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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 10 May 2004

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 10 May 2004
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 10 May 2004


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 10 May 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 Monday 10 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 10 May see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
1
N
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the EU regulations which have taken effect in the UK since May 1997; and which such regulations have subsequently been (a) revised and (b) repealed.
(171440)
2
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answers of 4th May, Official Report, columns 1444W and 1404-5W, on the Panel for Regulatory Accountability, who the chairman of the Panel for Regulatory Accountability is.
(172097)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
3
N
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he estimates was lost to the public purse as a result of the exemption from inheritance tax of the estate of the late Queen Mother.
(171538)
4
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of unemployment was in Bootle in each year since 1997.
(172330)
5
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many job vacancies there were in Bootle in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003.
(172331)
6
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior citizens in Bootle qualified for the 10 pence rate of income tax in each year since its introduction.
(172340)
7
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in South Ribble have received child tax credits.
(171996)
8
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior citizens in South Ribble have qualified for the 10 pence rate of income tax in each year since its introduction.
(171997)
9
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many job vacancies there were in South Ribble in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003.
(171998)
10
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in South Ribble have benefited from the 100 per cent. tax exemption for the purchase of computer and internet equipment.
(172000)
11
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of unemployment was in South Ribble in each year since 1997.
(172011)
12
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) change and (b) percentage change was in the number of full-time permanent jobs in South Ribble from 1997 to 31st December 2003.
(172151)
13
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new jobs have been created in South Ribble since 1997.
(172152)
14
Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the change in the incidence of cancer in each region since the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
(171927)
15
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons were for the decision to limit the option of receiving Inland Revenue tax repayments by cheque to people without bank accounts.
(172128)
16
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of Iraq's external debt.
(171983)
17
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of Iraq's (a) gross national product and (b) income to the state in 2004-05.
(171984)
18
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many young people in the East Riding of Yorkshire were not working, studying or in training in 2003.
(171788)
19
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long he requires that it takes to transfer child benefit from parents to grandparents when they become the main carer and beneficiary.
(172327)
20
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the average earnings of (a) women and (b) men in (i) Lancashire and (ii) the North West.
(172070)
21
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed changes by the International Accounting Standards Board to IAS39 on dormant accounts held by retail banks.
(171995)
22
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the assistance being provided by (a) the Government and (b) government agencies to the Metropolitan Police with regard to Operation Gestalt.
(172421)
23
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the conduct of the scheme operated under section 225 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
(172195)
24
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will order the amendment of the Dispute Resolution section of the Financial Services Authority's Handbook of Rules and Guidance to improve the speed of consideration of determinations.
(172196)
25
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the review of the Financial Ombudsman Service to report.
(172197)
26
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Independent Assessor of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
(172198)
27
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Droitwich Spa office of Customs and Excise of the proposed closure of the Army Medal Office.
(171977)
28
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost implication to the Treasury of all pensioners being exempt from income tax for the first £10,000 of their earnings; and how many pensioner households this would affect.
(171641)
29
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what he estimates the cost would be to the Exchequer under its proposed reform of pension taxation of imposing no annual limit on pension savings in the year 2006-07 and each of the subsequent three years.
(172126)
30
John Robertson (Glasgow Anniesland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to prevent banks and insurance companies from selling unsuitable insurance policies to pensioners; and what redress can be offered to customers in such circumstances.
(171772)
31
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many visits income tax and VAT inspectors have made to unauthorised traveller developments to ensure the proper collection of income tax and VAT in the year to 5th April in (a) England and Wales and (b) South Bedfordshire.
(171777)
32
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he is taking to (a) increase the productivity and (b) cut the costs of his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(171882)
33
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(172177)
34
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(172437)
35
Claire Ward (Watford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce VAT on devices which improve safety in the home.
(171886)
Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
36
N
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in which year MyFamily.com Inc is likely to make the census for (a) 1861, (b) 1871, (c) 1881 and (d) 1891 available on the internet.
(171705)
37
N
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the non-exclusive licence was granted to MyFamily.com Inc to digitise the decennial population census return from 1841 to 1901; and at what rate a royalty charge is made for the licence.
(171706)
38
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent in (a) creating and (b) providing name plates for the outside of Government buildings bearing his Department's new logo.
(172388)
39
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what action is being taken by the Legal Services Commission to ensure that the Criminal Defence Service works effectively with other parts of the criminal justice system in order to meet the needs of the community as a whole.
(172320)
40
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the Legal Services Commission is doing to improve the quality of defence services in terms of delays caused in the administration of justice.
(172321)
41
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what review has been undertaken of the use of four-month detention and training orders as provided for under the powers of the Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 in relation to dealing with disorder amongst young people.
(172322)
42
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will make a statement on the collection of fines imposed by magistrates' courts in (a) Chorley, (b) Leyland, (c) Preston, (d) Blackburn and (e) West Lancashire.
(172067)
43
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the judgement given in the European Court of Human Rights on 9th March in the Glass v the UK case for the draft Mental Incapacity Bill.
(172448)
44
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 25th March with regard to Mr Martin Rathfelder.
(172259)
45
Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what charges will be made for information requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(172103)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
46
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been spent on the digitisation of content in libraries in South Ribble since 1997.
(172143)
47
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the work of regional development agencies in developing tourism in South Ribble.
(172144)
48
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money from the New Opportunities Fund was allocated to South Ribble in each year since 1997.
(172153)
49
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of homes in each of the regions of the UK has switched to digital television in the last 12 months.
(172066)
50
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the review of the funding of S4C to report.
(171929)
51
Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of bingo halls which occupy more than 10,000 square feet and would be eligible to convert to a casino under the terms of the draft Gambling Bill.
(172046)
52
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance is provided by her Department to Ice Hockey UK.
(172077)
53
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants are available to build (a) a running track and (b) rugby football and other sports stadia in Chorley; and what other assistance her Department can give to such projects in Chorley.
(172332)
54
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding for tourism has been made available to each regional development agency (RDA) in the current year; and how much of this funding each RDA passed on (a) to its regional tourist board, (b) to local authorities, (c) to local and regional businesses and (d) for use for marketing.
(172389)
55
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in Wales she estimates cannot receive a terresterial television signal from the public service broadcasters.
(172440)
56
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisors in each of the last three years.
(171876)
57
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees in her Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(172185)
58
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(172190)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
59
Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's response is to the recent request of the transitional government in Afghanistan for extra military forces from NATO to ensure security; and if he will make a statement.
(172050)
60
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work his Department's Green Minister has undertaken in the last three months in that capacity; and what meetings his Department's Green Minister has attended in the last 12 months in that capacity.
(171802)
61
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the meetings at which his Department has been present regarding the delivery of sustainable development across Government as co-ordinated by the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers.
(171803)
62
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to promote the delivery of sustainable development within Government.
(171804)
63
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with his Department's Sustainable Development Strategy.
(171805)
64
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of copying paper used by the Department in 2002-03 was from recycled sources; and how much post consumer waste this paper contained.
(171817)
65
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of paper for printed publications used by the Department in 2002-03 was from recycled sources; and how much post consumer waste this paper contained.
(171818)
66
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that (a) all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste content and (b) all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post consumer waste.
(171819)
67
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to implement in full the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that (a) all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste content and (b) all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post consumer waste.
(171820)
68
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports; and what the (i) name of each paper used and the (ii) recycled and post consumer recycled content is in each case.
(171821)
69
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size is of the backlog of members of the Defence Fire Service, RAF fire-fighters and contractors' personnel from military sites for their four-yearly residential refresher training at DFS Central Training Establishment at RAF Manston.
(172523)
70
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on his Department's consideration of the option to transfer Defence Fire Service and related training from Manston to the Fire Service College at Moreton-in-Marsh.
(172525)
71
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the temporary use of the Fire Service College to clear any backlog in refresher training at the Defence Fire Service Central Training Establishment.
(172526)
72
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to which locations UK military forces have been deployed in Afghanistan in the past six weeks; for what reason in each case; whether the deployed forces have been involved in conflict; and if he will make a statement.
(172279)
73
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether (a) UN and (b) NATO military personnel have been involved in Kosovo in illegal activities relating to sex trafficking; and if he will make a statement.
(172301)
74
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes he has proposed to the way in which UK forces keep Iraqi prisoners; and if he will make a statement.
(172302)
75
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum length of time is that Iraqi (a) civilians, (b) former military persons and (c) others can be detained without charge; what procedures govern the release of these individuals without charge; and if he will make a statement.
(172303)
76
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place for families of Iraqis detained by British forces to (a) have access to information about the detention and (b) visit those detained; and if he will make a statement.
(172304)
77
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to arm Type-45 destroyers with (a) TacTom land attack cruise missiles and (b) the Mark 41 launcher; and if he will make a statement.
(171861)
78
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what armaments are to be fitted to the Future Surface Combatant.
(171862)
79
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effectiveness of ship-borne surface-to-surface missiles.
(171863)
80
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March, Official Report, column 1483W, on MoD properties, if he will break down the figures given by (a) type of accommodation and (b) number of bedrooms.
(171870)
81
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the minimum requirements demanded by his Department are of the individual contractors employed to be involved in the detention of the prisoners of UK forces in Iraq; and at what level in his Department the decision was taken to employ each in these roles.
(172325)
82
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlay the decision to employ private contractors to assist with the detention of prisoners of UK forces in Iraq in preference to (a) his Department's staff and (b) seconded prison officers from the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(172326)
83
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many private contractors are involved in dealing with prisoners of UK forces in Iraq; from which companies they are employed; at which locations they are used; who is responsible for there behaviour; what their responsibilities are; what the cost of their employment was in April; and for how long he intends to employ them.
(172329)
84
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 5th May, Official Report, column 1523W, on the Nimrod MRA4, what plans he has to ensure that, in the event of an eventual favourable decision to continue production of the Nimrod MRA4 aircraft, a workforce with the sufficient skills and product knowledge will be available at Woodford.
(172415)
85
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will receive a discount on its order for the second tranche of Eurofighters similar to that achieved by the German Defence Ministry.
(172318)
86
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with Leyland Trucks on the contract for the supply of the Support Vehicle.
(172073)
87
N
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Government's relationship with BAE Systems; and what assessment he has made of the ways in which it can be improved.
(171801)
88
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British forces were engaged in the siege of Fallujah.
(171924)
89
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the employment of civilian (a) contractors and (b) interrogators in Iraqi jails is part of the Coalition Provisional Authority's military strategy.
(171986)
90
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether civilian (a) contractors and (b) interrogators are employed in Iraqi jails under the control of British forces.
(171987)
91
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was first informed of allegations of corruption involving BAE Systems in connection with the Al Yamamah arms contracts which were drawn to the attention of Sir Kevin Tebbit in 2001.
(171750)
92
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he met Prince Turki bin Nasser during 2000; where the meeting took place; what the purpose of the meeting was; and what was discussed.
(171751)
93
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he intends to conduct further internal investigations into the role of his officials in alleged corruption involving the Al Yamamah arms contracts.
(171752)
94
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place on the possibility of selling Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft ordered for the Royal Air Force to other countries without being delivered to the RAF; and if he will make a statement.
(172420)
95
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions and on what dates allegations of wrongdoing by British service personnel in Iraq since the beginning of the second Gulf Conflict have been reported by members of HM Forces to their headquarters or to his Department; and whether any of these have not been investigated.
(171551)
96
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom the legal title of the land occupied by the Droitwich Spa Army Medal Office belongs; and who would receive the proceeds of any sale of the site.
(172034)
97
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff are employed at defence medal offices, broken down by (a) sex and (b) those employed on a (i) permanent, (ii) fixed-term and (iii) casual basis.
(172035)
98
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the investment appraisal for the proposed closure of the Droitwich Spa Army Medal Office and the relocation of its services to RAF Innsworth.
(172036)
99
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs of upkeep and maintenance of the Army Medal Office, Droitwich Spa, were in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(172037)
100
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number of experienced staff who are prepared to transfer from Droitwich Spa to RAF Innsworth after the closure of the Army Medal Office.
(172038)
101
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the closure of the Army Medal Office in Droitwich Spa.
(172039)
102
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his plans to minimise disruption in the issuing of medals normally issued by the Army Medal Office in Droitwich Spa during the period of its closure and relocation to RAF Innsworth.
(172040)
103
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a moratorium on the (a) use, (b) manufacture, (c) sale and (d) export of cluster bombs until new international law on the use and clearance of these weapons is introduced.
(172024)
104
Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total strength of the Territorial Army was on 1st May; how many of its members are deployed abroad; and in which countries.
(172118)
105
Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the (a) operating cost statement, (b) statement of recognised gains and losses, (c) balance sheet, (d) cash flow statement and (e) fixed assets register for financial year 1997-98 for the (i) Defence Dental Agency, (ii) Defence Estate Organisation, (iii) Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, (iv) Defence Vetting Agency and (v) RAF Logistic Support Services.
(172119)
106
Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the (a) operating cost statement, (b) statement of recognised gains and losses, (c) balance sheet, (d) cash flow statement and (e) fixed assets register for (i) RAF Logistic Support Services for financial year 1999-2000 and (ii) the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency for the period April to October 2000.
(172120)
107
Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) resource provision and (b) outturn for his Department's executive agencies was for financial years (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02 and (iv) 2002-03.
(172121)
108
Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's (a) executive agencies, (b) trading funds and (c) executive non-departmental public bodies for financial years (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05.
(172122)
109
Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list place in the Library copies of the annual report and accounts for the (a) Fleet Air Arm Museum, (b) Royal Marines Museum, (c) Royal Naval Museum, (d) Royal Navy Submarine Museum, (e) National Army Museum and (f) Royal Air Force Museum for financial years 1997-98 to 2001-02.
(172123)
110
Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) resource provision and (b) outturn for his Department's executive non-departmental public bodies was for financial years (i) 2000-01, (ii) 2001-02 and (iii) 2002-03.
(172124)
111
Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when payments for expenses incurred in financial year 2003-04 relating to Operation Telic will be made to his Department.
(172125)
112
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(171865)
113
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(172187)
114
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (a) external consultants and (b) special advisers in each of the last three years.
(172514)
115
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the UK armed forces under the age of 18 have died while serving in each of the last 10 years.
(171799)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
116
N
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what acreage of land identified as green belt in 1997 has been subsequently declassified, broken down by county; and what acreage classified as non-green belt in 1997 has since been classified as green belt, broken down by county.
(171539)
117
N
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what date he received the report from his planning inspector into the proposal for a football stadium at Falmer, East Sussex; and for what reasons he has not yet announced his decision.
(171540)
118
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what arrangements are being made with (a) local authorities and (b) other agencies to publish by district council information on pockets of deprivation identified by the new index of deprivation.
(172028)
119
N
Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects final approval to be given for the Pathfinder Scheme for Swarcliffe to proceed.
(171758)
120
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects personnel in the fire services who respond to emergencies to be provided with insurance cover for terrorist incidents.
(171857)
121
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what action he is taking to ensure that personnel in all fire services who respond to emergencies are provided with insurance cover for terrorist incidents.
(171858)
122
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the cost to local authorities of administering schemes of roadside and roundabout advertising.
(172106)
123
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April, Official Report, column 1227W, on coverage care, when he expects the matter to be resolved.
(172095)
124
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to ensure that fire services for which their departments are responsible are aware of the Government's commitment to a change agenda following the Independent Review of the Fire Service.
(172524)
125
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was collected in business rates in Chorley in each of the last three years.
(172108)
126
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is on the percentage of housing land to be made available for (a) low cost housing and (b) part-rent-part-buy schemes in the Chorley constituency; and what advice he gives to local authorities on the matter.
(172334)
127
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 5th April with regard to Ms Catherine Thompson.
(172258)
128
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to inform local residents in Buckinghamshire of the results of the examination in public of the draft Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-regional strategy.
(172163)
129
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on the relationship between Aylesbury South area and the villages of (a) Stoke Mandeville, (b) Weston Turville, (c) Wendover and (d) Aston Clinton in the context of the draft Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-regional strategy.
(172164)
130
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to paragraph 15 of the Cross-Government Statement (matters 5b and c) on the draft Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-regional strategy, how many dwellings the Government offices believe should be transferred from the post-2016 to the pre-2016 period.
(172165)
131
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the key performance indicators for local authorities are for the delegation of planning decisions to officers.
(171432)
132
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the research evidence showing how housing stock transfer better meets the interests of tenants.
(172274)
133
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much he expects to spend in this financial year; how much was spent last year; how much is budgeted next year for writing off outstanding debt of local authorities that transfer housing stock; and from which budget this sum is allocated.
(172276)
134
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proposals he has for bringing housing in local housing authorities where tenants have voted against stock transfers or arm's length management organisations up to the decent homes standards specified in Labour's 2001 manifesto.
(172282)
135
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what conditions must be fulfilled before a council may apply to transfer management of its housing stock to an arm's length management organisation; and whether the council is required to demonstrate that it is performing to the Government's satisfaction.
(172283)
136
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was spent by local authorities in promoting tourism in each of the last 10 years to (a) domestic markets and (b) overseas markets.
(172393)
137
N
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his assessment of how the change in the level of council funding for housing has affected the residents of West Lancashire since 1997.
(171546)
138
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what amendments the Government has tabled since 1998 to the Draft European Charter on Regional Self-Government.
(172286)
139
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons the recommendations of the Stewart Report on the Precautionary Approach on the placement of masts near schools have not been carried forward, with particular reference to recommendation 1.42; and if he will make a statement.
(172312)
140
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the staff numbers were for 2003 of the (a) Standards Board for England, (b) Advisory Panel on Beacon Councils and (c) Review of the Needs Indices used in the allocation of housing capital resources to local authorities and registered social landlords.
(172471)
141
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April, Official Report, columns 1331-2W, on Green Belt, if he will estimate how much land was used for such developments in (a) 1999 and (b) each year since 2001 for which figures are available.
(172478)
142
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April, Official Report, columns 1329-30W, on Green Belt, if he will estimate how much land was used for such developments in (a) 1999 and (b) each year since 2001 for which figures are available.
(172479)
143
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April, Official Report, columns 1329-30W, on Green Belt, if he will estimate the number of such developments in (a) 1999 and (b) each year since 2001 for which figures are available.
(172480)
144
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April, Official Report, column 1331W, on Green Belt, how many applications for development on Green Belt land have been refused planning permission since 1st May 1997.
(172481)
145
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what action he is taking to (a) increase the productivity and (b) cut the costs of his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(171883)
146
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers each year since its creation.
(172397)
147
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the representatives to the Committee of the Regions will come from the elected members to the proposed regional assemblies.
(171782)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
148
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much it cost to educate a pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Essex in 2003-04.
(172462)
149
N
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the cost of school transport in Norfolk in each month for the last four years.
(171746)
150
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding was spent per pupil in Bootle in each of the last seven years.
(172021)
151
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Bootle deemed to be failing since 1997 have since reached satisfactory standards.
(172022)
152
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils in Bootle reached the (a) mathematics and (b) English standard in each of the last seven years.
(172023)
153
N
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what public funding has been spent on adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in South Ribble in each of the last five years.
(171707)
154
N
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there were in South Ribble on the last date for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce them.
(171708)
155
N
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teaching assistants there were in schools in South Ribble in (a) each of the last seven years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
(171709)
156
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many families in South Ribble have benefited from the Computers Within Reach programme; and how many teachers have benefited from the Computers for Teachers programme.
(171978)
157
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Capital Modernisation Fund computer learning centres have been established in South Ribble.
(171979)
158
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in South Ribble in each of the last seven years.
(171980)
159
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of 15 and 16 year olds in South Ribble achieved five or more GCSEs at grade A to C or GNVQ equivalent in each of the last seven years.
(171981)
160
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been allocated to South Ribble from the capital modernisation fund.
(171999)
161
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will estimate the cost of reducing the three-mile limit for free travel to secondary schools to two miles; and if he will make a statement.
(172026)
162
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that teachers have appropriate training to identify and to respond to the special needs of children in school settings.
(172342)
163
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote the appropriate training of workers engaged in multi-agency work with early years children.
(172343)
164
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to introduce requirements for qualifications for those working in early years settings; and if he will make a statement.
(172344)
165
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers, (b) support staff and (c) teachers in secondary schools there were (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available in (A) the London Borough of Waltham Forest and (B) the London Borough of Redbridge.
(171992)
166
N
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has further to develop Sure Start programmes in the Workington constituency, with particular reference to rural areas.
(171618)
167
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which secondary schools in the maintained sector in England offer (a) Ancient Greek and (b) Latin at A level.
(172441)
168
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the computer to pupil ratio is in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
(171785)
169
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in the East Riding of Yorkshire played truant from school in each of the last five years.
(171791)
170
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of changing the basis of school funding from the periods coterminous with the Government and local government financial years to an academic year.
(171768)
171
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will break down funding for each category under school spending in table 2.4 of the Department's Annual Report for 2004 between (a) grants provided by the Department, (b) revenue support grant, (c) amounts collected through the council tax and (d) other revenue streams for each local education authority for each financial year since 1998-99.
(171769)
172
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to Table 2.2 of the Department's 2004 Annual Report, if he will break down the spending on schools between primary and secondary schools.
(171770)
173
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May, Official Report, columns 1429-30W, on schools (external controls), if he will list (a) the six public service agreements (PSAs), (b) the 27 components of PSAs, (c) the 13 further PSA related targets, measures and compliance requirements and (d) the 167 non-PSA related targets, measures and compliance requirements referred to in Chart 2.7 of Devolving decision making: Delivering better public services: refining targets and performance management.
(171775)
174
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what dates (a) he and (b) his predecessor has held official meetings with the Mayor of London since July 2000; and what the subject of each meeting was.
(171437)
175
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children within the foster care system were born outside the UK.
(172492)
176
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many organisations have applied for funding from the family support grant in 2003-04; and how many were successful in their application.
(172498)
177
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when his Department will agree the new criteria for degree-awarding powers and university title in England and Wales.
(172288)
178
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education has extended its moratorium on the grant of new degree-awarding powers to institutions in Wales.
(172289)
179
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which contract holders for prison education have advised his Department that they do not wish to provide services beyond the lifetime of the current contract.
(172422)
180
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the budget was in each of the last five years for prisoners undertaking (a) distance learning courses, (b) Open University or other degree courses, (c) basic skills qualifications, (d) GCSE qualifications and (e) A-level qualifications.
(172423)
181
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, why the Offenders' Learning and Skills Unit cancelled the retendering exercise for prison education contracts due to take place this year; what the cost of this exercise was; and when the Unit will next be seeking bids for prison education contracts.
(172424)
182
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many prisoners in each of the last five years successfully completed (a) distance learning courses, (b) Open University or other degree courses, (c) basic skills qualifications, (d) GCSE qualifications and (e) A-level qualifications.
(172425)
183
N
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures his Department is taking to ensure that young people receive clear and accurate information in schools to enable them to make informed choices about their sexual health; and if he will make a statement.
(171171)
184
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisors in each of the last three years.
(171877)
185
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many employees in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(172175)
186
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(172191)
187
Claire Ward (Watford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much Government spending there was on each (a) primary school pupil and (b) secondary school pupil in Watford in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004.
(171884)
188
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the change in teacher workload since the publication of Red Tape and Bureaucracy in Schools; and what progress has been made against the targets announced in the document.
(171828)
189
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the rate of return on each subject studied at each university.
(172109)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
190
N
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on (a) the positions taken by her delegation at the 12th Commission on Sustainable Development in New York and (b) the outcome of that meeting.
(172020)
191
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on behalf of the UK (a) off-shore oil and gas operators, (b) electricity generators and (c) coal industry regarding Government policy on reducing emissions of carbon dioxide.
(172527)
192
N
Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to use BSE and foot and mouth disposal facilities for the handling of hazardous waste.
(171287)
193
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will make an announcement on the ending of the over-30 months scheme.
(172457)
194
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) her colleagues in the Department of Health and (b) the Food Standards Agency on the future of the over-30 months scheme.
(172458)
195
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April Official Report, column 861W, on fisheries, which member states have (a) an historic entitlement and (b) an entitlement without an historic track record to fish within the UK six to 12 miles zone; and whether those entitlements are transferable to any fishing vessel from that nation state.
(172459)
196
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April Official Report, column 861W, on fisheries, in which member states UK registered fishing vessels have (a) an entitlement and (b) an historic entitlement to fish within six to 12 miles zones.
(172460)
197
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of farm holdings in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Ireland are in (i) the moorland area of severely disadvantaged areas (SDA), (ii) the remainder of SDA and (iii) the rest of the country for the purposes of eligibility for single farm payments.
(172461)
198
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department uses the Bovigam gamma interferon test in field trials.
(172529)
199
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of repeated intradermal skin tests on the ability of the test to detect bovine TB infection in individual cattle.
(172530)
200
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has evaluated on the specificity and sensitivity of the Bovigam gamma interferon test; and what conclusions she has drawn.
(172550)
201
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of specificity and sensitivity she has concluded might be applied to control bovine TB in cattle herds which (a) are subject to repeated and persistent bovine TB breakdowns, (b) are subject to a first TB breakdown and which are also in a TB hotspot, (c) are subject to a first TB breakdown and which are not in a TB hotspot, (d) have not been subject to TB breakdowns and which are in a TB hotspot and (e) have not been subject to TB breakdowns and which are not in a TB hotspot.
(172551)
202
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the predictive models used in other countries to assess the feasibility of controlling bovine TB using the Bovigam gamma interferon test.
(172552)
203
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the maximum (a) specificity and (b) sensitivity achieved by the Bovigam gammas interferon test in experiments conducted in the UK is; and under what conditions these results were achieved.
(172553)
204
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum (i) sensitivity and (ii) specificity is of the comparative intradermal tuberculin test in the UK.
(172554)
205
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department and its agencies have had with Central Science Laboratory on the practical application of its Bovigam gamma interferon test for bovine TB in cattle.
(172555)
206
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many studies the Government has funded in the last 15 years into the specificity and sensitivity of the Bovigam gamma interferon test; which research establishments conducted each study; what the conclusions of each study were, with reference to specificity and sensitivity; when the results of each study were drawn to the attention of (a) the chief veterinary officers and (b) Ministers; and where and when the results were published.
(172556)
207
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tuberculin positive reactor cattle were slaughtered in the UK in each year from 1999 to 2003 inclusive; and in how many bovine TB infection was not confirmed on culture or examination post mortem in each year.
(172557)
208
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what predictive modelling has been applied to the possible application of the Bovigam gamma interferon test to control bovine TB under different bovine TB scenarios in the UK, using Bovigam's known levels of specificity and sensitivity.
(172564)
209
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of combinations of specificity and sensitivity applied in countries which have a bovine TB problem, in their use of the Bovigam gamma interferon test.
(172565)
210
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what protocol her Department is using to examine post mortem cattle that are slaughtered in the Bovigam gamma interferon trial; and whether the protocol is the same as those used in other countries.
(172566)
211
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response her Department made to the proposal of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB to undertake a field trial of the Bovigam gamma interferon test.
(172567)
212
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken a cost and benefit analysis of the use of the Bovigam gamma interferon test.
(172568)
213
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) parish and (b) town councils have been awarded Quality status in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Chorley.
(172071)
214
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many milk processing companies in Lancashire are available for farmers in Lancashire to sell the milk they produce.
(172072)
215
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to retain milk processing facilities in Lancashire.
(172450)
216
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the use of the red tractor logo on food produced in the UK.
(172451)
217
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 25th March with regard to Jenny Edwards.
(172263)
218
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 5th April with regard to Mr Ian Boddison.
(172264)
219
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the impact on water quality in Aylesbury of the draft Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-regional strategy.
(172161)
220
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans (a) her Department and (b) the Environment Agency have for new water and sewerage infrastructure to serve the Aylesbury area in the context of the draft Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-regional strategy; and what the (i) timescale for and (b) cost of such works will be.
(172162)
221
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the target for energy efficiency savings to 2010 from households has been lowered in the energy efficiency saving plan.
(171778)
222
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which species of wildlife (a) inhabit and (b) visit Two Tree Island in the Thames during a typical year.
(171871)
223
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(172181)
224
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(172436)
225
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met representatives of Scottish Power plc; who was present; and what was on the agenda for discussion.
(171783)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
226
Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the number and percentage of registered voters for the pending national election in each province of Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(172091)
227
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work his Department's Green Minister has undertaken in the last three months in that capacity; and what meetings his Department's Green Minister has attended in the last 12 months in that capacity.
(171806)
228
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the meetings at which his Department has been present regarding the delivery of sustainable development across Government as co-ordinated by the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers.
(171807)
229
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote the delivery of sustainable development within Government.
(171808)
230
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with his Department's Sustainable Development Strategy.
(171809)
231
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of copying paper used by the Department in 2002-03 was from recycled sources; and how much post consumer waste this paper contained.
(171812)
232
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of paper for printed publications used by the Department in 2002-03 was from recycled sources; and how much post consumer waste this paper contained.
(171813)
233
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that (a) all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste content and (b) all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post consumer waste.
(171814)
234
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department expects to implement in full the the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that (a) all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste content and (b) all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post consumer waste.
(171815)
235
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports; and what the (i) name of each paper used and the (ii) recycled and post consumer recycled content is in each case.
(171816)
236
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to promote new legislation to tackle nuclear weapons proliferation and the involvement in it of UK citizens and corporations operating from abroad; and if he will make a statement.
(171923)
237
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the amount owed by Iraq in reparations.
(171982)
238
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what status of forces agreement is proposed for Iraq following the proposed transfer of sovereignty; whether it will be different from that currently pertaining; whether the private security forces and other quasi-military personnel contracted to Coalition forces operating in Iraq will (a) be covered by it and (b) be subject to any form of control by the proposed new Iraqi administration; what plans he has for a new United Nations resolution which would cover the status of forces including private and quasi-military contractors; and if he will make a statement.
(172281)
239
Julia Drown (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will encourage those responsible for the final Iraq constitution to amend the constitution so that the target of 25 per cent. of women in political positions in the interim constitution becomes a minimum requirement.
(172201)
240
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Spanish Government concerning cruiseliners which have previously docked at Gibraltar being prevented from entering Spanish ports.
(171965)
241
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the decision by the Spanish Government to refuse entry to the cruiseliner Norwegian Dream to the port of Barcelona.
(171966)
242
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Department has had with the Syrian government regarding the recent arrest of the lawyer and human rights activist Aktham Naisse.
(172506)
243
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place with European Union countries regarding the issue of people trafficking into Europe.
(172508)
244
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Department has had with the Vietnamese Government regarding human rights abuses against the Central Highlands minority Christian population.
(172509)
245
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the British negotiating position was with regard to the recent European Union discussions on the subject of lifting the EU arms embargo to China.
(172510)
246
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Department's assessment is of (a) the Burmese Government's seven point road map to democracy and (b) the proposed national constitutional convention.
(172511)
247
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place with the Nigerian Government regarding the issue of people trafficking.
(172512)
248
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Department has had with the Burmese Government regarding the (a) recent opening of the National League for Democracy's headquarters in Rangoon and (b) the continued closure of its other offices.
(172513)
249
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place with the Burmese Government regarding the possible release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
(172515)
250
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 6th April with regard to Mr Mehrat Din and Muhammed Aqdas Din.
(172250)
251
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the security situation in Iraq.
(172296)
252
N
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's relations with the Maldives.
(172054)
253
N
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Commonwealth has taken to encourage multi-party politics in the Maldives.
(172055)
254
N
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official contacts his Department has had with representatives of the Democratic Party of the Maldives.
(172056)
255
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government supports the establishment of a United Nations mediator to Iraq.
(171810)
256
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Road Map for peace; and what role the Government is playing in the initiative.
(171811)
257
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he is taking to (a) increase the productivity and (b) cut the costs of his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(171881)
258
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(172194)
259
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(172433)
260
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Morocco encouraging co-operation with the Sahrawis.
(172100)
261
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the UK will press for an increase in the UN presence in the Western Sahara.
(172104)
262
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances have been given by the Moroccan Government regarding the safety of inhabitants of the Western Sahara.
(172105)
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Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking to encourage Morocco to resolve the territorial dispute in Western Sahara.
(172107)
264
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the peace process in Sudan.
(171827)
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Claire Ward (Watford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Israeli and (b) Palestinian people to promote a peaceful settlement; and if he will make a statement.
(171885)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
266
N
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues to local authorities on criteria to be satisfied before a decision is taken to close a care home; if he will assess the extent to which the criteria were satisfied in the recent decision by Sefton Council to close Connolly House and Linacre Grange, Bootle; if he will re-examine the criteria; and if he will ask Sefton Council to reconsider its decision.
(171748)
267
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the guidance given to NHS organisations concerning arrangements for holding meetings in public.
(172345)
268
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for (a) publishing and (b) implementing the Public Health Action Plan proposed in Choosing Health.
(172521)
269
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by the Commission for Public Patient Involvement to ensure that (a) residents and (b) patients can find the names of members of local patients forums.
(172522)
270
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the health risks for (a) mother and (b) baby in delivery by Caesarian section.
(172387)
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Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of (a) anti-psychotic drugs exluding atypicals and (b) atypical anti-psychotic drugs were prescribed in (i) January to March 2000 and (ii) January to March 2003.
(172417)
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Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many anti-psychotic drug items were prescribed in (a) January to March 2000 and (b) January to March 2003.
(172418)
273
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse reaction reports were received through the Yellow Card reporting system regarding (a) anti-psychotic drugs excluding atypicals and (b) atypical anti-psychotic drugs in (i) 2000-01, (ii) 2001-02, (iii) 2002-03 and (iv) 2003-04; and how many prescriptions there were for each of these types of drugs in these years.
(172419)
274
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local health authorities provide a specialist eating disorders service; where these services are located; and how many inpatient beds each facility had in each of the last five years.
(172470)
275
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on a waiting list to receive treatment at each of the specialist eating disorders units; and what the average waiting time to receive treatment is.
(172472)
276
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have been admitted as inpatients for the treatment of eating disorders in each of the last five years; and how many of these inpatients were admitted to general psychiatric wards.
(172473)
277
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has made available for the specific treatment of eating disorders in each of the last five years.
(172474)
278
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed as suffering from (a) anorexia nervosa and (b) bulimia nervosa, in each of the last five years.
(172475)
279
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of formulating the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines on the treatment of eating disorders.
(172476)
280
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional funding his Department has made available to support the implementation of the new National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines relating to the treatment of eating disorders.
(172477)
281
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent statistics are for teenage pregnancy.
(172160)
282
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the obesity rate is for (a) all people, (b) under-25s and (c) over-25s in (i) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (ii) England.
(171786)
283
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest average waiting time for a hip replacement operation in the East Riding of Yorkshire is.
(171787)
284
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of primary care trusts have a fully integrated falls and osteoporosis service as set out in the National Service Framework for Older People.
(172548)
285
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's technology appraisal on osteoporosis is implemented.
(172558)
286
Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to (a) receive and (b) publish the results of the Newcastle University research study on the bioavailability of artificial and natural fluoride in drinking water.
[R] (172110)
287
Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the availability of routine NHS dental treatment to remove the physical manifestations of dental fluorosis.
[R] (172111)
288
Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the Chief Medical and Chief Dental Officers' report (a) on the relevance and priority of the Medical Research Council report on water fluoridation and (b) setting out the alternatives available to residents of fluoridated areas who do not wish to drink fluoridated water; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (172112)
289
Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mobile dental surgeries operate in England, broken down by trust area.
(172031)
290
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many asylum claimants refused the offer of basic health screening in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(171856)
291
N
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to meet representatives of the food supplements industry to discuss progress with the Food Supplement Directive.
(171988)
292
N
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to meet Commissioner Byrne to discuss the Food Supplements Directive.
(171989)
293
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents in Taunton awaiting heart surgery have been offered the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months.
(172012)
294
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admission to Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust in the past three years.
(172014)
295
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for patients needing heart surgery in Taunton.
(172015)
296
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in Taunton in each of the last three years.
(172016)
297
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses trained abroad in each of the last three years.
(172017)
298
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in Taunton in each of the last three years.
(172018)
299
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many rapid access chest pain clinics there are in Taunton.
(172019)
300
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on campaigns on (a) skin cancer and (b) other skin damage, induced by sunlight in each of the last 10 years.
(172333)
301
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the results of pharmaceutical research indicating negative results are made available to (a) the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and (b) the public.
(171854)
302
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the regulation of body piercing and tattooing establishments.
(172030)
303
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support is given to train guide dogs for the blind.
(171536)
304
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners' surgeries have been (a) modernised and (b) removed to other premises in (i) Chorley and (ii) Lancashire since 1997.
(172074)
305
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health clinics have been modernised in (a) Chorley South Ribble Primary Care Trust and (b) Lancashire since 1997
(172075)
306
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to help ME sufferers in Lancashire.
(172076)
307
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates (a) he and (b) his predecessors have held official meetings with the Mayor of London since July 2000; and what the subject of each meeting was.
(171436)
308
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if, pursuant to his letter dated 3rd April to the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs B. Preston, he will obtain for the Right honourable Member the letter from the Chief Executive of the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority promised in that letter.
(172260)
309
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve services for osteoporosis patients whilst the National Institute for Clinical Excellence is developing guidance on osteoporosis.
(172200)
310
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) support and (b) resources are available to strategic health authorities to ensure implementation of (i) osteoporosis and (ii) falls strategies.
(172202)
311
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is available to primary care trusts for establishing osteoporosis (a) strategies and (b) services.
(172203)
312
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners hold a specialist interest in (a) rheumatological conditions, (b) musculoskeletal conditions and (c) orthopaedics; and what steps are being taken to increase these numbers.
(171930)
313
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospital trusts provide access to a multidisciplinary team for patients with rheumatological conditions.
(171931)
314
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice and guidance is provided as part of the expert patients programme to patients with musculoskeletal conditions.
(171932)
315
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to increase patient access to direct advice, information and support to assist them in coping with their conditions.
(171933)
316
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many extended scope physiotherapists are working in the NHS; and what steps are being taken to increase this number.
(171934)
317
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the details of the Improving Chronic Disease Programme will be published.
(171935)
318
N
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish an update of the data contained in Figure 7.7 of the 2003 Departmental Annual Report, compiled on the same basis.
(171544)
319
N
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the numbers of elective admissions from 1998-99 to 2001-02 inclusive given in Figure 7.1 of the Departmental Annual Report 2004 differ from those reported in the 2003 Annual Report.
(171545)
320
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations will be consulted by those charged with carrying out the studies commissioned by the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Health and Social Care Sub-Group.
(172168)
321
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) intended date for completion is of each of the studies mentioned in paragraph 53 of the Cross-Government Statement (matters 1, 2, 3, 4) on the draft Milton Keynes and South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy that the Miltion Keynes and South Midlands Health and Social Care Group has commissioned; and who is responsible for carrying out each one.
(172169)
322
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on proposals for increased funding to growth areas in South-East England, as mentioned in paragraph 97 of the Cross-Government Statement (matters 1, 2, 3, 4) on the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy.
(172171)
323
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish a 30-year health and social care vision for the Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-region, as mentioned in paragraph 98 of the Cross-Government Statement (matters 1, 2, 3, 4) on the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy.
(172172)
324
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors influence the decision to give a contraceptive injection rather than the contraceptive pill to school-aged girls.
(172311)
325
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April, Official Report, column 1222W, on competent authorities (EU accession states), when he expects to receive from the European Commission a list of competent authorities operating in the accession countries in respect of the health and social care profession.
(172101)
326
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the major investments at (a) Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and (b) Scunthorpe Hospital since 1997, and the value of those investments.
(172338)
327
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were on (a) inpatient waiting lists and (b) day case waiting lists at (i) Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital and (ii) Grimsby and Scunthorpe Hospital in each year since 1997.
(172339)
328
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the key performance indicators are for Drug Action Teams.
(171431)
329
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reply to the question from the honourable Member for Westbury, reference 159700, tabled on 5th March, concerning Government information on dentist training numbers.
(172174)
330
Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the end-user groups being consulted in the National Programme for Information Technology in the NHS.
[R] (171823)
331
Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the dates of (a) past and (b) planned future meetings of the clinical consultation group to the National Programme for Information Technology in the NHS are.
[R] (171824)
332
Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) clinical and (b) non-clinical NHS staff had access to e-mail and web browsing by (i) March 2003 and (ii) March 2004.
[R] (171825)
333
Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of training (a) clinical staff and (b) non-clinical staff to use the information systems developed by the National Programme for Information Technology in the NHS.
[R] (171826)
334
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action is being taken to train more people in (a) prosthetics and (b) orthodontics.
(172396)
335
N
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department is taking to ensure that sexual health services and contraception advice for young people are made more accessible; and if he will make a statement.
(171170)
336
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents in West Lancashire aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests.
(171547)
337
N
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in West Lancashire in each of the last seven years.
(171548)
338
N
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the level of elective admissions to the NHS in West Lancashire in the last five years.
(171549)
339
N
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on health in West Lancashire in each of the last seven years.
(171550)
340
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring forward a bill on clinical negligence; and if he will make a statement.
(171761)
341
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the recommendations of the Chief Medical Officer's report, Making Amends into Medical Negligence, have been implemented.
(171762)
342
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department took early retirement and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(171864)
343
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for injuries involving air guns in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(172443)
344
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the (a) age profile of patients treated in hospital for injuries resulting from air guns, (b) type of injuries suffered and (c) the times of year when these injuries are most frequently suffered.
(172445)
345
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which years since 1997 applications for nurse training places from suitably qualified applicants have exceeded the number of places available; and if he will make a statement.
(171822)
346
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the target date is for the availability of morphine sulphate by NHS prescription in each primary care trust area; in what areas it is already available; and when guidelines will be published on the prescription of morphine sulphate.
(171928)
347
N
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are being made for the funding and delivery of photo dynamic therapy treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration in the Peninsula Strategic Health Authority area; and whether they comply with National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines.
(171584)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
348
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken to promote the use of bicycles by patrolling police officers.
(172570)
349
N
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the total value of fines levied as a result of the speed camera at Grape's Hill in Norwich from its installation until its removal.
(171745)
350
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of a timetable for implementing the alcohol reduction strategy.
(171749)
351
N
Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times since July 2003 he has met trade unions representing the Forensic Science Service workforce to discuss the future of the Service.
(171759)
352
N
Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has received about delays in the holding of inquests by the Wiltshire Coroner; and if he will make a statement.
(171585)
353
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation hostels are operational in England and Wales; how many places were available in probation hostels in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many of those places were occupied by (a) bailees and (b) convicted sex offenders.
(172267)
354
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to set up and operate probation hostels in England and Wales which will be exclusively used for convicted sex offenders.
(172268)
355
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of places in probation hostels in England and Wales were occupied by persons on bail in (a) 1991 and (b) 2003.
(172269)
356
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the sex offender treatment programme is available in probation hostels in England and Wales; and what assessment has been made of its effectiveness.
(172270)
357
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation hostels in England and Wales provide a sex offender treatment programme.
(172271)
358
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specialist training is provided for staff who work with sex offenders in hostels in England and Wales.
(172272)
359
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to construct and open new probation hostels in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(172273)
360
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 29th April, Official Report, column 1298W, on Dr Harold Shipman, whether the entire body was disposed of; who authorised the disposal; what method was used for disposal; and if he will make a statement.
(171993)
361
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data sharing system each police force is operating or proposing to operate; whether the systems are compatible; what he is doing to ensure compatibility; what his estimate is of the cost of ensuring compatibility; whether he will be requiring compatibility; what resources will be invested, and from what sources, for compatibility; and if he will make a statement.
(172277)
362
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies and organisations have reported illegal actions against them over the last 24 months by animal rights activists.
(172057)
363
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were in the last 24 months for illegal activities by animal rights activists.
(172058)
364
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custodial sentences were issued in relation to offences committed by animal rights activists in the last 24 months.
(172059)
365
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to curb illegal activities of animal rights activists.
(172060)
366
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to introduce legislation to restrict the activities of animal rights activists; and if he will make a statement.
(172061)
367
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May, Official Report, column 1398W, on road traffic offences, if he will list the centres at which information about points on licences is recorded.
(171914)
368
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Perth of 17th March, Official Report, column 354W, on Tetra, if he will set out details of the comprehensive programme of work on Tetra health issues; and what institutions are carrying out this work.
(171915)
369
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April, Official Report, columns 1299-1300W, on identity cards, if he will list the non-arrestable criminal offences, enforced by a summons, for which the police have powers of arrest where a person refuses to provide evidence of identity.
(171916)
370
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April, Official Report, columns 1299-1300W, on identity cards, whether the police have powers to require a person to verify their identity other than those set out in his Answer.
(171917)
371
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual's unique learner number will be recorded in the National Identity Register under the proposal in the draft Identity Cards Bill.
(171918)
372
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what categories of people resident in the UK for three months or more will not be eligible for the identity card proposed under the draft Identity Cards Bill.
(171919)
373
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information will be (a) printed on the face of and (b) held but not shown on (i) the identity card proposed under the draft Identity Cards Bill, (ii) the proposed biometric passport and (iii) the proposed biometric driving licence.
(171920)
374
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the names of people who have not applied for identity cards will be recorded on the National Identity Register (a) before and (b) after the card becomes compulsory; and whether the names of certain categories of individuals who have not applied for identity cards will be recorded.
(172298)
375
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which private sector databases will be used to check identities under proposals contained in the draft Identity Card Bill.
(172299)
376
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from what date it will no longer be possible to obtain (a) a passport and (b) a driving licence which is not designated as an identity card under the proposals in the draft Identity Card Bill.
(172300)
377
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) anti-social behaviour orders, (b) curfew orders and (c) other measures have been used to ban individuals from railway stations without intent to travel in each year since 1997.
(171904)
378
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are seconded to work in Iraq; from what force areas they are seconded; what the periods of their secondment are; at what cost they are employed in Iraq; what plans he has to increase their numbers; and if he will make a statement.
(172324)
379
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are seconded to work overseas in countries other than Iraq; from which forces they originate; what the cost was in April; and from which budget the costs are paid.
(172328)
380
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is taking to prevent offences being committed by individuals released on bail.
(171771)
381
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates (a) he and (b) his predecessor held official meetings with the Mayor of London since July 2000; and what the subject of each meeting was.
(171438)
382
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Department is taking to work with and assist the Portugese authorities in policing the Euro 2004 football tournament.
(172493)
383
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interception warrants have been issue in each year since 1997.
(172495)
384
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders have been enrolled in the Criminal Justice Interventions Programme since its inception.
(172496)
385
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Department is taking in assisting the police to enforce the ban on sales of aerosol paints to under-16s.
(172497)
386
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls the Together Action Line has received since its inception.
(172500)
387
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children from (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales reside in the secure estate in Wales.
(171994)
388
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to him from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 5th April with regard to Mrs Rahmat Bibi.
(171780)
389
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 26th January with regard to Mosammet Meherum Nessa Begin, transferred to him from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
(172251)
390
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 5th April with regard to Alfred Kaland.
(172252)
391
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 30th March with regard to Mrs Ahmed and Farooq Ahmed.
(172253)
392
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 25th March with regard to Mr Amanah Ullah.
(172254)
393
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 30th March with regard to Ms S.A. Ntonga.
(172255)
394
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 30th March with regard to Mr Cristian Cornel Peres.
(172256)
395
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 5th April with regard to Iqbal Hussain.
(172257)
396
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Wrexham of 23rd October 2003 in connection with Mr Jama Ali Farah (ref. F1036752).
(172199)
397
N
Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to tackle under-age drinking.
(171433)
398
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of detention and training orders in preventing recidivism amongst young offenders.
(172297)
399
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many receivers and managers were appointed by the Charity Commissioners in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04; what the total cost was to all charities of such appointments in each period; and what the (i) shortest and (ii) longest duration of receiver and manager appointments to a charity have been since April 2001.
(172154)
400
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those convicted in 2003 by courts in Wolverhampton for offences of failing to have valid (a) vehicle excise discs, (b) vehicle insurance and (c) MoT certificates received custodial sentences.
(168400)
401
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the prosecutions brought as a result of National Criminal Intelligence Service operations in the last 10 years related to crimes against business.
(172287)
402
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on his Department's Sustainable Development Strategy.
(172305)
403
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of copying paper used by his Department in 2002-03 was from recycled sources; and how much post-consumer waste this paper contained.
(172306)
404
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department expects to implement in full the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that (a) all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content and (b) all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste.
(172307)
405
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports, in each case stating (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the recycled and post-consumer recycled content of each paper.
(172308)
406
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the meetings at which his Department has been represented regarding the delivery of sustainable development across Government as co-ordinated by the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers.
(172309)
407
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work his Department's Green Minister has undertaken in the last three months in that capacity.
(172310)
408
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he proposes to take in response to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Hirst v United Kingdom concerning a violation of Article 3 Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
(172394)
409
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of residents in probation hostels are convicted sex offenders.
(172395)
410
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the (a) National Criminal Intelligence Service and (b) National Crime Squad Service Authorities will cease to exist when the Serious Organised Crime Agency becomes operational; and if he will make a statement.
(172398)
411
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether prisoners serving sentences in England and Wales are permitted to pay national insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement.
(172399)
412
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the role of (a) pawnbrokers and (b) shops dealing in secondhand goods in providing a market for stolen goods; and if he will make a statement.
(172400)
413
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have had their data used in the UK Passport Service's Personal Identification Project; how individuals are recruited for the project; and how their consent is obtained.
(172401)
414
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places have been designated as areas of persistent anti-social behaviour by the Metropolitan Police since the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 came into force; how many dispersal orders have been issued in those areas; and how many unsupervised children have been escorted home from those areas.
(172402)
415
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of adults whose details will appear on the National Identity Register by 2013.
(172403)
416
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been (a) refused permission to board and (b) arrested by UK authorities for (i) immigration offences and (ii) other offences following checks by French immigration staff on passengers boarding ferries at Dover; and if he will make a statement.
(172404)
417
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which motoring offences are included within the scope of his Department's statistics on offences that are brought to justice.
(172405)
418
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) medium wage earned by prisoners in England and Wales was in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
(172406)
419
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sentenced prisoners aged over 65 years were released from prisons in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
(172407)
420
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new prisons have been commissioned since May 1997.
(172408)
421
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff he expects to be employed by the National Offender Management Service on 1st June broken down by (a) grade and (b) function.
(172409)
422
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many consultants have been employed by the National Offender Management Service Change Team.
(172410)
423
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed in the National Offender Management Service Team, broken down by (a) grade and (b) function.
(172411)
424
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been held in police cells in each region of England and Wales under lock-out arrangements in the last 12 months; what the total cost of lock-outs was over this period; and what the average daily cost was.
(172412)
425
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which dates he met small and medium sized enterprises and manufacturers to discuss crimes against business in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004.
(172413)
426
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions under the Misuse of Computers Act 1990 were (a) initiated and (b) discontinued in each region in each of the last 10 years.
(172426)
427
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued against businesses in each of the last five years, broken down by region.
(172427)
428
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken to encourage business participation in crime and disorder reduction partnerships.
(172428)
429
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent through the Small Retailers in Deprived Areas initiative in each year since 2001, broken down by region.
(172429)
430
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets are in place to measure and assess projects undertaken as part of the Small Retailers in Deprived Areas scheme.
(172430)
431
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the review of the Small Retailers in Deprived Areas scheme.
(172431)
432
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Statement of 30th March, Official Report, column 1433, on entry clearance standards, whether (a) the hotline and (b) the website he announced has been set up.
(172439)
433
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions were made for riding a cycle (a) without lights during the hours of darkness and (b) on the pavement in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(172156)
434
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has given to chief constables concerning enforcement of the legislation relating to the riding of cycles (a) on pavements and (b) without lights during the hours of darkness.
(172157)
435
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has given to chief constables to enforce the provisions of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 relating to vehicle registration plates.
(172158)
436
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been made in the last 12 months for which figures are available for breaches of provisions of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 relating to vehicle registration plates; and how many of these involved (a) the incorrect positioning of letters and numbers and (b) an incorrect typeface.
(172159)
437
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding was provided to the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner to provide immigration training for voluntary sector workers in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004.
(171792)
438
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role officials from (a) his Department, (b) the Home Security Services and (c) members of the Joint Terrorism Control Unit played in the simulation exercise to counter nuclear-armed terrorists carried out at the NATO headquarters on 4th May; and what assessment he has made of its applicability to situations in the United Kingdom.
(172313)
439
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made, in respect of counter-terrorist planning, of the work done by the Health and Safety Executive for the International Atomic Energy Agency on public protection from high-activity sealed sources.
(172314)
440
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(171868)
441
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to (a) increase the productivity and (b) cut the costs of his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(171880)
442
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(172438)
443
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought for offences involving air guns in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(172444)
444
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on preventing (a) crimes and (b) accidents involving air guns.
(172447)
445
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any prisoners in England and Wales are having to adopt the practice of slopping out.
(171859)
446
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British-manufactured (a) vehicles and (b) motorcycles are employed by police forces.
(172381)
447
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines his Department offers on buying British-built or manufactured vehicles for police forces.
(172382)
448
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign-made vehicles are used by police forces.
(172414)
449
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make the drivers of stolen vehicles that have been immobilised remotely and which cause an accident legally responsible for any liability.
(172048)
450
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th May, Official Report, column 1541W, on brain fingerprinting, if he will evaluate the effectiveness of brain fingerprinting technologies that monitor the involuntary electrical waves emitted by the brain.
(172049)
451
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average sentence for arson was in each of the last three years.
(171434)
452
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were in each of the last three years for arson; and how many of these convictions were of repeat offenders.
(171435)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
453
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received about the current humanitarian situation in Iraq.
(172465)
454
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Statement of 29th April, Official Report, column 372WH, on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, on which issues the Government has made representations to the Government of Israel.
(172080)
455
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the statement of 29th April, Official Report, column 372WH, on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, when he expects his Department to publish the country assistance plan for the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
(172088)
456
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the statement of 29th April, Official Report, column 372WH, on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, what funding and support the negotiations support unit in the Occupied Palestinian Territories receives from his Department.
(172089)
457
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the statement of 29th April, Official Report, column 372WH, on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, what funding and support the Palestinian civil police (a) has received and (b) is planned to receive from his Department; and how many people have been recruited to the civil police force as a result.
(172090)
458
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons there has been slippage on his Department's public service agreement target to increase the tuberculosis case detection rate above 70 per cent.
(172452)
459
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the latest proportion is of births assisted by skilled birth attendants in each of the countries covered by his Public Service Agreement target.
(172453)
460
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the latest tuberculosis cure treatment rate is in each of the countries covered by his Public Service Agreement target.
(172454)
461
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the latest under five mortality rate is in (a) Pakistan and (b) India.
(172455)
462
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the ratio is of girls to boys enrolled in primary school in (a) Pakistan and (b) India.
(172456)
463
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the countries which have reached decision point in the highly indebted poor countries initiative will receive their irrevocable debt relief.
(172463)
464
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the countries which have now reached decision point in the highly indebted poor countries initiative.
(172464)
465
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what safeguards are in place to ensure that revenues received by the countries through which the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline runs will receive will not be used to finance regional conflicts.
(172416)
466
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people the Commission for Africa employs.
(172561)
467
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the budget is for the Commission for Africa, broken down by (a) staffing costs, (b) consultancy costs, (c) communication costs, (d) expenses and (e) other available budget headings.
(172562)
468
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people the Commission for Africa will employ when it is fully staffed.
(172563)
469
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received concerning the adequacy of firefighting outfits used by Iraqi firefighters; what assessment he has made of the asbestos-lined suit they use; what plans he has to provide urgent and direct aid to upgrade the quality of the firefighters' outfit; and if he will make a statement.
(172278)
470
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements are in place for accountability of the Coalition Development Fund for Iraq; what demands for accountability have been made by the Independent Monitoring Board; what the policy is of (a) the UK Government and (b) the Coalition Provisional Authority on each demand; what has happened to the £7.6 billion surplus from the oil-for-food programme which was transferred to the Coalition Development Fund; and if he will make a statement.
(172280)
471
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the development role that his Department is taking in Ethiopia.
(172266)
472
Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what technical support his Department plans to provide to (a) the Angolan Ministry of Finance, (b) Sonangol and (c) Endiama to help implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
(172081)
473
Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts have been made by his Department in the last two years to work with civil society in Angola on transparency issues; and what results have been achieved.
(172082)
474
Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to assist the government of Angola in preparing for forthcoming elections.
(172083)
475
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Department's most recent assessment is of the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.
(172499)
476
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the Department is taking to implement the aid and assistance work it is undertaking with regard to the Second Primary Education Development Programme in Bangladesh in other countries (a) within South East Asia and (b) in the rest of the developing world.
(172501)
477
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total amount of UK development aid to African countries has been since 1992.
(172502)
478
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the outcomes were of the discussions that the Minister had with President Kabila, Vice President Ruberwa, Vice President Bemba and Foreign Minister Ghonda on his recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(172503)
479
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what vote was recorded by the UK director of the International Finance Corporation at the 4th November meeting on the approval for a commercial loan for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline.
(172504)
480
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Department's assessment is of the economic development effects of the opening of the border between Turkey and Armenia for (a) Turkey and (b) the Caucasus states.
(172505)
481
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Department's stake is as a shareholder in the International Finance Corporation.
(172507)
482
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Iraq.
(172295)
483
N
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid has been provided by (a) the UK and (b) the EU to the Government of the Maldives in each of the last three years.
(172053)
484
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(171872)
485
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action he is taking to (a) increase the productivity and (b) cut the costs of his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(171878)
486
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many employees in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(172176)
Questions to the Leader of the House
487
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(171873)
488
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Leader of the House, how many employees in his Office took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(172186)
489
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Leader of the House, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of his Office.
(172192)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
490
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to reply to the questions, reference (a) 159955 and (b) 159956, tabled by the honourable Member for East Antrim on 8th March.
(172047)
491
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new buses were purchased by Translink for use in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
(172062)
492
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public money has been spent on meeting compensation claims in relation to pedestrians who have had accidents on footpaths and roads in the ownership of the Department for Regional Development in each of the last five years.
(172063)
493
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the air quality was in each of the last five years in towns and cities in Northern Ireland for which records are kept.
(172064)
494
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to assist the farming community in Northern Ireland to promote greater availability of home grown produce to consumers.
(172065)
495
N
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions took place at the recent Anglo-Irish summit concerning the Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill and the need for legislation; and if he will make a statement.
(171537)
496
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding his Department allocated to support for (a) the Ulster Scots culture and language and (b) the Irish culture and language in each of the last three years, expressed on a per capita basis of those who claim to identify with each.
(171925)
497
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to promote the development of amateur ice hockey in Northern Ireland.
(171926)
498
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the levels of obesity among children of school age; what steps he is taking to encourage exercise and healthy eating among school children; and if he will make a statement.
(171985)
499
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total amount of funding allocated to develop school travel plans in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years was; and how much funding has been allocated for further development.
(172007)
500
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total amount of funding allocated to develop school travel plans in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years was; and how much funding has been allocated for further development.
(172008)
501
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the safe routes to schools pilots that are being developed; when the final assessment report on the safe routes to schools pilots will be published; and if he will make a statement.
(172010)
502
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the regulation of body piercing and tattooing establishments in Northern Ireland.
(172029)
503
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what regulations in Northern Ireland prevent children aged under 16 years from obtaining tongue piercings without their parents' consent; and if he will make a statement.
(172032)
504
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the development of out-of-town supermarkets in Northern Ireland.
(172033)
505
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are applied by the Sports Council in recognising a governing body for any sport when there is more than one potential candidate.
(172078)
506
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Sports Council for Northern Ireland officially recognises any body governing ice hockey.
(172079)
507
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken by the Police Service for Northern Ireland to ensure that Windsor Park is maintained as a neutral sporting venue free from sectarian and racist activities.
(172284)
508
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support he is providing to ensure that Casement Park remains a venue for Gaelic games.
(172285)
509
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to assist sufferers of lupus; and if he will make a statement.
(171753)
510
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been made of the effects of using (a) tasers and (b) other devices in place of plastic bullets.
(171754)
511
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what conclusions have been drawn from the Improving the Flow of Emergency Admissions project conducted at the Ulster Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
(171755)
512
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many rheumatoid arthritis sufferers (a) have commenced treatment since 1st January with, (b) are prescribed and (c) remain on the waiting list for (i) Embrel and (ii) Remicade.
(171756)
513
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding he will make available to assist local authorities in the transition from a one year course to a three year doctorate for training educational psychologists.
(171757)
514
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether funding will be provided to ensure the continued operation of the Women's Aid 24-hour helpline; and if he will make a statement.
(171760)
515
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether Northern Ireland will be included in an identity card scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(171763)
516
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether Northern Ireland was considered for the identity card pilot project.
(171764)
517
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Roman Catholic police officers there were in Northern Ireland in April (a) 1998 and (b) 2004; and if he will make a statement.
(171765)
518
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase safety measures for the use of all terrain vehicles and motorcycles; and if he will make a statement.
(171766)
519
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the discovery of mercury in the cargo compartment of an aeroplane at Belfast City Airport on 26th April.
(171767)
520
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to the health service in Northern Ireland of (a) alcohol misuse, (b) tobacco smoking and (c) other drug use in the last year for which figures are available.
(171784)
521
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) homeless and (b) other people living rough there are in Northern Ireland.
(171798)
522
N
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been paid in legal aid for cases supported by the Equality Commission in the last three years.
(171541)
523
N
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Equality Commission has supported in the last three years, broken down by (a) gender, (b) disability and (c) religion; and how many succeeded.
(171542)
524
N
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases are before the Equality Commission; and how long each has been awaiting a decision.
(171543)
525
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase staffing in Northern Ireland's pharmacies.
(171793)
526
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Community Pharmacy Medicines Management Initiative.
(171794)
527
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) two year olds and (b) three to five year olds are registered with general dental practitioners in each Northern Ireland health board; and what percentage of the total number of people registered this represents in each case.
(171795)
528
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made towards meeting the targets for the reduction of patient exemption fraud in each Northern Ireland health board area; and what further targets have been put in place.
(171796)
529
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidelines have been issued to each of the Northern Ireland health boards regarding the triple test for pregnant women.
(171797)
530
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(172179)
531
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(172435)
Questions to the Prime Minister
532
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Prime Minister, how many times the House of Lords Appointments Commission has met since its formation.
(172009)
533
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will estimate how many Iraqi (a) women, (b) children and (c) civilians have been (i) killed and (ii) injured in the recent siege of Fallujah.
(171976)
534
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his statement of 19th April, Official Report, column 21, on Iraq and the Middle East peace process, whether the employment of civilian (a) contractors and (b) interrogators in Abu Ghraib prison forms part of the political and military strategy in Iraq.
(172052)
535
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will call upon the Coalition Provisional Authority urgently to review the present policy on Iraqi prisons and prisoners.
(172315)
536
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library details of the policy agreed by the Coalition Provisional Authority on the (a) administration of Iraqi prisons and (b) the oversight and maintenance of prisoners and their welfare.
(172316)
537
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, who, within the Coalition Provisional Authority, has responsibility for prisons policy in Iraq, in relation to (a) administration of personnel and (b) the welfare of prisoners.
(172317)
538
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he is consulted on the menus at functions where he is the host.
(171779)
539
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of his Office.
(172180)
540
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Prime Minister, how much his Office spent on (a) external consultants and (b) special advisers in each of the last three years.
(172341)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
541
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of his Department.
(172173)
542
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much the Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(172549)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
543
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the benefits of the EU Social Chapter for the residents of South Ribble.
(172137)
544
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the benefits to the residents of South Ribble of new rights for night workers.
(172138)
545
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many residents in South Ribble have benefited from a reduction of the working week to 48 hours.
(172139)
546
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new businesses have started up in South Ribble since 1997.
(172145)
547
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government has taken to help small businesses in South Ribble since 1997.
(172146)
548
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many workers in South Ribble have benefited from the national minimum wage.
(172147)
549
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what percentage of women in South Ribble have taken 26 weeks maternity leave since 1997.
(172148)
550
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many residents of South Ribble qualify for paid leave entitlements.
(172149)
551
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received in respect of the manner in which Post Office Ltd is approaching the Urban Network Reinvention programme in Birmingham.
(172025)
552
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to require travel firms not bonded with ABTA or ATOL to display this information when advertising their services.
(172027)
553
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans her Department has to (a) license UK employment agencies and (b) implement the EU Temporary Agency Workers Directive.
(172442)
554
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to prevent employment agencies from levying upfront charges for finding work for clients.
(172446)
555
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 28th April, Official Report, columns 1163-4W, on rural post offices, for what reasons she will not publish Postcomm's advice on future levels of support; and when the Department will complete its consideration of this advice.
(172547)
556
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by how much she estimates prices of (a) gas and (b) electricity for (i) domestic consumers and (ii) industry have changed as a result of Government policy on reducing emissions of carbon dioxide; and what her forecasts are for future price changes.
(172528)
557
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Mark of Marks scheme will improve the quality of service in the domestic sector.
(172466)
558
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the required criteria are for the Mark of Marks trade mark; and what role trade associations play in the scheme.
(172467)
559
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Mark of Marks scheme for the construction industry was established; what trades are involved in it; and what the level of take-up has been.
(172469)
560
N
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the decision to turn Taunton Crown Post Office into a convenience store with post office facilities was taken; and if she will make a statement.
(171990)
561
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health about the impact of flexible working for carers on the demand for paid care staff.
(172001)
562
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many FTSE 250 companies have recruited at least one non-executive director from the not-for-profit sector.
(172383)
563
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the change in proportion of non-executive directors of FTSE 250 companies following the publication of the Tyson Report.
(172384)
564
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has for promoting a register of talented candidates from the not-for-profit sector for consideration for non-executive director posts, as recommended in the Higgs Report.
(172390)
565
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many FTSE 250 companies publish their recruitment procedures for non-executive directors; and what plans she has to encourage such publication.
(172391)
566
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to provide a deadline by which FTSE 250 companies should publish their recruitment procedures for non-executive directors.
(172392)
567
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the change in numbers of jobs, and the areas involved, which are likely to result from the proposal by Royal Mail to change its pricing structure from weight based charging to size based charging in (i) the photo finishing industry and (ii) other industries.
(172516)
568
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Royal Mail, (b) the Post Regulator, (c) representatives of the photo finishing industry and (d) other business representatives on Royal Mail's proposals to change its pricing structure from weight based charging to size based charging.
(172517)
569
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will instruct Post Office Limited not to withhold information requested by honourable Members on closures of local post offices.
(172068)
570
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will urge Post Office Limited to make more time for consultation available to (a) the public and (b) other interested bodies when post offices are being considered for closure.
(172069)
571
N
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place in the Library details of the business case underpinning the Post Office's closure proposals for the Fylde constitutency.
(171800)
572
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 25th March with regard to Jenny Edwards.
(172262)
573
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims have been registered under the coalminers' compensation scheme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and vibration white finger by Beresfords Solicitors in each year since the scheme began to the latest date for which figures are available.
(171640)
574
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) mechanism and (b) criteria are for the allocation of the departmental science programme funds; and who in the Department is responsible for allocating the funds.
(172096)
575
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will break down by budget heading the expenditure of the departmental science programmes in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.
(172098)
576
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the resource budget for the departmental science progammes (a) was for each year since 1995 and (b) is for 2004-05; and if she will make a statement.
(172099)
577
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March, Official Report, column 501W, on the electricity network, how many warnings have been issued by National Grid Transco about low levels of spare electricity generating capacity (a) this year and (b) in each of the previous seven years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
(172543)
578
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with energy companies about the integrity and security of supply; and if she will make a statement.
(172544)
579
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with the governments of (a) Russia, (b) Algeria, (c) Qatar and (d) other countries, in connection with securing supplies of gas for importing to the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(172545)
580
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with British Energy about extending the life of Dungeness B nuclear power station; and if she will make a statement.
(172546)
581
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub-post offices were closed in each of the past three years up to March in (a) the East of England, (b) Suffolk and (c) the parliamentary constituency of Bury St Edmunds.
(171869)
582
N
Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the benefits of expanding the moratoria on disconnections for vulnerable groups beyond the winter months; and if she will make a statement.
(171315)
583
N
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on Regional Development Agency funding for Carnforth under the Market Towns Initiative.
(170232)
584
N
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much funding the Regional Development Agency has spent or allocated to projects in Lancashire since the agency was created; and if she will list the (a) funding and (b) projects by constituency in order of amount of funding.
(170233)
585
N
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the current position is regarding Regional Development Agency funding for the Midland Hotel and Central Regeneration Project in Morecambe; and when she expects the project will begin.
(170234)
586
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(171875)
587
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employees in her Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(172184)
588
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(172189)
589
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list nuclear materials unaccounted for at sites operated by (a) BNFL, (b) the UK Atomic Energy Authority and (c) URENCO since 1997; and if she will make a statement on Government oversight of private civilian nuclear facilities.
(172093)
590
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 14th January, Official Report, column 788W, on nuclear energy, what the Department's acceptable weight limits are concerning nuclear material unaccounted for; when these limits were adopted; and when they are due to be reviewed.
(172094)
591
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) Post Office, (b) Royal Mail and (c) Government functions are (i) provided by all sub-post offices, (ii) provided by some sub-post offices at the discretion of (A) the sub-postmaster, (B) Post Office Ltd and (C) others, (iii) provided by all Crown post offices and (iv) provided by some Crown post offices at the discretion of (1) the manager, (2) Post Office Ltd and (3) others.
(171936)
592
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she last met representatives of Scottish Power plc; who was present; and what was on the agenda for discussion.
(171781)
593
David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultation took place between the Government and the main clearing banks prior to the introduction of the Post Office card accounts; and what advice Ministers received on these matters.
(172319)
594
David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advertising is taking place to promote (a) Post Office card accounts and (b) the use of post offices for the collection of pensions.
(172323)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
595
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has (a) produced and (b) received a list of coastguard rescue centres that may be closed.
(172385)
596
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward regulations in relation to enforcement of the International Security Ship Plan.
(172386)
597
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people (a) were seriously injured and (b) died in road traffic accidents in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each year since 1997.
(171773)
598
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to increase the number of speed cameras in the Humberside area.
(171774)
599
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which trunk road schemes have been placed by the Department of Transport before regional assemblies for consultation.
(171991)
600
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cameras at legacy sites meet the Government's criteria for the siting of speed cameras; and if he will make a statement.
(171892)
601
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money raised through speed cameras has been returned to the Treasury in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(171893)
602
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the (a) installation costs and (b) annual maintenance and running costs of a speed camera.
(171894)
603
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle activated signs are in operation in England.
(171895)
604
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the (a) installation cost and (b) annual maintenance and running costs of vehicle activated signs.
(171896)
605
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of reductions in traffic accident rates at vehicle activated sign sites; and if he will make a statement.
(171897)
606
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what revenues raised from speed cameras can be used for the erection of vehicle activated signs under the terms governing speed camera partnerships.
(171898)
607
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officers have been employed by the British Transport Police in each year since 1997.
(171899)
608
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from how many police stations the British Transport Police operate; and what the manning levels were at each station in each year since 1997.
(171900)
609
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers patrol on board trains after 11p.m. on (a) weekdays and (b) weekends.
(171901)
610
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers have been assaulted whilst on duty in each year since 1997.
(171902)
611
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers in London are (a) trained and (b) equipped to handle major terrorist biological attacks.
(171903)
612
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals have been banned from travelling on the railways in each year since 1997.
(171905)
613
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many crimes were (a) reported and (b) subsequently led to a conviction (i) on trains, (ii) at stations and (iii) on railway property in each year since 1997.
(171906)
614
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals working on the railways have been the victim of a crime whilst at work in each year since 1997.
(171907)
615
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many acts of vandalism were reported on railway property in each year since 1997.
(171908)
616
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many crimes were committed in railway stations in each year since 1997.
(171909)
617
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many crimes of a sexual nature were committed on the railways in each year since 1997.
(171910)
618
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many arrests have been made by the British Transport Police on railway property in each year since 1997.
(171911)
619
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many arrests have been made by the British Transport Police in each year since 1997 for suspected crimes committed on property other than the railways.
(171912)
620
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many legacy camera sites maintained cameras with film in them on 31st March.
(171921)
621
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many legacy cameras have been removed in each year since 2001.
(171922)
622
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the 19 major local transport schemes referred to on page 19 of his Department's Annual Report 2003; and how much funding each received.
(171937)
623
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what activities have been undertaken by the Bus Partnership Forum; and how often it has met in each year since its creation.
(171938)
624
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the inspection and supervisory regime is for (a) institutions and organisations and (b) individuals who carry out delegated examiner tests.
(171939)
625
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which institutions and organisations carry out delegated examiner tests on behalf of the Driving Standards Agency; and how many candidates (a) entered tests and (b) were successful, broken down by institution and organisation.
(171940)
626
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations are not served by at least one train in each direction on one or more weekdays each week.
(171941)
627
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations are not served by trains on (a) Saturdays and (b) Sundays.
(171942)
628
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations are served by one train a week in each direction.
(171943)
629
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations are served by fewer than 14 trains a week.
(171944)
630
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Transport Direct information service to go online.
(171945)
631
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to encourage (a) local authorities, (b) private sector bodies and (c) organisations and institutions involved in light rail to share best practice.
(171946)
632
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the levels of private sector investment in (a) commercial and (b) housing property along the lines of light rail routes in each year since 1997.
(171947)
633
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect that light rail systems have had on urban regeneration since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(171948)
634
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which light rail systems that share road space with road traffic have priority over road traffic.
(171949)
635
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the percentage of proposed new light rail systems that will run across surfaces shared with road vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
(171950)
636
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of current light rail networks run along surfaces shared with road vehicles.
(171951)
637
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of heavy rail track still in use that would be suitable for shared use by light rail systems; and if he will make a statement.
(171952)
638
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many kilometres of track are shared by light rail and heavy rail vehicles.
(171953)
639
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrians have been involved in collisions with light rail vehicles in each year since 1997; and how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries resulted from such collisions.
(171954)
640
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what common safety and operational regulations are applied to heavy and light rail projects concerning dangers to pedestrians and motorists.
(171955)
641
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the building of light rail systems; and if he will make a statement.
(171956)
642
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the target for 25 light rail systems set out in the 10 Year Transport Plan will be met.
(171957)
643
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central Government investment was promised by his Department when funding approval was first given to the South Hampshire Rapid Transit scheme; and what subsequent change in funding has been agreed by his Department.
(171958)
644
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central Government investment was promised by his Department when funding approval was first given to the Leeds Supertram; and what subsequent change in funding has been agreed by his Department.
(171959)
645
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central Government investment was promised by his Department when funding approval was first given to the Liverpool Merseytram; and what subsequent change in funding has been agreed by his Department.
(171960)
646
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have indicated to his Department that they are actively considering building tram and light rail systems.
(171961)
647
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many special advisers and political advisers were employed by his Department and its predecessors in each year since 1997.
(171962)
648
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Driving Standards Agency has spent on consultancy fees in each financial year since 1997.
(171963)
649
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed by the Driving Standards Agency to handle test booking enquiries, broken down by the number of staff dealing with (a) telephone enquiries and (b) internet enquiries in the last year.
(171964)
650
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which driving test centres have refused to accept candidates because of a lack of capacity at the centre within (a) nine weeks, (b) 12 weeks and (c) more than 12 weeks of a practical test appointment being requested.
(171967)
651
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will seek a driving test in 2004-05.
(171968)
652
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money the Driving Standards Agency received from Transport for London under its contract to test Hackney Carriage black cabs within London.
(171969)
653
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for practical driving tests for (a) cars, (b) motorcycles, (c) large goods vehicles and (d) passenger carrying vehicles, broken down by test centre.
(171970)
654
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the procedure is for permission to be given for delegated examiner tests to take place.
(171971)
655
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) expenditure and (b) administration costs of the Bus Partnership Forum were for each year since 1997.
(171972)
656
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of bus stops in (a) rural and (b) urban areas outside London have real time bus information.
(171973)
657
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities applied for funding under the Home Zone Challenge scheme; and how much each authority received.
(171974)
658
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures his Department have put in place to ensure that money given under the Home Zone scheme (a) achieves value for money and (b) meets the original conditions of the bid.
(171975)
659
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects his Department's partnership website on walking to go live.
(172051)
660
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what statutory basis the Chief Executive, Chief Driving Examiner and the directors of the Driving Standards Agency have withheld their salary and performance pay from being disclosed in the Driving Standards Agency's annual report.
(172084)
661
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department and associated agencies have initially withheld their salaries from official departmental and parliamentary publications and subsequently disclosed this information in each year since 1997.
(172085)
662
Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department and associated agencies have withheld details of their salaries and performance related pay in each year since 1997.
(172086)
663
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the numbers of (i) rural bus services and (ii) rural bus passengers during the last five years.
(172518)
664
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Government funding has been provided for rural bus services in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(172519)
665
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the expected level of subsidy for rural bus services for future years.
(172520)
666
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) train and (b) station staff were attacked in each year since 2000.
(172337)
667
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the proposed Aylesbury southern distributor road should (a) be a dual carriageway, (b) be on an embankment and (c) have grade separated junctions.
(172166)
668
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Aylesbury southern-distributor road proposed in the Cross-Government Statement on the draft Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-regional strategy; how it is planned that the road should be funded; and what his current estimate is of the timescale for the project.
(172167)
669
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the proposed Western Section (Oxford to Bedford) of the East-West Rail route.
(172170)
670
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has conducted into car-sharing schemes; and if he will place copies of such research findings in the Library.
(172290)
671
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to provide guidance for local transport plans relating to car-sharing schemes.
(172291)
672
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been given by his Department, and its predecessors, in each year since 1997 towards the (a) development and (b) promotion of (i) car clubs, (ii) car sharing and (iii) the Carplus scheme.
(172292)
673
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the locations of high occupancy vehicle lanes are; and how long each lane is.
(172293)
674
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has collated on the effectiveness of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
(172294)
675
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the average occupancy of motor vehicles for each year since 1997.
(172335)
676
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the total reduction in vehicle kilometres that would result from a (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. increase in average vehicle occupancy.
(172336)
677
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles his Department estimates will be using liquefied petroleum gas fuel by 2008; and what estimate he has made of the contribution these vehicles will make to a reduction in road transport emissions.
(172569)
678
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(171867)
679
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(172182)
680
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(172434)
681
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to report the result of the public inquiry into the Shell Haven Port inquiry.
(172559)
682
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the risk relating to explosives remaining on the SS Richard Montgomery in the Thames from the possible operation of Shell Haven Port; and if he will make a statement.
(172560)
683
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency report on the condition of SS Richard Montgomery, what the (a) timing and (b) frequency will be of further surveys of the main crack at the No 2 Hatch.
(172571)
684
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertaken further sampling and metallurgical analysis of the hull plates on the SS Richard Montgomery in the Thames.
(172572)
685
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures are followed by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for issuing a reminder notice in the case of Statutory off-road Notifications.
(172102)
686
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he requires representatives of environmental organisations to be included on airport consultative committees.
(172129)
687
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued on the composition of airport consultative committees.
(172130)
688
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which airports in England have airport consultative committees; and if he will list the members of each.
(172131)
689
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in the testing of the MOT computerisation system by VOSA and Siemens Business Systems.
(172132)
690
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made with the planned two-month volunteer MOT trial at 50 garages.
(172133)
691
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the MOT computerisation programme will be installed in 1000 MOT garages as planned; when the service is due to go live; and when it will be rolled out to other MOT garages.
(172134)
692
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the planned series of MOT computerisation seminars will take place; and what these seminars are planned to do.
(172135)
693
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the MOT computerisation system to be fully operational.
(172136)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
694
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(171866)
695
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on external consultants and advisors in each of the last three years.
(171879)
696
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of his Department.
(172193)
Questions to the Minister for Women
697
Julia Drown (South Swindon):To ask the Minister for Women, what action she is taking to allow women to breastfeed at work in line with Article 5 of the Maternal Protection Convention.
(172204)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
698
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents in South Ribble have gained work through the New Deal programme.
(172140)
699
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the measures introduced to improve the working conditions of disabled workers in South Ribble over the last seven years.
(172141)
700
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mothers in South Ribble have made use of the Sure Start maternity grant.
(172142)
701
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish his response to the Better Regulation Task Force report on The Regulation of Child Employment.
(172449)
702
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether trade mark schemes can help to reduce the cost of employers' liability compulsory insurance.
(172468)
703
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in the East Riding of Yorkshire he estimates have gained sustained employment through the New Deal who would not otherwise have done so.
(171789)
704
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the New Deal in the East Riding of Yorkshire has been since its inception.
(171790)
705
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people between the age of 50 and state pension age were not in work in each year since 1997, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement.
(172531)
706
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people between the age of 50 and state pension age who are not working are claiming benefit, broken down by gender; how many of these rely on benefits to make up more than half of their income, broken down by gender; how much is being spent on benefits for this group; and if he will make a statement.
(172532)
707
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefits claimaints there are in (a) each region and (b) each of the 30 areas with the poorest labour market position; and if he will make a statement.
(172533)
708
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people were in work immediately before reaching state pension age in each year since 1997, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement.
(172534)
709
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of people between the age of 50 and state pension age were long-term unemployed in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(172535)
710
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants between the age of 50 and state pension age are in each decile of overall income distribution; and if he will make a statement.
(172536)
711
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of single non-working people between the age of 50 and state pension age are in each decile of overall income distribution, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement.
(172537)
712
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people between the age of 50 and state pension age live in households without an occupational pension income; what proportion of these are in each decile of overall income distribution; and if he will make a statement.
(172538)
713
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people between the age of 50 and state pension age, who are not working, are in each decile of overall income distribution, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement.
(172539)
714
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of disability benefits aged between 50 and state pension age worked immediately prior to their claim, in each year since 1997, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement.
(172540)
715
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants aged between 50 and state pension age have claimed for (a) more than one year, (b) more than five years and (c) more than 10 years, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement.
(172541)
716
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people between the age of 50 and state pension age claimed (a) sickness and (b) disability benefits in each year since 1997, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement.
(172542)
717
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what dates he has held official meetings with the Mayor of London since July 2000; and what the subject of each meeting was.
(171439)
718
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total Government expenditure on pensioner benefits (a) in pounds, (b) in real terms and (c) as a percentage of gross domestic product was in each year since 1992.
(172490)
719
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the predicted total Government expenditure on pensioner benefits (a) in pounds, (b) in real terms and (c) as a percentage of gross domestic product is over the next three years.
(172491)
720
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated total income for pensioners from (a) benefits and (b) private sources is since 1992; and what this figure is as a percentage.
(172494)
721
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 1st April with regard to Mr Alan McCabe.
(172261)
722
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 5th April with regard to Mrs Robina Abaid.
(172265)
723
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cumulative extra cost to the social security budget of the transfer of council housing to registered social landlords has been in each year since 1997.
(172275)
724
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) unemployment claimants and (b) job vacancies there were in each region of the UK in each of the last 12 months.
(172127)
725
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
(171874)
726
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in his Department took early retirement, and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(172183)
727
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is for (a) increasing the productivity and (b) cutting the costs of (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(172188)
728
N
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish the Quinquennial Review into the Social Security Advisory Committee.
(171855)
729
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to lower the age at which the bereavement allowance is paid to widows.
(172002)
730
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the average time between a pensioner submitting an application for pension credit and receipt of the first payment.
(172003)
731
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department advertises pension credit in any language other than English.
(172004)
732
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners his Department estimates have been living in persistent poverty in each of the last seven years.
(172005)
733
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to reduce the length of the pension credit application form.
(172006)
734
N
David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply from the Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency to his letter of 24th March concerning a constituent, ref PCO 130778.
(172013)
Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
735
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many caseworkers in the London office of the Legal Services Commission will deal with applications by publicly-funded providers of immigration services for extensions to the number of hours permitted for advice and appeal preparation; and what their (a) legal qualifications and (b) experience of immigration work are.
[Transferred] (172150)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
736
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the progress made on the Attorney General's examination of police powers, bail arrangements and other criminal justice matters announced by the Right honourable Member for Hamilton North and Belskill on 24th July 2002; and if he will publish the Attorney General's conclusions.
[Transferred] (172155)

 
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