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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 27 January 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 27 January 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 27 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 27 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 27 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Chief Information Officer will be appointed; what the responsibilities of the post will be; and what its reporting relationship will be to (a) other civil servants and (b) Ministers. | | (151475) | 2
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the role of the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance will be when the e-Envoy's responsibilities are re-assigned in accordance with the e-Envoy 2003 report. | | (151477) | 3
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to (a) identify points of vulnerability of and (b) prevent damage to the critical information infrastructure for public sector networks; and if he will make a statement. | | (151504) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 4
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many security passes have been reported as (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (151521) | 5
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action the Government is planning to improve labour productivity levels. | | (151478) | 6
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action the UK is planning to address the Government deficit mentioned in COM (2004) 29. | | (151490) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 7
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many security passes have been reported by staff in his Department as (a) lost and (b) stolen in the last 12 months. | | (151520) | 8
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what monitoring system is in place to ensure consistency in the way that procurement competitions are held in each area of his Department. | | (151537) | 9
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 1247W, about the Iraq Survey Group, if he will break down the figure (a) by nationalities and (b) by speciality; and what the figures were for January 2003. | | (151538) | 10
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all requests for urgent operational requirements for Operation Telic stating (a) whether the request was approved, (b) the equipment requested, (c) the date the request was submitted, (d) the date the urgent operational requirement was approved and (e) the cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (151347) | 11
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is entitled to make a request for an urgent operational requirement; what procedures are followed when a request has been submitted; how long it should take for an urgent operational requirement request to be considered; and if he will make a statement. | | (151348) | 12
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) instruction and (b) guidance was given by (i) the Prime Minister's office and (ii) other Ministers that orders for equipment required for possible military action should not be placed while diplomatic efforts for a solution in Iraq were still underway.
| | (151359) | 13
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date in October 2002 the military decision was taken to supply all troops in Iraq with enhanced body armour. | | (151435) | 14
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason political approval for the placing of orders for extra sets of enhanced body armour was not given until 25th November 2002. | | (151436) | 15
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Ministers gave approval for the placing of orders for extra sets of enhanced body armour within (a) his Department and (b) other departments. | | (151437) | 16
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether permission was obtained from the Prime Minister's office before the orders for extra sets of enhanced body armour were placed. | | (151438) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 17
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money deriving from the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme has been spent on promoting environmental education in schools in each of the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the impact of changes to the scheme on the funding of environmental education from this source.
| | (151431) | 18
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the comparative performance of the 2003 Key Stage 4 performance tables of (a) specialist comprehensive schools whose admissions arrangements include selection by aptitude and (b) all other specialist comprehensive schools in respect of (i) raw scores and (ii) value added scores. | | (149537) | 19
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to ask the Higher Education Funding Council for England to increase directly funded higher education provision in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement. | | (151498) | 20
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has for the retention of Higher National Diplomas; and if he will make a statement. | | (151499) | 21
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Common Inspection Framework will take account of higher education provision in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement. | | (151500) | 22
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with the (a) Quality Assurance Agency and (b) Higher Education Funding Council for England regarding successor arrangements to Academic Review for directly funded higher education which is provided by further education colleges. | | (151501) | 23
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what new research he is planning to ascertain the scale and scope of higher education delivered by further education colleges; and if he will make a statement. | | (151502) | 24
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to establish teacher training qualifications for higher education teaching in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement. | | (151503) | 25
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to raise the threshold at which existing graduates start repaying student loans. | | (151469) | 26
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, by how much he expected the Children's Fund partnerships to underspend their 2003-04 budget profiles; on what basis the expectation of an underspend on Children's Fund partnerships was reached; and what alternative uses have been made of funds clawed back from his expectations of an underspend by Children's Fund partnerships. | | (151428) | 27
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the the impact of the reduction in Children's Fund money for projects on jobs and services for young people.
| | (151429) | 28
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school drugs advisers are in post in each local education authority; and what estimate he has made of how many will be in post after April.
| | (151430) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 29
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action the Government is taking to secure compensation for British farmers who suffered loss as a result of the action of the French Government in continuing to ban British beef following the breach of the European Court of Justice ruling of December 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (151345) | 30
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will recommend to the Leader of the House that a debate should be held on Common Agricultural Policy reform prior to decisions being made on the methodology to be employed in implementing the single farm payment. | | [R] (151159) | 31
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the change in greenhouse gas emissions has been in (a) the UK, (b) Spain and (c) Portugal since 1990. | | (151489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 32
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how long each of the British citizens being held in Guantanamo Bay has been held; and if he will make a statement. | | (151471) | 33
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many reports of concerns of bribery registered by UK companies about foreign competitors have been made by his Department to foreign governments; and to which governments. | | (151518) | 34
N | Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total value is of (a) contracts so far issued to British companies working on the reconstruction of Iraq and (b) contracts expected to be issued in the next six months. | | (150608) | 35
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress towards the establishment of the International Trust Fund to manage Iraq's oil revenues. | | (149534) | 36
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many directives that should have been transposed into national law have not yet been transposed in (a) France and (b) Germany. | | (151488) | 37
N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is in relation to UN Security Council Resolution 1325, with particular reference to Iraq and Afghanistan. | | (150773) | 38
N | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the International Community is taking to prevent crimes of genocide. | | (151157) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 39
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of general practitioners and nurses who undertake training in dermatology. | | (151252) | 40
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general practitioners and (b) nurses have been trained in dermatology in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the total numbers of each this represents. | | (151253) | 41
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of colonoscopies were unsuccessful in each of the last five years. | | (151254) | 42
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Government is taking to introduce better techniques for diagnosing lung cancer. | | (151255) | 43
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) NHS, (b) NHS mental health and (c) primary care trusts have financial recovery plans; what period the recovery plans cover; and what the level of (i) recurring and (ii) non-recurring deficit or overspend the plans are intended to recover. | | (151470) | 44
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the decision has been taken to close the Marshfield Road Surgery of Dr Barne Williams, in Chippenham; and what procedure was used to make the decision. | | (151160) | 45
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) haemophiliacs and (b) non-haemophiliacs will be eligible for compensation under the hepatitis C ex-gratia payment scheme; and when he expects to announce the details of the scheme. | | (151351) | 46
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast outcome for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust is for 2003-04; what assessment has been made of its level of financial risk; and what loans it has (a) taken and (b) applied for from the NHS Bank in 2003-04. | | (151239) | 47
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff have been attacked in (a) Lancashire, (b) Preston and (c) Chorley Hospital in each of the last five years; and how many of the attackers have been prosecuted in each case.
| | (151240) | 48
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been allocated to NHS services in Chorley in each of the last three years.
| | (151241) | 49
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made concerning the European Health Insurance Card; when he expects to issue such cards to UK citizens; and whether there will be a charge. | | (151491) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 50
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are being held without trial or charge in HM Prison Belmarsh; for how long each has been held; how many hours a day they are allowed out of their cell for (a) meals, (b) religious worship, (c) recreation and (d) association; and if he will make a statement. | | (151472) | 51
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions assets relating to bribery of a foreign public official have been confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; and what amounts were confiscated in each case. | | (151519) | 52
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) allegations and (b) reports of bribery of a foreign public official by a UK company or individual have been forwarded to (i) the National Criminal Intelligence Service and (ii) the Metropolitan Police from the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice in the US since 1997; and on what dates they were received. | | (151522) | 53
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers regarding self-regulation schemes for retailers selling knives, with particular reference to the CV One Knife Code. | | (150952) | 54
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had regarding a UK-wide amnesty on knives. | | (150953) | 55
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to differentiate between kitchen knives and combat knives in legislation. | | (150954) | 56
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of raising the age limit for the purchase of non-kitchen knives to 18 years of age. | | (150955) | 57
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what efforts are being made to ensure that children under the age of 16 do not (a) buy and (b) carry knives. | | (150956) | 58
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered the UK from Sweden in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (151524) | 59
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered the UK from Bolivia in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (151525) | 60
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered the UK from Jamaica in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (151526) | 61
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to public funds was per prosecution for cannabis related offences in each of the last five years. | | (151505) | 62
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) fined and (b) given a prison sentence for (i) supplying, (ii) trafficking and (iii) possession of cannabis in each of the last five years. | | (151507) | 63
N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been put in place, broken down by (a) police authority and (b) local authority; and how many people have been charged with breaking anti-social behaviour order provisions. | | (151349) | 64
N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether separate statistics are kept on retail crime. | | (151350) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 65
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the money pledged by the UK Government at the Madrid Conference has been (a) allocated to reconstruction projects in Iraq and (b) remains uncommitted; and how much money his Department plans to spend in Iraq in each of the next five years. | | (151156) | Questions to the Prime Minister 66
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will instruct the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to answer named day questions on the day specified. | | (150236) | 67
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 1319, on Iraq, when he was first informed of the lack of chemical filters on the tanks and armoured vehicles; what action he took as a result, and when; and when he was informed of the inability of tank crews and crews of other armoured vehicles to wear their personal NBC kit when in their tanks and armoured vehicles. | | (151432) | 68
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 21st January to the Right honourable Member for Folkestone and Hythe, if he will (a) name the publication from which or person from whom he sourced the quotation from the vice-chancellor and (b) make a statement on the accuracy of the vice-chancellor's quotation. | | (151473) | Questions to the Solicitor General 69
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) allegations and (b) reports of bribery of a foreign public official by a UK company or individual have been forwarded to the Serious Fraud Office by the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice in the US since 1997; and on what dates they were received. | | (151523) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 70
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on admitting Russia to the World Trade Organization; and if she will make a statement. | | (151251) | 71
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what investment has been made in (a) China, (b) India, (c) Japan and (d) South Korea by United Kingdom small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since 2000.
| | (151242) | 72
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what investment has been made in (a) Pakistan, (b) Sri Lanka, (c) Brunei and (d) Cambodia by United Kingdom small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since 2000.
| | (151243) | 73
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what investment has been made in (a) Indonesia, (b) Laos, (c) Macao and (d) Malaysia by United Kingdom small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since 2000.
| | (151244) | 74
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what investment has been made in (a) Philippines, (b) Singapore, (c) Taiwan, (d) Thailand and (e) Vietnam by United Kingdom small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since 2000.
| | (151245) | 75
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the length of time is within which the Export Credits Guarantee Department must appraise whether a claim will be paid on political risk insurance. | | (151493) | 76
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what departmental investigations her Department has initiated into bribery allegations against a UK company since November 1997. | | (151511) | 77
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many allegations of bribery have been received by the National Contact Point for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; and how many of these allegations have been forwarded to the National Criminal Intelligence Service. | | (151512) | 78
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what written guidelines her Department has produced for staff (a) in her Department and (b) in Trade Partners on how they should respond to allegations of overseas bribery and corruption; on what date these guidelines were published; and if she will place a copy in the Library. | | (151513) | 79
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what procedures the UK Trade and Investment Business Group has in place to prevent corruption and bribery on projects supported under the Overseas Projects Fund. | | (151514) | 80
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the companies which have received support from the Overseas Projects Fund since 1997, stating in each instance (a) the amount received by each company and (b) the project for which the support was provided. | | (151515) | 81
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many allegations of overseas bribery and corruption her Department has received since 1997; on what dates the allegations were received; and what action her Department took. | | (151517) | 82
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average bill for domestic gas consumers in Northern Ireland who pay for gas by (a) direct debit, (b) quarterly credit and (c) prepayment meter was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (151527) | 83
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2003, Official Report, column 798W, on the Export Credits Guarantee Department, if she will list the contracts for which Nigeria has incurred its total debt to the ECGD, stating the project type and the UK company concerned in each instance. | | (151539) | 84
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the current operational status of the MOX demonstration facility at Sellafield is; and if she will make a statement. | | (149533) | 85
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Business Angel Network in matching entrepreneurs with private investors. | | (151433) | 86
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the budget was of the National Business Angel Network for each year since its inception; and what the anticipated budget is for each year until 2006-07. | | (151434) | 87
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications for pneumoconiosis benefit have been received under the Workmen's Compensation Act 1979 in each year since the passage of that Act; and how many cases have been successful. | | (151494) | 88
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications for benefit under the Coalworkers Pneumoconiosis Scheme have been received in each of the last six years from claimants from (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales. | | (151495) | 89
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking to implement postal competition in line with EU requirements set out in COM (2004) 29. | | (151492) | 90
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action the UK is taking to comply with EU Quick Start programme objectives in broadband networks. | | (151496) | 91
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, under which provisions of the Utilities Act 2000 she is prevented from making public the findings of the Engineering Inspectorate of its inquiry into the power failures in London and Birmingham; and if she will make a statement. | | (151346) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 92
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the findings of the Strategic Rail Authority's latest study on the Central Railway proposal; and if he will make a statement. | | (151250) | 93
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make a further announcement in respect of the A21 between Flimwell and Robertsbridge. | | (151297) | 94
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has issued to local authorities in respect of the width of cycle lanes; and if he will make a statement. | | (149535) | 95
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were recovered from motorways in the last year for which figures are available by (a) a private breakdown recovery service and (b) a contractor engaged by the police. | | (151249) | 96
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are employed by (a) the Strategic Rail Authority, (b) the Health and Safety Executive railway branch, (c) the Office of the Rail Regulator and (d) Department of Transport railway divisions. | | (151479) | 97
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on consultancy fees by (a) his Department and its predecessors, (b) Network Rail and (c) London Underground in the last three years. | | (151480) | 98
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many temporary speed restrictions are in force on Network Rail track. | | (151481) | 99
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many SPADs there have been on the railway network in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (151482) | 100
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public capital is allocated to the expansion of railway network capacity in the 10 Year Plan. | | (151483) | 101
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans Network Rail has to lengthen platforms at London commuter stations. | | (151484) | 102
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans Network Rail has to expand capacity on routes into London termini from stations in commuter range. | | (151485) | 103
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths have occurred on the A40 from (a) the M40 to the A312 junction, (b) the A312 junction to the A4005 junction and (c) from the A4005 junction to Westway in the last three years. | | (151486) | 104
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths have occurred on (a) the A316 between the end of the M3 and the first roundabout and (b) the M4 between junctions 4 and 1 in the last three years. | | (151487) | 105
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action the UK is taking to comply with EU Quick Start programme objectives in transport projects. | | (151497) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 106
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the £10 earnings disregard for war disablement pensioners applying for income-related benefits was last uprated; what the value of the disregard would be on 1st April had it been uprated in line with the Rossi Index; and how many war disablement pensioners are benefiting from the £10 earnings disregard. | | (149536) | 107
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how he will ensure (a) that privatised filestores in the South East Region remain open and (b) that the files remain secure. | | (151528) | 108
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what functions are carried out by casual staff employed in offices in the South East Region; what training they receive; and what the cost of such training was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (151529) | 109
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many casual workers were employed by Jobcentre Plus in the South East region in each of the last two years; what the cost was; and what the projected numbers are for the current year. | | (151530) | 110
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation has taken place with outside interested bodies (a) prior to and (b) since the Jobcentre Plus reorganisation; and what representations he has received from groups representing (i) unemployed workers and (ii) pensioners. | | (151531) | 111
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account was taken of the Rural Plan in making decisions about the relocation of (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) Pension Service offices. | | (151532) | 112
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) research and (b) evaluation his Department has commissioned into customer service in the Pension Service since the relocation of pension work from local offices in the South East region to pension centres elsewhere; and if he will make a statement. | | (151533) | 113
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) error rate and (b) arrears of work levels were for the last year in which pensions work was done in local offices in the South East region; and what the latest figures are for this work in the new pension centres. | | (151534) | 114
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has (a) to provide new Jobcentre Plus premises for the inner city areas of (i) Portsmouth and (ii) Southampton, (b) to increase staffing levels in remaining offices and (c) to improve the furnishing in remaining offices. | | (151535) | 115
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is of running two systems side by side during the Jobcentre Plus rollout in (a) Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and (b) the South East region. | | (151536) | 116
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to what benefits citizens of other EU countries are entitled after they have been resident in the UK for three months. | | (151158) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 117
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the review of the Local Government Pension Scheme began; when it will be concluded; and when the conclusions will be published. | | [Transferred] (151247) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 118
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to ensure that the UK will be able to meet its commitments under the UN Convention on Corruption. | | [Transferred] (151510) | 119
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the UK Government will ratify the UN Convention on Corruption. | | [Transferred] (151516) | 120
N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations between Israel and neighbouring Arab countries. | | [Question Unstarred] (150705) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 121
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the statutory fee for the recovery of a motor vehicle from a motorway was last reviewed; and what the policy of the Government is in relation to variations of the fee. | | [Transferred] (151248) | 122
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prosecutions brought for cannabis-related offences have not resulted in a conviction in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (151506) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 123
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will publish her proposals for a new consultative body to replace the Broadband Stakeholder Group. | | [Transferred] (151476) |
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