14 June 1998

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 June 1998

  1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Universities (Equipment Donations) 237 words
    2. Premature Early Retirement Compensation Scheme 129 words
    3. History and Religious Studies 55 words
  2. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Consultants 82 words
    2. Public Companies (Shareholdings) 192 words
    3. Single Market 106 words
    4. Film Industry 253 words
    5. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill 107 words
    6. Nicaragua 37 words
    7. National Engineering Laboratory 145 words
    8. Chile 187 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Rents 95 words
    2. Sulphur Dioxide Emissions 764 words
    3. Structure Plans 785 words
    4. Green Belt Land 387 words
    5. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 196 words
    6. Council Home Sales 274 words
    7. South-East Regional Aggregate Working Party 121 words
    8. Prisons (Development) 74 words
    9. Roxby Gullet (Mining) 64 words
    10. Council Housing 187 words
    11. Nuclear Waste (Disposal) 88 words
    12. Radioactive Waste 118 words
    13. Rent Debt (Calderdale) 59 words
    14. Aggregate 204 words
    15. National Rivers Authority 65 words
    16. Movement and Dance 179 words
    17. Disabled Employees 116 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Westland plc 99 words
    2. Lothian Region 26 words
    3. Rating Reform 25 words
    4. Government Decentralisation 83 words
    5. Terrorism 122 words
    6. Working Conditions 158 words
    7. Engagements 206 words
  5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. South Georgia 196 words
    2. Nicaragua 131 words
  6. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Overseas Assets 93 words
    2. Balance of Payments 736 words
    3. Shareholders 91 words
    4. Manufacturing Investment 79 words
    5. Interest Rates 265 words
    6. Privatisation 299 words
    7. Balance of Trade 147 words
    8. Company Cars 53 words
    9. Scottish Economy 51 words
    10. Government Data Network 111 words
    11. Public Spending 173 words
    12. Tenders (Market Testing) 64 words
    13. Business Investment 153 words
    14. Inflation 55 words
    15. Tax Cuts (Imports) 70 words
    16. Tax Changes 83 words
    17. Personal Disposable Income 49 words
    18. Take-home Pay 303 words
    19. Productivity 50 words
    20. Annuities (Owner-occupiers) 72 words
    21. VAT 248 words
    22. Self-employment 81 words
    23. Economic Outlook 48 words
    24. OECD Countries (Budget Surplus) 48 words
    25. Tax and Prices Index 45 words
    26. Budget Strategy (Pay Settlements) 64 words
    27. Economic Growth 93 words
    28. Aviation Gasoline 29 words
    29. Economic Growth (Interest Rates) 106 words
    30. Departmental Telephone Numbers 58 words
    31. Government Expenditure 71 words
    32. Manufacturing Profitability 63 words
    33. Third World Debt 91 words
    34. Mercury Telecommunications Ltd. 103 words
    35. Civil Service Job Location 40 words
    36. Economic Output 53 words
    37. Economy (Supply Side) 187 words
    38. Eurotunnel 84 words
    39. European Central Bank 60 words
    40. Building Society Accounts 243 words
    41. Retirement Annuity Premiums 386 words
    42. Mortgage Interest Relief 839 words
    43. Income Tax 61 words
    44. Taxation 375 words
    45. Consultants 157 words
    46. Water (VAT) 147 words
    47. Civil Service (Staff Relations) 98 words
    48. Local Pay Additions 53 words
    49. CBI 65 words
    50. Member's Questions 70 words
    51. Turkey 109 words
    52. Mortgage Interest Relief 360 words
    53. Tax Allowances 287 words
    54. Customs Procedures 233 words
    55. Harrods Trust 136 words
  7. DEFENCE
    1. Arms Exporting Countries 61 words
    2. RAF Bases (Scotland) 92 words
    3. Low Flying 30 words
    4. Wessex Helicopters 226 words
    5. Mr. Victor Adams (Compensation) 153 words
    6. Aero Technologies 177 words
    7. Beagling 43 words
    8. Hunting 170 words
    9. Empty Property 205 words
  8. THE ARTS
    1. Consultants 126 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Body Samples 141 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration 70 words
    2. Official Secrets 55 words
    3. Broadcasting Authorities 49 words
    4. Asylum 75 words
    5. Mr. and Mrs. Vadevalloo (Passports) 141 words
    6. Secure Prisons 107 words
    7. Licensing Act 1988 91 words
    8. Immigration Rules 138 words
    9. Women's Prison (Lancashire) 56 words
    10. Prison and Detention Accommodation 727 words
    11. Police Interviews (Tape Recording) 241 words
  11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Food Policy 91 words
    2. New Zealand Butter 191 words
    3. Pigmeat 220 words
  12. TRANSPORT
    1. Cross-Channel Ferries 391 words
    2. Road Markings 55 words
    3. Departmental Shareholdings 230 words
    4. Quangos and Trading Funds 38 words
    5. Blind Pedestrians (Road-crossing Aids) 108 words
    6. Bridges 245 words
    7. Roadworks 68 words
    8. Goods Vehicles (Overloading) 59 words
    9. Motorways (Capacity) 131 words
    10. M1 (Delays) 120 words
    11. Selby Bypass 166 words
    12. Road Safety 236 words
    13. Flight Delays 189 words
  13. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Factory Inspectorate 94 words
    2. Employment Training 75 words
    3. Labour Statistics 1,181 words
    4. Aero Technologies 172 words
    5. Working Women 46 words
  14. WALES
    1. NHS Expenditure 126 words
    2. House Buyers, Gwynedd 151 words
    3. New Houses 700 words
    4. Contaminated Waste 231 words
    5. Population Statistics 126 words
    6. Mentally Handicapped People 701 words
    7. Physiotherapy and Speech Therapy 752 words
    8. Earnings 78 words
    9. Young Persons (Employment) 45 words
    10. Sports Halls and Swimming Pools 150 words
    11. Sports Council 322 words
    12. Farm Inspectors 88 words
    13. Rating Reform 799 words
    14. Homeless Persons 195 words
    15. Welsh Language 56 words
    16. WDA (Regional Office) 64 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Green Belt 130 words
    2. Areas of Special Scientific Interest 143 words
    3. Crown Classification Scheme 86 words
    4. Mentally Handicapped People 106 words
    5. Mental Handicap Nurses 401 words
    6. Mental Handicap Training 116 words
    7. Teachers 101 words
    8. Nurses' Pay 55 words
    9. Homelessness 185 words
    10. Local Authority Housing 241 words
    11. Community Service Orders 32 words
    12. Nuclear Waste (Disposal) 96 words
    13. Nirex 107 words
    14. Ambulances 318 words
    15. Departmental Staff 65 words
    16. Wetlands 177 words
    17. Aero Technologies 252 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Christmas Bonuses 60 words
    2. Community Health Services 583 words
    3. Community Medical Staff 71 words
    4. Chiropodists 69 words
    5. Nurses 325 words
    6. Mentally Handicapped Persons 66 words
    7. Orthotic Services 65 words
    8. NHS Review 182 words
    9. OPCS Office (Asbestos) 161 words
    10. Rating Reform 148 words
    11. Departmental Forms 242 words
    12. Department Offices 111 words
    13. Resettlement Unit (Southampton) 175 words
    14. Staff Retraining 105 words
    15. Disabled Persons 319 words
    16. Organ Donors 112 words
    17. Ambulances 42 words
    18. Means-tested Benefits 254 words
    19. Primary Care Psychiatry 190 words
  17. ENERGY
    1. Piper Alpha 784 words
    2. North Sea Installations 1,093 words
    3. Electricity 51 words