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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 14 June 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 14 June 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 14 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 14 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 14 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what provision has been and will be made for publicising (a) the decision by the Panel for Regulatory Accountability whether or not to clear a given regulatory proposal and (b) the grounds on which the decision was made. | | (178832) | 2
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what provision has been and will be made for publicising the decisions of the Regulatory Impact Unit regarding whether a particular regulatory proposal requires clearance from the Panel for Regulatory Accountability. | | (178833) | 3
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the current members of the Panel for Regulatory Accountability. | | (178834) | 4
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the regulatory proposals which have been deemed by the Regulatory Impact Unit to require clearance from the Panel for Regulatory Accountability during the past three months. | | (178835) | 5
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Panel for Regulatory Accountability (a) has met in the past year and (b) is scheduled to meet in the forthcomng year. | | (178836) | 6
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether tax matters considered by the Chancellor in the course of normal Budget processes may in any circumstances require clearance from the Panel for Regulatory Accountability. | | (178838) | 7
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidelines his Department has issued in relation to Ministers signing off regulatory impact assessments in which the estimated benefits do not outweigh the estimated costs. | | (178662) | 8
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 1538W, on public bodies, how many reviews of public bodies according to detailed guidelines were carried out by his Office between 1997 and 2002. | | (178769) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 9
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many articles were seized by HM Customs under the Convention for the International Trade in Endangered Species in each year since 1997-98. | | (178758) | 10
| Denzil Davies (Llanelli):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total saving to his three departments has been in each of the years to April (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004 arising from the STEPS agreement. | | (178604) | 11
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed individuals who work as temporary workers under a terms of engagement for services arrangement have appealed against Inland Revenue decisions not to grant in full their claims for travel expenses. | | (178759) | 12
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what life expectancy in the UK was in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) region, (b) sex and (c) social class. | | (178935) | 13
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of his Department's websites, including those of its agencies, was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (178790) | 14
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 27th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Patrick McKenna. | | (178951) | 15
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the linking of stamp duty and inheritance tax thresholds to house price growth indices; and if he will make a statement on homeowners' tax liabilities. | | (178740) | 16
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Construction Industry Scheme certificates have been lost in each year since the Scheme's introduction; and what their total value is. | | (178016) | 17
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated total annual cost to the Inland Revenue is of running the Construction Industry Scheme. | | (178017) | 18
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the statement of 10th December 2003, Official Report, column 1064, on the Pre-Budget Report, how many regulatory impact assessments produced by his Department referring to the 147 regulations for reform or removal have been placed in the Library, including their reference numbers; and what the estimated benefit to business is in each case. | | (178831) | 19
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 27th May, Official Report, column 1727W, on Regulation, what assessment he made of the recommendation of the Mandelkern Group on Better Regulation Final Report of 13th November 2001 that simplification does not mean deregulation; and what his assessment is of the adoption of this recommendation in the Better Regulation Action Plan published by the European Commission in June 2002. | | (178859) | 20
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th May, Official Report, column 1727W, on Regulation, which section of the European Commission's Better Regulation Action Plan provides for the removal of existing legislation which is in force; and if he will make a statement. | | (178861) | 21
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178911) | 22
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th May, Official Report, column 1728W, on tax credits, where the reference to (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit appears in the document sent to all honourable Members. | | (178844) | 23
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th May, Official Report, column 1728W, on tax credits, whether (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit are subject to the right to reside test. | | (178845) | 24
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the British economy grew on average per annum (a) in total and (b) per capita in the period (i) 1993 to 1998 and (ii) 1998 to 2003. | | (178846) | 25
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of allowing married people to transfer their unused income tax allowance to a spouse with a taxable income in respect of families where the child is (a) under one year old, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four and (f) five years old. | | (178857) | 26
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been provided to those making claims of misselling of endowment mortgages against small independent financial advisers about the information to be included in a claim. | | (178224) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 27
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many lay magistrates there are in the Greater London area; and how many vacancies for lay magistrates there are. | | (178685) | 28
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) men and (b) women from ethnic minorities sit as Judges in the High Court. | | (178686) | 29
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appointments of Justices of the Peace for the Greater London area have been (a) men and (b) women in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (178687) | 30
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of specialist domestic violence courts. | | (178992) | 31
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Secretary of State has considered, as part of the Government's programme of constitutional reform, the introduction of fixed-term parliaments; and if he will make a statement. | | (178720) | 32
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment he has made of the possibility of people who are registered in two electoral districts because they own two homes being able to exercise two votes in the European parliamentary elections and remain undetected. | | (179042) | 33
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many individuals are registered to vote in more than one electoral district. | | (179043) | 34
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what mechanisms exist to identify in which elections an individual has participated when multiple elections are held. | | (179044) | 35
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178912) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 36
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding central Government will make available to pay for the restoration of the Royal Hall in Harrogate; and if she will make a statement on Government support for the restoration. | | (178660) | 37
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what impact the People's Network project has had on library visits; and if she will make a statement. | | (178223) | 38
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on preserved rights to concessionary television licences for people in sheltered and community housing. | | (178693) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 39
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he permits US forces based in the UK to hold (a) chemical and (b) biological (i) weapons and (ii) counter-weapon material. | | (178707) | 40
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether US aircraft armed with nuclear weapons seek permission from his Department for each flight they wish to make within UK airspace. | | (178708) | 41
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hoods (a) have been ordered by his Department and (b) are available to British troops for use after arrest and during detention of military combatants in Iraq. | | (178710) | 42
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the orders given to UK soldiers regarding the use of hoods after arrest and during detention of military combatants in Iraq. | | (178711) | 43
N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel are required to carry out those of RAF Boulmer's functions which are to be moved to RAF Scampton; and how many RAF personnel will be required to carry out the functions at RAF Scampton. | | (178221) | 44
N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has changed (a) the proposal to move No. 1 ACC from RAF Boulmer to RAF Scampton and (b) the timing of any planned move; and if he will make a statement. | | (178222) | 45
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to questions reference 174180, 173337 and 173317 tabled by the honourable Member for Leyton & Wanstead. | | (178806) | 46
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the relocation of Army Headquarters Northern Ireland from Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn to Aldergrove; and if he will make a statement. | | (178854) | 47
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, what the alleged offences which have been subject to further investigation since 4th May are; and whether he expects further new investigations in addition to the 14 initiated. | | (179014) | 48
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, who is responsible for incorporating details of investigations from all branches of service police. | | (179015) | 49
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, when he received the correct number of investigations into civilian deaths, injuries or alleged ill-treatment; and when he provided this information to the Prime Minister. | | (179016) | 50
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, whether any of the 14 investigations initiated since 4th May relate to detention facilities. | | (179017) | 51
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, what the average time between an allegation by an Iraqi civilian of (a) ill-treatment, (b) injury and (c) death as a result of British military action and the opening of investigations into the allegations has been. | | (179018) | 52
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Minsiterial Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, who is responsible for ensuring information on all investigations by service police into incidents in Iraq is collated; and where such information is held. | | (179019) | 53
| Jim Knight (South Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what opportunities have been given, and what further opportunities are planned, to allow bidders for the Airfield Support Services Project to explain their proposals to relevant trade union officials and to respond to any concerns raised. | | (178930) | 54
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims for payment by BAE Systems under the Al-Yamamah programme relating (a) to support, including accommodation and travel, for overseas visitors from Saudi Arabia and (b) to support, including visa-related services, for BAE staff travelling to Saudi Arabia have been endorsed since 1st January 1997 by staff of the Saudi armed forces project office; and what the value of each set of such claims has been in each year since 1st January 1997. | | (178616) | 55
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24th May, Official Report, column 1346W, on Al-Yamamah contracts, what the name was of the successor to the Al Yamamah project within the Royal Saudi Air Force to whom he was introduced. | | (178757) | 56
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to delay the closure of the Army Medal Office until the end of the 2006-07 financial year. | | (178994) | 57
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff have been employed at the Army Medal Office to assist in the issuing of the Iraq medal since the beginning of the year; and how many are on (a) casual and (b) fixed-term contracts. | | (178995) | 58
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis, and with what external advice, the site of the Army Medal Office in Droitwich was (a) assessed as being suitable for residential development and (b) valued. | | (178996) | 59
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on future plans for RAF Innsworth. | | (178997) | 60
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilians and (b) military staff with experience of medal issuing were involved in the decision to centralise medal issuing at RAF Innsworth. | | (178998) | 61
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for the Suez Canal Zone (a) medal and (b) clasp have been (i) received and (ii) processed by the Army Medal Office in Droitwich Spa. | | (179020) | 62
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers (a) are eligible for and (b) have received the Iraq Campaign Medal. | | (179022) | 63
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of death, injury or ill-treatment in Iraq have been referred to the Attorney General or the Crown Prosecution Service for review. | | (179010) | 64
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the names are of those individuals reported to have been killed or injured as a result of action by Armed Forces personnel in Iraq in whose cases the commanding officer of the regiment concerned decided there was no case to answer. | | (179011) | 65
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 663W, on Iraq, on what date in March 2003 Mr Zaher died. | | (179027) | 66
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Tanik S. Mahmud was (a) a prisoner of war and (b) a civilian arrested during combat. | | (179028) | 67
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, what the names are of the individuals concerned in the cases where investigations are still in progress where individuals died. | | (179029) | 68
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, what deficiencies in the recording and investigation of civilian deaths and injuries as a result of actions by armed forces personnel were identified as a result of the verification exercise. | | (179034) | 69
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8th June, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on Iraq, what the (a) names of the individuals and (b) dates of the incidents concerned are in the new investigations into deaths in Iraq started since 4th May. | | (179035) | 70
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why secondary monitoring for all those leaving nuclear submarines is not mandatory at HM Naval Base Clyde Faslane. | | (178868) | 71
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list each allegation of malpractice in the management of detainees in Iraq made against British forces since 1st May 2003, broken down by date of the allegation; and if he will place in the Library copies of the allegations with personal data removed. | | (178725) | 72
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department provided the classified examples on targets chosen in the war to which reference is made at paragraph 30 of the Government's response to the Defence Committee report on Lessons of Iraq, HC635. | | (178745) | 73
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 27th May, Official Report, column 1840W, what the reason is for the Royal Military Police post established at Diego Garcia. | | (178781) | 74
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what design studies have been commissioned to find a replacement for Trident nuclear submarines. | | (179006) | 75
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the medical records of those Iraqis held in detention by British forces in Southern Iraq have been provided to those interrogating them. | | (179024) | 76
N | Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received on the retrieval and assessment of the radiation from badges worn by participants in the Technical Services Forward Group during the nuclear tests in August and September 1958; and if he will make a statement. | | (178576) | 77
| Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance British forces have provided to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission regarding military cemeteries and memorials in Iraq. | | (178605) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 78
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his plans for an interim permanent residence policy affecting the purchase of second homes. | | (178606) | 79
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 1141W, on the Advisory Group on Home Buying, how much the minimal cost was which he refers to for financial years (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (179025) | 80
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures his Department has taken to raise awareness of the 24-hour domestic violence helpline. | | (178811) | 81
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many refuge places have been available for victims of domestic violence in each of the past three years. | | (178812) | 82
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much Government funding was available in each of the last three years to provide refuge places for women who have experienced domestic violence. | | (178813) | 83
N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will alter the guidance given to local authorities about preference for high-density housing in order to allow local authorities to follow their own local plans. | | (178697) | 84
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what requirement there is upon local authorities to review the state of the housing market in their area. | | (177283) | 85
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance the Government Office for the South East has issued to local authorities concerning local housing markets. | | (177284) | 86
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 1222W, on homelessness, when he expects to publish research into homelessness among people from black and minority ethnic communities. | | (178688) | 87
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the London Borough of Brent's decision to use some of its dedicated Homelessness Strategy funding to provide enhanced financial incentives to under-occupying tenants moving from family-sized housing to smaller accommodation. | | (178689) | 88
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Cash Incentive Scheme grants were made by each local authority in 2003-04; and what the total value of these grants was in each authority. | | (178690) | 89
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homebuy loans were made in each local authority area in London in 2003-04. | | (178691) | 90
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Homebuy loans were made to (a) those in social housing, (b) those on housing waiting lists and (c) key workers in London in 2003-04. | | (178732) | 91
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his response to Recommendation 18 of the Home Ownership Task Force, if he will commission research into the strategic benefits of Cash Incentive Scheme grants. | | (178733) | 92
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association lettings were made in each Government Office Region in each year since 1980. | | (178734) | 93
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of new social housing for rent built in each year since 1990 had three or more bedrooms. | | (178735) | 94
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will add to his Department's Public Service Agreement 5 a performance indicator for the number of families with children living in overcrowded housing. | | (178736) | 95
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact prolonged stays in temporary accommodation have on homeless households' ability to access employment opportunities. | | (178737) | 96
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring the rent liability for statutorily homeless households placed in temporary accommodation into line with the average rent for social housing in that local authority area. | | (178739) | 97
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to reply to the letter of the honourable Member for Battersea to the Minister of State for Housing and Planning on the subject of affordable housing. | | (178676) | 98
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who will meet the costs of reprinting postal ballot papers for the elections on 10th June. | | (178663) | 99
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what receipts there were from stock transfer of council housing, broken down by local authority and giving the number of homes involved, the unit transfer price, and the total capacity receipt in each case, in each year since 1997. | | (178905) | 100
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent Advisory Note he has sent to (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) health authorities on the purchase of stair lifts. | | (178230) | 101
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much money his Department has allocated in this financial year to provide advice to local communities on planning matters; to which organisations such money has been paid; and how much has been paid to each. | | (178231) | 102
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to receive the report of the Electoral Commission on the all-postal election pilots on 10th June. | | (178718) | 103
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what date the proposed referendums on regional assemblies will take place; and whether the voting will be all-postal. | | (178719) | 104
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many recruits there were to each fire authority in England and Wales in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) gender and (b) ethnicity. | | (178770) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 105
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the disadvantages to students whose schools do not have access to broadband services. | | (178928) | 106
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanism his Department has put in place to monitor the roll-out of broadband to schools. | | (178929) | 107
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations the Government has received from students in year 12 and their parents planning to take a gap year who will pay tuition fees if they secure deferred places at universities; and if he will make a statement. | | (178903) | 108
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to encourage more students to enter sixth form education within the Greater London area. | | (179032) | 109
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies for teaching posts there are at schools in the Greater London area. | | (179033) | 110
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on recruitment and retention of primary and secondary school teachers at schools in the Greater London area. | | (179039) | 111
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children played truant during the last 12 months at schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth. | | (179040) | 112
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent per pupil in 2003-04 for each school in the London Borough of Wandsworth. | | (179041) | 113
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding has been given by his Department during the last 12 months to pre-school provision within the Greater London area. | | (179049) | 114
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many nursery day care places there are in the London Borough of Wandsworth; and what contribution towards the cost of these places is paid by (a) central Government and (b) local authorities. | | (179050) | 115
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special schools there are in each of the education authorities in the Greater London area. | | (179051) | 116
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding has been spent in Crosby from measures within the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001. | | (178895) | 117
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he has taken to counsel and support probationary teachers in the school environment; and how much money he has dedicated for such counselling and support. | | (178807) | 118
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what monitoring he has carried out of the support for probationary teachers; and what evidence he has collated on the effect probationary teacher support has on teacher retention. | | (178808) | 119
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will update the guidance in DfES Circular 10/95, Protecting Children from Abuse; and if he will make a statement. | | (178810) | 120
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the availability of materials to educate children and young people about domestic violence; how many schools had access to such material in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003; and how many now have access to such material. | | (178819) | 121
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what work the Minister for Children has undertaken to ensure that information sharing systems provide adequate protection for children whose mothers have experienced domestic violence and moved away from a violent partner. | | (178820) | 122
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary with regard to including information about domestic violence in the personal health and social education curriculum. | | (178822) | 123
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what role he plans for co-operatives in providing childcare. | | (178907) | 124
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Learning and Skills Council on the recently issued guidelines to limit college franchising arrangements with work-based learning providers; what steps he is taking to ensure that the provision of high quality training is safeguarded; and if he will take steps to ensure the early substitution of direct contracting between local learning and skills councils and the affected providers. | | (178232) | 125
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178916) | 126
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent by schools on examination entries in each year since 1997. | | (177884) | 127
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost was of producing and publishing the most recent (a) primary school performance tables of achievements in Key Stage 2 tests, (b) secondary school performance tables of achievements in Key Stage 3 tests, (c) secondary school performance tables of achievements in GCSE examinations and vocational qualifications, (d) school and college performance tables of achievements in A/AS examinations and vocational qualifications, (e) pilot tables testing the calculation and presentation of a Key Stage 2-GCSE/GNVQ value added measure and (f) pilot tables testing the reporting of achievements in all approved qualifications at age 16 years. | | (177885) | 128
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets his Department has set in relation to reducing truancy in each year up to 2006; and what levels of funding will be made available in each year. | | (177886) | 129
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Romford of 4th May, Official Report, column 1424W, on examination boards, how the £100 million will be allocated over the next two years in order to ensure the modernisation and safe delivery of the examination system. | | (177887) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 130
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Castle Point, Official Report, 24th May, column 1292W, on landfill sites, how many offences were identified for each year from 2000 to 2003; and what the (a) highest, (b) average and (c) lowest fine was in each year. | | (178703) | 131
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the success at EU level of the Cardiff process to integrate environmental considerations into sectoral policy. | | (178704) | 132
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much mercury is estimated to have been released into the atmosphere in the UK each year as a result of cremating mortal remains containing mercury-based tooth fillings since (a) 1979 and (b) 1997; what assessment she has made of the environmental impact from these releases; and if she will make a statement. | | (178705) | 133
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the results of trials in Northern Ireland on TB in badgers; and if she will make a statement. | | (178901) | 134
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the UK will submit to the International Whaling Commission meeting in Sorrento in connection with (a) the Southern Ocean Sanctuary review and (b) the Conservation Committee. | | (178677) | 135
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish, by payment area, the compensation paid to farmers for each bovine TB breakdown for each of the last three years. | | (178785) | 136
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will support the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) sponsored project to study the behaviour of whales in the sea off the West Coast of Iceland; and if she will make representations to the Icelandic Government to persuade them to accede to IFAW's request to undertake this research. | | (178797) | 137
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to bring forward proposals in response to the Review of Existing Private Sewers and Drains in England and Wales. | | (178954) | 138
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the British Waterways Board acquired a shareholding in Easynet plc; for what reasons; and what the size of the shareholding is. | | (178870) | 139
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to expand the Warm Front grant scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (178671) | 140
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to provide resources for a wider range of energy efficiency measures under the Warm Front scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (178672) | 141
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the progress made by the Warm Front scheme towards meeting the targets set out in the Government's Fuel Poverty Strategy. | | (178673) | 142
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the emissions of mercury from crematorium chimneys; and if she will make it her policy to ensure that the emission of mercury from cremation ceases at an early date. | | (178669) | 143
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish her Department's annual report on progress made in implementing the programme set out in the White Paper on managing radioactive waste safely. | | (178724) | 144
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about hauliers picking up animals in multi pick-up and drop-off sites. | | (178448) | 145
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hauliers have been prosecuted for picking up animals from farms in a multi pick-up vehicle without a licence approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (178449) | 146
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many drivers employed by hauling companies have been prosecuted in each of the last three years for failing to adhere to the requirements relating to multiple pick-up licences. | | (178450) | 147
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many multiple (a) pick-up and (b) drop-off licences have been issued in each of the last three years; what period they cover; how many have been renewed in each year; and if she will review the need to continue issuing these licences. | | (178451) | 148
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement as to how hauliers can find out whether the farmers for whom they pick up and drop off animals hold the required licence; and what provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 apply in these circumstances. | | (178452) | 149
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total amount paid by her Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178914) | 150
N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on recent deaths of cattle from unidentified viral brain diseases. | | (178674) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 151
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments paid for travelling and other expenses in connection with the attendance by the Minister for Europe at meetings in the course of the composition and signing of the Party of European Socialists document entitled Political Declaration, High Level Policy Group on Globalisation: Europe 2004, Changing the Future; whether he was accompanied to those meetings by officials from his Department or any other Government department; and whether any officials from his Department or any other Government department arranged the Minister for Europe's travel plans. | | (178746) | 152
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list each country in which more than five British citizens were killed or murdered between 1999-2000 and 2001-02. | | (177606) | 153
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reference the draft United Nations resolution on Iraq recently proposed by the United Kingdom and the United States makes to paragraph 20 of Resolution 1483; what the implications of this is for (a) payments required to be made by Iraq and (b) payments required to be made to Kuwait; and if he will make a statement. | | (178142) | 154
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement his Department will have in negotiating the use of Iraqi oil assets. | | (177889) | 155
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government will be included in the Conflict Prevention Pool; and what the priorities are of the Conflict Prevention Pool. | | (178891) | 156
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with African countries to strengthen protection of individuals who seek asylum from key refugee-producing regions; and what the outcome of these discussions was. | | (178892) | 157
N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the statement of 7th June, Official Report, column 31 on Iraq, when he expects to receive the results from the US Administration of their investigation into the deaths at Makr-al-Deel on 18th to 19th May. | | (178869) | 158
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications under the working holidaymaker scheme from (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Sri Lanka, (d) Nigeria, (e) Ghana, (f) Sierra Leone, (g) Jamaica and (h) all new Commonwealth countries have been (i) received, (ii) refused, (iii) granted and (iv) appealed against since 25th August 2003. | | (178782) | 159
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of US sanctions against Cuba; and what representations he has made to the US Administration about the most effective means of promoting transition to a pluralist democracy in Cuba. | | (178841) | 160
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will propose to the UN Security Council the invocation of Chapter VII of the charter with regard to Sudan. | | (178784) | 161
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received that Gideon Gono, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (a) is a fundraiser for ZANU PF and (b) intends to enter the United Kingdom for fundraising purposes. | | (179036) | 162
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 6th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mohammed Shafi. | | (178944) | 163
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 26th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to H S Khan. | | (178945) | 164
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the fund-raising visit to the UK of Dr Gideon Gono, Governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank. | | (178766) | 165
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason Dr Gideon Gono, Governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank, was not prevented from entering the UK under the terms of EU sanctions. | | (178767) | 166
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of involvement in illegal foreign exchange deals involving the Zimbabwe regime of Dr Gideon Gono, Governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank. | | (178768) | 167
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK-based private security contractors will enjoy immunity from prosecution under local Iraqi law after 30th June. | | (178795) | 168
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further action his Department is taking to help resolve the situation in Sudan through the United Nations and prevent further human rights abuses. | | (178105) | 169
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has asked the United States Central Intelligence Agency if it will give permission for the release of communications made by the CIA to Her Majesty's Government in respect of reservations held by the CIA over claims that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger, following the public testimony by the CIA Director George Tenet on 11th July 2003. | | (178727) | 170
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which international treaty to which the United Kingdom is party (a) gives legal underpinning to the possession of nuclear weapons by the United Kingdom and (b) permits the modernisation of the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons of mass destruction. | | (178728) | 171
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the medical records of United Kingdom citizens who were detained in Guantanamo Bay were made available to the interrogators; and whether Her Majesty's Government has received representations from those former British detainees held at Guantanamo Bay in respect of their treatment whilst under detention. | | (179023) | 172
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178913) | 173
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to report human rights abuses committed by Israel in Gaza to the EU Association Council. | | (178796) | 174
| Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to whom the Coalition Provisional Authority is accountable; and what responsibilities this places upon the United Kingdom. | | (178852) | 175
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people applied in 2003 for a visa under the Commonwealth working holidaymaker scheme; and from which countries they came. | | (178778) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 176
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to Question reference 176394 tabled by the honourable Member for Billericay. | | (178860) | 177
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations took place on the capping of Patient Forum membership at an average of 10 per forum; and if he will make a statement. | | (178876) | 178
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation is taking place as part of his Department's review of arms' length bodies on the future of (a) the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare and (b) patients' forums; and if he will make a statement. | | (178877) | 179
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes to treat obesity-related sleep apnoea there were in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. | | (178878) | 180
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to date is of the pilots and roll out of (a) the chlamydia screening programme and (b) the bowel cancer screening programme. | | (178879) | 181
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent in the last financial year on researching and developing screening programmes for the NHS; and what the total amount of underspends was. | | (178880) | 182
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of the National Screening Committee was in each of the last three years. | | (178881) | 183
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when electronic patient records will have the functionality to enable general practitioner surgeries to call up patients for screening tests. | | (178882) | 184
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust the initial (i) capital and (ii) resource allocations announced last year for three years and the latest revised allocations; if he will set out the reasons for differences between the two; and whether the latest revisions represent the final budget allocations. | | (178883) | 185
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the capping of Patient Forum membership at an average of 10 per forum. | | (178884) | 186
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to (a) strategic health authorities and (b) acute trusts in respect of waiting times for (i) MRI scans and (ii) nerve conduction tests. | | (177605) | 187
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors underlay the decision to indemnify water companies from liabilities arising from water fluoridation. | | (178615) | 188
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent indemnity applies to the NHS authorities that may require private water companies to fluoridate their water supply. | | (178678) | 189
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department plans to increase the recruitment of paramedics. | | (177890) | 190
N | Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the Government is giving to drug and alcohol rehabilitation schemes in the community. | | (178158) | 191
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information would be necessary on the National Identity Register for the NHS to assess whether an individual should be paying for treatment; and what information he expects to be available to the NHS on the National Identity Register in order for the identity card scheme to achieve its health-related aims. | | (178893) | 192
| Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what health advice is given to young people about the use and side effects of inhaling poppers containing amyl nitrate, with particular reference to the products (a) Liquid Gold, (b) Pure Gold and (c) TNT. | | (178803) | 193
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the treatment and management of myeloma after diagnosis is effective. | | (178824) | 194
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of whether delays are occurring in the diagnosis of myeloma. | | (178825) | 195
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure equity of access to treatment and care for myeloma throughout the UK, with particular reference to new drugs and techniques that are not National Institute for Clinical Excellence approved. | | (178826) | 196
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research the Government has undertaken on the causes of myeloma. | | (178827) | 197
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the increase in funding for cancer was allocated to haematology, with particular reference to myeloma; and what proportion of this sum was spent on staff training. | | (178828) | 198
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in the UK diagnosed with myeloma entered clinical trials in each of the last 10 years. | | (178829) | 199
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):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 myeloma. | | (178830) | 200
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's targets are on the provision of single sex accommodation for mental health inpatients; and how many mental health trusts meet those targets. | | (178747) | 201
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the safe facilities for patients in hospitals who are mentally ill which are intended to safeguard patients' privacy and dignity as set out in Safety, Policy and Dignity in mental health units (DoH 2000). | | (178748) | 202
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the standard for segregated washing and toilet facilities in the NHS was when the Patients' Charter was first published; what the standard is now; and how many mental health trusts have met this standard. | | (178749) | 203
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the organisational arrangements which (a) NHS trusts and (b) mental health trusts are expected to have in place to ensure good standards of privacy and dignity for patients; and how many mental health trusts have these arrangements in place. | | (178750) | 204
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how mental health patients' experience of being treated in hospital is used to inform (a) local and (b) national policies on the provision of facilities which ensure good standards of privacy and dignity. | | (178751) | 205
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make domestic violence training mandatory for all health professionals. | | (178809) | 206
| Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to be involved in and mark the celebration of Deaf-blind Awareness Week. | | (178618) | 207
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the population smoke, broken down by (a) sex, (b) age, (c) region and (d) social class; and if he will make a statement. | | (178932) | 208
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent by his Department treating smoking-related diseases in each year since 1997, broken down by health authority area; and how many (a) patients were treated for smoking-related medical conditions and (b) deaths were directly attributed to smoking in each year. | | (178933) | 209
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of smoking-related diseases as they affect each social class. | | (178934) | 210
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times for inpatients were in the NHS for each year from 1991 to 2003. | | (178886) | 211
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes in NHS hospitals in England there were for each year from 1991 to 2003. | | (178887) | 212
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatients were treated in the NHS in England in each year from 1991 to 2003. | | (178888) | 213
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sub-groups of the Joint Committee on Vaccines and Immunisation are established; who their members are; what their respective programmes of work are; and whether they are expected to publish their conclusions. | | (178896) | 214
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of consultants who had expressed an interest in moving onto the new consultants contract had (a) moved onto the new contract by 30th April and (b) received a final job plan offer. | | (178897) | 215
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th May, Official Report, column 190W, on scanners, according to what criteria he proposes to allocate additional capacity for mobile MRI scanners between strategic health authorities. | | (178902) | 216
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the future development of direct patient reporting of adverse drug reactions. | | (178659) | 217
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why Professor A. Breckenridge was asked to leave the room during the Committee on Safety of Medicines discussion of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor safety information at its meeting on 22nd October 1998. | | (178694) | 218
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis he recommended an optimal dose for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and related antidepressant drugs. | | (178695) | 219
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency criticisms of the Yellow Card scheme published in the International Journal of Risk and Safety of Medicine (2003, 16, 3-17); and what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of the coding and interpretation of Yellow Card adverse drug reaction reports for paroxetine and (b) the effectiveness of the follow-up of reports relating to suspected paroxetine-induced suicidal behaviour. | | (178696) | 220
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the current review of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and related anti-depressant drugs to be completed and published; and for what reasons this review has not been published earlier. | | (178721) | 221
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department at Grade 7 and above have worked on the reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 since May 1997. | | (178752) | 222
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist doctors and clinicians there are in the NHS dealing specifically with the care and treatment of allergies. | | (179000) | 223
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients by region were referred for allergies treatment in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by region. | | (179001) | 224
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescription items of (a) individual benzodiazepine drugs and (b) individual antidepressants were dispensed in the community in England in 2003. | | (178679) | 225
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the private finance initiative and public private partnership schemes his Department has entered into where there has been an onward sale of the private sector stakeholding into a secondary market; what the (a) book value of the stakeholding and (b) onward sale price were in each case; and how any windfall gains from subsequent refinancing arrangements are shared. | | (179004) | 226
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the private finance initiative and public private partnership schemes his Department has entered into that have been subject to refinancing deals; and how much of the windfall gain has been repaid to the Government in each case. | | (179005) | 227
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the studies on plutonium and teeth to which reference is made in the reply to the honourable Member for Lewes of 4th November 2003, Official Report, columns 597-8; and whether further work has been funded by his Department on that matter since this date. | | (178722) | 228
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether examples of good practice in the provision of clothing to long-stay patients in mental health in-patient units collected from NHS trusts have been placed on the National Institute of Mental Health for England's website. | | (179007) | 229
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the level of support available from local authorities to people with mental health problems since the Social Exclusion Unit's inquiry into mental health issues. | | (179012) | 230
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what examples of good practice in the provision of clothing to long-stay patients in mental health in-patient units have been collected from NHS trusts by the National Institute of Mental Health for England to date. | | (179013) | 231
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178919) | 232
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reviews of contested hospital reconfigurations the NHS Independent Reconfiguration Panel has undertaken since its formation; and how many are awaiting referral by the Secretary of State to the panel. | | (178840) | 233
N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the decision by the Office of Fair Trading not to include the impact of local authorities' purchasing power on the financial viability of nursing homes in its investigation into nursing homes. | | (178140) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 234
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since 1974 US forces personnel have submitted certificates of immunity under the Visiting Forces Act 1952 to British courts. | | (178709) | 235
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial incentives exist to encourage the use of ecologically-friendly green burials involving the use of freeze-drying human remains and burying them in environmentally-friendly coffins. | | (178712) | 236
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been taken by the Government to encourage the use of ecologically-friendly burials, with particular reference to the procedure whereby bodies are freeze-dried and buried in biodegradable coffins. | | (178713) | 237
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK chose to have their mortal remains (a) cremated, (b) buried and (c) otherwise disposed of in each year since 1997 (i) in total and (ii) expressed as a percentage of all deaths per year. | | (178714) | 238
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been introduced by the Government in response to the shortage of space for further burials in cemeteries and graveyards. | | (178715) | 239
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will prevent British counter-terrorism experts advising Burmese trainees at the new counter-terrorism centre in Semarang, Indonesia. | | (178839) | 240
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the actions taken by (a) his Department and (b) the bodies for which he is responsible to combat fraud conducted over the internet. | | (178927) | 241
| Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held on 8th June; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. | | (178898) | 242
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were sent to prison for causing death by dangerous driving in each of the last three years. | | (178682) | 243
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it will be compulsory for foreign nationals, including EU nationals, to have identity cards if they are in the UK for longer than three months from the outset of the scheme. | | (178890) | 244
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the identity card will have a federated IT architecture; and if he will make a statement on the uses enabled by this type of system. | | (178894) | 245
| Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he proposes to take to tackle solvent abuse through the use of poppers containing amyl nitrate, with particular reference to the products (a) Liquid Gold, (b) Pure Gold and (c) TNT. | | (178804) | 246
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has given in the last 12 months to Crime and Disorder Partnerships on improving good practice in reducing domestic violence. | | (178814) | 247
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what review has been made of his Department's definition of domestic violence as promised in the Summary of responses to Safety and Justice: The Government's proposals on domestic violence. | | (178815) | 248
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the performance indicators against which he plans to measure the (a) medium and (b) long-term success of his domestic violence strategy. | | (178817) | 249
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what easy-to-understand guidance he has issued for practitioners on the sharing of personal information where domestic violence is (a) suspected and (b) disclosed to them. | | (178818) | 250
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department expects to complete its research into the links between domestic violence and substance misuse. | | (178821) | 251
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls there have been to the domestic violence hotline in each month since its introduction. | | (178865) | 252
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Inter-Ministerial Group on Domestic Violence has met during the past year. | | (178991) | 253
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when officials at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to letters from the honourable Member for Vauxhall dated 25th March and 20th May about a constituent, reference number O165652. | | (178741) | 254
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when officials at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to a letter from the honourable Member for Vauxhall dated 4th March about a constituent, reference number B508994. | | (178742) | 255
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when officials at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will resolve the immigration status of a constituent of the honourable Member for Vauxhall, reference number O143164. | | (178743) | 256
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 27th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Ihsan Mehrobi and Ms Bethan Galliers. | | (178946) | 257
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 22nd April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr N Sibanda. | | (178947) | 258
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 10th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S Nyathi. | | (178949) | 259
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 29th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Geoff Schofield, transfered to him from the Department for Transport. | | (178950) | 260
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 188W, on correspondence, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 14th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Muhammad Rafique. | | (178999) | 261
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what community organisations or initiatives in Edmonton have benefited from the Government's Challenge Fund aimed at helping female refugees gain access to training and education courses. | | (178908) | 262
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will encourage pedestrians who are knocked over by cyclists on footpaths and pavements to report the incident to the police. | | (178776) | 263
N | Ann McKechin (Glasgow Maryhill):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement regarding the operation of the National Asylum Support Service scheme in Scotland. | | (178164) | 264
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal workers have been discovered working in construction since the introduction of the Construction Industry Scheme.
| | (178015) | 265
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents involving self harm there have been in Holloway Prison in each of the past three years. | | (178575) | 266
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police authorities have applied for approval to introduce an allowance for special constables under the Special Constables (Amendment) Regulations 2002; and which ones he has (a) approved and (b) refused. | | (178786) | 267
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much capacity building funding for the recruitment of special constables was made available to police forces in each year since its inception. | | (178787) | 268
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether constabularies in England and Wales have the authority to instigate prosecution against foreign nationals who are driving vehicles registered in another EU country that do not have a current road fund licence. | | (178948) | 269
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will change his policy of charging victim care charities market rents for office space created for agencies working closely with the criminal justice system in new magistrates' courts. | | (179008) | 270
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 351W, on North London Mosque, what arrangements were in place to ensure that accurate translation of the preaching delivered was obtained. | | (178692) | 271
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received regarding the financial position of the National Neighbourhood Watch Association; what funds have been made available to the Association; what assessment he has made of the Association's ability to continue its work; if he will publish the audit of the Association undertaken by his Department; what steps he is taking to assist the Association in maintaining its support to local neighbourhood watches; and what other arrangements he is putting in place to maintain support to local neighbourhood watches. | | (178234) | 272
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK pursuant to being issued a visa under the working holidaymaker scheme have subsequently applied for leave to remain permanently. | | (178779) | 273
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality about the new equality proposals. | | (178780) | 274
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the consequences of the recent suspension of all immigration claims from Bulgaria in terms of freedom of movement. | | (178848) | 275
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the British policy is on applications for business visas from Bulgaria. | | (178849) | 276
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the European Community Association Agreement applies to Bulgarian nationals. | | (178850) | 277
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the 2003 Agreement for Readmission between British and Bulgarian authorities is in effect. | | (178851) | 278
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who would be responsible, in the event of the closure of the National Neighbourhood Watch Association, for running a national support network for the Neighbourhood Watch movement; and if he will make a statement. | | (178572) | 279
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met the National Neighbourhood Watch Association to discuss (a) the use of their logo and (b) their current financial situation. | | (178573) | 280
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions he has placed on the use of the National Neighbourhood Watch Association logo. | | (178574) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 281
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total cost of his Department's websites, including those of its agencies, was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (178793) | 282
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will cease his Department's funding of the state's deregulatory Centre for Good Governance in Andhra Pradesh, India. | | (178607) | 283
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will end the arrangement which places the Implementation Secretariat of the Andhra Pradesh state's Public Enterprises Department under the control of the Adam Smith Institute. | | (178608) | 284
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the viability of his Department's commitments entered into as a result of the Vision 2020 document produced by McKinsey & Co for Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister Naidu. | | (178609) | 285
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what requests he has received from the organisation, Children Victims of War for a meeting to discuss the current situation in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (178726) | 286
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178909) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 287
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation to grant a licence for the supply of natural gas in the north-west and south-north areas. | | (178617) | 288
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) venue, (b) seniority of presenting officers and (c) arrangements for accompanying families are for (i) regular officers and (ii) full-time reserve officers receiving Police Service of Northern Ireland long service medals. | | (178233) | 289
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the stocking plan is for salmon in the rivers (a) Bush, (b) Bann and (c) Lagan for the current year; and what the plans were in each of the last five years. | | (178619) | 290
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made towards the re-establishment of the Lough Erne salmon run; and what plans are in place to deal with the physical barrier of the Ballyshannon generator in order that the Lough Erne salmon run can be re-established. | | (178620) | 291
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made with regard to the establishment of the Ulster Canal. | | (178621) | 292
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made regarding the buy-out of salmon nets in Northern Ireland's river estuaries. | | (178622) | 293
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated count was for the salmon run in the rivers (a) Bush, (b) Bann and (c) Lagan in each of the last five years. | | (178623) | 294
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his assessment is of the existing threats to salmon runs in the rivers (a) Bush, (b) Bann and (c) Lagan; and what steps are being taken by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to counter these threats. | | (178624) | 295
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken by the Department for Health in Northern Ireland to tackle osteoporosis in females. | | (178610) | 296
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action the Government is taking to assist older people in rural communities who do not have access to a car. | | (178611) | 297
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public money has been allocated by the Department for Regional Development in each of the last three years towards the provision of public transport in rural communities in Northern Ireland. | | (178612) | 298
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are used by Invest Northern Ireland in determining locations for visits by potential inward investors to create employment in Northern Ireland. | | (178613) | 299
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what changes he plans to the way in which the Northern Ireland Housing Executive pays housing benefit to tenants. | | (178614) | 300
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the demilitarisation measures that have been taken in the past year. | | (178683) | 301
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) boys and (b) girls up to the age of 16 years are detained in young offenders' institutes in Northern Ireland. | | (178684) | 302
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Defence about the possible relocation of Army headquarters, Northern Ireland from Thiepral Barracks in Lisburn to Aldergrove; and if he will make a statement. | | (178853) | 303
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the likely cost to public funds is of the portrait that has been commissioned of the former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Lord Alderdice; and who recommended the commissioning of the portrait. | | (178855) | 304
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to assist motorists and hauliers whose MOT and PSV tests have been postponed as a result of industrial action by civil servants and who are unable to tax their vehicles. | | (178856) | 305
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost of his Department's websites, including those of its agencies, was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (178794) | 306
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the costs involved in retaining HMS Caroline in Belfast as a visitor attraction at the Museum of Sky and Sea. | | (178698) | 307
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proposals his Department has for taking forward the development of a motorsports facility for Northern Ireland which meets international standards. | | (178699) | 308
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in the development of a strategy for motorsports in Northern Ireland. | | (178700) | 309
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the estimated cost of the redevelopment of the Lyric Theatre in Belfast will be met from Government funding. | | (178701) | 310
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) discussions he has had with and (b) advice he has received from the Chief Medical Officer in relation to the possible introduction of a ban on smoking in public places in Northern Ireland. | | (178702) | 311
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made during the past 12 months in the police investigation into the bombing of Omagh on 15th August 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (178924) | 312
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers are working on the investigation into the bombing of Omagh on 15th August 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (178925) | 313
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the investigation of the police into the bombing of Omagh on 15th August 1998 has ascertained what happened to the Threat Book from Omagh police station for the period covering the weeks immediately prior to 15th August 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (178926) | 314
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the advice provided by the Northern Ireland Higher Education Council to him on the proposal to introduce variable fees in Northern Ireland. | | (177737) | 315
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on future arrangements for students to appeal against decisions made by further education colleges which are currently dealt with by the Education Department. | | (177738) | 316
| The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultant child psychiatrists are employed by each of the health boards in Northern Ireland; and how many vacancies there are in each case. | | (179045) | 317
| The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the current waiting time is for children who have been referred to a consultant child psychiatrist, broken down by health board. | | (179046) | 318
| The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultant child psychiatrists are undergoing training in Northern Ireland; and when each is expected to complete training. | | (179047) | Questions to the Prime Minister 319
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Iraq Survey Group has investigated the accuracy of the Iraq government's disclosure in December 2002 in response to UNSC Resolution 1441; and whether its final report will include an account of these investigations. | | (178889) | 320
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings of the Panel for Regulatory Accountability (a) he has attended since March and (b) he is scheduled to attend in the next 12 months. | | (178837) | 321
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to receive the report of the Butler Inquiry. | | (178717) | 322
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what matters in respect of (a) sustainable development, (b) climate change and (c) nuclear non-proliferation, were discussed at the G-8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia; and if he will place in the Library papers circulated at the summit in respect of these matters. | | (178729) | 323
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total amount paid by his Office to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178910) | 324
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, what contact he has had with the new Prime Minister of India; and if he will make a statement. | | (178771) | 325
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to meet the President of Yemen. | | (178783) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 326
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total cost of his Department's websites was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (178791) | 327
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178918) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 328
| Donald Anderson (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the implications of the Appeal Court decision in the case of Bernie Creham against Inntrepreneur for (a) the licensed trade, (b) competition policy and (c) protection of consumers. | | (178953) | 329
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 1561W, on departmental publications, what body or organisation is responsible for producing each publication. | | (178923) | 330
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 24th May, Official Report, column 1442W, on DVDs/videos, if she will ask the Office of Fair Trading to investigate whether fair pricing competition exists between national supermarket chains and small independent retailers of DVDs and videos. | | (178670) | 331
| Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council held on 10th June; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement. | | (179038) | 332
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value of trade between the UK and Kenya was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (178680) | 333
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list projects within the Greater London area which have attracted European Union regional funding in each of the last three years. | | (178681) | 334
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value of (a) imports from and (b) exports to the Turkish Cypriot regime in Northern Cyprus was in the last three years. | | (178772) | 335
| Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she proposes to take against shops illegally selling amyl nitrate in the form of poppers, with particular reference to the products (a) Pure Gold, (b) Liquid Gold and (c) TNT. | | (178805) | 336
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to implement the concordat agreement for funding for Medical Research Council clinical trials. | | (178823) | 337
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total cost of her Department's websites, including those of its agencies, was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (178792) | 338
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the total gross value added to the economy from the mining and quarrying of minerals in each year between 1994 and 2004. | | (178661) | 339
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 7th June, Official Report, columns 25-6W, on business regulation, what the estimated (a) benefits and (b) costs to business were from each of the six regulatory impact assessments listed. | | (178664) | 340
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new firms have been established in the UK during each of the last five years. | | (178665) | 341
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the possible implications of a rise in the price of world oil on the competitiveness of UK manufacturing firms. | | (178666) | 342
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with representatives of the European Commission about the possibility of investigations into the implications for state aid of provisions contained in the Energy Bill. | | (178667) | 343
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the need for reduced, simpler regulation expressed by her Ministers at the Competitiveness Council of 17th to 18th May refers to (a) deregulation or a cutting back of the Community Acquis and (b) the removal of legal texts that are obsolete without changing their legal status. | | (178730) | 344
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact that the decision to cut the funding available for the Grants for Research and Development Scheme will have on UK businesses. | | (178754) | 345
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how often she intends to hold competitions for funding through the Grants for Research and Development Scheme. | | (178755) | 346
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with business groups about the decision to cut the funding available for the Grants for Research and Development Scheme. | | (178756) | 347
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects Sellafield's new mixed oxide plant to become fully operational. | | (178760) | 348
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many firms have benefited from the Grants for Research and Development Scheme in each quarter since its introduction. | | (178761) | 349
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with representatives of HM Treasury about encouraging the spin-out of private firms from UK universities. | | (178762) | 350
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many private firms have been spun-out of UK universities in each month since 2002. | | (178763) | 351
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the implications for the telecoms sector of the increasing use of internet telephony. | | (178716) | 352
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what protection is available for people against utility company levies which are added to their bills because they choose not to pay by direct debit. | | (178668) | 353
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions have taken place between her Department and the offshore renewables industry in the last 12 months. | | (178723) | 354
N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the decision by the Office of Fair Trading not to include the impact of local authorities' purchasing power on the financial viability of nursing homes in its investigation into nursing homes. | | (178141) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 355
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries have been caused in each of the last five years by people using mobile phones whilst driving. | | (178447) | 356
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list in tabular form the relative changes since 1974 in the cost of (a) motoring, (b) travelling by bus and (c) travelling by train, measured against changes in average disposable income. | | (178706) | 357
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require train operating companies and bus companies to consult each other in advance of making changes to timetables. | | (178753) | 358
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of potential change in the number of road traffic accidents as a result of moving to Central European Time. | | (178864) | 359
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed by the Strategic Rail Authority in each year since its creation, broken down by department. | | (178866) | 360
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) consultants and (b) contractors have been employed by the Strategic Rail Authority or employed on matters in each year since its creation expressed in full-time equivalent posts. | | (178867) | 361
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of his Department's websites, including those of its agencies, was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (178789) | 362
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what studies are underway to identify transport problems and solutions in South East Hampshire; and what their completion dates are. | | (177282) | 363
N | Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to implement Recommendation 7 in the report of Lord Donaldson's review, Salvage and Intervention and their Command and Control, published in 1999. | | (178098) | 364
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new rail rolling stock vehicles have been ordered since 1997; and of these, how many have been (a) wholly manufactured in the UK and (b) wholly manufactured abroad. | | (177098) | 365
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total private sector investment in the rail industry that has been indirectly funded by the public sector through franchise payments and access charges has been in each financial year since 1996-97. | | (177210) | 366
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrians were injured as a result of collisions between pedestrians and cyclists on footpaths and pavements in each of the past three years. | | (178773) | 367
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken into problems caused by cyclists using footpaths and pavements. | | (178774) | 368
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken into the concerns of older people about cyclists using footpaths and pavements. | | (178775) | 369
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has offered to police forces about (a) prevention of cyclists using footpaths and pavements and (b) steps to be taken against those cyclists who do use footpaths and pavements. | | (178777) | 370
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the minimum number of hours per month is that a CPC-qualified transport manager has to work to qualify for the `O' Licence. | | (179009) | 371
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the number of Irish-registered vehicles on the roads of the United Kingdom; and how many of these vehicles have up-to-date road tax. | | (178952) | 372
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Minister for Roads will reply to the letter from Mrs Mich Bingham of Cumberwell Drive. | | (179048) | 373
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 71W, on Oil Transfers (Lyme Bay), how many individual transfers of oil took place for each vessel off the coast of South Devon in Lyme Bay in each of the last 10 years. | | (178920) | 374
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department first started reviewing draft proposals concerning the regulation of ship to ship transfer activities within UK waters; and when his Department expects to complete the review. | | (178921) | 375
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recommendations from the May 1994 Donaldson Inquiry have been implemented; and which recommendations have yet to be implemented. | | (178922) | 376
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recharging points for electric cars there are in (a) car parks and (b) on the street in (i) the UK, (ii) Kirklees, (iii) West Yorkshire and (iv) London. | | (178104) | 377
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003-04. | | (178915) | 378
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress of the proposed east-west railway link between Oxford and East Anglia. | | (178917) | 379
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether foreign vessels that have not complied with the International Ship and Port Facility Security code will be denied entry to British ports after the internationally agreed implementation date of 1st July; and if he will make a statement. | | (178731) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 380
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total cost of his Department's websites was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (178788) | Questions to the Minister for Women 381
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Minister for Women, when the Women and Equality Unit will publish the full findings of the investigation into economic and social costs of domestic violence. | | (178816) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 382
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Right honourable Member for Liverpool, Wavertree will be in a position to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for North East Bedfordshire of 21st April, requesting that she meet a delegation of honourable Members to discuss the Working at Height Directive. | | (178744) | 383
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of community care grants was in each of the last four years. | | (177888) | 384
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed invalidity benefit as a result of a smoking-related condition in each year since 1997. | | (178931) | 385
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he plans to introduce to increase work incentives for statutorily homeless households placed in temporary accommodation. | | (178738) | 386
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were claiming (a) working age benefits and (b) benefits in addition to the state pension in the Battersea constituency in each year since 1997. | | (178675) | 387
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women claiming income support. | | (178228) | 388
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who refuse work because they would receive more on income support. | | (178229) | 389
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how and when the present level of benefit payable to long-term hospital in-patients to meet day-to-day personal requirements was set. | | (179021) | 390
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to resolve delays in processing cases by the Child Support Agency. | | (178904) | 391
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of girocheque payments were delayed or lost between 31st March 2002 and 1st April 2003; and how many of these late payments resulted in emergency payments to claimants, broken down by region. | | (178906) | 392
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the average duration of a claim for incapacity benefit in each year since 1995. | | (178847) | 393
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents are in receipt of income support; and how many of these lone parents are also in receipt of a disability benefit in respect of (a) themselves and (b) their children. | | (178862) | 394
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the New Deal 50 Plus Training Grant will be retained after the changes to the New Deal announced on 19th May. | | (178863) | 395
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 1513W, on pensions, what the net present value is of the expenditure projections shown in the table. | | (178871) | 396
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 1513W, on pensions, what the assumptions are for the uprating of each of the benefits covered in the table. | | (178872) | 397
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have participated in the New Deal for 50 plus in each year since it was introduced; how many have found a job as a result; and how many have received a weekly employment credit. | | (178873) | 398
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th March, Official Report, ciolumn 1040W, on Benefit Payments, (Pensioners), whether the percentage figures include both pensioners in a couple in receipt of their benefits. | | (178874) | 399
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many partners have been invited to attend an interview under the New Deal for Partners scheme; how many attended an interview; how many of those ended up participating in the programme; and how many attained sustained jobs as a result. | | (178875) | 400
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 1040W, on Benefit Payments (Pensioners), what the comparable figures are for (a) 1997, (b) 2000 and (c) 2010. | | (178885) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 401
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what work his Department has undertaken on the potential for domestic violence work to be done via the new children's centres. | | [Transferred] (178993) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 402
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he will authorise the entry of Gideon Gono, governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (179037) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 403
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government spent on research and development relating to food, with particular reference to (a) agriculture, (b) fishing, (c) processing, (d) nutrition, (e) safety and (f) economic and social studies, in each of the most recent 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by (i) Government departments, (ii) research councils, (iii) higher education, (iv) business enterprises and (v) private non-profit organisations. | | [Transferred] (179026) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 404
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which organisations have received funds from each of the regional development agencies, for each year since 1999; and how much funding was received in each case. | | [Transferred] (178858) |
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