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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 20 May 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 20 May 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 20 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 Thursday 20 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 20 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been seconded by Deloitte to advise the Government on public service reform; and on how many contracts arising from that work Deloitte have been designated as a preferred bidder. | | (175102) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 2
| Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in the Elmet constituency are receiving child tax credit. | | (174876) | 3
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will update the information set out in the Answer of 17th November 2003, Official Report, columns 520-22W, on council tax, to take account of the effects of taxes and benefits on household income in 2002-03. | | (174862) | 4
| Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) the Government consumption expenditure deflator and (b) the level of public sector inflation for each year since 1997. | | (174980) | 5
| Jim Knight (South Dorset):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the VAT Refund Scheme to include private museums which hold national designated collections, for the purpose of recovering VAT on expenditure incurred in National Lottery funded projects. | | (174972) | 6
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart regarding export subsidies in connection with World Trade Organisation trade requirements in the context of the Doha Round. | | (174801) | 7
| Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to tax export of scrap aluminium to sources outside the EU. | | (174979) | 8
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the operating costs have been for the Large Business Office for each year since 1997. | | (174937) | 9
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) full and (b) part-time staff have been employed by the Large Business Office in each year since 1997. | | (174938) | 10
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hours' training each Large Business Office caseworker has received in tax compliance performance in each year since 1997. | | (174939) | 11
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which IT software systems have been procured by the Large Business Office since 1997; and how many hours' training each Large Business Office caseworker has had on those systems in each year since 1997. | | (174940) | 12
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been in each year since 1997 of IT software systems procured by the Large Business Office. | | (174941) | 13
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated tax yields from the Inland Revenue Large Business Office were for each year from 1997; and what the actual tax yield outcome was in each year. | | (174945) | 14
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of mis-sold pensions in each of the last 25 years. | | (175071) | 15
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in each year since 1979, broken down by constituency within each region. | | (175126) | 16
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many lone parents were employed in each of the last 25 years, broken down by constituency within each region. | | (175129) | 17
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised in (a) business rates, (b) corporation tax and (c) taxation from (i) the renewable sector, (ii) the creative arts sector, (iii) the financial sector and (iv) research companies in each of the last five years. | | (174872) | 18
| Phil Sawford (Kettering):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a tax on plastic bags. | | (174974) | 19
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174818) | 20
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been raised in tax and licence revenue from the dredging of aggregates off the East Anglian coast in each of the last 10 years. | | (175029) | 21
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) upward and (b) downward payroll adjustments an employer may have to make as a result of the policies of his Department. | | (175178) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 22
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what consultations he has undertaken on (a) placing duties on local government to participate in Community Legal Service (CLS) Partnerships and (b) including CLS coverage in local authority strategic plans. | | (174957) | 23
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proposals he has to tackle, through the Community Legal Service, the unmet need and unresolved legal problems amongst low income, vulnerable and socially excluded groups. | | (174958) | 24
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what decisions he has reached on the appropriate charging regime for requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (175078) | 25
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will list the (a) upward and (b) downward payroll adjustments an employer may have to make as a result of the policies of his Department. | | (175179) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 26
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of British live theatres are (a) equipped for and (b) operating equipment for audio-description of live performances; and if she will make a statement. | | (175015) | 27
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she is working with interested parties to encourage the development of audio-description technology adapted for (a) museum and heritage collections and (b) visual artswork. | | (175016) | 28
N | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent on advertising fitness and exercise initiatives in each year since 1997. | | (174593) | 29
N | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery money has been distributed in each year from 1997 to date to the (a) Arts Council England, (b) Arts Council of Northern Ireland, (c) Arts Council of Wales, (d) Award for All (England) Joint Scheme, (e) Community Fund, (f) Heritage Lottery Fund, (g) Millennium Commission, (h) New Opportunities Fund, (i) Scottish Arts Council, (j) Scottish Screen, (k) Sport England, (l) Sport Scotland, (m) Sports Council for Northern Ireland, (n) Sports Council for Wales, (o) UK Film Council and (p) UK Sport. | | (174342) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 30
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the instruction in R2I technologies at Ashford, Kent. | | (174788) | 31
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the countries which now have troops stationed in Afghanistan; and how many troops are deployed in each case. | | (175150) | 32
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he will use to decide whether more troops are to be deployed to Iraq after 30th June. | | (174855) | 33
N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance he is offering to manufacturers of windmill blades in overcoming problems of radar reflection on military aircraft. | | (166940) | 34
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what testing procedures were carried out on the eight Chinook helicopters ordered in 1995 after they were received by his Department and prior to their active use by the armed forces. | | (174987) | 35
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact on Marchwood Military Port of the decision to reject the proposed new container terminal at Dibden Bay. | | (175060) | 36
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy Merlin helicopters have been involved in accidents which were (a) insufficient and (b) sufficient to put them out of service. | | (174865) | 37
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the lessons learned from the accident investigations and other inquiries into (a) operational failures, (b) accidents and (c) equipment malfunctions of the Royal Navy Merlin helicopter. | | (174866) | 38
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are sufficient stocks of (a) foul-weather suits and (b) jumpers on board HMS Turbulent to avoid crew members coming on watch while the boat is on the surface having to wear the kit of those coming off watch. | | (175061) | 39
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the case for awarding an Arctic medal was last reviewed; by whom it was done; at whose request; and if he will make a statement. | | (175062) | 40
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what talks have taken place with BAe Systems about the Joint Strike Fighter's ability to operate from aircraft carriers. | | (174993) | 41
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Special Investigation Branch files recommendations for proceedings have not been acted upon in the past year. | | (172867) | 42
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the status of the outstanding
Special Investigation Branch investigations into United Kingdom actions towards Iraqis. | | (172868) | 43
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) disciplinary proceedings have been undertaken, (b) criminal charges have been brought and (c) charges have been dropped in relation to the actions of United Kingdom forces towards Iraqis. | | (172869) | 44
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Territorial Army bounty payments were made on time this year; what the causes of failed payments were; what the timetable is for resolution of such problems; and if he will make a statement. | | (175044) | 45
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which private companies' services have been employed by his Department in Iraq; and how much has been paid to each. | | (175095) | 46
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what liaison UK forces personnel have had with private (a) military and (b) intelligence contractors employed by the US government. | | (175096) | 47
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether US intelligence contractors have had access to prisoners under UK jurisdiction. | | (175097) | 48
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he has made to ensure the continued efficient operation of the Army Medal Office at Droitwich Spa in the period before its planned closure. | | (175005) | 49
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure the Army Medal Office at Droitwich Spa is able to (a) purchase equipment and (b) recruit staff in the period before the planned closure. | | (175006) | 50
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will visit the Army Medal Office in Droitwich Spa to discuss its proposed closure with the staff. | | (175007) | 51
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 13th May, Official Report, column 555W, on Defence Medal Offices, over what period the closure of the Army Medal Office will be phased. | | (175027) | 52
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 328W, on the Defence Medal Office, when he will place in the Library a copy of the Investment Appraisal for the proposed closure of the Army Medal Office in Droitwich Spa. | | (175045) | 53
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those deaths mentioned in the Amnesty International report on civilian deaths in Basra published on 11th May which are or have been the subject of a formal investigation, giving the stage reached by the investigation in each case. | | (173408) | 54
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British service personnel have used stress postures as a technique of interrogation in Iraq. | | (174619) | 55
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when in September 2003 the practice of hooding detainees in Iraq was stopped. | | (174620) | 56
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK troops are deployed as UN (a) troops and (b) military observers; what operations they are involved with; where they are stationed; and how many were so deployed in each of the last seven years. | | (175119) | 57
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) attack helicopters, (b) engineering units and (c) field hospitals his Department is contributing to UN operations; and how many of each it contributed in each of the last seven years. | | (175120) | 58
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much training his Department provides to (a) troops and (b) military observers participating in UN missions; and if he will make a statement. | | (175121) | 59
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role was played by the (a) SAS and (b) SBS in restoring stability to Fallujah. | | (175048) | 60
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of manuals issued to British armed forces providing guidelines for those given responsibility to interrogate detainees or prisoners of war. | | (175065) | 61
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether interrogators used by the British armed forces are permitted to make direct physical threats to those held in custody. | | (175066) | 62
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an agreement was reached between Coalition partners on the degree to which coercion would be permitted to be used on prisoners of war and other detainees taken into custody in Iraq during Operation Telic and the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq; and what discussions he has had with his United States counterpart on this matter since 8th May 2003. | | (175067) | 63
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the United Kingdom has transferred persons detained in custody in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq to Diego Garcia since October 2001; and whether the UK has given permission to the United States to do so. | | (175068) | 64
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those matters in respect of security policies implemented by Coalition forces in Iraq which are (a) his responsibility, (b) the responsibility of his United States counterpart and (c) matters for which responsibility is joint. | | (175073) | 65
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Iraq Survey Group are still in the field in Iraq; how many are United Kingdom citizens; and if he will make a statement on each of the tasks carried out by the group since 1st January. | | (175083) | 66
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters are available in the Greater London area for use in emergency evacuation of people who may be injured in a terrorist attack in London. | | (175137) | 67
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance has been provided by the British Special Air Services to the United States military forces in investigation techniques of military personnel since 1984. | | (175139) | 68
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 13th May, Official Report, column 539W, on experiments on non-human primates, if he will list the primate type and number of primates used in each experiment; when each experiment was conducted; and what was done with the primates on the completion of each experiment. | | (175145) | 69
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the United Kingdom retains quantities of sarin nerve agent for use in prophylactic research purposes. | | (175176) | 70
N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the latest strength against establishment of the Territorial Army is, broken down by (a) unit and (b) location. | | (174590) | 71
N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the Territorial Army was in each of the last five years; and what his estimate for each of the next three years is. | | (174591) | 72
N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he first made representations to his US counterpart regarding the International Committee of the Red Cross report on maltreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US forces in Iraq. | | (174592) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 73
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd March, Official Report, column 821W, on the Green Belt, when he will write to the honourable Member for Altrincham and Sale West with the information. | | (174946) | 74
| Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he next intends to meet the Mobile Phone Operators Association to discuss the workings of their voluntary code in relation to the T-Mobile installation at Bardsey in the Elmet constituency. | | (174943) | 75
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many non-decent social homes there are; how many there were in 1997; and what funds he has allocated to reducing the numbers in future years. | | (174843) | 76
| Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what circumstances councillors who have made inappropriate appointments of council officers may be surcharged for (a) salary costs, (b) legal costs and (c) medical costs incurred because of the appointments. | | (174944) | 77
| Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether a local authority has the power to reallocate the duties of a returning officer for local elections when the current returning officer is one of the authority's statutory officers and a designated independent person has been appointed under the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001 to investigate allegations of misconduct by that statutory officer. | | (174973) | 78
| Jim Knight (South Dorset):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will review the way in which the Valuation Office Agency assesses mobile homes for council tax purposes. | | (174971) | 79
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what account of the rights of local residents (a) his Department and (b) local planning authorities take in identifying appropriate sites for winter quarters for show people; and what weight is attached to the (i) appropriateness of the site, (ii) suitability of the location, (iii) availability and adequacy of vehicular access and (iv) availability of existing locations in taking such decisions. | | (175017) | 80
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what definition his Department uses of a realistic assessment of the amount of accommodation required in relation to identifying sites for show people. | | (175018) | 81
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what basis a site may be ruled inappropriate for locating show people by his Department. | | (175019) | 82
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much (a) in total and (b) per council property is to be made available to Hull under his Pathfinder scheme (i) this year and (ii) in each of the next three years; when the money will start to be paid; and whether there has been a delay in payment. | | (175106) | 83
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total central funding for local government was in each of the last 25 years, expressed at today's prices. | | (175003) | 84
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff in his Office and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174817) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 85
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 705W, on pre-schools, what plans he has to make a degree qualification essential for teaching under-eights; and if he will make a statement. | | (175173) | 86
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 4th May, Official Report, column 1414W, on the adult community learning budget, when he will write to the honourable Member for Altrincham and Sale West giving the details of the adult and community learning budget for each English local authority area. | | (175077) | 87
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make education maintenance allowances available to young people whose birthdays do not fall within the defined boundaries solely as a result of their being moved a year ahead at school. | | (174986) | 88
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assistance his Department offers to students from low income backgrounds who are embarking on further or higher education before their 19th birthday; and if he will extend education maintenance allowances to such students. | | (174990) | 89
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he made of the Education Maintenance Allowance pilot schemes before rolling them out nationally; and what changes were made to the scheme as a result of his conclusions. | | (174991) | 90
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support his Department gives to UK citizens living abroad who would like to return to the UK in order to undertake teacher training. | | (174992) | 91
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Stroud constituency, the effect of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on the Stroud constituency. | | (174834) | 92
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children received free school meals in the constituency of Stroud in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. | | (174835) | 93
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) state secondary schools and (b) sixth form colleges offer the International Baccalaureate as an alternative to A-levels. | | (174860) | 94
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidelines he has issued to (a) schools and (b) local education authorities about levels of (i) authorised and (ii) unauthorised absence. | | (174717) | 95
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the causal links between absence from school and attainment at the level of (a) individual pupils, (b) schools and (c) local education authorities. | | (174718) | 96
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the relationship between levels of authorised and unauthorised absence from school. | | (174719) | 97
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the impact of education maintenance allowances on benefits. | | (174856) | 98
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places were created in each of the past 15 years, broken down by constituency within each region. | | (175128) | 99
N | Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the functional illiteracy rate amongst (a) 11 to 18 year olds and (b) adults in (i) Manchester, Blackley, (ii) Manchester and (iii) England. | | (174622) | 100
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has for the teaching of Panjabi in schools. | | (175047) | 101
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list for each local education authority the (a) number and (b) proportion of residents of (i) primary school and (ii) secondary school age not educated within that local education authority, and the (A) number and (B) proportion of school pupils of (1) primary school and (2) secondary school age not resident within the local education authority. | | (174863) | 102
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have retired over the last four years. | | (174845) | 103
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate the Government has made of the likely increase in salary costs of requiring all teachers to work up to the age of 60 years. | | (174846) | 104
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the methods used to allocate initial teacher training places to each subject. | | (174563) | 105
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the number of initial teacher training places allocated to religious education. | | (174564) | 106
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will publish his assessment of the impact of the Education Maintenance Allowance pilots on participation in work-based training. | | (174857) | 107
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of the national cohort of students were admitted to their first choice secondary school in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by local education authority. | | (174864) | 108
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence (a) he and (b) the Department of Trade and Industry have collated on the impact of education maintenance allowances on the national minimum wage for 16 year olds; and if he will make a statement. | | (174942) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 109
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to ensure that the EU involves developing countries in future allocations of greenhouse gas emissions on an equitable per capita basis. | | (174043) | 110
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th May, Official Report, column 1658W, on disposable nappies, whether the Waste Implementation Programme Manager met representatives of the Nappy Alliance at Ashdown House on 23rd March; and if she will make a statement on the outcome of the meeting. | | (174743) | 111
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Coastal Defence Strategy. | | (174417) | 112
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the honourable Member for West Worcestershire will receive a response to his letter of 30th March, reference 196782. | | (174750) | 113
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174821) | 114
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles of seawall on the Essex coast have been improved in each of the last 20 years. | | (175021) | 115
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much sediment has been dredged as a result of licences issued for (a) foreshore dredging and (b) estuary dredging from the Essex coast and estuaries in each of the last 30 years. | | (175022) | 116
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account is taken in calculating the cost of saltwater flooding of agricultural land of (a) the impact of saltwater on cropping, (b) the cost of gypsum, (c) the cost of digging out ditches and replacing drainage and (d) the cost of additional fertilisers and sprays. | | (175023) | 117
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimated yield of wheat is used in calculating the land value for cost benefit analysis of the maintenance of seawalls in Essex. | | (175024) | 118
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost is of (a) the Roach and Crouch Estuary Strategy study, (b) the Blackwater and Colne Estuary Strategy Study, (c) the Stour and Orwell Estuary Strategy Study, (d) the Coast Habitat Management Plan for Essex, (e) the Essex Shoreline Management Plan and (f) the Geomorphical Study for the Roach and Crouch Estuary. | | (175031) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 119
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's (a) policy on and (b) relationship with Cuba. | | (175148) | 120
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese authorities with regard to observance of basic human rights in China. | | (175151) | 121
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the requirements placed upon Turkey for accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement on progress being made by Turkey in that regard. | | (175153) | 122
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Zimbabwean residents have left Zimbabwe and sought residency in the United Kingdom during the last 12 months. | | (175156) | 123
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance is being given to Sudan by the European Union in 2004-05. | | (175157) | 124
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for visas have been refused at British High Commission offices in (a) Pakistan, (b) Sri Lanka and (c) India during the last 12 months. | | (175159) | 125
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the Russian Government on the decommissioning of Russian nuclear submarines; and what estimate has been made of the number of such submarines. | | (175161) | 126
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers of the present government have visited Kenya in an official capacity. | | (175163) | 127
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which areas of Sri Lanka (a) the British High Commissioner and (b) a member of his staff has visited during the last 12 months; and what action has been taken by his Department following receipt of the reports made by him or his staff. | | (175165) | 128
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed with the Government of Sri Lanka human rights issues within that country; and if he will make a statement. | | (175166) | 129
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with the new Kenyan Government since the general election in Kenya in December 2002; and what issues were discussed. | | (175168) | 130
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on relationships with the military government in Burma; and if he will make a statement. | | (175171) | 131
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what records the Government has of the number of Iraqis (a) killed and (b) detained in Iraqi jails since the occupation of Iraq. | | (174854) | 132
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Rwanda in connection with the gangs of Hutu militia operating in the Congo. | | (174988) | 133
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role Libya has played in the situation in Darfur, Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (174837) | 134
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which private security companies the UK has contracts for services in Iraq; how much was paid to each in the financial year to 31st March; and what services they provide. | | (175094) | 135
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the changes made in the text of the proposed EU Constitution since it was published by Her Majesty's Government in Cm 5897; and whether the Government (a) was consulted on and (b) approves of each change. | | (174936) | 136
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether unanimity is required for changes to the draft Constitutional Treaty. | | (174947) | 137
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he expects the changes made to the draft Constitutional Treaty to give the Commission strategic control over oil supplies; how he interprets strategic control in this context; and what he estimates the effect will be on the British oil industry. | | (174948) | 138
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which EU member states have (a) submitted formal amendments to the official draft of the proposed constitution of the European Union published in August 2003 and (b) have given notice that they are likely to do so; by what dates such amendments have to be tabled prior to the meeting of the European Council on 17th to 18th June; and what arrangements he is making for their consideration by Parliament. | | (175107) | 139
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad's claim of having captured the Slafist Group for Preaching and Combat's second-in-command, Amari Saifi; and if he will make a statement. | | (175085) | 140
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his counterpart in Chad, (b) other representatives of the Government of Chad and (c) United Kingdom representatives in Chad concerning the army mutiny of the night of 16th to 17th May; and if he will make a statement. | | (175110) | 141
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) national and (b) regional security impact of the army mutiny which took place in Chad on the night of 16th to 17th May; and if he will make a statement. | | (175111) | 142
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment of the security impact of the army mutiny which took place in Chad on the night of 16th to 17th May he has received from the United Kingdom representatives in (a) Niger, (b) Nigeria, (c) Cameroon, (d) Central African Republic and (e) Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (175112) | 143
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) environmental and (b) economic impact of the proposed free trade pact between the United States of America and Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, to be signed at the Organization of American States in Washington DC on 28th May; and if he will make a statement. | | (175113) | 144
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the government of Honduras' recent crackdown on the Mara Salvatrucha street gang. | | (175114) | 145
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning the fire of 17th May at the prison in San Pedro Sula in Honduras; what assessment his Department has made of conditions at (a) that prison and (b) other prisons in Honduras; and if he will make a statement. | | (175115) | 146
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of the UN disarmament programme in Liberia; and if he will make a statement. | | (175185) | 147
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contributions the UK Government has (a) pledged and (b) delivered to the UN disarmament programme in Liberia; and if he will make a statement. | | (175186) | 148
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) he and (b) members of his Department last met the UN Secretary-General's special representative for Liberia to discuss (i) the UN disarmament programme in Liberia and (ii) the security situation in Liberia; and if he will make a statement. | | (175187) | 149
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens are serving as civilian police for the UN; what operations they are involved with; where they are stationed; and how many were serving in each of the last seven years. | | (175188) | 150
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the numbers of people killed in Nigeria as a result of (a) political, (b) religious and (c) ethnic violence in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement. | | (175194) | 151
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the honourable Member for West Worcestershire will receive a response to his letter of 29th March, reference 175680/04. | | (174748) | 152
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174819) | 153
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) civilians, (b) coalition forces and (c) terrorists killed in Iraq since the end of the war; and what the evidential basis is for his estimate. | | (174830) | 154
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date his Private Office received the telegram of 27th February from the office of the UK Special Representative in Iraq reporting on the meeting the previous day at which the International Committee of the Red Cross formally presented their report on the treatment of detainees in Iraq by the Coalition; on what date he himself was informed about the International Committee of the Red Cross report; and on what date he read it. | | (174594) | 155
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British Government voted in favour of Sudan becoming a member of the UN Human Rights Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (174595) | 156
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department first received copies of (i) the interim and (ii) the final International Committee of the Red Cross report on the treatment of detainees in Iraq by the Coalition. | | (174596) | 157
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US on Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip. | | (175040) | 158
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to discuss suspension of the EU/Israeli trade agreement with his partners in the EU. | | (175041) | 159
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government concerning current activity in the Gaza Strip. | | (175042) | 160
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Israel's compliance with the human rights clauses in the EU/Israeli trade agreement. | | (175043) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 161
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th May, Official Report, column 576-7W, on care homes, how many care homes were closed in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04, due to an anonymous complaint; and if he will make a statement. | | (175174) | 162
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for progressing the partnership between his Department, Marie Curie Cancer Care and other voluntary organisations in the field of palliative care with particular reference to (a) improving services for people who choose to die at home and (b) increasing the number of people who are able to die at home. | | (174395) | 163
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to increase the number of terminally ill patients who are able to exercise their choice to die at home. | | (174396) | 164
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further plans he has for supporting choice in palliative care for cancer patients to meet the commitment given in the recent document, Building the Best: Choice, Responsiveness and Equity in the NHS. | | (174397) | 165
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential savings to the NHS if more terminally ill people were given the choice of dying at home. | | (174621) | 166
| Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the two week wait rule on the management of suspected skin cancers in the North West of England. | | (175052) | 167
| Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received reports of regional variations in the incidence of skin cancer in England. | | (175053) | 168
| Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are on waiting lists for secondary dermatology treatment in the North West of England. | | (175054) | 169
| Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to conduct an audit of the two week wait rule for suspected cancer referrals in the North West of England. | | (175055) | 170
| Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the two week wait rule on dermatology waiting times in the North West of England. | | (175056) | 171
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult deaths as a result of air pollution there were in the last year for which figures are available. | | (174851) | 172
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Stroud constituency, the effects of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on the Stroud constituency. | | (174836) | 173
N | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expenditure was on the acquisition of rubber ferrules in each year since 1997.
| | (174158) | 174
| Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether current research being carried out by the mobile telephone health research team at King's College London is examining mobile and wireless communications systems. | | (174394) | 175
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist full-time equivalent NHS consultants are employed to practise in each NHS acute trust, broken down by (a) specialty and (b) the number of resident population per consultant in England. | | (174861) | 176
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines on the prescription of sucraid in the treatment of congenital sucrase isomaltese deficiency. | | (174969) | 177
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the hospitals where sucraid has been prescribed in the last five years. | | (174970) | 178
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals have an accident and emergency department and a paediatric department which is not open for 24 hours a day. | | (174562) | 179
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffered a stroke in the last year in (a) Rugby and Kenilworth and (b) England. | | (174961) | 180
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the last year suffered from peripheral vascular disease in (a) Rugby and Kenilworth and (b) England. | | (174963) | 181
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the use of less invasive technologies in the NHS. | | (174965) | 182
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness and purpose of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's Interventional Procedure Advisory Committee and the guidance it produces. | | (174966) | 183
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many interventional radiologists practise in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (174967) | 184
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sudden cardiac deaths there were in each of the last five years, broken down by age range; and if he will make a statement. | | (175164) | 185
| Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances at family planning clinics by people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000, broken down by sex. | | (174878) | 186
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS surplus land in England is available for new housing, broken down by hospital. | | (174998) | 187
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174825) | 188
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to collect statistics on the number of patients treated each year in the NHS for injuries involving air weapons. | | (174829) | 189
| Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been allocated to health in Manchester, Blackley in each of the last seven years. | | (175009) | 190
| Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many senior citizens in Manchester, Blackley have access to free eye tests. | | (175010) | 191
| Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been in NHS waiting list times for the residents of (a) Manchester, Blackley and (b) the City of Manchester in the last seven years. | | (175011) | 192
| Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of patients with suspected cancer in Manchester, Blackley saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years. | | (175012) | 193
| Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for heart surgery in Manchester, Blackley. | | (175013) | 194
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances at family clinics by people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000, broken down by sex. | | (174949) | 195
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions among women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000. | | (174952) | 196
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years were reported in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex. | | (174954) | 197
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence rate of reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years was in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex. | | (174955) | 198
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years were fitted with a contraceptive implant in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000. | | (174956) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 199
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he next expects to meet representatives of the (a) National Black Police Association and (b) Police Federation. | | (175049) | 200
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much public funding (a) went last year and (b) will go (i) this year and (ii) next year to (A) RESPECT in the Prison Service and (B) the National Black Police Federation; and if he will make a statement. | | (175050) | 201
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff employed in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have (a) resigned and (b) requested a transfer to another department in (i) the last six months and (ii) each of the last 10 years. | | (174384) | 202
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members of the Asylum Intake Reduction Sub-committee are; and if he will make a statement. | | (174386) | 203
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the minutes of the Asylum Intake Reduction Sub-committee; and if he will make a statement. | | (174387) | 204
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates the Asylum Intake Reduction Sub-committee has met; and if he will make a statement. | | (174389) | 205
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are being housed in local authority or housing association accommodation in the (a) Huntingdon constituency, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Corby constituency. | | (175133) | 206
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been imposed by the courts at the same time that they have passed a sentence for a criminal conviction in each year since 2002. | | (175134) | 207
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been applied for by (a) registered social landlords and (b) the British Transport Police in each year since 2002. | | (175135) | 208
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders that apply throughout the country have been issued in each year since 2002. | | (175136) | 209
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interim anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each year since 2002 in (a) England and Wales and (b) each county. | | (175138) | 210
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average duration was of anti-social behaviour orders issued in each year since 1999. | | (175140) | 211
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been breached in each year since 1999; and how many of those were punished with (a) fines and (b) prison sentences. | | (175142) | 212
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each year since 1999 in (a) England and Wales and (b) each county. | | (175143) | 213
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum and (b) received from residents of Sudan in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (174832) | 214
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations his Department has undertaken with race relations bodies about the effects of the Commission for Racial Equality Getting Results programme. | | (174388) | 215
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact the Commission for Racial Equality's Getting Results programme on the delivery of race equality schemes. | | (174398) | 216
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in full-time police officers in Manchester Central has been since 1997. | | (174276) | 217
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in (a) overall recorded crime, (b) recorded violent crime, (c) burglaries and (d) vehicle thefts in Manchester Central has been since 1997. | | (174277) | 218
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times powers preventing racial harassment introduced since 1997 have been used in Manchester Central. | | (174278) | 219
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what date he expects police radios to work whilst on the London Underground. | | (175058) | 220
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he takes to avoid conflicts of interest when advisers from outside the Civil Service are seconded to the Home Office to work on projects; and what restrictions are placed on the abilities of such advisers to participate in the bidding process for contracts arising from that advice. | | (175105) | 221
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in tackling the issue of noisy night-time fireworks. | | (174849) | 222
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to target the most prolific offenders. | | (174959) | 223
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners (a) were dyslexic, (b) autistic and (c) had eating disorders on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (174960) | 224
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role (a) further education and (b) higher education colleges have played in improving professional standards in crime and disorder reduction partnerships; and if he will provide examples of best practice. | | (174968) | 225
| Phil Sawford (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug treatment and testing orders have been issued in (a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland in each year for which figures are available. | | (174850) | 226
| Phil Sawford (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland have been given a drug treatment and testing order in each year for which figures are available who otherwise would have received a prison sentence of over six months. | | (174852) | 227
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for West Worcestershire will receive a response to his letter of 2nd March, reference PO3414/4. | | (174747) | 228
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for West Worcestershire will receive a response to his letter of 7th April, reference PO4301/4. | | (174749) | 229
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174820) | 230
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will make a decision on the grant aid to be given to the Commission for Racial Equality. | | (174827) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 231
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to develop the Shared Scholarships Scheme; and if he will introduce support for talented youngsters from developing countries outside the Commonwealth. | | (174989) | 232
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimates he has made of the number of refugees from Darfur in Chad; when these figures were last revised; and if he will make a statement. | | (175084) | 233
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the programmes aimed at institution building in Chad (a) run by his Department, (b) fully financed by his Department, (c) partially financed by his Department within the framework of EU initiatives, (d) partially financed by his Department within the framework of UN initiatives and (e) partially financed by his Department within the framework of the World Bank initiatives; when they were initiated; for how long they are planned to continue; and what aspect of institution building is being addressed by each. | | (175116) | 234
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assurances his Department has (a) sought and (b) received from the government of Nigeria concerning the effect of unrest in the Plateau region on the announced resumption of polio vaccinations in Kano state; and if he will make a statement. | | (175117) | 235
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has (a) pledged and (b) delivered to help in the ongoing humanitarian and reconstruction work in Bam, Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (175118) | 236
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) money and (b) aid in kind the United Kingdom (i) pledged and (ii) delivered to date to (A) the United Nations Population Fund and (B) the UN High Commission for Refugees within the framework of the UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Colombia 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (175182) | 237
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when (a) he and (b) members of his Department last met the UN Secretary-General's special representative for Liberia to discuss (i) the security situation in Liberia, (ii) the humanitarian situation in Liberia and (iii) future plans for the reconstruction of Liberia; and if he will make a statement. | | (175183) | 238
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) scale and (b) nature of corruption within the public institutions of Chad; what measures to fight this problem his Department proposes to provide as part of its development aid to Chad; and if he will make a statement. | | (175184) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 239
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the tourism revenue spent in Northern Ireland as a result of the North West 200 motorcycle races this year. | | [R] (174597) | 240
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the annual running costs of Invest Northern Ireland were over the last three years; and how much inward investment has been attracted and how many new jobs have been created over this period. | | (174720) | 241
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has for youth development programmes to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. | | (175158) | 242
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate how many individuals in Northern Ireland have implantable defibrillators; and how many procedures to implant these devices were performed in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (175160) | 243
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sudden cardiac deaths there were in each of the last five years, broken down by age range; and if he will make a statement. | | (175162) | 244
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) average waiting time and (b) longest time an individual has been waiting for a mammogram is at each of the Province's cancer units. | | (175167) | 245
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the proposed European Directive on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications, with particular reference to the impact in Northern Ireland of free movement of health professionals. | | (175169) | 246
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce a young people's development programme similar to that launched by the Departments of Health and Education and Skills. | | (175170) | 247
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients are awaiting (a) admission and (b) outpatient assessment at each hospital in the Province; and how many have been waiting six months or longer. | | (175172) | 248
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on (a) the frequency of epidural use in deliveries in Northern Ireland and (b) changes in that frequency in the last 30 years. | | (175175) | Questions to the Prime Minister 249
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will use the British Presidency of the UN Security Council in October to ensure that the Security Council has a detailed discussion on climate change as a global security issue, using the full diplomatic resources of the UK to increase the urgency and effectiveness of global action to combat dangerous climate change; and if he will make a statement. | | (173306) | 250
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to include global climate change on the agenda of the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2005, in Malta. | | (173307) | 251
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to include climate change on the agenda for the British Presidency of the EU in 2005. | | (173311) | 252
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on discussions he had on Tibet with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other Chinese official representatives during their recent visit to the UK. | | (174831) | 253
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Indian Congress Party's electoral win. | | (174842) | 254
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last requested a review of the requests to award an Arctic Medal; and what process was followed. | | (175051) | 255
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff in his Office were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174816) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 256
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the annual running costs of Scottish Development International were over the last three years; and how much inward investment has been attracted and how many new jobs have been created over this period. | | (174721) | 257
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174824) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 258
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance is given by the Export Credits Guarantee Department to UK companies wishing to trade with Russia. | | (174838) | 259
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what regulations are in place on the sale by (a) national supermarket chains and (b) small independent retailers of DVDs and videos at below-dealer wholesale prices. | | (174598) | 260
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the visual impact of wind farms in operation; and if she will make a statement. | | (175000) | 261
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions the Government has had with oil producers on reducing the price of petrol. | | (174844) | 262
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Council of Ministers will next discuss the proposed European Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions; and if she will oppose any proposals during the discussions for the extension of software patents. | | (174744) | 263
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Council of Ministers has received the report from the Council Working Group on Intellectual Property on the draft Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. | | (174745) | 264
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the latest position is regarding the opt-out from the 48-hour limit on the working week under the Working Time Directive; and if she will make a statement. | | (174871) | 265
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to publish the inquiry into the Beagle project. | | (174853) | 266
N | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the effect on bird life of additional wind turbines under construction and planned. | | (174405) | 267
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Competiveness Council of 17th to 18th May; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement. | | (174810) | 268
N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress of the consultation on the implementation of the End of Life Vehicles Directive. | | (174407) | 269
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) energy and (b) carbon costs of wind farms including (i) the concrete content of foundations, (ii) losses in transmission and (iii) infrastructure such as access roads. | | (174802) | 270
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Government's energy policy takes account of the problems of grid security and stability caused by large-scale remote wind generation. | | (174803) | 271
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Government's energy policy takes account of the cost estimated by Ofgem of reinforcing the transmission grid in order to cope with the scale of wind farm development envisaged. | | (174804) | 272
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many miles of new power lines will be needed in (a) Yorkshire and (b) other parts of England to accommodate the grid development identified by Ofgem as necessary to implement the Government's energy policy for wind farms. | | (174805) | 273
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Government's energy policy of large-scale wind farm development, particularly in remote parts of the UK, will affect the risks of large-scale electricity blackouts in the UK. | | (174806) | 274
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Government's energy policy for large-scale intermittent wind power generation addresses the diseconomy of part-time operation thereby forced upon the necessary conventional back-up; and how this deterrent to back-up generation will affect the risks to security and stability. | | (174807) | 275
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the role of sponsors in helping UK firms co-ordinate trade shows abroad and their cost to (a) UK businesses and (b) UK public funds. | | (174858) | 276
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 1178W, on business regulation, how many of the regulatory impact assessments referred to have since been placed in the Library, including their reference numbers. | | (174859) | 277
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the proportion of employers who (a) fail to comply with legislation and (b) use good practice regarding (i) equality of opportunity and (ii) human rights. | | (175146) | 278
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many proceedings were brought by employees under discrimination law in each year since 1997 concerning (a) sexual orientation and (b) religious belief; and what estimate she has made of the number of such proceedings in 2004 to 2006. | | (175149) | 279
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights' budget will be spent on financial grants to supporting organisations; and what framework is in place to choose these organisations. | | (175152) | 280
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures will be taken to ensure effective liaison between existing advisers to small businesses and the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. | | (175154) | 281
| Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of scrap aluminium was exported in (a) 2003 and (b) 2000. | | (174975) | 282
| Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the energy consumption is per unit of aluminium produced from (a) raw materials and (b) scrap. | | (174976) | 283
| Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of nuclear waste held at approved storage centres in the United Kingdom is from the nuclear weapons programme. | | (174977) | 284
| Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the price of scrap aluminium per tonne is; and what the average price was in 1997. | | (174978) | 285
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in tackling the issue of noisy night-time fireworks. | | (174848) | 286
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the honourable Member for West Worcestershire will receive a response to his letter of 31st March. | | (174746) | 287
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement about progress made on nuclear fusion research; and what Q ratio of input energy to output has been achieved. | | (174808) | 288
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is for retaining a skill base for the nuclear industry in the UK. | | (174809) | 289
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in her Department and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174822) | 290
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place research conducted on the competitive environment of the Export Credits Guarantee Department in the Library. | | (174828) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 291
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is towards port developments. | | (175087) | 292
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the (a) seaports and (b) airports industry to the UK economy. | | (175088) | 293
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department is promoting the UK ports industry. | | (175089) | 294
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what authority the provision of port facilities elsewhere in Europe may be taken into account when considering whether new or expanded port facilities should be authorised in the UK. | | (175090) | 295
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last discussed the impact of the EU Habitats Directive on the ports industry with (a) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (b) his European counterparts. | | (175091) | 296
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the social and economic consequences of constraints on port capacity. | | (175092) | 297
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on providing rail and road links to ports. | | (175093) | 298
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is planned that the draft Regional Assemblies Bill should specify the circumstances in which decisions relating to transport and transport infrastructures will be taken at (a) regional and (b) national level. | | (175123) | 299
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department gives to promote car clubs. | | (174867) | 300
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Parliamentary Questions to his Department in the last year took (a) two to four weeks and (b) over four weeks to answer. | | (174868) | 301
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken into the reduction in car journeys attributable to car clubs. | | (174869) | 302
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the local authorities which support car clubs. | | (174870) | 303
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries in road traffic accidents there were on the A49 between Shrewsbury and Ludlow in each of the last five years. | | (174983) | 304
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the level of subsidy (a) per rail mile travelled and (b) per passenger for each train operator for each year since 1997. | | (174984) | 305
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the subsidy paid to each train operator in each year since 1997 in descending order. | | (174985) | 306
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Freight on Track campaign. | | (174999) | 307
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of rail journeys were made by freight trains in the last year for which figures are available. | | (175001) | 308
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many containers and what tonnage of freight was carried by freight trains in each year since 1997. | | (175002) | 309
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has reviewed the suitability of locations of all speed cameras in Shrewsbury and Atcham. | | (175059) | 310
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coach journeys Ministers have taken on departmental business in each year since 1997. | | (175072) | 311
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of motoring has been in each year since 1997, expressed at today's prices. | | (175075) | 312
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of congestion on the M54 was in each year since 1997. | | (175076) | 313
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to review the stopping distances of cars shown in the Highway Code. | | (175079) | 314
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents took place in bus lanes in the last year for which figures are available. | | (175086) | 315
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on proposals to expand the capacity of Bristol airport. | | (175098) | 316
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of school buses in each local authority are fitted with seat belts. | | (175099) | 317
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates in the last 12 months he has held meetings with the Mayor of London. | | (175177) | 318
| Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has met Mr Alan Osborne to discuss the Rail Review. | | (174811) | 319
| Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with Mr Alan Osborne over the last 12 months. | | (174812) | 320
| Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect upon costs in the rail industry of regulations prepared by the Health and Safety Commission concerning rail safety. | | (174813) | 321
| Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has met the Health and Safety Commission to discuss the Rail Review. | | (174814) | 322
| Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what international models of railway safety he has considered in the context of the Rail Review. | | (174815) | 323
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions since 2000 the Civil Aviation Authority has investigated alleged breaches of the air exclusion zones around nuclear installations. | | (175080) | 324
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department and its agencies were seconded from the (a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. | | (174823) | 325
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the means of completing the road linking the A50 at the A514 junction at Chellaston with Wilmore Road in Derby. | | (174826) | 326
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much clay will be produced as a result of excavations to build the new Channel Tunnel link station at Stratford; and how it is proposed to dispose of it. | | (175030) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 327
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the annual running costs of the Welsh Development Agency were over the last three years; and how much inward investment has been attracted and how many new jobs have been created over this period. | | (174722) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 328
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessment made under the provisions of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 of the proposal to move Jobcentre Plus jobs out of London; and if he will make a statement on the implications of the assessment. | | (175025) | 329
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the fee for registering under the EU workers registration scheme (a) on Jobcentre Plus services and (b) on illegal working; and if he will make a statement. | | (175032) | 330
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether clients using Jobseeker Direct services when seeking job-broking advice and assistance by telephone will have access to Language Line if they do not speak English well; and if he will make a statement. | | (175034) | 331
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with his colleagues in the Northern Ireland Office in relation to the extension of the Age-Related Payments Bill to Northern Ireland. | | (175144) | 332
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement about the future of Burnley Pension Centre.
| | (174159) | 333
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases there are nil assessments in respect of Child Support Agency cases under (a) the old system and (b) the new system; and for what reasons no payment is required rather than a minimum payment. | | (174847) | 334
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when existing Child Support Agency cases will be transferred to the new scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (174279) | 335
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he has taken to eliminate (a) pension and (b) housing benefit fraud. | | (174997) | 336
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in each of the last 25 years; and what estimate he has made of how many children will be living in poverty in each of the next five years. | | (175004) | 337
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on state pensions in each of the last 25 years, expressed in real terms. | | (175008) | 338
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total Government financial support to the poorest 10 per cent. of pensioners was in each of the last 30 years, expressed at today's prices. | | (175014) | 339
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are entitled to (a) income support, (b) attendance allowance, (c) disability living allowance, (d) pension credit, (e) council tax benefit and (f) housing benefit are not claiming it in the Vale of Clwyd. | | (175026) | 340
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by Government in real terms on unemployment benefits in each of the last 25 years. | | (175028) | 341
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were living in poverty in each of the last 25 years. | | (175070) | 342
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were receiving Incapacity Benefit in each of the last 25 years, broken down by constituency within each region. | | (175124) | 343
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were receiving income support in each of the last 25 years, broken down down by constituency within each region. | | (175130) | 344
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the poorest third of pensioners received in each year since 1998; and what that sum would have been in each year had the State Pension been linked to earnings. | | (175131) | 345
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change in income resulting from tax and benefit measures was in real terms for the lowest income decile of families in each year since 1997, expressed in each case as a percentage change in relation to 1997 base figures. | | (175132) | 346
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers give instructions to permanent civil servants without the explicit authorisation of Ministers. | | (175020) | 347
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of pensioners' income coming from (a) state and (b) private sources. | | (175069) | 348
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the expenditure on national insurance rebates for those contracted out of SERPS or the second state pension in each year from 1996-97 to 2005-06. | | (175108) | 349
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) pensioner households and (b) individual pensioners eligible for pension credit (i) this year and (ii) in each of the next 10 years. | | (175109) | 350
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) upward and (b) downward payroll adjustments an employer may have to make as a result of the policies of his Department. | | (175180) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 351
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the present member states of the European Union are expected to be (a) net contributors to and (b) net beneficiaries of the European Union budget in 2004-05. | | [Transferred] (175155) | 352
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths occurred in the last year due to stroke in (a) Rugby and Kenilworth and (b) England. | | [Transferred] (174962) | 353
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths occurred in the last year due to peripheral vascular disease in (a) Rugby and Kenilworth and (b) England. | | [Transferred] (174964) | 354
| Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (174877) | 355
| Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years was in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (174879) | 356
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 20 United Kingdom mainland constituencies experienced the greatest fall in electorate between 1997 and 2004 in (a) numerical and (b) percentage terms, listed in descending order. | | [Transferred] (175125) | 357
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many long-term youth unemployed there were in each year since 1979, broken down by constituency within each region. | | [Transferred] (175127) | 358
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (174950) | 359
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority was in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (174951) | 360
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions resulted in abortions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (174953) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 361
| Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioner households in the Elmet constituency receive a free TV licence. | | [Transferred] (174874) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 362
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the number of civilians killed in Iraq by Coalition forces since 20th March 2003; and if he will make a statement on how this figure was calculated. | | [Transferred] (175074) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 363
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on maintaining school buses free of charge to children. | | [Transferred] (175057) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 364
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on (a) urban and (b) rural air quality in 2003. | | [Question Unstarred] (174406) | 365
N | Sir Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further steps she will take to promote the export of beef. | | [Question Unstarred] (174421) | 366
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the recycling rates of each local authority are, listed in descending order. | | [Transferred] (175033) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 367
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) numbers, (b) efficiency and (c) effectiveness of the UN administrative staff in New York charged with planning, launching and overseeing UN peacekeeping missions; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (175122) | 368
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recommendations his Department has made for the reform of the planning and administrative structure of UN peacekeeping missions; when these recommendations were last revised; what response he has received from (a) UN officials and (b) officials of other member states; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (175181) | 369
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Israel over the effect of Israeli military action on (a) homes, (b) water supply systems and (c) other infrastructure funded by his Department in the territories governed by the Palestinian Authority. | | [Transferred] (175141) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 370
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was raised in fines from speed cameras in the last year for which records are available in (a) West Sussex and (b) the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency. | | [Transferred] (175046) | 371
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of driving offences in the last period for which figures are available occurred whilst driving within the statutory speed limits. | | [Transferred] (175082) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 372
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many websites regulatory bodies have closed down because of the presence of illegal images and content in each of the last two years. | | [Transferred] (174833) | 373
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer on Chapel Cross, of 13th May, Official Report, column 489, whether a breach of the air exclusion zone around Chapel Cross took place in 2003; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (175147) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 374
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money raised in fines from speed cameras during the last year for which records are available was spent in (a) West Sussex and (b) the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency. | | [Transferred] (175039) | 375
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the mobile phones and walkie-talkie communications units issued to emergency personnel who would be called upon to deal with a terrorist incident on the London Underground have the capability to work underground. | | [Transferred] (175081) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 376
| Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in the Elmet constituency (a) have claimed the minimum income guarantee and (b) are claiming pension credit. | | [Transferred] (174873) | 377
| Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in the Elmet constituency receive £100 help towards the payment of council tax. | | [Transferred] (174875) |
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