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Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

Answered by

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

640 c869-70

House

House of Lords

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

Answered by

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

640 c869-70

House

House of Lords

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report made to him on housing benefit at Swale Borough Council. - With ref to 22 October 2002 at 391 c136-8W.

Asked by

Derek Wyatt (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

392 c635W;392 c648W; 79920

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates his Department has made of the percentage of police checks on vehicles that have failed due to vehicles not being registered with DVLC. - (Holding answer 6 November 2002).

Asked by

Brian Jenkins (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

79028; 392 c810W;392 c841W

House

House of Commons

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

1st supplementary on specific UN authorisation for military action and developing a consistent approach towards the Middle East as a whole.

Asked by

Lord Judd (Labour)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

640 c869-70

House

House of Lords

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the recent change in the annual number of Health and Safety Executive inspections. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Martin Caton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

80244; 392 c634W;392 c646-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to increase the proportion of (a) dangerous occurrences and (b) major injuries investigated by the Health and Safety Executive; what assessment he has made of the reasons underlying differences between Health and Safety Executive areas in...

Asked by

Martin Caton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

392 c665W;392 c648W; 80241;80243

House

House of Commons

Statement on negotiations on a new UN Security Council resolution on Iraq

Statement on negotiations on a new UN Security Council resolution on Iraq.(Including fact that a copy of the joint United Kingdom/United States draft in Library)

Lead member

Jack Straw

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Ministerial statements

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

392 c431-51

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-statutory inspections were carried out for illegal food imports in each of the last 10 years, broken down by category. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

392 c550W;392 c563W; 78615

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the rate of staff turnover in each of the last three years in (a) benefit fraud inspection work and (b) his Department as a whole. - Includes figure and table.

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 October 2002

For answer on

7 November 2002

Answered on

7 November 2002

Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the rate of staff turnover in each of the last three years in (a) benefit fraud inspection work and (b) his Department as a whole. [74847] Malcolm Wicks: The overall aim of the Department's anti-fraud strategy is to have a benefit system which is secure from first claim to final payment. The implementation of this strategy means that an anti- fraud focus is integral to the work of all staff in the Department, as is dealing with the wider agenda of error and incorrectness in benefit payments. The information currently available suggests that, throughout the period, around 5,000 staff have been employed by the Department and its agencies in work to investigate suspicions of fraud. However, on examination, it is clear that data on the number of staff is not consistent as data collection measures have changed over time and as the deployment of investigators has become more fully integrated with front line staff. I have concluded that it is not possible to make valid compariaons between the figures year-on year. I've therefore asked the Department to undertake a review to improve the consistency of centrally collected information for the future. The following table provides information available on the total numbers of permanent staff and numbers of leavers in the last three years, for the areas that now come under the Department of Work and Pensions. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (1 April to 31 March) Permanent Staff Leavers 1999-2000 118,926 Insufficient data held 2000-2001 126,942 9,642 2001-2002 134,247 5,692 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

74847; 392 c661W;392 c675W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislation governs the sale of products labelled as organic; and what bodies are responsible for (a) implementation of and (b) inspections related to such legislation. - Including ref to EC Council Regulation 2092/91.

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

392 c682W;392 c695W; 79828

House

House of Commons

Lords statement on negotiations on a new UN Security Council resolution on Iraq (including fact that a copy of the joint United Kingdom/United States draft is in the Libraries)

Lords statement on negotiations on a new UN Security Council resolution on Iraq (including fact that a copy of the joint United Kingdom/United States draft is in the Libraries).

Lead member

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Ministerial statements

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

640 c917-31

House

House of Lords

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

What progress has been made towards an agreed position in the United Nations Security Council on Iraq. -

Asked by

Lord Judd (Labour)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

7 November 2002

Reference

640 c869-70

House

House of Lords

Prime Minister

1st supplementary on the return of UN weapon inspectors to Iraq.

Asked by

Mark Tami (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

392 c274

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

Answered by

Tony Blair (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

392 c274

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

Answered by

Tony Blair (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

392 c274

House

House of Commons

Programme motion* and Lords amendts:Animal Health Bill 2001/02

Animal Health Bill. Programme motion (No 2) on proceedings for consideration of Lords amendments and subsequent stages. Agreed to on question (formal). Lords amendments considered. Some agreed to; Some as amended, agreed to; Some agreed to, the Commons being willing to waive their privileges; some disagreed to. Committee appointed to...

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Debates on bills

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

392 c306-403

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 26th September, Official Report, column 247W, on GM crops, how many tests for unauthorised genetically modified organisms have been undertaken by the GM Inspectorate; and what proportion of them showed a presence of...

Asked by

Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 October 2002

For answer on

6 November 2002

Answered on

6 November 2002

Mr. Breed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 26 September 20002, Official Report, column 247W, on GM crops, how many tests for unauthorised genetically modified organisms have been undertaken by the GM Inspectorate; and what proportion of them showed a presence of unauthorised genetically modified organisms. [75838] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 21 October 2002]: The GM Inspectorate has the authority to carry out testing for the presence of GMOs in two contexts: first, as part of inspection of authorised releases of GMOs into the environment, and, secondly, in support of the audit of seed importers and producers to ensure that non-GM seed stocks are free from unauthorised GM events. Testing as part of the inspection of authorised releases of GMOs is carried out whenever there is reason to believe that material in addition to that for which consent is held has been released or to confirm the GM status of volunteer plants and bolters. However, the issue of testing of released GMOs is being considered as part of the proposed review inspection and enforcement activities. Since June 2000, there have been 3 tests (comprised of 41 analytical tests) of seed prior to sowing to confirm its purity and 32 tests of volunteers and bolters. None of these tests showed the presence of unauthorised GMOs. Since June 2000 the GM Inspectorate has carried out a total of 86 audits of seed companies. These audits have monitored the precautions that seed companies have taken as regards the adventitious presence of GM events in seeds. As part of this process a series of tests (18) have been carried out to clarify results presented by seed companies. In no case was the presence of an unauthorised GMO detected.

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

75838; 392 c340W;392 c359W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what help he gives businesses in the Scottish Borders to improve health and safety in the workplace.

Asked by

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 October 2002

For answer on

6 November 2002

Answered on

6 November 2002

Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what help he gives businesses in the Scottish Borders to improve health and safety in the workplace. [75853] Mr. Nicholas Brown: The Department of Work and Pensions is the sponsor department for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the government body set up to help protect people at work. Health and safety law is enforced in the Scottish Borders, as it is throughout Great Britain, either by HSE inspectors or inspectors from the relevant local authority, depending on the nature of the work activity. Businesses receive advice during inspection visits or they can contact their local enforcing authority. In addition, HSE works in partnership with other organisations such as Scottish Enterprise and trade associations to provide advice to businesses in Scottish Borders. HSE provides information and advice on improving health and safety in businesses in a variety of other ways. HSE Infoline, a telephone public enquiry service, answers general enquiries, gives information about free and priced publications and directs callers to other sources of advice in HSE. Over 600 free publications are available from HSE's website (www.hse.gov.uk). HSE is also assisting Scottish Executive and other stakeholders in Scotland in setting up an occupational health and safety support service for small and medium sized enterprises and their employees across Scotland. The service will provide telephone advice and guidance with the possibility of a workplace visit carried out by an occupational health nurse or equivalent health and safety specialist.

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

75853; 392 c291W;392 c303-4W

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

To ask the Prime Minister, If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 6th November.

Asked by

Mark Tami (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2002

Reference

392 c274; 77722

House

House of Commons

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