To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Government has to make available funds for pilot projects to assess the best method by which publishers and the voluntary sector can share resources and expertise to make more titles available in accessible formats more promptly for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Government has to make available funds for pilot projects to assess the best method by which publishers and the voluntary sector can share resources and expertise to make more titles available in accessible formats more promptly for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the availability of reading material in formats accessible to blind and visually impaired people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the availability of reading material in formats accessible to blind and visually impaired people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many digital hearing aids have been issued on the NHS since they became available. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many digital hearing aids have been issued on the NHS since they became available. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for a hearing aid appointment at (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and (b) the Princess Royal Hospital. - (Holding answer 10 June 2003).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for a hearing aid appointment at (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and (b) the Princess Royal Hospital. - (Holding answer 10 June 2003).

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding in total has been disbursed under the Local Authority Promoting Independence Grant for community equipment services. - Includes figures.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding in total has been disbursed under the Local Authority Promoting Independence Grant for community equipment services. - Includes figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the age profile of hearing aid users who have been using analogue hearing aids for more than three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the age profile of hearing aid users who have been using analogue hearing aids for more than three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what directions he has issued to hospital trusts involved in the first and second waves of the hearing aids modernisation project on ensuring audiology patients have access to digital hearing aids; what his policy is on using age as a criterion for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what directions he has issued to hospital trusts involved in the first and second waves of the hearing aids modernisation project on ensuring audiology patients have access to digital hearing aids; what his policy is on using age as a criterion for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many digital hearing aids he estimates will be fitted as part of the Modernising Hearing Aid Services project each year (a) during the build-up to full implementation of the project and (b) when the project is fully operational. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many digital hearing aids he estimates will be fitted as part of the Modernising Hearing Aid Services project each year (a) during the build-up to full implementation of the project and (b) when the project is fully operational. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have fitted digital hearing aids; and how many they have fitted. - Including figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have fitted digital hearing aids; and how many they have fitted. - Including figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the availability of digital hearing aids in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) West Yorkshire. - Includes figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the availability of digital hearing aids in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) West Yorkshire. - Includes figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the uses to which the Integrated Community Equipment Stores Budget has been put; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the uses to which the Integrated Community Equipment Stores Budget has been put; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on digital hearing aid provision on the NHS; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on digital hearing aid provision on the NHS; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hearing aid users and (b) digital hearing aid users there were in (i) the Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) Tyne and Wear and (iv) the UK on 1st February. - Includes fact that info is not collected centrally...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hearing aid users and (b) digital hearing aid users there were in (i) the Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) Tyne and Wear and (iv) the UK on 1st February. - Includes fact that info is not collected centrally...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent to on audiology modernisation (a) in phase I and (b) in phase II; how much is allocated for completion of the national programme; and how much of the total will (i) be offset by PCT expenditure and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent to on audiology modernisation (a) in phase I and (b) in phase II; how much is allocated for completion of the national programme; and how much of the total will (i) be offset by PCT expenditure and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the second wave of hospital trusts to receive funding for the roll-out of digital hearing aids (a) are fitting the new devices and (b) will have begun to fit the new devices by the end of March. - Inc...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the second wave of hospital trusts to receive funding for the roll-out of digital hearing aids (a) are fitting the new devices and (b) will have begun to fit the new devices by the end of March. - Inc...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress made in the training of staff to fit digital hearing aids in the second wave of hospital trusts to receive funding for the purpose.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress made in the training of staff to fit digital hearing aids in the second wave of hospital trusts to receive funding for the purpose.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on increasing the availability of digital hearing aids for patients in York and North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on increasing the availability of digital hearing aids for patients in York and North Yorkshire.