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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 23 June 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 23 June 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 23 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 Wednesday 23 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 23 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the uptake of e-delivery of Government services is in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) the UK. | | (180337) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 2
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the effect of employment levels on the economy. | | (180333) | 3
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families are eligible for child tax credit in Chorley; and how many are in receipt of child tax credit. | | (180404) | 4
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mistakes have been made in payment to people who have applied for child tax credit. | | (180405) | 5
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on projected changes in the population in Chorley constituency in the next 10 years. | | (180414) | 6
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government earned in revenue from tobacco duty and VAT on cigarettes in financial years (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04. | | (180258) | 7
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of smoking-related illnesses and fatalities. | | (180259) | 8
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Treasury allocated to the marketing of (a) research and development tax credits and (b) research and development tax allowances for each year between 2000 and 2003; and what the allocation is for 2004 to 2008. | | (180407) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 9
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many magistrates, judges and magistrates' clerks have been sent to see at first hand the Australian MERIT programme and drugs courts. | | (180290) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 10
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will use her powers under the Licensing Act 2003 to include sporting events shown on large screens in bars, public houses and other licensed premises within the definition of regulated entertainment under Schedule 1 of the Act. | | (180370) | 11
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many television viewers in Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber she estimates are unable to receive digital broadcasts. | | (180251) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 12
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Bedford, (b) AWD and (c) Leyland-Daf trucks are operated by (i) the Army, (ii) the Royal Air Force and (iii) the Royal Navy. | | (180408) | 13
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ambulances are operated in (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy, broken down by make. | | (180409) | 14
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Land Rovers are operated by (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy. | | (180410) | 15
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fisheries protection vessels are in operation; and where they operate. | | (180411) | 16
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the date of entry into service of the Typhoon aircraft. | | (180336) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 17
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the expenditure of the London Housing Board has been since its foundation; and if he will list the projects which it has funded. | | (180330) | 18
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total cost to the Government Office for London was of (a) administration and (b) disbursements of grants in each of the last five years. | | (180331) | 19
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his latest estimate is of the number of council dwellings in London that reach the Decent Homes Standard, broken down by London borough. | | (180332) | 20
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June, Official Report, column 1031W, on meetings of the Home Buying and Selling Advisory Group, what the (a) remit, (b) planned work load for the next two years, (c) total budget for 2004-05, (d) cost to his Department for 2004-05, (e) staff cost for 2004-05 and (f) administration costs for 2004-05 are for (i) the Home Buying and Selling Forum and (ii) the Central Stakeholder Group; and if he will make a statement. | | (180286) | 21
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) affordable and (b) social housing units were available in rural areas in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area. | | (180391) | 22
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the recent report on social exclusion and mental health, with particular reference to discussions he has had with the Department of Health on greater support for people with mental health problems. | | (180392) | 23
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to make an announcement on new PPG3, with particular reference to rural exceptions sites. | | (180393) | 24
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the (a) National Association of Local Councils, (b) rural community councils and (c) individual parish and town councils on the impact of building on rural exceptions sites. | | (180394) | 25
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the waiting lists were for council housing in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Chorley, broken down by (i) houses, (ii) flats and (iii) old age pensioner bungalows, in each of the last five years. | | (180422) | 26
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people have been homeless in (a) Lancashire, broken down by district and (b) the North West in each of the last three years. | | (180423) | 27
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of costs of holding elections (a) by all-postal ballot and (b) by voting in person at the ballot box. | | (180339) | 28
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on refurbishment of its buildings in each year since May 1997, broken down by building. | | (180362) | 29
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on advertising, marketing and publicity in each year since May 1997, broken down by main subject head. | | (180363) | 30
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on external consultants and advisers in each year since May 1997, broken down by main subject head. | | (180365) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 31
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many erroneous letters the Student Loans Company Ltd has sent to Miss Laura Morley of Chippenham, Wiltshire; how much each letter cost; and what steps he advises her to take to end the correspondence. | | (180308) | 32
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with Mr Seymour-Jackson of the Student Loans Company Ltd about its IT systems. | | (180309) | 33
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he last met Mr Seymour-Jackson to discuss Miss Laura Morley; and if he will make a statement. | | (180310) | 34
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he has taken to ensure consistency in the decisions of different school admissions appeal panels. | | (180323) | 35
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has issued to school admissions appeals panels on the criteria that they should use in determining appeals. | | (180325) | 36
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children aged three to five years had access to education in West Bromwich East in each of the last eight years. | | (180256) | 37
| Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will ensure that Kent schools receive funding in an early phase of Building Schools for the Future. | | (180250) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 38
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the decision by the Swedish authorities to prohibit the use of liquid and spray forms of glyphosate. | | (180383) | 39
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to minimise the amount of surplus food that is sent by supermarkets for disposal in landfill sites; and what her latest estimate is of the volume of food sent by supermarkets for (a) disposal in landfill sites and (b) incineration. | | (180384) | 40
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent Countryside Agency report on homelessness in rural areas, with particular reference to discussions she has had with the Deputy Prime Minister on steps to increase the supply of (a) affordable and (b) social housing. | | (180389) | 41
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance the Department has provided to individual rural housing schemes in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by local authority area. | | (180390) | 42
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the decision was made to consider vaccination in the event of a future outbreak of foot and mouth disease; and for what reason the decision was taken. | | (180307) | 43
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for North Wiltshire of 29th March and 4th May on behalf of Chew Valley Hide and Skin Company. | | (180312) | 44
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of agricultural subsidy went to (a) dairy, (b) beef, (c) sheep, (d) mixed and (e) arable farming in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) England in the last year for which figures are available. | | (180424) | 45
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for new bridleways in Lancashire. | | (180425) | 46
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many radioactive waste sites there are in Lancashire, where they are located; and how often they are inspected. | | (180426) | 47
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many commercial orchards there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years, broken down by type; and what quantity of fruit they produced in each year. | | (180427) | 48
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many salmon were caught by (a) net and (b) rod in Lancashire rivers in each of the last five years. | | (180428) | 49
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will allow Mr Andrew Morris of Eatons Farm, Tibberton, to sell calves under 42 days of age from that farm. | | (180355) | 50
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a farmer may contain animals suspected of bovine TB infection in an approved isolation unit before having them tested using a tuberculosis test. | | (180356) | 51
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an individual farmer may carry out a private tuberculosis test on any of his cattle suspected of having contracted bovine TB. | | (180357) | 52
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the circumstances in which an animal is obliged to have a tuberculosis skin test for bovine TB. | | (180358) | 53
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bovine TB reactor animals slaughtered in the last five years have subsequently been confirmed to have contracted the disease. | | (180364) | 54
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the tuberculin skin test for bovine TB is a validated test; and whether the test can distinguish (a) infected animals, (b) immune animals and (c) animals that have a hypersensitivity to the test. | | (180366) | 55
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the statutory basis for her Department's current policies for the control of bovine TB. | | (180367) | 56
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what symptoms of bovine TB in an individual animal oblige the owner of that animal to report the possible presence of a notifiable disease. | | (180368) | 57
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's current policy for the control of bovine TB; and whether that policy is intended to (a) contain, (b) control and (c) eradicate the disease. | | (180375) | 58
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 291W, on the Thames Barrier, what assessment she has made of the Chief Scientific Advisor's statement of 31st March that climate change is a reason for increased use of the Thames Barrier. | | (180287) | 59
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her policy on allowing general licences to shoot pests; and what plans she has to amend this in connection with wild birds. | | (179717) | 60
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amount of antibiotics is used per 1000 tonnes of live pig in the UK; and what the average figure is in the whole EU. | | (180371) | 61
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions exist on the use of antibiotics in pigs; and if she will make a statement. | | (180372) | 62
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost per farm is of the introduction of integrated pollution prevention and control requirements. | | (180373) | 63
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional requirements will be imposed on chicken farms by integrated pollution prevention and control requirements which are not covered by (a) an assured chicken production scheme and (b) best available techniques. | | (180374) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 64
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to facilitate fraternal visits from Uganda to churches in England. | | (180311) | 65
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK passport holders died abroad in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99, broken down by country. | | (180396) | 66
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Sri Lankan authorities about the attack on the house of Pastor Kumarasira of Peniel Evangelical Church in Hali-ela, Badulla, on 29th April. | | (180304) | 67
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Sri Lankan authorities about (a) attacks on churches in Sri Lanka and (b) the closure of churches because of intimidation. | | (180305) | 68
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Sri Lankan authorities concerning the attack on the Christian Fellowship Church in Wadduwa, Kalutara district, on Easter Day. | | (180306) | 69
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's position in relation to the Indonesian occupation of West Papua. | | (180254) | 70
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Colombia regarding the treatment of international human rights organisations in that country operating within Colombian laws which promote peace and civil society. | | (180253) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 71
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that visually impaired people receive a high standard of service from the NHS, with particular reference to (a) the format of letters and information in preferred format and (b) staff training. | | (180192) | 72
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 682W, on glue sniffing, what information is held centrally on the problem of glue sniffing among teenagers; and if he will make a statement. | | (180272) | 73
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have (a) begun to develop plans for out-of-hours services after December and (b) finalised plans for out-of-hours services after December; and if he will make a statement. | | (180273) | 74
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost in England of sending medical trainees on electives was in 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | | (180274) | 75
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in reducing inequalities in infant mortality. | | (180275) | 76
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in reducing inequalities in life expectancy in each (a) local authority and (b) primary care trust area. | | (180276) | 77
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to replace the four week follow-up for smoking cessation services with the longer term review of success rates recommended by the Wanless report. | | (180277) | 78
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hospital admissions and (b) finished consultant episodes there were in (i) reconstructive plastic surgery and (ii) elective cosmetic plastic surgery in the NHS in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. | | (180278) | 79
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of (a) reconstructive plastic surgery and (b) elective cosmetic plastic surgery in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. | | (180279) | 80
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to determine which patients should be referred to receive cosmetic surgery on the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (180280) | 81
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) total number and (b) frequency of data collections requested by his Department from (i) strategic health authorities, (ii) primary care trusts and (iii) NHS trusts in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (180281) | 82
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the second part of the National Service Framework on renal services will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (180282) | 83
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the development of the second part of the National Service Framework on renal services will be co-ordinated with the development within his Department of policy on chronic disease management. | | (180283) | 84
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of transfers within critical care networks for non-clinical reasons in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. | | (180284) | 85
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accident and emergency matrons (a) are eligible to claim £10,000 from the Accident and Emergency Patient Experience Fund, (b) have claimed £10,000 from the fund and (c) have received £10,000 for their hospital from the fund. | | (180285) | 86
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the smoking rate for manual groups in England was in each year since 1990. | | (180314) | 87
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he (a) commissioned, (b) received and (c) plans to publish (i) the Tuberculosis Action Plan and (ii) the Hepatitis C Action Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (180406) | 88
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has on the level of public participation in elections to the Consultative Board of University College Hospital since the announcement that it has become a foundation hospital. | | (180334) | 89
| Ross Cranston (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget was for (a) the NHS in England and (b) NHS maternity services in England in each year since 1992. | | (180329) | 90
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to curb teenage alcohol consumption. | | (179826) | 91
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for promoting the benefits of eating breakfast to children. | | (179827) | 92
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls have been made to NHS Direct in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) England in each of the last three years. | | (180429) | 93
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS Direct call centres operate in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) England; and where they are based. | | (180430) | 94
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are registered as (a) blind and (b) deaf in (i) Chorley, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the North West. | | (180431) | 95
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were recorded as having mental health problems in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire in the last year for which figures are available; and what help is provided by (i) the NHS, (ii) primary care trusts, (iii) health agencies, (iv) social services and (v) others. | | (180432) | 96
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private health care patients have been treated at Lancashire teaching hospitals in each of the last five years. | | (180433) | 97
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported cases of HIV infection there are in each Lancashire constituency. | | (180434) | 98
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time to see a general practitioner in Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (180435) | 99
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total administrative budget of the Department was in each year since 1997. | | (180320) | 100
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been to the Department of (a) management consultants and (b) accountancy advice in the past year. | | (180321) | 101
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs have been incurred in the last 12 months by the Department in refurbishment of its buildings. | | (180322) | 102
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the Department of external legal advice was in the last 12 months. | | (180324) | 103
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much it cost the National Health Service to treat patients suffering from smoking-related illnesses in the last year for which figures are available. | | (180257) | 104
| Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been in the (a) number of people waiting for inpatient treatment and (b) time people have been waiting for inpatient treatment in Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority area since 1997. | | (180267) | 105
| Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been in the (a) number of people waiting for outpatient appointments and (b) time people have been waiting for outpatient appointments in Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority area since 1997. | | (180268) | 106
| Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expenditure per weighted head of population was in the Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 1997. | | (180269) | 107
| Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average public expenditure on health per head of population in Kent and Medway, other than through the Strategic Health Authority, in each year since 1997. | | (180270) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 108
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes have occurred in behaviour since the implementation of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003. | | (179828) | 109
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the measures adopted under Title IV of the Treaty establishing the European Community which the UK has opted into. | | (180291) | 110
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours on average police spent on patrol in the streets in Lancashire in the last year for which figures are available. | | (180395) | 111
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many CCTVs operate in Chorley; and if he will make a statement on their effect in the fight against crime in Chorley. | | (180412) | 112
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will extend CCTV coverage in villages in the Chorley constituency. | | (180413) | 113
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug-related offences were recorded in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire. | | (180415) | 114
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for drug offences and prosecuted in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire. | | (180416) | 115
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how Ministers use (a) Royal Mail and (b) private firms for mailing red boxes. | | (180417) | 116
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effect of crime and disorder partnerships in Chorley. | | (180418) | 117
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers Lancashire Police have to serve fixed penalty notices; and how many have been served, and for what offences, in each of the Lancashire constituencies. | | (180419) | 118
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on Lancashire's Neighbourhood Watch and its future. | | (180420) | 119
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on Neighbourhood Watch in Chorley; and how many Neighbourhood Watch schemes there are in Chorley. | | (180421) | 120
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in finding the file of Mr Warren Brien Otieno, Home Office reference 0179019, a constituent; and if he will make a statement. | | (180249) | 121
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorcycles have been confiscated and crushed by the police in the last year. | | (180288) | 122
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 317W, on DNA evidence, if he will undertake a study into the number of convictions which are quashed as a result of DNA evidence. | | (180271) | Questions to the Chairman of the Information Committee 123
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, if the Parliamentary Communications Directorate will (a) provide information to honourable Members about services available and (b) update computers to permit centrally provided lap-top personal computers to be enabled to dial-up local numbers when abroad to access an internet service provider in order to use the web based Outlook facility. | | (180266) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 124
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will undertake an in-depth review of the development needs of Haiti; and if he will open a bilateral programme in the country at the end of the current Assistance Plan. | | (180335) | 125
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who will be representing the British Government at the International Donors' Conference for Haiti in July. | | (180359) | 126
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policies the United Kingdom will be advocating at the July International Donors' Conference for Haiti. | | (180360) | 127
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to urge the World Bank to support the Haitian Government in implementing economic policies that benefit poor rural communities. | | (180361) | 128
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on genetically modified food aid for developing countries. | | (180260) | 129
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received from (a) the Zambian Government, (b) non-governmental organisations operating in Zambia, (c) private corporations, (d) the World Food Programme, (e) the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and (f) other stakeholders concerning (i) GM food aid and (ii) GM crops for developing countries in the past three years. | | (180261) | 130
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, from which African governments he has received representations (a) supporting and (b) opposing (i) GM food aid, (ii) genetically modified organisms and (iii) GM crops. | | (180262) | 131
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which African governments receiving UK development aid have signed the Biosafety Protocol. | | (180263) | 132
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department provides funding to GM-related initiatives under the auspices of the (a) World Food Programme and (b) UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. | | (180264) | 133
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received in the past year (a) supporting and (b) opposing the use of GM technology as a means of helping to meet UN Millennium Development Goal number 1 Target 2, to halve between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, broken down by type of representation. | | (180265) | 134
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of internally displaced people in the eastern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (180439) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 135
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Department of Trade and Industry about renewable energy provision in Scotland. | | (180338) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 136
| Ross Cranston (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of changes which have occurred in the industry since publication of the Department's Soft Drinks National Pricing Survey in 1999. | | (180326) | 137
| Ross Cranston (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps other than the March Price Display Order she has taken in relation to the pricing of soft drinks in licensed premises. | | (180327) | 138
| Ross Cranston (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she will take to assess the impact of the March Price Display Order in relation to the price of soft drinks in licensed premises. | | (180328) | 139
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Department agreed that third parties could charge claimants additionally to the sums paid out to them by her Department under the coal claims handling agreement; and if she will place correspondence in the Library. | | (180289) | 140
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 382W, on research and development, for what reason the date for the next regional competition deadline for the grant for research and development has not yet been decided. | | (180385) | 141
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 959W, on deregulation, what assessment she has made of the range of options available to the European Commission to eliminate European legal texts that are not obsolete and are not duplicated elsewhere in the Community acquis. | | (180437) | 142
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 959W, on deregulation, whether the Competitiveness Council can make changes to the legal status of the Community acquis unilaterally. | | (180438) | 143
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set up a government strategic petroleum reserve within the terms set by the International Energy Authority, independent of the oil companies. | | (180252) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 144
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the costs of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency's IT provision was at the end of the previous contract with EDS as a percentage of turnover; and what the projected costs of IT provision at the end of the current contract with Atos Origin are. | | (180386) | 145
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency apprenticeship scheme has been withdrawn. | | (180387) | 146
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in relation to the monitoring mechanisms for pay harmonisation and pay equalisation referred to in the business case submitted prior to the merger of the former Vehicle Inspectorate and the Traffic Area Network into the new Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA); and if he will make a statement on the decision not to fund centrally the cost of pay equalisation and pay harmonisation during the creation of VOSA. | | (180388) | 147
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding limited liability for insurers under motor insurance contracts. | | (180313) | 148
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the location and number of all exits from motorways in England and Wales that are controlled (a) full and (b) part-time by traffic lights. | | (179902) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 149
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the profile is of claimants who (a) have had their incapacity benefit withdrawn and (b) have had a 20 per cent. reduction imposed upon them in the last three years. | | (180255) | 150
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of benefit payments which would have been paid to the 60,000 deferred pensioners who lost their entitlements and who will benefit from the Government compensation scheme. | | (180369) |
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