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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 24 March 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 24 March 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 24 March 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 Wednesday 24 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 24 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Treasury has received from aggregate dredging in each of the last five years. | | (163574) | 2
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he, or one of his ministers, will meet ex-miners from the Lichfield constituency in London to discuss the funding of the two miners' pension schemes and contributions made to the Exchequer. | | (163461) | 3
| Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the figures used to calculate Chart 6.1, Administration costs as a proportion of total spending, on page 135 of the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report and Financial Statement and Budget Report 2004. | | (163588) | 4
| Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been raised in insurance premium tax in each financial year since 1997-98 from (a) mortgage indemnity guarantee policies, (b) buildings insurance policies, (c) contents insurance policies and (d) private health insurance policies. | | (163596) | 5
| Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has made of the tax take for stamp duty on residential property for each band at which it is charged for 2004-05; and how much was raised in this way in each tax year since 1997-98. | | (163597) | 6
| Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projections he has made for revenue from stamp duty on (a) property and (b) share transactions in each of the (i) last five and (ii) next three financial years. | | (163598) | 7
| Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of Government administration has been in each financial year since 1995-96; and what proportion of total spending by Government departments in each year those figures represent. | | (163599) | 8
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of overpayment in the year to April 2004 of the childcare element of the working tax credit due to (a) fraud, (b) claimant error and (c) departmental error. | | (163695) | 9
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the action being taken by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to combat the illegal importation of bushmeat into the United Kingdom. | | (163511) | 10
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd February, Official Report, column 122W, on tax credits, what proportion of the expected £300 million per annum overhead costs of administering the child and working tax credits will be paid to private contractors. | | (163691) | 11
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the incidence of birth defects was in each year since 1996, broken down by region. | | (163606) | 12
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children were aged (a) one, (b) two and (c) three in each of the last three years. | | (163551) | 13
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many litres of champagne were imported in each year since 1999. | | (163590) | 14
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet, Mr Kenneth Norden, to discuss the loss of his final salary pension scheme. | | (163593) | 15
N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many representations he has received in support of his proposal to introduce strip stamps. | | (161484) | 16
N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of options for the elimination of spirits duty evasion other than the introduction of strip stamps. | | (161485) | 17
N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has conducted on fraudulent production of strip stamps in other countries; and what security measures he proposes to guard against the fraudulent production of strip stamps in the UK. | | (161486) | 18
N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) UK distilled and (b) imported products will be affected by the introduction of strip stamps. | | (161637) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 19
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much funding has been allocated in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) total to community legal service partnerships. | | (163656) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 20
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) in total to playing fields and community green spaces. | | (163653) | 21
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to (a) creative partnerships, (b) space for sport and arts, (c) sports action zones and (d) youth music action zones in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) total. | | (163720) | 22
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will amend the regulations on free television licences for those under the age of 75 in care homes. | | (163611) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 23
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the Question, ref 148636, on sick pay in his Department, tabled by the honourable Member for Wycombe on 13th January. | | (163710) | 24
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the target audience is of Sanctuary magazine; and what its circulation is. | | (163545) | 25
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money was spent on (a) research, (b) staffing costs, (c) printing and publication, (d) distribution and (e) other costs for Sanctuary magazine No. 32, 2003; and how much was paid to DCCS Media. | | (163546) | 26
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much public money was spent on the relaunch of Defence Estates prior to April 2003. | | (163547) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 27
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) total budget, (b) funding from his Department, (c) administration budget and (d) staff cost to his Department for the review of the needs indices used in the allocation of housing capital resources to local authorities and registered social landlords were for financial years (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement on the (A) current and (B) future work of the review. | | (163637) | 28
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) total budget, (b) funding from his Department, (c) administration budget and (d) staff cost to his Department of the (i) Go North East - Corus Task Group and (ii) Review of the Planning Inspectorate was in financial years (A) 2002-03 and (B) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement on the (1) current and (2) future work of each body. | | (163638) | 29
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) total budget, (b) funding from his Department, (c) administration budget and (d) staff cost to his Department of (i) Regional Housing Boards, (ii) the Buildings Regulations Advisory Committee, (iii) the Community Housing Task Force and (iv) the Home Ownership Task Force were in financial years (A) 2002-03 and (B) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement on the (1) current and (2) future work of each body. | | (163639) | 30
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) total budget, (b) funding from his Department, (c) administration budget and (d) staff cost to his Department for the (i) Housing Revenue Account Group, (ii) Chester-le-Street Housing Advisory Board and (iii) Supporting People Practitioners Group were in financial years (A) 2002-03 and (B) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement on the (1) current and (2) future work of each body. | | (163640) | 31
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) total budget, (b) funding from his Department, (c) administration budget and (d) staff cost to his Department for the (i) Property Advisory Group, (ii) Residential Property Tribunal Service, (iii) Community Forum and (iv) London Youth Crime Task Force was in financial years (A) 2002-03 and (B) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement on the (1) current and (2) future work of each body. | | (163641) | 32
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding has been allocated in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) in total to (i) the Community Empowerment Fund, (ii) the Single Regeneration Budget and (iii) urban regeneration companies. | | (163655) | 33
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 18th March, Official Report, column 447-8W, on council housing, whether the local authorities listed in the table chose the large scale voluntary transfer option; and if he will list the local authorities who chose the (a) arms's length management organisation and (b) private finance initiative option whose tenants rejected these options. | | (163683) | 34
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list those respondents to the consultation on the Draft Housing Bill who were (a) in favour of and (b) against the requirements for local authorities to seek ministerial consent before introducing (i) additional licensing of houses in multiple occupation and (ii) designating an area for selective licensing. | | (163682) | 35
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to meet the Office for National Statistics prediction of a need for 56 million homes in the United Kingdom by 2021. | | (163670) | 36
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people in London were (a) rough sleepers, (b) sleeping in hostels and (c) in homeless accommodation in the last period for which information is available. | | (163523) | 37
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of Best Value on the efficient provision of local government services; and if he will make a statement. | | (163533) | 38
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of new house building in the South East he estimates will be on Green Belt land up to 2020; and if he will make it his policy to prevent all new house building on Green Belt in the South East up to 2020. | | (163534) | 39
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether staff from county and district councils in the regions of the North West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber would be entitled to redundancy if regional assemblies were established and they were offered (a) no new employment, (b) a job in the new unitary authorities and (c) a job in the regional assembly. | | (163706) | 40
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether staff displaced from existing local authorities offered new placements would be given compensation for relocation following the formation of regional assemblies. | | (163707) | 41
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what revenue raising powers the proposed regional assemblies for (a) the North West, (b) the North East and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber would have. | | (163709) | 42
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the proposed regional assemblies in (a) the North West, (b) the North East and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber will have borrowing powers. | | (163715) | 43
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government's financial guarantee for the regions post-2006 is dependent on the UK proposals for an EU framework for devolved regional policy being implemented. | | (163716) | 44
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much local authority funding in the (a) North West, (b) North East and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber for the 2000 to 2006 period has been used for matched funding. | | (163717) | 45
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 1712W, on regional assemblies/government, if he will list the funding for the year 2002-03 from each central Government department to (a) the Government offices for and (b) the non-departmental public bodies operating in the regions of (i) the North West, (ii) the North East and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber. | | (163718) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 46
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the schools in Carshalton and Wallington which ran a budget deficit in the year ending 31st March 2003; and how much this deficit was for each school. | | (163689) | 47
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made with the e-university project; how much money has been allocated to the project in each financial year since 2000-01; how the project is being co-ordinated; and if he will make a statement. | | (163538) | 48
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding has been allocated to (a) Aimhigher, (b) the Children's Fund, (c) community champions, (d) early excellence centres, (e) education action zones, (f) Excellence in Cities, (g) extended schools, (h) Healthy Schools Programme, (i) Local Network Fund for Children and Young People, (j) neighbourhood learning centres, (k) neighbourhood nurseries, (l) Neighbourhood Support Fund, (m) new entrepreneur scholarships, (n) Sure Start, (o) Sure Start Plus and (p) Young Volunteer Challenge Pilot in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) total. | | (163723) | 49
| Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement about (a) the funding situation and (b) staffing prospects at Salisbury College. | | (163674) | 50
| Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consultation his Department has had with higher education institutions about the tapping of the telephone conversations and e-mails of foreign students; and if he will make a statement. | | (163675) | 51
| Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department has given to higher education establishments on the implementation of the Export Control Act 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (163676) | 52
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Central London Learning and Skills Council about the withdrawal of Westminster Kingsway College Further Education College from Battersea. | | (163482) | 53
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which further education institutions owned buildings (a) immediately following incorporation in 1993 and (b) in 2003. | | (163520) | 54
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students leaving each further education college in London in each of the last five years left without a qualification. | | (163521) | 55
| Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will strengthen the guidance on the disposal of playing fields; and if he will make a statement. | | (163662) | 56
| Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school playing fields have been disposed of since 2001; and what purposes the land was used for in each case. | | (163663) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 57
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what percentage of revenue received from aggregate dredging has been (a) put back into the coastal defence budget and (b) made available for coastal defence compensation in each of the last five years. | | (163573) | 58
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what forecasts have been made for funding allocations for the coastal defence budget for the next 10 years. | | (163575) | 59
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are being taken to improve coastal defences in East Anglia. | | (163615) | 60
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on coastal defence in each of the last five years. | | (163616) | 61
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory powers she has to ban the sale of electric shock dog collars. | | (163525) | 62
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many electric shock dog collars were sold in the last year for which figures are available. | | (163526) | 63
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received in the last three months regarding the (a) sale and (b) use of electric shock dog collars. | | (163527) | 64
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on a dog of the use of an electric shock dog collar. | | (163528) | 65
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet representatives of angling associations to discuss the assistance which they can provide in the monitoring of invertebrates in rivers. | | (163078) | 66
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase invertebrate monitoring in rivers during summer months to identify serious insecticide pollution. | | (163079) | 67
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the use of chlorpyrifos as an insecticide. | | (163080) | 68
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of chlorpyrifos on riparian bird life. | | (163081) | 69
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of chlorpyrifos on fly fishing. | | (163082) | 70
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been allocated in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) in total to Warm Zones. | | (163648) | 71
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether parliamentary approval will be required to allow the commercial growing of GM maize. | | (163509) | 72
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the potential adverse (a) environmental and (b) health impacts of waste incineration are; and what measures the Government has introduced to deal with these impacts. | | (163609) | 73
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase the monitoring and control of waste incinerators. | | (163610) | 74
| Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list local authority owned sites of special scientific interest which are in an English Nature management scheme to restore their features. | | (163664) | 75
| Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list sites of special scientific interest owned by local authorities which are in (a) favourable and (b) unfavourable condition; and which are improving in line with the Public Service Agreement target. | | (163665) | 76
| Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list local authorities which own land designated as sites of special scientific interest, broken down by size of holding. | | (163666) | 77
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects (a) Bolton Fell Moss and (b) Solway Moss to be designated as candidate Special Areas of Conservation. | | (163642) | 78
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional assistance she plans to give to dairy farmers; and if she will make a statement. | | (163524) | 79
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinarians the Department (a) employed and (b) had on establishment in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (163529) | 80
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) usefulness and (b) costs of sheep tagging; and if she will make a statement. | | (163571) | 81
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in the last year towards meeting the Kyoto targets; and if she will make a statement. | | (163595) | 82
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to ratify the Agremeent on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels; and if she will make a statement. | | (163558) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 83
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to public funds is of the Government Hospitality Advisory Committee for the purchase of wine, in the current financial year. | | (162731) | 84
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the ministerial visits from (a) his and (b) other Government departments to (i) Israel and (ii) the Occupied Territories in each of the last 10 years. | | (163659) | 85
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on which occasions since 1st January 2003 his Department has quoted an official from a foreign government in the title of a press release. | | (163660) | 86
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total value of British arms exports to (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Territories was in each of the last five years. | | (163680) | 87
| Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the General Affairs and External Relations Council held on 22nd March; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. | | (163686) | 88
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance is issued to British embassies and high commissions abroad on appropriate support to (a) visiting government ministers, (b) visiting select committees, (c) select committee members travelling individually and (d) visiting honourable Members; and if he will publish the guidelines in full. | | (163468) | 89
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to impose trade sanctions on Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (163536) | 90
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his Australian counterpart a mutual prisoner exchange scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (163548) | 91
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his European Union counterparts the suspension of the EU/Israel trade agreements. | | (163556) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 92
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the hospitals in Carshalton and Wallington which ran a budget deficit in the year ending 31st March 2003; and how much this deficit was for each hospital. | | (163690) | 93
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, upon what evidence his Department based its position that there is less risk of variant CJD infection via blood transfusions of pooled plasma than via blood transfusions from one blood donor. | | (163472) | 94
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has taken to inform and reassure people who have received blood transfusions since 1980 and will now not be allowed to donate blood on the risk of variant CJD infection. | | (163473) | 95
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the roles are of (a) his advisory committees, (b) the serious hazards of transfusion body and (c) the National Patient Safety Agency in reducing the risks associated with blood transfusion. | | (163474) | 96
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research is being (a) undertaken and (b) funded by his Department on (i) diagnosis and (ii) treatment of variant CJD and the risks of infection through blood transfusion. | | (163475) | 97
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether recipients of blood transfusions after 5th April will be prevented from donating blood. | | (163476) | 98
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conclusions have been reached on the efficacy of leuco-depletion in preventing vCJD infections through blood transfusions. | | (163477) | 99
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the revised approach to the Better Blood Transfusion Strategy will be published. | | (163478) | 100
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in implementing the Better Blood Transfusion Strategy. | | (163479) | 101
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received (a) transfusions of whole blood components and (b) transfusions of other blood products since 1980. | | (163480) | 102
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected timeline is for providing fresh frozen plasma sourced outside the UK for (a) children born in March, (b) older children born since 1996 and (c) high-risk groups. | | (163481) | 103
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, column 1592W, on Agenda for Change, what maximum limits have been set on recruitment and retention premiums to (a) individual postholders and (b) groups of postholders. | | (163486) | 104
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of inpatients had their hospital stay prolonged by adverse drug reactions in the last 12 months. | | (163488) | 105
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) Committee on Safety of Medicines' policy on the disclosure of information about adverse drug reactions and (b) Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's policy on disclosure of information. | | (163490) | 106
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the 10 types of drug most commonly involved in adverse drug reactions reported to the Yellow Card scheme. | | (163491) | 107
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's estimate is of the percentage of adverse drug reactions which are reported by (a) general practitioners, (b) hospital doctors, (c) nurses and (b) pharmacists via the yellow card system; and if he will make a statement. | | (163492) | 108
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of adverse drug reactions he estimates are reported; and if he will make a statement. | | (163493) | 109
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the nurse reporting figures for adverse drug reactions were for each month since the scheme started, broken down by those under the (a) e-yellow card and (b) paper based yellow card scheme. | | (163494) | 110
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation has been made of the (a) impact and (b) quality of information received on electronic yellow cards. | | (163495) | 111
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls NHS Direct has received from callers reporting adverse drug reactions since 1st January 2003. | | (163496) | 112
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of hospital admissions caused by adverse drug reactions; and if he will make a statement. | | (163497) | 113
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people, broken down by age, suffered from adverse drug reactions, in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997; and how many of those reactions were fatal. | | (163498) | 114
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children suffered from adverse drug reactions, in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997; and how many of those reactions were fatal. | | (163499) | 115
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the (a) training and (b) criminal records checks undergone by nurses used by NHS Professionals; and if he will make a statement. | | (163500) | 116
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS acute trusts have signed up to use NHS Professionals; and what proportion of acute trusts this represents. | | (163501) | 117
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the adequacy of the (a) facilities and (b) IT systems to support NHS Professionals; and if he will make a statement. | | (163502) | 118
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants there were on average in an accident and emergency department in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. | | (163503) | 119
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many security incidents he estimates there were in the NHS in England in each year since 1997. | | (163504) | 120
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) fatal accidents and (b) adverse incident reports to the Medical Devices Agency there were in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the most common causes of these incidents. | | (163505) | 121
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the ambulance response times for (a) England and (b) each ambulance trust for (i) category a, (ii) category b and (iii) category c calls in each year since 1997. | | (163506) | 122
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of urgent patient journey calls were more than 15 minutes late in (a) England and (b) each ambulance trust in each year since 1997. | | (163507) | 123
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants there were in each accident and emergency department in England in each year since 1997. | | (163508) | 124
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for NHS Professionals is for each of the next three years. | | (163510) | 125
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) Phorum and (b) the Stakeholder Network, including their (i) remits, (ii) budget, (iii) administration budget, including payroll, (iv) number of staff and (v) capital assets. | | (163514) | 126
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) budget, (b) administration budget, including payroll, (c) number of staff and (d) capital assets of the (i) Access Task Force, (ii) Adoption and Permanence Task Force, (iii) Cancer Task Force, (iv) Children Task Force, (v) Coronary Heart Disease Task Force, (vi) Cross Task Force Prevention Group, (vii) Herbal Medicines Statutory Regulation Working Group, (viii) Making a Difference, Reducing Burdens in Hospitals Task Force, (ix) Making a Difference, Reducing Burdens On GPs Task Force and (x) Mental Health Task Force. | | (163515) | 127
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) budget, (b) administration budget, including payroll, (c) number of staff and (d) capital assets of the interdepartmental group on the (i) Health Impact Assessment, (ii) Management of Medicines Renal NSF Groups, (iii) NHS Modernisation Board, (iv) NHSFT External Reference Groups for Governance, (v) Nursing and Midwifery Modernisation Board, (vi) SCOTH/ACMD Working Group on Cannabis and Tobacco Smoking, (vii) National Users Panel of the Community Equipment Services External Reference Group, (viii) Interagency Working Group to Develop a Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and the Police and the HSE and (ix) Primary Care Workforce Review External Reference Group. | | (163516) | 128
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) budget, (b) administration budget, including payroll, (c) number of staff and (d) capital assets of the (i) NHS IT Task Force, (ii) Older People Task Force, (iii) Patient Environment Steering Group, (iv) Practice Learning Task Force, (v) Quality Task Force, (vi) External Project for Reform of Social Work Education and Training, (vii) Reform of Social Work Education and Training, (viii) Practice Learning Project Group for Reform of Social Work, Education and Training, (ix) Qualification Development Project Group for Reform of Social Work, Education and Training and (x) Registration Post-Qualifying, Continuous Professional Development Project Group for Reform of Social Work, Education and Training. | | (163517) | 129
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) budget, (b) administration budget, including payroll, (c) number of staff and (d) capital assets of the (i) Strategic Commissioning Group, (ii) Workforce Task Force, (iii) Advisory Committee for Topic Selection, (iv) Advisory Group for Genetics Research, (v) Agenda for Change Central Negotiating Group, (vi) Children's National Service Framework Strategy Group, (vii) Expert Group on Blocked Anaesthetic Tubing, (viii) Expert Group on Mental Health in Prisons, (ix) Forensic Psychiatrists Working Group, (x) Generic Medicines Management Steering Group for Diabetes, Renal and Long-Term Conditions National Service Frameworks and (xi) Implementation Board for Modernising NHS Hospital Medicines Manufacturing. | | (163518) | 130
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, column 1610W, on pest infestations, what central monitoring will occur of action area three in Winning Ways. | | (163564) | 131
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work is being undertaken by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence into the most efficient use of blood donations in the NHS. | | (163565) | 132
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to designate a single body to co-ordinate work across government in tackling obesity. | | (163600) | 133
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid on average per day by local authorities to independent care homes for the provision of (a) food, (b) care and (c) accommodation in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163601) | 134
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's allowance is for the cost of a night's accommodation in a hotel for a Minister. | | (163602) | 135
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to identify whether there is a causal connection between the donor and recipient of the blood transfusion where a variant CJD transmission may have occurred. | | (163613) | 136
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require records, audited by his Department, to be kept of the use of control and restraint on mental health patients. | | (163559) | 137
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to create an ethnically more diverse workforce in mental health services. | | (163560) | 138
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) psychiatrists, (b) nurses and (c) other staff groups working in mental health services are from an ethnic minority group in each strategic health authority area of England. | | (163561) | 139
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the responses received to Delivering Race Equality; and when he will publish the Government's proposals. | | (163562) | 140
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce cultural awareness training for all mental health staff along the lines proposed by the independent inquiry into the death of David Bennett. | | (163563) | 141
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made with the NHS University project; how much money has been allocated to the NHS University project in each of the last three financial years; and who the executive postholders of the NHS University project are. | | (163522) | 142
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the provisions of the NHS (Charges for Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 will come into force. | | (163612) | 143
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) maternity and (b) antenatal services asylum-seeking women will have access to after 1st April. | | (163635) | 144
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals built with private sector funds have deficits in this financial year. | | (163484) | 145
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been recorded as having suffered adverse side effects from the prescription of Seroxat. | | (163566) | 146
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) in total to healthy living centres. | | (163654) | 147
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients received percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in each year since 2001; and for what types of impairment. | | (163703) | 148
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time-equivalent nurses he estimates will be performing non-clinical duties with the NHS Modernisation Agency. | | (163462) | 149
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual budget of the NHS Modernisation Agency was in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (163463) | 150
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been appointed to the NHS Modernisation Agency; and at what remuneration level. | | (163464) | 151
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met the head of the NHS Modernisation Agency. | | (163465) | 152
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how often the NHS Modernisation Agency meets; and when the last meeting took place. | | (163466) | 153
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) clinical and (b) non-clinical staff are employed by the NHS Modernisation Agency; and what the figures were for the last five years. | | (163467) | 154
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) mental health nurses and (c) primary care mental health workers (i) were recruited by and (ii) left the NHS in (A) 2003-04 and (B) in each of the previous five years. | | (163684) | 155
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) mental health nurses and (c) primary care mental health workers are employed by the NHS; and how many of these work (i) part-time and (ii) full-time. | | (163685) | 156
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into rates of birth defects in communities located near to waste incinerators. | | (163608) | 157
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the recognition of qualifications for (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) midwives from the EU applicant countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (163620) | 158
N | Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant nurse specialists are working in elderly care in the NHS. | | (163338) | 159
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions are in place to increase the capacity of trained multidisciplinary teams to fulfil the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines on patient education for people with diabetes. | | [R] (163667) | 160
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of setting up the National Care Standards Commission was. | | (163668) | 161
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts provide structured diabetes education in line with the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines published in May 2003. | | [R] (163669) | 162
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance on patient education for people with diabetes to be implemented in full. | | [R] (163671) | 163
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people with diabetes were invited to structured diabetes education sessions with a trained multidisciplinary team in the last 12 months; and what the average frequency was of the follow-up sessions. | | [R] (163672) | 164
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) publicity and health advice and (b) treatment of HIV/AIDS in each of the last three years. | | (163687) | 165
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on extending breast screening to younger women; and if he will make a statement. | | (163688) | 166
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been given to NHS trusts on the provision of (a) appropriate clothing and (b) other personal items to patients with mental health problems on their return to the community. | | (163261) | 167
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to NHS trusts on their responsibility for the provision of clothing to long-stay patients. | | (163262) | 168
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the link between Thimerosal in vaccines and autism. | | (163554) | 169
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of cots for (a) pre-term babies and (b) severely premature babies in the South East of England. | | (163619) | 170
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when residents of Northavon constituency will be able to access digital hearing aids via the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (163260) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 171
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people specialise in combating overseas bribery in (a) the National Criminal Intelligence Service, (b) the National Crime Squad and (c) other law enforcement agencies. | | (163487) | 172
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the role of the market in the work of the National Offender Management Service. | | (162831) | 173
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated to (a) building safer communities, (b) drug action teams, (c) Frameworks for Regional Employment and Skills Action, (d) Positive Futures and (e) the Youth Inclusion Programme in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) total. | | (163719) | 174
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shopworkers in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales made formal complaints of harassment and violence in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2004 to date. | | (163603) | 175
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persistent offenders of violence against and intimidation of shopworkers have been convicted in each year since 1997. | | (163607) | 176
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost in salary of employing an administrative officer in his Department for one year at current pay levels was in the last year for which figures are available; and what the equivalent cost of covering an AO post with temporary agency staff was in the same period. | | (163576) | 177
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on (a) internal communications and (b) advertising internal initiatives in each of the last five years. | | (163577) | 178
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding is made available to North Yorkshire Police for policing (a) in Menwith Hills, (b) in Fylingdales and (c) during royal visits. | | (163557) | 179
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the work of the Coroner's Court in North Yorkshire. | | (163621) | 180
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will meet a small contingent from the Privatisation of Forensic Science lobby of Parliament on 30th March. | | (163544) | 181
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were held in prisons in England and Wales for drug-related offences in each of the last five years, broken down by class of drug. | | (163549) | 182
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he plans to take to ensure control of Britain's frontiers following enlargement of the EU in May. | | (163550) | 183
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of civil servants in his Department are of Asian origin. | | (163587) | 184
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of recorded crime was committed by persons aged (a) 15 to 18 years and (b) 15 to 21 years in each of the last three years. | | (163647) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 185
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what income status Iraq has for aid purposes. | | (163617) | 186
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the cost of projects funded by the UK directly or through the EU in the Occupied Territories which have been damaged by Israeli military operations; and if he will make a statement. | | (163646) | 187
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the action being undertaken by his Department to combat the international trade in bushmeat. | | (163512) | 188
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's budget will be directed to St Helena in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (163530) | 189
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government regarding pollution of water sources in the (a) West Bank and (b) Gaza Strip by Israeli settlements. | | (163555) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 190
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals now serving a sentence in Hydebank Wood Young Offenders Centre (a) were victims of punishment beatings and (b) were classed as exiles prior to being detained in the centre. | | (163604) | 191
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what differences there are between the methods of delivering special needs education in integrated and mainstream schools. | | (163605) | Questions to the Prime Minister 192
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will meet Mr Kenneth Norden to discuss the loss of his final salary pension scheme. | | (163594) | Questions to the Solicitor General 193
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Solicitor General, how many people specialise in combating overseas bribery in the (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office. | | (163489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 194
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when and where payment was made by the Export Credits Guarantee Department of the agent's commission on the contract the ECGD backed on the sale of bridges to Papua New Guinea; and what percentage of the contract the commission represented. | | (163537) | 195
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps were taken during the development of the Post Office area plan for Chelmsford and mid Essex to assess the consequences of the plan for levels of road accidents and fatalities involving pedestrians. | | (162991) | 196
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the change in the number of road journeys consequent on the closure of sub post offices in Chelmsford over the last 18 months. | | (162992) | 197
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the health and social care implications of the closure of sub post offices in Chelmsford over the last 18 months. | | (162993) | 198
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of globalisation on UK (a) manufacturing and (b) services. | | (163567) | 199
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to ensure that procurement by the Government supports innovation within UK manufacturing. | | (163568) | 200
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of people benefiting from the recent uprating of the national minimum wage. | | (163569) | 201
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the European Commission on ensuring the UK retains flexibility in implementing the Working Time Directive. | | (163570) | 202
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding has been allocated to (a) European regional development fund areas, (b) Frameworks for Regional Employment and Skills Action, (c) Phoenix Fund and (d) regional centres for manufacturing excellence in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) total. | | (163722) | 203
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she is planning to ensure that beer drinkers receive a full pint when purchasing alcoholic beverages on licensed premises. | | (163469) | 204
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research the Department has undertaken on whether beer drinkers receive a full pint on licensed premises. | | (163470) | 205
| Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will give the same rights to house-sharers not living as a couple as is proposed for same-sex couples in the Civil Partnership Bill. | | (163519) | 206
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the economic viability of electricity generated from windfarms. | | (163622) | 207
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what resources, in addition to the Department's work-life balance fund, she makes available to help employers with work-life issues. | | (163483) | 208
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employers, broken down by (a) sector and (b) region, the Department's work-life balance fund has helped in each year. | | (163485) | 209
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to re-examine legislation relating to the late payment of invoices; and if she will make a statement. | | (163591) | 210
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether applications from foreign candidates will be considered for the post of (a) chair and (b) chief executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. | | (163644) | 211
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will implement the recommendations of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management on the long-term management and disposal of radioactive waste. | | (163645) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 212
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) total to the Home Zone area-based initiative. | | (163661) | 213
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to require motorists to display (a) proof of insurance and (b) a licence alongside their tax discs. | | (163513) | 214
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what responsibility (a) his Department and (b) Transec will have for maritime security under the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | | (163578) | 215
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) was spent in 2003-04 and (b) is planned to be spent in 2004-05 on improving the process of scanning of ships and containers upon their arrival in British ports. | | (163580) | 216
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of (a) ships and (b) containers are subject to security scanning upon their arrival in British ports. | | (163581) | 217
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures he has taken since 11th September 2001 to improve the level of security scanning of (a) ships and (b) container freight upon their arrival in British ports. | | (163582) | 218
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of (a) ships and (b) containers are scanned for harmful material upon arrival in Britain at (i) major and (ii) minor ports. | | (163583) | 219
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what new security measures have been introduced by (a) Government and (b) Transec on (i) British ports and (ii) British ships in preparation for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | | (163584) | 220
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how Transec has been working to prepare (a) ports and (b) United Kingdom flagged ships for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code on 1st July. | | (163585) | 221
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the preparedness of British (a) ships and (b) ports for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | | (163623) | 222
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on enhancing container security (a) in British ports and (b) on British ships since May 1997. | | (163636) | 223
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the size of the British merchant fleet was (a) in 1980, (b) in 1990 and (c) on the latest date for which figures are available; and what plans he has to support the merchant fleet. | | (163535) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 224
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the statutory retirement age in the UK. | | (162861) | 225
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to address the imbalances in levels of pensions between men and women, with particular reference to women from ethnic minorities. | | (162862) | 226
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to require compulsory employer contributions to workers' pensions. | | (162863) | 227
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list in relation to incapacity benefit the sub-categories of payment made on mental health grounds. | | (163692) | 228
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of the incapacity benefit caseload have been in continuous receipt of the benefit since before 1st May 1997. | | (163693) | 229
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male and (b) female advisers working for Jobcentre Plus in (i) 2002 and (ii) 2003 had a disability, broken down by disability type. | | (163694) | 230
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus has an incentive payments system to encourage senior managers to employ more people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (163696) | 231
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus advisers receive additional payments for keeping clients with disabilities in work; and if he will make a statement. | | (163697) | 232
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Partnership against Poverty Scotland in relation to its aims; and if he will make a statement. | | (163698) | 233
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department granted to the European Year of Disabled People National Co-ordinating Chamber in each year since 2002. | | (163699) | 234
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the European Year of Disabled People National Co-ordinating Chamber has made for its employees in 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (163700) | 235
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are employed by the European Year of Disabled People National Co-ordinating Chamber. | | (163701) | 236
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the aims are of Partnership against Poverty England and Wales; what assessment he has made of its effectiveness against those aims; and if he will make a statement. | | (163702) | 237
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department granted to Partnership against Poverty Scotland in each year since 1997; and how many people it employed in each year. | | (163704) | 238
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department granted to Partnership against Poverty England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many people it employed in each year. | | (163705) | 239
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been allocated to (a) action teams for jobs, (b) employment zones, (c) neighbourhood nurseries, (d) StepUp and (e) Sure Start in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) total. | | (163721) | 240
| Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Working at Height Directive applies to (a) mountaineering, (b) rock climbing, (c) acrobatics in circuses and gymnasiums and (d) other outdoor leisure activities. | | (163673) | 241
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to increase the number of ethnic minority employees within his Department. | | (163552) | 242
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people from whom incapacity benefit will be removed during the next year; and if he will make a statement. | | (163553) | 243
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of civil servants in his Department are of Asian origin. | | (163681) | 244
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the types of establishment accommodating people with mental ill health who are classified as hospital in-patients for more than a year for the purposes of benefit. | | (163263) | 245
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with mental ill health have been classified as hospital in-patients for more than a year for the purposes of benefit, broken down by (a) age, (b) diagnosis and (c) category of mental ill health. | | (163264) | 246
N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department has decided to discontinue the Activities for Managing Life system for assessing claims for disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (163265) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 247
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) births and (b) birth defects there were in the London borough of Hillingdon in each year since 1994; and what the rate of birth defects per 10,000 births was in the borough in each of those years. | | [Transferred] (163589) | 248
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of implementing in the United Kingdom the United States Container Security Initiative. | | [Transferred] (163586) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 249
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many convictions have been found by the Court of Appeal to be wrongful in each of the last five years; and how much compensation has been paid in respect of such convictions. | | [Transferred] (163592) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 250
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on coastal damage compensation in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (163614) | 251
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to commence negotiations to withdraw the UK from the Common Agricultural Policy. | | [Transferred] (163531) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 252
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Canadian Government on seal culling in that country; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (163618) | 253
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the distribution of the Iraqi Oil for Food money and accrued interest. | | [Transferred] (163532) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 254
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will take steps to ensure that the next generation of PIN pads introduced into post offices will be fully accessible for disabled people, with particular reference to those with sight problems. | | [Transferred] (163643) | 255
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many requests to the European Commission concerning state aid compliance in the regions of (a) the North West, (b) the North East and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber have been made since 2000; and how many requests have been turned down. | | [Transferred] (163708) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 256
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what responsibility he will have for maritime security under the terms of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | | [Transferred] (163579) |
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