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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions Railtrack has been served with enforcement orders relating to its operations since 1994. - Including table.

Asked by

Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 December 2000

For answer on

21 December 2000

Answered on

21 December 2000

Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on how many occasions Railtrack has been served with enforcement orders relating to its operations since 1994. [143554] Mr. Hill: The Health and Safety Executive's (HSEs) Railway Inspectorate has served Railtrack with 79 enforcement notices since 1994. Notices issued against railtrack 1 April 1994 to 6 December 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Improvement notice Prohibition notice 1994-95 7 0 1995-96 12 1 1996-97 9 0 1997-98 6 1 1998-99 8 0 1999-2000 15 3 2000-01 17 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

21 December 2000

Reference

360 c299W;360 c299-300W; 143554

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, when he last met representatives of the London Hackney Carriage Trade to discuss the activities of unlicensed private hire vehicles in central London; when he plans to introduce regulations concerning competition between licensed taxis and (a) minicabs...

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 2000

Reference

360 c6W; 142528;142555;142554;142529

House

House of Commons

Hayman, Baroness

Whether they will report on the level of co-operation that exists between the UK, other EU member states and third countries on fisheries control and enforcement. [HL 139].

Asked by

Lord Tomlinson (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 2000

Reference

HL 139; 620 c23-4WA

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what level of co-operation exists between the UK, other member states and third countries on fisheries control and enforcement. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 2000

Reference

359 c218W;359 c216W; 143246

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action has been taken to implement the recommendations of the Report of the First Phase of the Enforcement Review; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Christopher Chope (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 2000

Reference

359 c242W;359 c240W; 142269

House

House of Commons

The Way Forward. Government response to the final report of the Cleaner Vehicles Task Force.

Type

Command papers

Notes

Received 30.11.00

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

Cm 4932

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 bulging in railway line products supplied to Railtrack from Italy has implications for Railtrack's renewal programme; if he will secure from Railtrack an assurance that all strings of railway lines imported and used on the national...

Asked by

Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 November 2000

For answer on

30 November 2000

Answered on

30 November 2000

Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if bulging in railway line products supplied to Railtrack from Italy has implications for Railtrack's renewal programme; [141227] (2) if he will secure from Railtrack an assurance that all strings of railway lines imported and used on the national rail network comply with Railtrack specifications; [141228] (3) if he will secure from Railtrack an assurance that all Railtrack products used on the national railway network are as individual pieces of equipment traceable as to (a) country of manufacture and (b) name of manufacturer; [141229] (4) what proportion of Railtrack's (a) current and (b) future renewal programme involves the use of heat- treated rails; [141230] (5) what assessment he has made of the safety and usage implications for the life of railway lines arising out of the use of (a) heat-treated and (b) non-heat-treated railway lines on the national rail network; [141231] (6) on how many occasions Railtrack has been served with enforcement orders relating to its operations since 1994; [141232] (7) if he will list all train derailments since 1994; [141233] (8) what assessment he has made of Railtrack's compliance with condition No. 7 of its operations licence in relation to the number of broken rails in each year since 1994; [141234] (9) if he will place a copy of the Balfour Beatty maintenance audit report on railway stewardship of August in the Library; [141235] (10) if ultrasonic testing of railway lines at the site of the Hitchin crash included angle probe ultrasonic testing in the period prior to the crash; [141236] (11) if ultrasonic testing of railway lines on site throughout the UK rail network included angle probe ultrasonic testing as a matter of routine; [141237] (12) what assessment he has made of the implications for safety in the national rail network arising from not using angle probe techniques in the ultrasonic testing of railway lines; [141238] (13) if levels of asymmetry tolerance in relation to railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 have implications for the safety of the national rail network; [141239] (14) if levels of asymmetry tolerance in relation to railway lines imported from Corus operations in France have implications for the safety of the national rail network; [141240] (15) if the return of railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 was related to the need to maintain safety standards on the national rail network; [141241] (16) if problems with the welding of railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 have implications for renewal of the national rail network; [141242] (17) if he will request Railtrack to provide details as to the nature of the contractual arrangements for the import of railway lines from Italy; [141243] (18) if he will discuss with Railtrack the implementation of arrangements whereby future maintenance contracts for maintenance contractors will exclude the right of Railtrack to override recommendations for maintenance and renewal made by maintenance and repair contractors and include the right of maintenance contractors to vary repair and maintenance contracts with the approval of regulatory bodies. [141244] Mr. Hill: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c798-9W;357 c798-800W; 141227;141228;141229;141230;141231;141232;141233;141234;141235;141236;141237;141238;141239;141240;141241;141242;141243;141244

House

House of Commons

Bassam of Brighton, Lord

What action will they take in respect of funding police authorities for the execution of warrants during 2000-01. [HL 4816]. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Haskel (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 November 2000

Reference

HL 4816; 619 c117-8WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of test purchases of alcohol by minors to enable detection and enforcement of licensing laws. - Inc ref to Alcohol Education and Research Council annual report 1999-2000 (copy in...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 November 2000

Reference

357 c444W; 140001

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the enforcement procedures for the (a) minimum wage and (b) Working Time Directive indicating the number of prosecutions secured to date. - Inc figures.

Asked by

David Stewart (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 November 2000

For answer on

24 November 2000

Answered on

24 November 2000

Mr. David Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the enforcement procedures for the (a) minimum wage and (b) Working Time Directive indicating the number of prosecutions secured to date. [140091] Mr. Alan Johnson: (a) The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 provides both civil and criminal powers of enforcement. Inland Revenue officers enforce the national minimum wage issuing notices against employers as appropriate and representing workers at employment tribunals where necessary. There have been no criminal prosecutions for underpayment of the national minimum wage. Officers have issued 308 enforcement notices, 41 penalty notices and taken 24 cases to tribunals since April 1999. They have also recovered almost £3 million in back pay for workers. In addition, under the provisions of the 1998 Act, workers are able to take their own cases of underpayment to an employment tribunal or to a civil court. (b) The health and safety enforcing authorities (the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities) enforce the provisions of the Working Time Regulations (WTR), related to working time limits, limits on night-working and health assessments for night-workers. The entitlements to rest and leave are enforced through employment tribunals; 3,408 applications to tribunals were made in the financial year 1999-2000 where the primary complaint related to breach of WTR entitlements. Enforcement of the limits is in line with the Health and Safety Commission's Enforcement Policy Statement: that is, proportionate to any risk to health and safety, targeted at those in control, transparent in what is required and consistent in approach. In practice this means that the WTR are enforced in response to complaints. The HSE have handled 416 such complaints and served 13 Improvement Notices. The HSE have not initiated any prosecutions to date. There are currently no central records of local authority enforcement, but at least one case brought by a local authority has led to a prosecution for breach of the provisions on health assessment for night-workers.

Date

24 November 2000

Reference

357 c347W; 140091

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Statement on what the outcome was of the Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 17th November; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Jim Hood (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 November 2000

For answer on

22 November 2000

Answered on

22 November 2000

Mr. Hood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the outcome was of the Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 17 November; and if he will make a statement. [139733] Mr. Morley: The Fisheries Council met in Brussels on 17 November. I led the UK delegation, accompanied by Rhona Brankin, Deputy Minister for Rural Development in the Scottish Executive. The Council discussed the future policy for management of fleet capacity, building on the Commission's mid-term review of the operation of the current Multi-Annual Guidance Programme (MAGP IV). I argued the need for maintaining and strengthening a range of controls in order to bring fishing effort into better balance with fish stocks. I also argued that, given the current over capacity in the fleet, grants for constructing vessels are inappropriate. The Commission will include fleet management among the issues in its Green Paper next spring on the revision of the Common Fisheries Policy. The Commission reported recent scientific advice that key cod, whiting and hake stocks were close to collapse. With other member states I stressed the seriousness of this situation and supported the Commission's approach that urgent action was needed to ensure effective recovery plans were introduced for 2001. I welcomed the Commission's intention of looking at a mix of measures to aid recovery and the fact that the fishing industry was already being involved in developing these measures. The Council discussed the impact of fuel price rises on the fishing sector. I strongly supported the Commission in opposing unilateral national operating subsidies and welcomed the Commission's statement that measures taken by member states had to comply with state aid rules, and that they were taking action as appropriate to this end. The Council discussed a Commission proposal for a three-year continuation of Community financial support for fisheries enforcement. Final decisions on the proposal will be made in December. The Council agreed to a two-year rollover of existing arrangements for control and enforcement action under NEAFC in the North East Atlantic, and to a proposal the Community financial assistance for an observer scheme on tuna boats in the Gulf of Guinea. I argued that while we could accept these proposals, the Community should take a larger role in carrying out control in international waters under the responsibility of regional fisheries organisations. We pressed for decisions to be taken on this and other control measures by June 2001. We also pressed the Commission to seek effective controls on over-fishing of Rockall haddock at the NEAFC annual meeting this week. The Council welcomed the Commission's report on the operation of the Common Fisheries Policy in 1997-98, and received a report from the Commission on the latest contacts with Morocco to renegotiate a fisheries agreement. I strongly supported the Commission who pressed certain other member states to ratify the UN Agreement on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. I joined other member states in pressing for Community action against the Galapagos Agreement, which does not respect the UN Law of the Sea and discriminates against the Community fleet.

Date

22 November 2000

Reference

357 c227-8W; 139733

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which companies in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK have been prosecuted for violating the national minimum wage legislation. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Jim Murphy (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 November 2000

Reference

357 c197W; 139425

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have been removed by (a) the Ports Directorate and (b) the Enforcement Directorate during 2000-01 to date; how many failed asylum seekers were removed by each Directorate in 1999-2000; and if he will make a...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 November 2000

For answer on

20 November 2000

Answered on

20 November 2000

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers have been removed by (a) the Ports Directorate and (b) the Enforcement Directorate during 2000-01 to date; how many failed asylum seekers were removed by each Directorate in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. [139362] Mrs. Roche: The information available on the number of failed asylum seekers removed from the United Kingdom, in the financial year 1999-2000, and from 1 April to 30 September in the current year is given in the table. The Government have made clear their determination to increase substantially the number of such removals and significant additional resources are being allocated to achieving this. We have set a target of 12,000 removals in the current financial year and 30,000 for the financial year 2001-02. Asylum seekers removed{1} from the United Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000{1,2} 1 April to 30 September 2000{1,2,3} Port asylum removals 5,080 3,020 Enforcement asylum removals 2,830 1,850 Total 7,910 4,870 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes voluntary departures {2} Excludes dependants {3} Figures are provisional and subject to revision {4} Includes Port and Enforcement departures under the Voluntary Assisted Returns programme

Date

20 November 2000

Reference

357 c94W; 139362

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many parenting orders have been granted under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; and how many are currently being processed. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figure.

Asked by

Maria Eagle (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2000

Reference

357 c86W; 137476

House

House of Commons

Regulatory impact assessments: 1 January to 30 June 2000.

Type

Command papers

Notes

Received 17.11.00

Date

17 November 2000

Reference

Cm 4918

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 actions he has taken to encourage local authorities to implement the provisions of the Noise Act 1996.

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 2000

Reference

356 c728W; 138511

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 list the local authorities which have implemented in full the provisions of the Noise Act 1996. - Inc list and fact that there is no requirement for local authorities to inform the Department.

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 2000

Reference

356 c727-8W; 138510

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many instances of illegal parking on red routes in London have been recorded, and how much was spent on policing them, in each year since their inception. - Inc figures and fact that budget information for...

Asked by

Gordon Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 2000

Reference

356 c354-5W; 135911

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps have been taken to ensure that prohibited GM foods do not enter the UK market.

Asked by

Joan Ruddock (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 2000

Reference

356 c386W; 137349

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, how many miles of bus lanes there are in England; what steps are taken to enforce the regulations which apply to them; and if he will make a statement. - Includes fact that information about the length...

Asked by

Peter L Pike (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 November 2000

Reference

356 c232W;356 c232-3W; 136669

House

House of Commons

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