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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 20 January 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 20 January 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 20 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 20 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 20 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from policy holders regarding the future of Standard Life. | | (149728) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review the role of mutual ownership in the investment sector; what steps he is taking to ensure that investors have a choice of mutual ownership in that sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (149730) | 3
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether existing tax credit claimants responding to the Department's request for information needed to finalise 2003-04 awards and, if appropriate, renew their claim for a 2004-05 award will be required to supply a P60 for 2003-04; and by which date employees are expected to receive their P60s. | | (149518) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 4
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for Lottery grant funding have been received in the last year from applicants in the Billericay constituency; what the total value was of these applications; how many were successful; what the total value of grants was; how many applications were received in the United Kingdom; what the total value was of these applications; how many applications were successful; and what the total value of grants was. | | (149381) | 5
N | Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provisions are included in the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill for (a) veterinary care at racecourses, (b) support for the re-housing of retired racehorses, (c) support for the improvement of the breeds of horses and (d) support for veterinary science and education. | | (148777) | 6
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her Department's policy to make notes of (a) meetings and (b) telephone conversations involving ministers; and under what circumstances no notes would be taken. | | (149531) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 7
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the 1992 National Audit Office report about the Al Yamamah programme. | | (149510) | 8
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sets of body armour have been issued by the Army since 1989; to which units they have been issued, and in what quantities; how many men served in each of those units; and if he will make a statement. | | (149655) | 9
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the display of the Union Flag on army recruitment and careers literature in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (149092) | 10
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army's policy is on the display of the Union Flag (a) at its bases in Northern Ireland, (b) at Palace Barracks in Holywood, County Down and (c) within the recruitment office at Palace Barracks. | | (149093) | 11
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy to make notes of (a) meetings and (b) telephone conversations involving ministers; and under what circumstances no notes would be taken. | | (149530) | 12
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have lost their lives outside the UK in each year since 1990; and how many of these are recorded as deaths in (a) combat situations and (b) non-combat situations. | | (149657) | 13
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who lost their lives in combat situations outside the UK in each year since 1990 are recorded as (a) killed in combat, (b) killed in friendly fire or other accidents, (c) self-inflicted deaths and (d) deaths from other causes. | | (149658) | 14
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who lost their lives in non-combat situations outside the UK in each year since 1990, are recorded as (a) self-inflicted deaths, (b) accidental deaths and (c) deaths from other causes. | | (149659) | 15
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who lost their lives accidentally in non-combat situations outside the UK in each year since 1990, are recorded as (a) deaths from road traffic accidents and (b) deaths from other accidents. | | (149660) | 16
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what special training has been provided for the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police on the implications of the coming into force of the Human Rights Act. | | (149661) | 17
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he has taken to guarantee the (a) effectiveness and (b) independence of investigation of suspicious deaths among service personnel occurring overseas as required by Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. | | (149662) | 18
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in investigating allegations of rape by UK military personnel in Kenya during the last 20 years. | | (149663) | 19
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the complaints received of violence against women, made against UK military personnel stationed abroad in the last 10 years. | | (149664) | 20
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training is given to UK military personnel stationed abroad on gender sensitivity and issues around violence against women with particular reference to (a) rape, (b) trafficking and (c) forced prostitution. | | (149665) | 21
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been put in place to ensure that complaints of violence against women by UK military personnel employed overseas are properly investigated. | | (149666) | 22
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was in the last year for which figures are available of alcoholic beverages bought and consumed on military barracks in (a) the UK and (b) overseas. | | (149727) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 23
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many retained firefighters were employed by the Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service on 1st January. | | (149672) | 24
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Supporting People programme. | | (149083) | 25
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on funding for the Supporting People programme in its first year of operation; and what its estimated budget is for the next two years. | | (149084) | 26
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total number of staff working in the Government Office for the Regions in each region is; what change in staff numbers there would be in regions where an elected regional assembly is established; and what the total savings would be consequent on these reductions. | | (149648) | 27
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total number of staff working in the Government Office for the Regions is; how many of those staff have been transferred to the Government Office for the Regions from other Government departments; and how many have been recruited from outside Government departments. | | (149649) | 28
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 7th January, Official Report, columns 399-400W, elected regional assembly for Yorkshire and the Humber, if he will place in the Library the evidence upon which his assertion was based. | | (149691) | 29
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken since 1997 to close economic disparities between the English regions. | | (149692) | 30
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whom he has consulted on the plans to regionalise Essex's Fire Service. | | (149693) | 31
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research he has assessed that indicates that the optimum structure for the Essex Fire and Rescue Service is one based on the existing Government Office East of England Region. | | (149694) | 32
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Essex Police Authority on his plans to regionalise the Fire Service. | | (149695) | 33
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of jobs in Essex Fire and Rescue Service that will be consequent on the proposed regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service | | (149696) | 34
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what change in the number of managerial jobs he expects to result from the regionalisation of the Fire Service in Essex. | | (149697) | 35
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what powers he would implement the regionalisation of the Fire Service in Essex without the consent of Essex County Council. | | (149698) | 36
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with (a) retained and (b) full-time firefighters in Essex on his plans to regionalise the Fire Service; and what their advice was. | | (149699) | 37
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what community consultation he has held in Essex on his plans to regionalise the Fire Service. | | (149700) | 38
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research relating to Essex he has commissioned to provide the evidential basis for his plans to regionalise the Fire Service. | | (149701) | 39
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what additional scrutiny the regional chambers in each of the English regions have undertaken since 2001. | | (149702) | 40
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what effect regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service in Essex will have on fire stations in (a) Colchester, (b) Manningtree, (c) Dovercourt, (d) Frinton, (e) Clacton, (f) Brightlingsea, (g) Weeley, (h) Wivenhoe, (i) West Mersea, (j) Tollesbury, (k) Tiptree, (l) Coggeshall and (m) Halstead. | | (149705) | 41
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Fire and Rescue Service in Essex will be regionalised whether or not the people of Essex will vote for an elected regional assembly. | | (149718) | 42
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether it is the Department's policy to make notes of (a) meetings and (b) telephone conversations involving ministers; and under what circumstances no notes would be taken. | | (149528) | 43
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Cambridgeshire Police Authority on his plans to regionalise the Fire and Rescue Service. | | (149388) | 44
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research relating to
Cambridgeshire he has commissioned to provide the evidential basis for his plans to regionalise the Fire and Rescue Service. | | (149389) | 45
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what community consultation he has held in Cambridgeshire on his plans to regionalise the Fire and Rescue Service. | | (149390) | 46
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with (a) retained and (b) full-time firefighters in Cambridgeshire on his plans to regionalise the Fire and Rescue Service; and what their advice was. | | (149391) | 47
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what reduction in the number of managerial jobs he expects to result from the regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service in Surrey. | | (149393) | 48
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research relating to Surrey he has commissioned to provide the evidential basis for his plans to regionalise the Fire and Rescue Service. | | (149394) | 49
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what powers he would implement the regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service in Surrey without the consent of Surrey County Council. | | (149395) | 50
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whom he has consulted on the plans to regionalise Surrey's Fire and Rescue Service. | | (149396) | 51
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of job losses in Surrey Fire and Rescue Service as a result of the proposed regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service. | | (149397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 52
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions have been held with local government representatives about the forthcoming Children Bill. | | (148783) | 53
N | Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value of fee repayments by graduates arising from his proposals for variable top-up fees, in each year from 2008 to 2020. | | (149387) | 54
N | Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) proportion and (b) type of courses in higher education are subject to variable fees. | | (149432) | 55
N | Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of courses in colleges of further education are subject to variable fees. | | (149433) | 56
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average student loan taken out by students from (a) Huntingdon, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) England was in each year since 2000-01. | | (149685) | 57
N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the current higher education participation rate in England is with respect to people under the age of 30. | | (149509) | 58
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the place of career guidance within the provision by the Connexions Service. | | (149511) | 59
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Connexions Service clients there were in each year since its establishment, broken down (a) by Connexions service area and (b) by (i) young people not in education, employment or training and (ii) others. | | (149512) | 60
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is the policy of the Connexions Service to give special attention to young people not in education, employment or training. | | (149513) | 61
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is his policy to ensure that (a) access to and (b) provision of careers guidance and advice is equal between young people (i) in education and (ii) not in employment and training. | | (149514) | 62
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what qualifications are required of Connexions personal advisers who are expected to provide careers guidance and advice. | | (149515) | 63
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is his Department's policy to make notes of (a) meetings and (b) telephone conversations involving ministers; and under what circumstances no notes would be taken. | | (149529) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 64
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the impact of the European Directive requiring horse passports on the population of semi-feral mountain ponies in Wales. | | (149656) | 65
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is the Department's policy to make notes of (a) meetings and (b) telephone conversations involving ministers; and under what circumstances no notes would be taken. | | (149527) | 66
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the planting of local, indigenous flora. | | (145099) | 67
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of trees planted by local authorities she requires to be native; and what steps is she taking to ensure that this requirement is met. | | (145100) | 68
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has commissioned into the economic effects of the introduction of the Large Combustion Plant Directive on the United Kingdom coal industry. | | (148511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 69
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many entry clearance applications were (a) made and (b) refused worldwide in each of the last six years. | | (147064) | 70
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many entry clearance applications were (a) received and (b) refused in (i) India, (ii) Pakistan, (iii) China, (iv) Nigeria, (v) Ghana, (vi) Russia, (vii) Poland, (viii) Ukraine, (ix) Zimbabwe and (x) the Philippines in each of the last six years. | | (147065) | 71
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Nigerian Government concerning the burning down by Muslim extremists of churches and church-owned properties during November 2003 in the town of Kazaure, Jigawa state. | | (149082) | 72
| Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will report on the work of the Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission of Human Rights in relation to Afghanistan. | | (149652) | 73
| Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress by the UN and Afghan Transitional Authority on measures concerning Afghan women and girls set out in Economic and Social Council Resolution 2002/04. | | (149653) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 74
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical efficacy of Allendronate (Fosamax) in the treatment of osteoporosis, following trials at Manchester Royal Infirmary. | | (149385) | 75
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what performance indicators are in place for NHS audiology services. | | (149081) | 76
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) gonorrhea, (b) syphilis, (c) chlamydia and (d) thrush have been diagnosed in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each of the last five years. | | (149670) | 77
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list contracts his Department has awarded to the Miller Group in each of the last three years. | | (149431) | 78
N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) detection, (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment of lung cancer; and if he will make a statement. | | (148060) | 79
N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the NHS Plan paragraph 14.31, how many crisis resolution teams have been established; and of these teams, how many are able to offer a 24-hour service. | | (148061) | 80
N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of PET scanners in the NHS. | | (148062) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 81
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were (a) detected attempting to enter the UK clandestinely and (b) detected later in the country in each of the past five years. | | (147063) | 82
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) opinion polling and (b) market research projects his Department has undertaken in the last financial year; and what the costs were of each project. | | (149729) | 83
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which steps are being taken to avoid offenders on the sexual offenders register (a) absconding and (b) changing their names without informing the police. | | (149680) | 84
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are being explored to make sure that a sexual offender is identified correctly on making his first notification, with particular reference to progress has been made with his plans to use biometric technologies. | | (149681) | 85
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders on the sexual offenders register resident in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon are classed by the police to be low risk. | | (149682) | 86
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how frequently offenders on the sexual offenders register who are resident in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon receive visits by the Cambridgeshire Constabulary. | | (149683) | 87
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual offenders resident in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon were on the register for sexual offences on 1st January. | | (149684) | 88
N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to written question No. 142767 of 8th December 2003. | | (149507) | 89
N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to written question No. 142763 of 8th December 2003. | | (149508) | 90
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his written statement of 14th January, Official Report, column 31WS, what other recent exceptional cases may be deemed unsuitable for the Home Detention Curfew Scheme. | | (149304) | 91
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives the Government plans to reduce the harm associated with alcohol misuse; and if he will make a statement. | | (148796) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 92
| Mr John Hume (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of whether the (a) size and (b) physical condition of the buildings of St Cecilia's College, Derry, are sufficient for the purposes of delivering the Northern Ireland Curriculum; and what his Department's plans are for the timing of replacement school buildings. | | (149654) | 93
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will review the criteria used by Roads Service Northern Ireland to decide on areas to be included in traffic calming schemes. | | (149719) | 94
N | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the British Stammering Association and others on helping people affected by this condition. | | (148875) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 95
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Energy Bill has been notified to the European Commission. | | (149620) | 96
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish a list of pending applications for windfarm developments in Cambridgeshire, giving their (a) location and (b) proposed output in Kw hours. | | (149677) | 97
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list windfarm sites in operation in Cambridgeshire, giving their (a) location and (b) output in Kw hours. | | (149678) | 98
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of electricity generated in Cambridgeshire was from renewable sources in each of the past five years. | | (149679) | 99
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment she has made of small business failures in the East of England; and if she will make a statement. | | (149690) | 100
N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons her Department does not include printer cartridges in the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (148737) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 101
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 6th January, Official Report, column 215W, how much of the money raised in fines from speed cameras in Essex was spent in Essex on the costs of purchasing and operating speed cameras for each of the five years prior to 2001-02. | | (149382) | 102
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how sums of money raised in fines from speed cameras in Essex which have exceeded the totals spent on purchasing and operating speed cameras in Essex have been spent in each of the five years prior to 2001-02; and whether these sums have been allocated to another Department. | | (149383) | 103
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answers of 6th January, Official Report, columns 215W and 216W, and his Answer of 13th January, Official Report, columns 676-7W, how the £520,357, that was collected in fines from speed cameras that was not spent in purchasing and operating speed cameras in Essex in 2001-02, was spent; and whether this sum was allocated to another Department. | | (149384) | 104
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what compensation will be made available to those residents living close to Edinburgh Airport who face a loss in their property value in advance of the proposed construction of a second runway as outlined in the Aviation White Paper. | | (149667) | 105
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the statutory blight provisions that will be available to residents living (a) close to and (b) affected by the planned expansion of Edinburgh Airport as outlined in the Aviation White Paper. | | (149668) | 106
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Government grant per capita was allocated for concessionary fares on public transport in 2003-04 in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) North Yorkshire. | | (149386) | 107
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out the measures the Department is taking to enable local authorities to bring forward and implement projects given provisional approval within the last three years' annual transport settlements. | | (149650) | 108
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authority projects given provisional approval within the last three years' annual transport settlements are delayed owing to (a) skills shortages and (b) the planning process. | | (149651) | 109
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total value was of (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c) financial consultants used on a call-off basis by the section of (i) his Department and (ii) predecessor departments with responsibility for aviation, in each year since 1992. | | (149706) | 110
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total value was of (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c) financial consultants used on a call-off basis by the section of (i) his Department and (ii) predecessor departments with responsibility for transport strategy and local transport, in each year since 1992. | | (149707) | 111
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the (a) motorway and (b) dual carriage network has raised central reservation barriers to eliminate the glare of headlights from oncoming traffic. | | (149708) | 112
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in the rail freight gauge and capacity enhancements (a) Felixstowe to Nuneaton (Phase 2), (b) Southampton to West Coast Mainline (Gauge), (c) North London and Great Eastern Freight Works, (d) West Midland Freight Works, (e) re-opening Portishead line for freight and new line to port, (f) Transpennine/South Humberside freight capacity works and (g) for freight services to Royal Portbury Docks, Bristol. | | (149709) | 113
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what light rail schemes will be built by 2010; what their expected cost is; and what their (a) construction start date and (b) completion dates are. | | (149710) | 114
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Strategic Rail Authority will set new targets to achieve its earlier target of delivering £370 million improvements to 1000 stations by 2004. | | (149711) | 115
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made by Network Rail to establish a comprehensive asset register of the rail infrastructure; what that register includes; and when it will be completed. | | (149712) | 116
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish provisional findings from the comprehensive asset register on the cost of the backlog of repair and maintenance work on the rail network. | | (149713) | 117
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set a target date to remove the backlog of maintenance and renewal work to achieve steady-state condition. | | (149714) | 118
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work to (a) commence and (b) be completed on the link road between the Hemsworth bypass and the A1; how much funding he has made available for this purpose; and if he will make a statement. | | (149671) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 119
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall sum paid to pensioners under the pension credit scheme is to date in (a) England, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Huntingdon. | | (149686) | 120
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) the constituency of Huntingdon and (b) Cambridgeshire have received pension credit since its introduction. | | (149687) | 121
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) the constituency of Huntingdon and (b) Cambridgeshire have applied for pension credit since its introduction. | | (149688) | 122
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of pensioners in the constituency of Huntingdon have received letters setting out their rights under the pension credit scheme. | | (149689) | 123
N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish the Pensions Bill announced in the Queen's Speech. | | (149303) | 124
N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with those civil servants transferred from the Health and Safety Executive to Logica CMG about their pensions scheme. | | (148736) | 125
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the requirement for persons who have (a) chronic mental health problems and (b) chronic physical conditions to undergo (i) IB50 and (ii) personal capability assessment. | | (149715) | 126
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to improve access for incapacity benefit claimants to personal capability assessment tests by introducing peripatetic surgeries in rural areas. | | (149716) | 127
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the waiting times are for the processing of IP50 applications in each constituency in Wales. | | (149717) | 128
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date pensions were credited to the Post Office card accounts of pensioners who would normally have collected their pensions on Monday 29th December 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (149516) | 129
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Department has made compensation payments to Electronic Data Systems as a result of contractual changes to the Child Support Agency Reforms information technology project; and what the value was of each of those payments. | | (149517) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 130
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the number of teenage pregnancies has been in (i) Haltemprice and Howden and (ii) East Riding of Yorkshire in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (149669) | 131
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the overpayment of tax credits, in particular to claimants who have overpayments being recovered from their awards at high rates. | | [Transferred] (149720) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 132
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children resident in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon were on the Child Protection Register on 31st December 2003. | | [Transferred] (149673) | 133
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children resident in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon who were on the Child Protection Register on 31st December 2003 had previously been registered. | | [Transferred] (149674) | 134
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children resident in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon who were on the Child Protection Register on 31st December 2003 were also looked after by local authorities. | | [Transferred] (149675) | 135
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children resident in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon who were removed from the Child Protection Register during 2003 had been on it for more than two years. | | [Transferred] (149676) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 136
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations on behalf of Mr Robert Ellis were made by the Minister of State when he visited Turkey this month. | | [Transferred] (149392) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 137
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which regional development agencies have (a) an office and (b) representatives situated outside the United Kingdom. | | [Transferred] (149703) | 138
N | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with her European Union counterparts on the proposed location of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (149380) |
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