Written Answers (Commons) of 19 December 1994 Series 6 Vol. 251

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      2. c869W
    1. Court Costs 94 words
      2. c869W
    2. Social Security Commissioners 71 words
  2. DEFENCE
      3. c869W
    1. Aircraft Engines 115 words
      2. cc869-70W
    2. Manpower Reductions 152 words
      3. c870W
    3. HMS Vanguard 108 words
      4. c870W
    4. Spearfish Torpedoes 211 words
  3. TRANSPORT
      4. c871W
    1. West Coast Line 53 words
      2. c871W
    2. Chelsea to Hackney Line 42 words
      3. c871W
    3. London Underground 38 words
      4. c871W
    4. Northern Line 52 words
      5. c871W
    5. A5 79 words
      6. c871W
    6. European Transport Networks 42 words
      7. cc871-2W
    7. Road Building Schemes 58 words
      8. c872W
    8. Decision Makers 101 words
      9. c872W
    9. Channel Tunnel 38 words
      10. c872W
    10. Railtrack 88 words
      11. c872W
    11. Bus Competition 62 words
      12. c872W
    12. Sliding-door Trains 45 words
      13. cc872-3W
    13. Traffic Casualties 150 words
      14. c873W
    14. Accident-damaged Vehicles 50 words
      15. c873W
    15. A2 80 words
      16. c873W
    16. Public Transport (London) 60 words
      17. c873W
    17. Rail Privatisation 57 words
      18. cc873-4W
    18. Vehicle Inspectors 49 words
      19. cc874-5W
    19. National Roads Programme 661 words
      20. c875W
    20. Rail Accident Inquiries 91 words
      21. c875W
    21. Traffic Control and Parking 82 words
      22. cc875-6W
    22. College Road, Dulwich 143 words
      23. c876W
    23. Railways (Funding) 51 words
      24. c876W
    24. Freight 104 words
      25. c876W
    25. Cycle Tracks 35 words
      26. c876W
    26. Marchioness 198 words
      27. cc876-7W
    27. Ports Office 51 words
      28. c877W
    28. Cyclists (Fatal Accidents) 465 words
      29. cc877-8W
    29. Vehicle Accidents 379 words
      30. c878W
    30. Operator Licences 127 words
      31. cc878-9W
    31. Channel Tunnel 220 words
      32. c879W
    32. Public Transport 139 words
      33. cc879-80W
    33. Unadopted Roads 67 words
      34. c880W
    34. Pass-plus 22 words
      35. c880W
    35. Driver Training 114 words
      36. c880W
    36. Executive Search Agencies 72 words
      37. c880W
    37. ICAO 31 words
      38. cc880-1W
    38. Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment 527 words
      39. cc881-2W
    39. Sickness Absence 287 words
      40. c882W
    40. River Thames 39 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
      5. c882W
    1. Special Advisers 57 words
      2. cc882-3W
    2. Parliamentary Private Secretaries 54 words
      3. c883W
    3. Managerial Systems 119 words
      4. cc883-4W
    4. Honours 392 words
      5. c884W
    5. Prime Ministerial Meetings 60 words
  5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
      6. cc884-5W
    1. Turkey 366 words
      2. c885W
    2. Biological Diversity 161 words
      3. cc885-6W
    3. Biwater Group 167 words
      4. c886W
    4. Know-how Fund 91 words
      5. c886W
    5. Sudan 142 words
      6. c886W
    6. Aid and Trade Provision 77 words
  6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      7. c887W
    1. Recruitment 51 words
      2. c887W
    2. Research Councils 322 words
      3. cc887-8W
    3. Citizens Charter Panel of Advisers 424 words
      4. cc888-9W
    4. Open Government 246 words
      5. c889W
    5. Public Bodies 197 words
      6. c889W
    6. Market Testing 71 words
      7. cc889-93W
    7. Citizens Charter 1,287 words
  7. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      8. c893W
    1. Syndicated Oral Questions 64 words
      2. c893W
    2. Parliamentary Recesses 29 words
      3. c893W
    3. Parliamentary Timetable 76 words
      4. cc893-4W
    4. Committee Membership 61 words
      5. c894W
    5. Ministerial Travel 41 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      9. cc894-5W
    1. Indonesia 630 words
      2. c895W
    2. Ministerial Travel 75 words
      3. cc895-7W
    3. Sudan 838 words
      4. cc897-8W
    4. Addis Ababa 110 words
      5. c898W
    5. Ethiopia 127 words
      6. c898W
    6. Gibraltar 76 words
      7. c898W
    7. Visas 198 words
  9. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      10. c899W
    1. Photographic Unit 33 words
      2. c899W
    2. Upper Waiting Hall 274 words
      3. c899W
    3. Creche Facilities 53 words
  10. WALES
      11. c900W
    1. Smoking 138 words
      2. c900W
    2. Secure Accommodation 230 words
      3. cc900-1W
    3. Repair and Renovation Grants 178 words
      4. c901W
    4. Hospital Closures 114 words
      5. c901W
    5. Telecentres 222 words
      6. cc901-2W
    6. Welsh Language 59 words
      7. c902W
    7. Teachers Union 64 words
      8. c902W
    8. School Governing Bodies 49 words
      9. c902W
    9. Parent-teacher Associations 49 words
      10. c902W
    10. Schools, Clwyd 87 words
      11. c902W
    11. Pre-school Education 77 words
      12. cc902-3W
    12. Ministerial Meetings 59 words
      13. c903W
    13. Planning Applications 79 words
      14. c903W
    14. Secondary Schools 28 words
      15. c903W
    15. Wind Energy 44 words
      16. c903W
    16. Dementia 30 words
      17. c903W
    17. Severn Estuary 56 words
      18. cc903-4W
    18. Welsh Development Agency 122 words
      19. c904W
    19. Departmental Telephone Calls 108 words
      20. c904W
    20. Police Authorities 179 words
      21. cc904-5W
    21. Grant-maintained Schools 62 words
      22. c905W
    22. Training 72 words
      23. c905W
    23. Public Bodies 67 words
      24. c905W
    24. Consultants 179 words
      25. cc905-6W
    25. Countryside Council for Wales 169 words
      26. c906W
    26. Blood 207 words
      27. c906W
    27. Cardiff Community Health Council 80 words
      28. cc906-8W
    28. Lynon Valley 188 words
      29. c908W
    29. Planning Policy Guidance 84 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. c909W
    1. Scottish Consumer Council 97 words
      2. c909W
    2. Post Office 76 words
      3. c909W
    3. Foreign Investment 55 words
      4. c909W
    4. Parliamentary Questions 55 words
      5. cc909-10W
    5. Departmental Telephone Calls 124 words
      6. c910W
    6. Disabled People 40 words
      7. c910W
    7. Aerospace Equipment 231 words
      8. cc910-1W
    8. Engineering Steel Production 205 words
      9. c911W
    9. National Engineering Laboratory 239 words
      10. c911W
    10. Insurance (Terrorism Premiums) 72 words
      11. cc911-2W
    11. Indonesia (Trade Delegations) 49 words
      12. c912W
    12. Sudan 97 words
      13. c912W
    13. Regional Policy 49 words
      14. c912W
    14. Assisted-area Status 64 words
      15. cc912-3W
    15. Public Bodies 181 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND
      13. c913W
    1. Heating Costs 72 words
      2. c913W
    2. Objective 1 Funding 83 words
      3. cc913-4W
    3. Agriculture (EC Aid) 274 words
      4. c914W
    4. Hospital Closures 94 words
      5. c914W
    5. Executive Search Agencies 70 words
      6. c914W
    6. Market Testing 57 words
      7. c914W
    7. Child Care 115 words
      8. cc914-5W
    8. Tourism 233 words
  13. EDUCATION
      14. c915W
    1. Special Needs 135 words
      2. c915W
    2. Market Testing 55 words
      3. cc915-6W
    3. Teaching Qualifications 272 words
      4. c916W
    4. Disabled Access 98 words
      5. cc916-7W
    5. Overseas Students 108 words
      6. cc917-8W
    6. City Technology Colleges 461 words
      7. c918W
    7. Grant-maintained Schools 89 words
      8. c918W
    8. Universities (Business Links) 173 words
      9. cc918-9W
    9. Ministerial Travel 55 words
      10. cc919-20W
    10. Student Loans and Grants 700 words
      11. cc920-1W
    11. Science Subjects 792 words
      12. cc921-2W
    12. Executive Search Agencies 80 words
      13. cc922-3W
    13. Departmental Telephones Calls 99 words
  14. EMPLOYMENT
      15. c923W
    1. Jobfinders Grants 77 words
      2. c923W
    2. Ministerial Travel 79 words
      3. c923W
    3. Absenteeism 175 words
      4. cc923-4W
    4. Employment Service 401 words
      5. c924W
    5. Departmental Budgets 60 words
      6. cc924-5W
    6. Staff Statistics 68 words
      7. c925W
    7. Labour Statistics 253 words
      8. cc925-6W
    8. Fraud 335 words
      9. c926W
    9. Public Bodies 163 words
  15. SOCIAL SECURITY
      16. c926W
    1. Hostels 33 words
      2. cc926-7W
    2. State Pension 156 words
      3. c927W
    3. Income Support 244 words
      4. c927W
    4. National Insurance 61 words
      5. cc927-8W
    5. Mortgage Interest Payments 104 words
      6. c928W
    6. Incomes 384 words
      7. cc928-9W
    7. Departmental Telephone Calls 67 words
      8. c929W
    8. VAT (Fuel) 147 words
      9. c929W
    9. Executive Search Agencies 64 words
      10. c929W
    10. Habitual Residence Test 80 words
      11. cc929-30W
    11. Ministerial Travel 41 words
      12. c930W
    12. Severe Disability Premium 96 words
      13. c930W
    13. Pensions 198 words
      14. cc930-1W
    14. Disabled People (Rights) 141 words
      15. c931W
    15. Information Technology Services Agency 81 words
      16. cc931-2W
    16. Income Support 361 words
      17. c932W
    17. Social Fund 114 words
      18. cc932-3W
    18. Fraud 299 words
      19. cc933-5W
    19. Benefits Statistics 1,195 words
      20. c935W
    20. Habitual Residence Test 78 words
      21. cc935-6W
    21. Invalidity Benefit 95 words
      22. c936W
    22. Child Dependency Additions 235 words
      23. cc936-7W
    23. Housing Benefit 77 words
  16. TREASURY
      17. c937W
    1. Special Advisers 179 words
      2. c937W
    2. Banking Ombudsman 68 words
      3. c937W
    3. Child Benefit 89 words
      4. cc937-8W
    4. Gross Domestic Product 124 words
      5. c938W
    5. Herr Walter Laup 83 words
      6. cc938-9W
    6. Manufacturing 545 words
      7. c939W
    7. Prices 151 words
      8. cc939-40W
    8. Sterling (Velocity of Circulation) 153 words
      9. c940W
    9. Exchange Rates 355 words
      10. c940W
    10. Executive Search Agencies 61 words
      11. cc940-1W
    11. Departmental Telephone Calls 71 words
      12. c941W
    12. Italian Imports and Exports 129 words
      13. c941W
    13. Interest Rates 115 words
      14. cc941-2W
    14. EU Membership 118 words
      15. c942W
    15. Tobacco and Alcohol 133 words
      16. c942W
    16. Energy-Saving Products (VAT) 108 words
      17. c942W
    17. Nuclear Waste 119 words
      18. cc942-3W
    18. Living Standards 56 words
      19. c943W
    19. Central Bank 59 words
      20. cc943-4W
    20. Mortgage Tax Relief 652 words
      21. cc944-9W
    21. Taxation 3,664 words
  17. SCOTLAND
      18. c949W
    1. Flow Country 66 words
      2. cc949-51W
    2. Inner City Regeneration 114 words
      3. c951W
    3. Salmon Roe 108 words
      4. c951W
    4. Hospital Closures 196 words
      5. cc951-2W
    5. Sheep Annual Premium 143 words
      6. c952W
    6. Land Transfers 80 words
      7. c952W
    7. Correspondence 61 words
      8. c952W
    8. Ministerial Travel 55 words
      9. cc952-3W
    9. Right-to-buy Legislation 277 words
      10. cc953-4W
    10. Agricultural Grants 475 words
      11. c954W
    11. Nursery School Education 128 words
      12. c954W
    12. Vocational Education 87 words
      13. c954W
    13. Nursery Education 81 words
      14. cc954-5W
    14. Higher Education 273 words
      15. c955W
    15. State Veterinary Service 150 words
      16. cc955-6W
    16. Health Authority Finance 391 words
      17. c956W
    17. Beltwin Formula 100 words
  18. HOME DEPARTMENT
      19. c957W
    1. Doncaster Prison 129 words
      2. c957W
    2. Boards of Prison Visitors 207 words
      3. cc957-8W
    3. Prison Security 205 words
      4. cc958-9W
    4. Asylum Seekers 419 words
      5. c959W
    5. Whitemoor Prison 45 words
      6. c959W
    6. Sudanese Citizens 126 words
      7. c959W
    7. Prisons (Floating Structures) 91 words
      8. c959W
    8. Prisoners 68 words
      9. cc959-60W
    9. Offenders (Warrants) 201 words
      10. cc960-1W
    10. Probation Service 412 words
      11. c961W
    11. "Continuity and Change" 118 words
      12. c961W
    12. Lowdham Grange Prison 98 words
      13. cc961-2W
    13. Immigration 274 words
      14. c962W
    14. Parole Board 72 words
  19. ENVIRONMENT
      20. c962W
    1. Pollution 124 words
      2. cc962-3W
    2. Birmingham 333 words
      3. c963W
    3. Water 104 words
      4. cc963-4W
    4. Burlington House 173 words
      5. c964W
    5. Commercial Property 193 words
      6. cc964-5W
    6. Skyglow 228 words
      7. c965W
    7. Single Regeneration Budget 373 words
      8. cc965-6W
    8. Rough Sleepers 424 words
      9. cc966-7W
    9. Executive Search Agencies 81 words
      10. cc967-8W
    10. Cemfuel 515 words
      11. c968W
    11. Opencast Planning Applications 112 words
      12. c968W
    12. Anglo-Great Lakes Corporation 89 words
      13. c968W
    13. Scrap Yards 67 words
      14. cc968-9W
    14. Housing Renovation Grants 146 words
      15. c969W
    15. Seven Estuary 79 words
      16. c969W
    16. Local Government Act 1992 65 words
      17. c969W
    17. Home Energy Efficiency Scheme 273 words
      18. c970W
    18. Public Phone Boxes 134 words
      19. c970W
    19. Lancashire 52 words
      20. c970W
    20. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 64 words
      21. c970W
    21. Landfill Tax 71 words
      22. cc970-1W
    22. Toxic Materials 111 words
      23. c971W
    23. Ethnic Minorities 134 words
      24. c971W
    24. Housing Associations 76 words
      25. c971W
    25. Unitary Authorities 50 words
      26. cc971-2W
    26. Planning Inspectorate 170 words
      27. cc972-5W
    27. Standard Spending Assessments 1,515 words
      28. c975W
    28. Coventry Airport 142 words
      29. c975W
    29. Sewage Disposal 130 words
      30. cc975-6W
    30. Radioactive Waste 239 words
      31. c976W
    31. Water Authorities 169 words
      32. cc976-7W
    32. Biological Diversity 479 words
      33. c977W
    33. National Theatre 57 words
      34. cc977-8W
    34. Public Bodies 214 words
      35. c978W
    35. Wolf Hybrids 142 words
      36. cc978-9W
    36. National Rivers Authority 102 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. c979W
    1. Lindane 331 words
      2. c979W
    2. Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus 82 words
      3. c979W
    3. Animal Exports 84 words
      4. cc979-80W
    4. Executive Search Agencies 67 words
      5. c980W
    5. Departmental Telephone Calls 176 words
      6. cc980-1W
    6. State Veterinary Service 242 words
      7. c981W
    7. TB and Brucellosis 163 words
      8. c981W
    8. Animal Health and Veterinary Group 58 words
  21. HEALTH
      22. c982W
    1. Redundancies 440 words
      2. cc982-3W
    2. NHS Trusts 117 words
      3. c983W
    3. Small Pharmacies 128 words
      4. c983W
    4. Hospital Closures 50 words
      5. c983W
    5. Breast Cancer 80 words
      6. cc983-5W
    6. "The Health of the Nation" Indicators 590 words
      7. cc985-6W
    7. NHS Trusts (Termination Payments) 605 words
      8. c986W
    8. Departmental Telephone Calls 99 words
      9. c986W
    9. Gonorrhoea 87 words
      10. cc986-7W
    10. Empty Residential Properties 127 words
      11. c987W
    11. Drugs Advisory Committee 70 words
      12. c987W
    12. Residential Care 145 words
      13. c987W
    13. Social Work Diploma 131 words
      14. cc987-8W
    14. Public Appointments 46 words
      15. c988W
    15. Mental Illness 85 words
      16. c988W
    16. Ministerial Travel 35 words
      17. c988W
    17. Social Services Budget 101 words
      18. c988W
    18. Hospital Freeholds 51 words
      19. cc988-9W
    19. Child Care Qualifications 78 words
      20. c989W
    20. Information Technology 86 words
      21. c989W
    21. Solvent Misuse 160 words
      22. cc989-90W
    22. Health Education Authority 317 words
      23. c990W
    23. Staff Cars 54 words
      24. c990W
    24. Mental Illness Hospitals 86 words
      25. cc990-1W
    25. Drugs (Deaths) 361 words
      26. c991W
    26. Paracetamol 234 words
      27. c991W
    27. Waiting Lists 67 words
      28. c991W
    28. Conduct and Practice Standards 70 words
      29. cc991-2W
    29. Casualty Units, London 69 words
      30. c992W
    30. Camden and Islington Health Authority 107 words
      31. cc992-3W
    31. Family Health Services Appeal Unit 378 words
      32. c993W
    32. Dental Services 224 words
      33. cc993-4W
    33. Video Surveillance 53 words
      34. c994W
    34. Doctors (Working Hours) 71 words
      35. c994W
    35. Market Testing 73 words
      36. c994W
    36. Cancer and Palliative Care 119 words
      37. c994W
    37. Junior Doctors 88 words
      38. cc994-5W
    38. Food Safety 189 words
      39. cc995-6W
    39. Anthrax Vaccine 96 words
      40. c996W
    40. Bone Necrosis 157 words