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To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if the Government has notified the President of the European Council of its intention to opt into the negotiations on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the mutual enforcement of judgments on rights of access to children.

Asked by

John Stanley (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 December 2000

Reference

360 c240W; 143407

House

House of Commons

Mackay of Ardbrecknish, Lord

Whether he has proposals to improve the facilities in the public galleries of the House as suggested by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts in the House Magazine on 11 December. [HL 187].

Asked by

Earl of Sandwich (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 December 2000

Reference

HL 187; 620 c53WA

House

House of Lords

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation was carried out regarding the accessibility of the design of the England and Wales Census 2001 forms for visually-impaired and deafblind people; if Census 2001 returns in England and Wales from blind, partially sighted and deafblind people will be accepted if...

Asked by

Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 December 2000

For answer on

18 December 2000

Answered on

18 December 2000

Mr. Andrew George: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what consultation was carried out regarding the accessibility of the design of the England and Wales Census 2001 forms for visually impaired and deafblind people; [141548] (2) if Census 2001 returns in England and Wales from blind, partially sighted and deafblind people will be accepted if they are submitted in alternative formats, with particular reference to (a) large print, (b) Braille, (c) disc, (d) audio-tape and (e) e-mail; [141550] (3) what arrangements are in place to provide one-to-one assistance to visually impaired and deafblind people with completion of Census 2001 forms in England and Wales; [141551] (4) what provision has been made for Census 2001 enumerators in England and Wales to receive specific visual impairment and deafblind awareness training; [141552] (5) what provision has been made for Census 2001 forms in England and Wales and accompanying information to be made available to blind, partially sighted and deafblind people in accessible formats, with particular reference to (a) Braille, (b) large print, (c) disc and (d) audio-tape. [141549] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 12 December 2000]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew George, dated 18 December 2000: As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent questions concerning provisions in the 2001 Census for those who are visually impaired or deafblined (141549-52). An important new initiative for the 2001 Census is the Community Liaison Programme, through which the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Census staff have consulted and work with community liaison groups and national organisations specifically to assist those who would find the completion of the Census questionnaire difficult. A great deal of consultation has already taken place with several organisations including the Royal National Institute for the Blind, Help the Aged, the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation and the Royal National Institute for the Deaf to ensure that we meet the needs of disabled people, including visually impaired and deafblind people. General information about the Census will be available in leaflets in Braille, and in a large print version. The questions and instructions from the official Census form in Braille will be available on request. An audio tape explaining the Census and the questions is expected to be available February 2001. The Census web site will feature disability awareness issues and the text phone Helpline for the deaf will be operating from 1 April 2001. We do not propose to provide the Census forms themselves in Braille or in large print version since the Census is being processed using scanning and image recognition technologies which cannot accommodate forms other than in the standard format. Help in completing the form will, however, be provided by Census enumerators, on a one-to-one basis if necessary, and the blind will be able to provide their Census information by telephone to the Census Helpline or via e-mail using the Braille leaflet as a guide to the questions. Census Area Managers have received specialist training presented by external expert in disability awareness and this training is being cascaded down to all members of the field force. A guide for all the field staff which includes disability awareness issues is also being produced.

Date

18 December 2000

Reference

360 c82-3W; 141548;141550;141551;141552;141549

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons in England and Wales permit their land to be used for hunting wild mammals with dogs. - Inc fact that no figure of this kind is available.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2000

Reference

359 c307-8W;359 c305-6W; 143002

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what remedies are being considered to assist rural communites excluded from ADSL internet access following local unbundling. - Includes ref to DTI/DCMS White Paper "A New Future for Communications".

Asked by

Alan Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2000

Reference

359 c293W;359 c291W; 142687

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average distance was travelled by patients to gain access to treatment at a NHS general practitioner's practice in each health authority for each year between 1987 and 1999. - The information requested is not collected centrally.

Asked by

Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 2000

Reference

359 c205W;359 c203W; 142503

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the standard data format for the supply of copies of the electoral register to (a) those entitled to receive them free of charge in electronic form and (b) others is to be; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 December 2000

For answer on

13 December 2000

Answered on

13 December 2000

Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the standard data format for the supply of copies of the electoral register to (a) those entitled to receive them free of charge in electronic form and (b) others is to be; and if he will make a statement. [141475] Mr. Mike O'Brien: Regulations C22 to C24 of the draft Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (which were published for consultation on 8 November) provide for the supply of copies of the electoral register to specified persons, or the sale of such copies, either in printed or data form. Regulation C25 of the draft Regulations specifies that, subject to any direction of the Secretary of State under section 52(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (directions as to discharge of registration duties), any duty on the registration officer to supply data under regulations C22 to C24 imposes only a duty to supply such data recorded in the form in which he holds it. The exercise of the powers in section 52(1) is subject to new section 52(1A), as inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. New section 52(1A) enables the Secretary of State to give directions requiring a registration officer to maintain his registers in a specified electronic form. By virtue of section 8(1) of the 2000 Act the exercise of the powers in section 52 of the 1983 Act, as amended, is exercisable only on, and in accordance with, a recommendation of the Electoral Commission. Subject to consultation with the Commission we propose to bring section 8 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 21 to the 2000 Act into force on 16 February 2001. Thereafter it will be a matter for the Commission to consider whether to recommend to the Secretary of State that registers of electors should be maintained in a common data format and, if so, what format should be prescribed.

Date

13 December 2000

Reference

359 c184-5W;359 c182-3W; 141475

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to require that all main line railway stations are equipped with lifts to enable disabled people to cross between platforms. - Including ref to Code of Practice, Meeting the needs...

Asked by

Bob Blizzard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 December 2000

For answer on

12 December 2000

Answered on

12 December 2000

Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make it his policy to require that all main line railway stations are equipped with lifts to enable disabled people to cross between platforms. [142244] Mr. Hill: Access to railway stations for disabled people is covered by Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Since October 1999, service providers have been required to take reasonable steps to change practices, policies or procedures which make it impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people to use a service. From 2004, service providers will have to take reasonable steps to remove, alter or provide reasonable means of avoiding physical features that make it impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people to use a service. In addition, the Rail Regulator is currently revising his Code of Practice, "Meeting the needs of Disabled Passengers", which is aimed at helping protect the interests of disabled users of railway passenger services and station services. Railtrack is committed to ensuring that all stations are fully accessible to disabled people within 20 years to enable them to meet their DDA obligations. I understand they are currently developing and prioritising a detailed implementation programme in consultation with train operators, local disability organisations and local authorities. Our 10-year transport plan, "Transport 2010", published in July, demonstrates the Government's continued commitment to improving accessibility. The rate and level of new investment will ensure that improvements in the accessibility of transport are brought forward more quickly. The plan is also clear that building in accessibility for disabled people in all investment is a condition of public money being spent.

Date

12 December 2000

Reference

359 c75-6W;359 c73-4W; 142244

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what target he has set for increasing access to airports by public transport. - Including ref to White Paper, A New Deal for Transport.

Asked by

Caroline Flint (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 December 2000

Reference

359 c74W;359 c72W; 142054

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the interim solutions considered by his Department on access to the electoral register together with his estimate of the cost of each solution and the reasons why each solution would not provide value for money; and...

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 December 2000

Reference

359 c59-60W;359 c57-8W; 141479

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, What steps he is taking to improve accessibility to public libraries. - Inc ref to 'Libraries for All'.

Asked by

Joan Ryan (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 December 2000

Reference

359 c39W;359 c37W; 141881

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what amendments he proposes to make to exemption orders for the new Class 168/1 trains introduced into service by Chiltern Railways Ltd and for the new Class 170/3 trains introduced into service by South West Trains Ltd...

Asked by

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2000

Reference

359 c11W;359 c9W; 142156

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what amendments he plans to make to the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998.

Asked by

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2000

Reference

359 c11W;359 c9W; 142157

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what amendment has been made to the exemption order for the fleet of new Class 460 trains introduced into service by Gatwick Express in respect of any of the provisions of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998;...

Asked by

Lawrie Quinn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 2000

Reference

359 c5W; 141621

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what joint assessment he has made with the University of East Anglia bus routes to the Norfolk and Norwich hospital.

Asked by

Ian Gibson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

140924; 357 c788W;357 c789W

House

House of Commons

Administration Select Committee

To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what arrangements apply to honourable Members who wish to provide refreshments to constitutents at events in rooms in Portcullis House; if honourable Members are entitled to make their own refreshment arrangements; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Andrew Dismore (Labour)

Answering body

Administration Select Committee

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c714-5W; 140823

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make it his policy to allow local education authorities to act as monitors of minimum standards for internet service providers to schools and to stop non-monitored access of chatrooms in schools. - (Holding answer 29 November 2000).

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c808W;357 c809W; 140785

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to introduce measures to tackle labour market access for the most disadvantaged groups; and if he will make a statement. - Will write.

Asked by

Douglas Alexander (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c820W; 140832

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS dentists needed to ensure that everyone has access to an NHS dentist. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Win Griffiths (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c890-1W; 140636

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement about broadening access to information technology within disadvantaged communities. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 29 November 2000).

Asked by

Charlotte Atkins (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 November 2000

For answer on

30 November 2000

Answered on

30 November 2000

Charlotte Atkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement about broadening access to information technology within disadvantaged communities. [139192] Mr. Wills: [holding answer 29 November 2000]: The Prime Minister has given a commitment that, by 2005, all those who want it will have the opportunity to access the internet. We are currently investing more than £1.7 billion in initiatives to ensure that everyone is able to reap the rewards of the digital revolution. Excellent progress is being made in improving computer/pupil ratios. 88 per cent. of all schools are now connected to the internet. In future, school leavers should be able to use and benefit from new technologies. We are taking specific action to tackle the difficulties that a significant number of adults and communities currently face in accessing ICT. On 11 September the Prime Minister set out the Government's agenda to get the UK online. We have pledged that by the end of 2002 there will be around 6,000 UK online centres throughout England with access points in many public libraries, colleges and within local communities. The Prime Minister also announced over 600 successful applications in the first phase of UK online centres funded through the Capital Modernisation Fund (CMF). These centres are specifically focused on the most deprived urban and rural areas. 50,000 free computer training courses are being made available for jobless people across the country under our UK online Computer Training scheme. We are also piloting an initiative to wire up homes and schools in some of the most disadvantaged communities in England. And we are introducing the `Computers within Reach' pilot scheme. In the period up to the end of March 2001, we intend to provide up to 50,000 subsidised computers in local pilots in deprived communities.

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c803W; 139192

House

House of Commons

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