What number of public health laboratories report to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre; what are the comparable figures for National Health Service microbiology laboratories; and what proportion of the surveillance data collected comes from each source. [HL 575]. - Inc figures.

What number of public health laboratories report to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre; what are the comparable figures for National Health Service microbiology laboratories; and what proportion of the surveillance data collected comes from each source. [HL 575]. - Inc figures.

How many of the public health laboratories scheduled for transfer to their local National Health Service trusts provide food, water and environmental services to local authorities; how many hold United Kingdom Accreditation Service accreditation; and what are the comparable figures for National Health Service trust managed laboratories. [HL 540]. -...

How many of the public health laboratories scheduled for transfer to their local National Health Service trusts provide food, water and environmental services to local authorities; how many hold United Kingdom Accreditation Service accreditation; and what are the comparable figures for National Health Service trust managed laboratories. [HL 540]. -...

What assessment has been made of the likely impact on public health of the transfer of public health laboratories to their local National Health Service trust. [HL 543].

What assessment has been made of the likely impact on public health of the transfer of public health laboratories to their local National Health Service trust. [HL 543].

What proportion of public health laboratories have adopted standard methods; and what are the comparable figures for National Health Service microbiology laboratories. [HL 573].

What proportion of public health laboratories have adopted standard methods; and what are the comparable figures for National Health Service microbiology laboratories. [HL 573].

How many of the public health laboratories scheduled for transfer to their local National Health Service trusts hold contracts for providing support to National Health Service microbiology departments. [HL 541].

How many of the public health laboratories scheduled for transfer to their local National Health Service trusts hold contracts for providing support to National Health Service microbiology departments. [HL 541].

How many public health laboratories scheduled for transfer to National Health Service trusts hold Clinical Pathology Accreditation; and how this compares with National Health Serivce microbiology laboratories. [HL 574]. - Inc figures.

How many public health laboratories scheduled for transfer to National Health Service trusts hold Clinical Pathology Accreditation; and how this compares with National Health Serivce microbiology laboratories. [HL 574]. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. - Inc figure and ref to Police Reform Act 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. - Inc figure and ref to Police Reform Act 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what programmes are in place between school science and design technology departments and local industry to obtain hardware for school laboratories and workshops.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what programmes are in place between school science and design technology departments and local industry to obtain hardware for school laboratories and workshops.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he has taken to monitor the effectiveness of the School Laboratories for the 21st Century Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he has taken to monitor the effectiveness of the School Laboratories for the 21st Century Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what extra grant he has made available to schools for laboratory technicians. - Includes figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what extra grant he has made available to schools for laboratory technicians. - Includes figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the allocations to each local authority from the £60 million School Laboratories for the 21st Century Scheme. - Includes table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the allocations to each local authority from the £60 million School Laboratories for the 21st Century Scheme. - Includes table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance NHS Chief Executives have been given regarding the need for preservation of public health microbiology in relation to the proposed establishment of a Health Protection Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance NHS Chief Executives have been given regarding the need for preservation of public health microbiology in relation to the proposed establishment of a Health Protection Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of how the outputs of Public Health Laboratory Service Groups of laboratories will be sustained from April 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of how the outputs of Public Health Laboratory Service Groups of laboratories will be sustained from April 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cost-benefit analysis has been carried out by his Department into laboratory transfers from the (a) Public Health Laboratory Service, (b) National Radiological Protection Board, (c) Centre for Applied Microbiology Research and (d) National Focus for Chemical Incidents to a Health Protection...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cost-benefit analysis has been carried out by his Department into laboratory transfers from the (a) Public Health Laboratory Service, (b) National Radiological Protection Board, (c) Centre for Applied Microbiology Research and (d) National Focus for Chemical Incidents to a Health Protection...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the transfer of management of Public Health Laboratories has been excluded from his regulatory reform proposals. - Inc ref to Health Protection consultation paper (Dep 02/1251).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the transfer of management of Public Health Laboratories has been excluded from his regulatory reform proposals. - Inc ref to Health Protection consultation paper (Dep 02/1251).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department sent a list of approved testing laboratories to test the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide yields of cigarettes to the European Union in accordance with the proposals in the Tobacco Directive.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department sent a list of approved testing laboratories to test the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide yields of cigarettes to the European Union in accordance with the proposals in the Tobacco Directive.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cost benefit analysis has been carried out of the transfer of Public Health Laboratories to host NHS trusts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cost benefit analysis has been carried out of the transfer of Public Health Laboratories to host NHS trusts.