conduct of the Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, in which local authority areas the draft proposals of the Commission were amended subject to local hearings.
	(74527)
208	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) NHS adminstrators and managers, (b) nurses, (c) hospital doctors, (d) hospital consultants and (e) general practitioners there were in each health board area, in each year since 1992.
	(74512)
209	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the cost (a) in total and (b) by health board area for the introduction of primary care trusts and local health care co-operatives.
	(74516)
210	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many NHS nursing vacancies there were at the latest available date.
	(74515)
211	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers in Scotland was in each year since 1992.
	(74510)
212	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) free nursery school places, (b) hours of free nursery schooling per child and (c) children in the nursery school age group, there are in each local authority area.
	(74530)
213	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what percentage of schools have Internet and e-mail access for pupils in each local authority area.
	(74531)
214	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's conduct of the Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, in which local authority areas detailed counter-proposals were lodged against the Commission's draft proposals, in part or in whole, by political parties, individuals or community groups.
	(74524)
215	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's conduct of the Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, in which local authority areas consultants were engaged to complete, validate or otherwise examine the local authorities' initial proposals to the Commission; and what was the cost of such work to the Commission.
	(74523)
216   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average time allocated for an interview with a personal adviser under (a) the New Deal for Lone Parents and (b) the Single Gateway to benefit.
	(74349)
217   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects to publish details of the next phase of the reform of the Child Support Agency.
	(74344)
218   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many arrests have been made in January by Benefits Agency Security Investigation Service Southern Command.
	(74345)
219   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the current level of debt owed to the Child Support Agency by absent parents; and of this, what proportion is deemed (a) collectable and (b) possibly uncollectable.
	(74342)
220   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the total number of personal advisers currently working in the New Deal for Lone Parents.
	(74348)
221   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many arrests made by BASIS Southern Command have led to (a) prosecutions and (b) successful convictions since its establishment.
	(74346)
222   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to change the habitual residence test following the European Court of Justice's judgement in the case C-90/97.
	(74350)
223   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what advice his Minister of State received from the department's Permanent Secretary regarding his shares declared in the Register of Members' Interests.
	(74391)
224   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the current budget for Benefits Agency Security Investigation Service; and of this, what proportion is allocated to the (a) Northern and (b) Southern Commands.
	(74347)
225   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the current backlog of cases in the Child Support Agency, and how many of these are (a) more than six months old and (b) over one year old.
	(74343)
226	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what forms of government support are available for civil aerospace research in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) France and (c) Germany; and what level of funding was provided by each in 1997-98.
	(74533)
227	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies and academic establishments have received funds through the CARAD programme in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99; what areas of research have been sponsored by the programme; and what assessment he has made of the benefits of the programme.
	(74532)
228	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if Lord Donoghue will be interviewed about his role in Mirror Group newspapers as part of the departmental investigation into its flotation.
	(74762)
229	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish complaints made to the Rogue Directors' Hotline.
	(74763)
230   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals he has to review the Post Office's policy of imposing a charge on membership cards for members of credit unions.
	(73913)
231   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to allow credit unions to gain easier access to post offices to (a) encourage saving and (b) publicise their activities.
	(73914)
232	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations his Department has received from scientists concerning the use of mobile phones; and what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on this subject.
	(74529)
233	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the inward investment projects in Staffordshire which his Department has announced (a) since May 1997 and (b) between 1992 and 1997, giving in each case the (i) location, (ii) cash investment and (iii) number of jobs created; and if he will make a statement.
	(74547)
234   N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the EU Commissions' position on the Dutch and Italian governments' challenge to the EU Patent Directorate COM (95) 661.
	(74493)
235   N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of whether the EU Patent Directorate COM (95) 661 infringes the Convention on Biological Diversity.
	(74492)
236   N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations he had with MAFF, the Department of Health and the Department for International Development on the formulation of government policy on patenting genetic resources for food and agriculture.
	(74473)
237   N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the current practice of the UK Patent Office in awarding patents on (a) transgenic plants and (b) genes and genetic sequences derived from plants; and how many of each have been given in the last 12 months.
	(74474)
238	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what controls he proposes to introduce on the sale of fireworks.
	(74634)
239	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the primary schools in the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency he has visited in the last four months; and what plans he has for further visits to primary schools in that constituency.
	(74637)
240	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what have been the production costs of the Links document in each year of its publication.
	(74633)
241   N	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to publish concordats negotiated between the Government and the National Assembly for Wales.
	[Question Unstarred] (72462)
242   N	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on matching funds for financial reserves allocated to the National Assembly for Wales from EU structural funds.
	[Question Unstarred] (72467)
243	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to introduce employment protection for university scientific and medical researchers on short-term contracts.
	[Transferred] (74700)
244	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effects on the employment rights of further education lecturers of the judgement in Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Ltd. v. Lister by the Court of Appeal on 16th October 1998; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (74699)
245	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what national statistics are compiled by his Department in respect of local restaurant inspections carried out by local authorities.
	[Transferred] (74538)
246	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many vessels have been scrapped under the EU scheme to reduce fishing levels by (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Spain, (c) Italy, (d) Portugal, (e) Greece, (f) France, (g) Germany, (h) the Netherlands and (i) Denmark.
	[Transferred] (74502)
247	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the funding received by the UK under the EU scheme to reduce fishing levels was spent on.
	[Transferred] (74534)
248	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if decommissioning money received by the United Kingdom under the EU scheme to reduce fishing levels was made available in the United Kingdom to vessels fishing outside the EU waters.
	[Transferred] (74503)
249	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proportion of vessels scrapped under the EU scheme to reduce fishing levels were fishing outside the EU waters.
	[Transferred] (74504)
250	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on what projects Spain spent the funding it received under the EU scheme to reduce fishing levels.
	[Transferred] (74505)
251	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what determined the levels of funding received by (a) Spain and (b) the United Kingdom under the EU scheme to reduce fishing levels.
	[Transferred] (74506)
252	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to publish the Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls.
	[Transferred] (74761)
253	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement about progress in negotiations between his Department and the National Federation of Retail Newsagents regarding regulations affecting newspaper delivery.
	[Transferred] (74626)

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