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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 5 July 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 5 July 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 5 July 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 5 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 5 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what areas of work Lord Birt is presently engaged upon. | | (182247) | 2
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were recruited in the last 12 months. | | (181698) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 3
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment was made of the impact of the Insurance Mediation Directive Regulations on the UK property and construction sectors before their introduction. | | (182156) | 4
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many secondary insurance intermediaries the Financial Services Authority (FSA) estimates there are in the UK, broken down by sector; how many the FSA estimates will (a) apply for authorisation, (b) become appointed representatives and (c) cease activities when the new regulatory regime for general insurance is introduced in January 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (182157) | 5
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications the Financial Services Authority has received to date for authorisation to undertake insurance mediations (a) in total and (b) from secondary intermediaries, broken down by sector. | | (182158) | 6
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which organisations the Financial Services Authority sent copies of consultation paper CP174; which organisations responded; and with which organisations the FSA held meetings. | | (182159) | 7
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which sector the secondary intermediary which participated in the work of the Financial Services Authority on consultation paper CP174 came. | | (182160) | 8
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of plans by the German Government (a) to levy a tax on aircraft fuel and (b) to extend the application of VAT to international flight tickets; and if he will make a statement. | | (182244) | 9
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy that interest free loans provided to teachers in London by the Government should be treated as a taxable benefit. | | (182001) | 10
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the countries which (a) have indicated support for and (b) have agreed to participate in the International Finance Facility initiative since its inception. | | (182317) | 11
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the level of long-term youth unemployment in Coventry South. | | (181880) | 12
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer the letter of 28th May from the honourable Member for Bath regarding the Civil Registration Order: Civil Marriages and Religious Content. | | (182524) | 13
N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take account of the potential effects on (a) the British Virgin Islands and (b) other overseas territories which rely on their financial services industry of the proposed EU Savings Directive. | | (181832) | 14
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 11th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Fatima Qanyare. | | (182489) | 15
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people aged 50 years and over were in employment in Wansdyke in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004. | | (182493) | 16
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Wansdyke constituency are eligible for (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit; and what proportion of those eligible have taken each tax credit. | | (182497) | 17
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total value of the (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit to families in Wansdyke in each of the next three years. | | (182498) | 18
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend the Value Added Tax regulations for children's clothing to enable clothing for larger children to be exempt from VAT; and if he will make a statement. | | (182279) | 19
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people of retirement age who are in (a) full-time and (b) part-time work. | | (182176) | 20
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of blind and partially sighted people of working age were in employment in each of the last six years. | | (182536) | 21
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he was consulted by the National Audit Office prior to the practical workshops in managing private finance initiative relationships launched on 22nd June, as part of the NAO's PFI/PPP Conference. | | (182421) | 22
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182257) | 23
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the means-tested benefits available through the Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182573) | 24
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182141) | 25
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the staff-customer ratio is for those contacting or receiving services from the Inland Revenue, broken down by (a) all staff, (b) staff dealing with customers face-to-face, (c) call centre staff and (d) staff processing claims without customer contact. | | (182532) | 26
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what records Customs and Excise keeps of smokies legally imported into the country. | | (182213) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 27
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners were consulted on matters relating to reference to religion in the EU Constitutional Treaty; and if he will make a statement. | | (182413) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 28
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that charges for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 do not have a deterrent effect on the volume of requests likely to be made. | | (182373) | 29
| Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what his estimate is of the total number of persons on the electoral register who are registered at two or more addresses; and what he estimates would be the percentage national turnout figure in a general election at which all registered electors used their legal entitlement to vote. | | (182280) | 30
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans the Government has to provide more training to magistrates on community sentences. | | (182293) | 31
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence his Department has had since 10th June with the Electoral Commission concerning the regional assembly referendums; and if he will place copies of such correspondence in the Library. | | (182349) | 32
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for what reasons the file WO 195/15626 at the National Archives is closed; and if he will open it to the public. | | (182253) | 33
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many contracts have been let by the Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182268) | 34
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will list the means-tested benefits available through his Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182567) | 35
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that, for future elections, marked electoral registers are available which indicate (a) which voters voted in person and (b) which voters used postal votes. | | (182063) | 36
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182151) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 37
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has held with Ofcom about standards of advertising for cosmetic surgery products; and if she will make a statement. | | (182362) | 38
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to subject men's magazines which distribute DVDs with an age-related classification to a similar classification requirement; and if she will make a statement. | | (182525) | 39
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) overseas tourists and (b) domestic tourists have visited London in each year since 1992. | | (182534) | 40
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts have been let by her Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising her Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182261) | 41
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for how many empty houses her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (182148) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 42
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to reply to (a) Question 146166, tabled on 29th December 2003 and (b) the pursuant Questions (i) 160911, tabled on 10th March and (ii) 173351 tabled on 11th May; and what the reasons are for the delay in replying. | | (182346) | 43
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 589W, on the commercial exportation levy, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the value of receipts collected; and if he will make a statement. | | (182548) | 44
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th June, ref 179257, on the Defence Export and Market Access Forum; if he will list the individuals and the companies or trade associations they represent on the Defence Export and Market Access Forum; how many times it has met; and what the subject areas under discussion were. | | (182562) | 45
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th June, ref 176440, what the reasons were for the increased expenditure of the export support teams. | | (182565) | 46
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, ref 166938, on Iraq, how many meetings have taken place between the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives and British military staff; what the dates and venues of the meetings were; how many reports have been produced by the ICRC as a result; and if he will make a statement. | | (182575) | 47
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, ref 166938, on Iraq, how many visits have been made by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross to places of detention administered by the UK in Iraq; on what dates the visits were made; and where the visits were to. | | (182576) | 48
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Ministerial colleagues have read the report by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Haes OBE, Army Training and Recruitment Agency, Duty of Care and Supervision Report 98-01, into the regime at Army initial training establishments. | | (182582) | 49
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the members of the chain of command who have studied the Haes Army Training and Recruitment Agency Duty of Care and Suspension Report 98-01; how many of the Report's recommendations have been implemented; when they were implemented; and if he will make a statement. | | (182583) | 50
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the Defence Market and Access Forum relates to (a) the National Defence Industries Council, (b) the National Defence and Aerospace Systems Panel and (c) the Aerospace and Innovation Team; and if he will make a statement. | | (182584) | 51
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) numeracy and (b) literacy of recruits to each of the three services; and what programmes are available to those who need to raise their level of attainment. | | (182327) | 52
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with US Congressional leaders regarding an International Traffic in Arms Regulations waiver for the UK. | | (182383) | 53
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Government has made of the rules governing access to UK defence markets by foreign-owned companies; and whether the Government plans to make changes to the rules. | | (182384) | 54
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place between the Integrated Project Teams for the Carriers and the Future Joint Combat Aircraft about the requirement for the JCA. | | (182385) | 55
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects the Future Joint Combat Aircraft to be delivered (a) on time and (b) within budget. | | (182386) | 56
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterparts on the timescale for the Future Joint Combat Aircraft project. | | (182387) | 57
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the requirement for the Future Joint Combat Aircraft is dependent on the procurement of 50-60,000 tonne aircraft carriers; and what effect changes to the displacement of the future carriers would have on the requirement for the number of Joint Combat Aircraft. | | (182388) | 58
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the export potential of the Eurofighter/Typhoon. | | (182389) | 59
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his letter of 16th June to the US Defense Secretary; and what implications this has for future Government policy. | | (182390) | 60
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress his Department has made in obtaining an International Traffic in Arms Regulations waiver for the UK from the US Administration. | | (182391) | 61
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for North Norfolk dated 29th April concerning BAE Systems and Robert Lee International. | | (181833) | 62
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to reply to Question ref 178616 tabled by the honourable Member for North Norfolk. | | (181834) | 63
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to acquire two British-built new aircraft carriers; and by what dates. | | (182002) | 64
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the minimum (a) tonnage and (b) aircraft numbers to be operated from each future carrier to enable it to fulfil its strategic expeditionary role. | | (182003) | 65
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of United States carriers to carry out each of the projected CVF tasks if purchased by the Royal Navy. | | (182004) | 66
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has held with United States counterparts concerning the possible purchase of US carriers for the Royal Navy. | | (182005) | 67
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his reply to the Question reference 174620, on Iraq (detainees), what guidance the Standard Operating Instruction contained on the use of hoods on apprehended persons prior to its amendment on 30th September 2003. | | (182357) | 68
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the Question reference 174620, on Iraq (detainees), what prompted the issuing of new verbal instructions and an amended Standard Operating Instruction on 30th September 2003. | | (182358) | 69
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th June to Question 158865, on Iraqi bodies, what the names were of the Iraqis for whom requests were made for exhumation; and what the date of the request was in each case. | | (182359) | 70
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are stationed on Diego Garcia in a (a) temporary and (b) permanent capacity; and if he will make a statement. | | (182581) | 71
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the tritium recovery plant at AWE Aldermaston will provide tritium for United Kingdom nuclear weapons following the decision to close Calder Hall. | | (182365) | 72
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will give compensation to service personnel who say that they volunteered to take part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment at Porton Down when they believed that they were taking part in research to find a cure for the common cold; and if he will make a statement. | | (182252) | 73
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates his Department's Investment Approvals Board considered the decision to meet the Ministry of Defence's advanced jet trainer requirement through the purchase from BAE Systems of Hawk 128 aircraft. | | (182255) | 74
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182265) | 75
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the means-tested benefits available through his Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182568) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 76
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations have been made to his Department from mobile telephone operators regarding the Telecommunications Masts (Need and Safety Tests) Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (182282) | 77
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent research his Department has commissioned into the health risks posed by (a) mobile telephone emissions and (b) mobile telephone mast emissions; and if he will make a statement. | | (182314) | 78
N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether it is his intention that county council elections should take place in May 2005 in counties in which local government reorganisation is taking place as a consequence of the setting up of a regional assembly. | | (182281) | 79
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households were living in temporary accommodation in the North Somerset local authority in each year since 1997; and how many of those households included dependent children. | | (182503) | 80
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 1236W, on the rate relief scheme, if he will place in the Library a list of honourable and Right honourable Members who have written to his Office regarding the Government's new rate relief scheme for small businesses. | | (182504) | 81
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 100W, what constitutes an enterprise for the purposes referred to. | | (182254) | 82
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether land on which redundant intensive livestock buildings are situated within 400 metres of a dwelling and which is development requiring planning permission constitutes (a) brownfield land and (b) previously developed land under PPG3. | | (182168) | 83
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence his Department has had since 10th June with the Electoral Commission concerning the regional assembly referendums; and if he will place copies of such correspondence in the Library. | | (182347) | 84
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the scale of hot bedding by migrant workers living in overcrowded and dangerous multi-occupancy housing. | | (182161) | 85
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to combat (a) overcrowded and (b) dangerous multi-occupancy housing. | | (182162) | 86
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many houses in multiple occupation there were in each year since 1997. | | (182163) | 87
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many landlords have been prosecuted under health and safety legislation for providing unsafe accommodation in each of the last five years. | | (182166) | 88
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will take steps to increase the provision of affordable housing in locations where housing prices are high in the North West. | | (182487) | 89
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it a statutory requirement for mobile telephone network operators to adhere to the guidance offered in the Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Network Development. | | (182546) | 90
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Government's efforts to encourage mobile phone network operators to implement the guidance offered in the Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Network Development. | | (182547) | 91
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the means-tested benefits available through his Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182570) | 92
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182142) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 93
| Donald Anderson (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he will take to arrest the decline of chemistry teaching in universities and institutions of higher education, with particular reference to financial incentives to students. | | (182368) | 94
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils under the age of 16 who are being taught for at least part of the week by non-qualified teachers in colleges of further education. | | (181999) | 95
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of young people who will receive education maintenance allowance in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council region in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07 who will be studying at a further education college. | | (182335) | 96
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many adults he expects to (a) apply for and (b) achieve a level 1 qualification other than basic skills in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council region in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (182336) | 97
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether all people in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council region who wish to study for a basic skills qualification in a further education college in academic year 2004-05 are guaranteed a place; and if he will make a statement. | | (182337) | 98
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what he expects the per pupil funding level to be for (a) schools, (b) sixth forms and (c) further education colleges in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills council region in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2006-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (182338) | 99
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether all further education colleges in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council region have received their funding allocations for 2004-05; and how many allocations were received (a) before 31st May and (b) after 31st May. | | (182339) | 100
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many adults he expects to (a) apply for and (b) achieve a (i) level 4, (ii) level 3 and (iii) level 2 qualification in Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council region in (A) 2004-05, (B) 2005-06 and (C) 2006-07. | | (182341) | 101
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 14 to 16 year olds in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council region he expects to spend time studying in a further education college in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such provision in each case. | | (182342) | 102
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Coventry have been classified as failing in each year since 1996. | | (182434) | 103
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the proposed Children's Commissioner will have the right to take up individual cases of children. | | (182234) | 104
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place to regulate schools' admissions policy in relation to children with special educational needs. | | (182323) | 105
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the proportion of appeals against admissions decisions which are made in relation to children with special educational needs. | | (182326) | 106
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 710W, what estimate he has made of the cost of building each of the exemplar designs; and which designs have been adopted by local education authorities as part of their bid. | | (182505) | 107
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the board members of Partnership for Schools indicating the other public sector appointments each member holds. | | (182506) | 108
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people are to be employed by Partnership for Schools; and what progress has been made in their recruitment. | | (182507) | 109
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on discussions with the (a) Church of England and (b) Roman Catholic Church on Building Schools for the Future. | | (182508) | 110
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost of the Partnership for Church of England Schools was to his Department in the last financial year. | | (182509) | 111
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what indication he has given to local education authorities of the capital allocations available to schools that are not participating in Pathfinder or Phase 1 of Building Schools for the Future. | | (182510) | 112
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons Partnership for Schools has been established as a non-departmental public body. | | (182511) | 113
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 711W, on schools (capital investment), who is responsible for determining the procurement route under Building Schools for the Future. | | (182512) | 114
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 710W, on schools (capital investment), what mechanism will be used to scale back the bids for capital funding for Building Schools for the Future if the aggregate value of the outline business cases exceed the total funding available. | | (182513) | 115
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 711W, on schools (capital investment), what mechanism is in place to manage potential conflicts of interest when Partnership for Schools is both monitoring local education authorities and acting as a director of and equity participant in a local education partnership. | | (182514) | 116
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 710W, on schools (capital investment), what the capital budget is for (a) the Pathfinder Phase and (b) Wave One of Building Schools for the Future. | | (182515) | 117
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 710W, on schools (capital investment), who will be responsible for monitoring the cost-effectiveness of the building programme. | | (182516) | 118
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) new schools, (b) replacement schools and (c) refurbished schools are to be provided in each of the Pathfinder and Wave One Building Schools for the Future projects. | | (182517) | 119
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what sports are judged inappropriate by the Joint Council for General Qualification for the practical aspect of GCSE and A-Level physical education. | | (182424) | 120
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils achieved five or more A* to C grades at GCSE in state schools in Wansdyke constituency in each year since 1997. | | (182501) | 121
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) education support staff there were in Wansdyke constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004. | | (182502) | 122
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182259) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 123
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the proposed ivory stockpile sales from (a) South Africa, (b) Botswana and (c) Namibia. | | (182249) | 124
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the consultants carrying out the farm scale evaluations on genetically modified winter oil seed rape will complete their report and send it to the Royal Society for peer review; and when she expects the Royal Society will (a) complete the peer review process and (b) publish the results. | | (182250) | 125
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to publish the Animal Welfare Bill; and whether it will be a draft bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. | | (182278) | 126
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate Sir Don Curry made of the funding necessary to implement his Food and Farming Report; what funding she is making available for it; by what mechanism those funds are to be allocated amongst rural areas; how much will be paid to each region; how much will be used in urban areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (182561) | 127
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 20th May, Official Report, column 1084, on cormorant predation, when she expects to announce extra measures to help fishery owners and angling clubs to deal with the problem of predation by cormorants. | | (182312) | 128
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the issuing of fines for dropping litter; and what plans she has to introduce and enforce a uniform policy for the issuing of fines for dropping litter. | | (182436) | 129
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to provide money to local councils to help them with the cost of keeping streets clean. | | (182437) | 130
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the increase in litter collected from streets in 2003; and what plans she has to decrease this figure in 2004. | | (182438) | 131
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of the increasing number of magpies on the small bird population of the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (182367) | 132
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what resources are being provided to tackle fly-tipping in Bath and North East Somerset. | | (182499) | 133
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the criteria are for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) status; what scientific objections have been raised about the suitability of the peat bog areas at Bolton Fell Moss and Solway Moss as SACs; and when she expects a decision to be made about designating these peat bog areas as SACs. | | (182207) | 134
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts have been let by her Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising her Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182256) | 135
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the means-tested benefits available through her Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182569) | 136
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the urban fox population in each of the last 10 years. | | (182392) | 137
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many empty houses her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (182155) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 138
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Rwanda concerning the reopening of the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (182435) | 139
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the authorities in the south of Cyprus to permit British citizens holding EU passports to cross to and from the north without hindrance, regardless of the port or airport through which they entered the island. | | (182402) | 140
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to urge the Saudi Arabian authorities to release Mr Brian Savio O'Connor, imprisoned and tortured in Saudi Arabia. | | (182552) | 141
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to urge the Government of Jordan to ensure that the Christian widow, Mrs Siham Qandah, is permitted to keep her two Christian children with her and that the attempts to have the children forcibly removed from her custody and converted to Islam are ended. | | (182553) | 142
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to urge the Chinese authorities to release all aid workers who have been imprisoned for helping North Korean refugees hiding in China, with particular reference to Takayuki Noguchi. | | (182554) | 143
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to use the arbitration clause in its bilateral treaty with China as a means of pressing the Chinese authorities to permit the UNHCR full access to North Korean refugees in China. | | (182555) | 144
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to urge the Government of China (a) to recognise North Korean refugees in China as refugees and (b) to end the policy of forcibly repatriating these North Koreans. | | (182556) | 145
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if Her Majesty's Government will agree to earmark part of its financial contributions to the UN High Commission for Refugees specifically for North Korean refugees in China. | | (182557) | 146
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to urge the Governments of (a) Honduras, (b) Brazil and (c) Guatemala swiftly to prosecute and punish all those responsible for the murder of street children. | | (182558) | 147
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to urge the Governments of (a) Honduras and (b) Brazil to improve the living conditions of juvenile detainees. | | (182559) | 148
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to urge the Government of Brazil to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children in that country and to bring the perpetrators of such exploitation to justice. | | (182560) | 149
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to urge the Government of Sri Lanka to prevent the passage of legislation that will ban religious conversion and proselytising. | | (182563) | 150
N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide UK Government assistance by way of the provision of advisers to the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis on constitutional matters. | | (181831) | 151
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of Iraq's oil revenues during Coalition Provisional Authority rule. | | (182420) | 152
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the signals intelligence referred to in para 89 of Cm5972 shows that an Iraqi official visited Niger; and if he will name the Iraqi official referred to. | | (182604) | 153
| Sir 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 25th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Farida Begum. | | (182462) | 154
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the European Convention of Human Rights applies to the British Indian Ocean Territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (182541) | 155
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provision he has put in place to monitor activity on Diego Garcia to ensure full implementation of the Ottawa Convention; how many breaches have been reported since 1st January 2001; what mechanisms are in place to deal with possible breaches and when these arrangements were last revised; and if he will make a statement. | | (182542) | 156
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the International Criminal Court will have jurisdiction over (a) British Indian Ocean Territories and (b) Diego Garcia while the latter are under lease to the US military; and if he will make a statement. | | (182543) | 157
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the International Committee of the Red Cross has (a) visited Diego Garcia since 1st January 2001, (b) been asked to visit Diego Garcia and (c) requested that it might visit Diego Garcia; and if he will make a statement. | | (182544) | 158
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will commission an independent feasibility study to look at the environmental impact of the military base on Diego Garcia and the surrounding archipelago; and if he will make a statement. | | (182545) | 159
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the terms are of the lease of Diego Garcia to the US military with regard to (a) monetary terms and (b) contractual agreements; what mechanisms are in place to end the lease if dispute over the contract were to occur; and if he will make a statement. | | (182578) | 160
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) US Naval personnel, (b) US Air Force personnel and (c) other US military personnel are stationed on Diego Garcia in a (i) permanent and (ii) temporary capacity; and if he will make a statement. | | (182579) | 161
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK judicial bodies have unrestricted access to the Diego Garcia military base; when such access last occurred; and if he will make a statement. | | (182580) | 162
| Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Eritrea on promoting a dialogue with Ethiopia on the distribution of land following the Boundary Commission's recommendations. | | (182377) | 163
| Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the account the Boundary Commission of Ethiopia and Eritrea took of the human geography of the region in drawing the final border. | | (182378) | 164
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the legitimacy of Lithuania's recent presidential elections. | | (182175) | 165
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Russia regarding the situation in (a) Chechnya and (b) Ingushetia. | | (182178) | 166
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182263) | 167
N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answers of Monday, 28th June, refs. 180662 and 180663, if he will seek the advice of the Iraqi Interim Government on the steps they intend to take to deal with the 3,800 persons belonging to the proscribed terrorist organisation MKO who are housed in Camp Ashraf; and if he will propose that negotiations on the issue take place with the Government of Iran. | | (181818) | 168
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the means-tested benefits available through the Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182574) | 169
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182150) | 170
| Mr Brian Wilson (Cunninghame North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals for recognition of Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic under Article IV of the EU Constitutional Treaty; and if he will make a statement. | | (182315) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 171
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies he has (a) commissioned and (b) reviewed concerning the presence of rocket fuel in milk. | | (182242) | 172
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that all meat or meat products on sale which are the result of a slaughter process where pre-stunning has been absent are required to be labelled accordingly. | | (182246) | 173
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ascertain whether there is a general tendency for enhanced health risks to be found in populations living near areas of operations involving radioactive elements. | | (182251) | 174
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will rank each (a) primary care trust area and (b) health authority area by the rate of detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983 in 2002-03; and how many detentions there were in each area. | | (182356) | 175
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of protection for recipients of fresh sperm afforded by the current regulatory framework governing supply. | | (182369) | 176
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislation governing the supply and purchase of fresh sperm to afford greater protection to recipients. | | (182370) | 177
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, columns 1453-4W, on pulmonary disease, what timescale he expects to be used in meeting aspirational development standards, with particular reference to the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary and secondary care. | | (182401) | 178
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans have been put in place by his Department to deal with delays in rolling out Agenda for Change job profiles that were not fully piloted in early implementer sites. | | (182403) | 179
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets have been set by his Department on children's dental health; and what progress has been made in meeting them. | | (182404) | 180
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the National Health Service of suspensions of medical and dental staff for the latest quarter for which figures are available. | | (182405) | 181
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the mean number of decayed, filled and missing teeth for five-year old children in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust for the latest year for which figures are available. | | (182406) | 182
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the £500 million he has authorised to be transferred from arm's length bodies will be spent. | | (182407) | 183
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many managers were in post in the NHS in (a) 1979 and (b) 1997. | | (182408) | 184
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much it costs to train (a) a nurse and (b) a doctor. | | (182409) | 185
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds were available in the NHS in (a) 1979 and (b) 1997. | | (182410) | 186
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses there were available in the NHS in (a) 1979, (b) 1985 and (c) 1997. | | (182411) | 187
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS on consultancy services in each year since 1996. | | (182412) | 188
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition he uses of the term health literacy, as referred to in paragraph 8.30 of the NHS Improvement Plan. | | (182414) | 189
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, columns 1281-2W, on obesity-related sleep apnoea, if he will estimate the number of paediatric finished consultant episodes for obesity-related sleep apnoea in each year since 1997. | | (182426) | 190
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 1554W, on NHS security, when he expects statistics to become available on the number of security incidents in the NHS since 2002. | | (182427) | 191
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the money that has been made available to primary care trusts (PCTs) to assist in the additional costs of moving to payment by results for foundation trusts from 1st April has been allocated to each (a) PCT and (b) foundation trust; and by what formula these allocations were calculated. | | (182237) | 192
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are to be introduced to allow general practitioners easier access to specialist drug support for their patients. | | (182292) | 193
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Gloucester constituency, the effects of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on the Gloucester constituency. | | (182328) | 194
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conclusions have been drawn following discussions with the Food Standards Agency with regard to ensuring the best possible alignment of UK regulations with the International Code for Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. | | (182177) | 195
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current waiting time is for nerve conduction tests to be carried out at (a) Charing Cross Hospital and (b) other neurophysiology units in London; and if he will make a statement. | | (182313) | 196
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects (a) the analysis of results of the consultation and (b) resulting proposals for the statutory regulation of herbal medicine and acupuncture practitioners to be published. | | (182340) | 197
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government achieved its target of eradicating the fire safety backlog on the NHS estate by March 2003. | | (182450) | 198
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further progress has been made towards meeting his earlier target of making 90 per cent. of the NHS estate health and safety compliant by March. | | (182451) | 199
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the NHS estate was health and safety compliant and what the cost was of the health and safety repair backlog, in (a) March 2003 and (b) March 2004. | | (182452) | 200
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government is on track to achieve its target of 114 hospitals by 2010; and what the (a) anticipated construction cost, (b) expected date for start of construction and (c) planned date for completion is of each (i) major and (ii) medium-sized building programme. | | (182453) | 201
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government will achieve its target of developing 20 diagnostic and treatment centres by 2004; and what the state of progress was at 1st April. | | (182454) | 202
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) anticipated construction cost, (b) date for start of construction and (c) date for completion is of each diagnostic and treatment centre already completed or in development in March. | | (182455) | 203
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government is on track to achieve its target of developing 47 diagnostic and treatment centres by 2008; and what the state of progress was at 1st April. | | (182456) | 204
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government achieved its target of delivering 500 primary care centres by April; whether the Government is on track to achieve its target of (a) an additional 125 primary care centres by 2006 and (b) a further 125 primary care centres by 2008; and what the state of progress was at 1st April. | | (182457) | 205
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government achieved its target of modernising 3,000 general practitioner premises by April. | | (182458) | 206
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government achieved its target of reducing disrepair on the NHS estate by 25 per cent. between April 1999 and March 2004; what the total repair backlog on the NHS estate was in (a) March 2003 and (b) March 2004; and if this information is not currently available, when will he make it available. | | (182459) | 207
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to NHS trusts in England concerning targets for waiting times for patients from Wales. | | (182445) | 208
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patient episodes have been carried out by the English NHS on patients from Wales in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) medical specialism and (b) county borough of residence of patient. | | (182446) | 209
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what direct funding his Department is providing for the Kidderminster Treatment Centre in addition to funding through primary care trusts. | | (182526) | 210
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will decide which patients should be treated at the Kidderminster Treatment Centre. | | (182527) | 211
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of likely levels of demand for elective surgery at the Kidderminster Treatment Centre (a) in December, (b) at Easter and (c) during the main summer holiday period. | | (182528) | 212
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what flexibility there will be within the contract for the Kidderminster Treatment Centre to amend the numbers of operations performed between different types of operation. | | (182529) | 213
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the anticipated start date is for the Kidderminster Treatment Centre contract; for how long it will run; and if he will make it his policy to ensure the contract coincides with the financial year of the local primary care trusts. | | (182530) | 214
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of cases presented at Accident and Emergency units in the last 12 months involved alcohol as a causal factor. | | (182486) | 215
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182266) | 216
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182147) | 217
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Department keeps records of human health problems arising from the consumption of smokies. | | (182209) | 218
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Department has commissioned work from the Food Standards Agency on the legal production of smokies. | | (182210) | 219
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Department keeps figures on the trade in smokies in the UK. | | (182211) | 220
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has commissioned studies on smokies production. | | (182212) | 221
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for additional general practitioner surgeries in Murston; and if he will make a statement. | | (182271) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 222
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacant homes in the Borough of Trafford are held under contract to the National Asylum Support Service, broken down by (a) local authority, (b) private landlords and (c) housing association properties; and at what cost. | | (182000) | 223
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress in the UK's implementation of the European Union Council of Ministers' Framework Decision on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings. | | (182463) | 224
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why the representatives of Mr Shams Uddin Ahmed, Ref: A534268, were informed in June that no decision had been reached regarding Mr Ahmed's application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom in the light of the letter from the Minister of State to the honourable Member for Christchurch dated 28th April. | | (182019) | 225
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision was taken to grant Mr Shams Uddin Ahmed, Ref: A534268, leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and by whom it was taken. | | (182020) | 226
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had on the introduction of identity cards; and if he will make a statement. | | (181699) | 227
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to expand the residential drug rehabilitation services. | | (182228) | 228
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he will introduce to reduce waiting times for drug treatment. | | (182229) | 229
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to require prisons to record the proportion of prisoners who complete drug treatment following detoxification. | | (182230) | 230
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will encourage joint commissioning for drug services to ensure that individuals' other social care needs are met. | | (182231) | 231
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to ensure wider public understanding of the potential benefits of drug treatment. | | (182232) | 232
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the impact identity cards will have on the relationship between the citizen and the state. | | (182233) | 233
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the general population's attitude towards (a) prisons and (b) alternatives to prison as a means of punishment and rehabilitation. | | (182283) | 234
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the success rate of community sentences. | | (182284) | 235
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reporting procedures are for the performance of prison alternatives. | | (182285) | 236
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he intends to improve the information received by magistrates regarding prison alternatives. | | (182286) | 237
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to publicise successful outcomes of community sentencing. | | (182287) | 238
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the impact of community sentencing on re-offending rates. | | (182288) | 239
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he plans to introduce to improve the success rate of community sentencing. | | (182289) | 240
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to use the media to communicate information on community sentencing to the public. | | (182290) | 241
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons Patrick Carter was selected to carry out the correctional services review. | | (182291) | 242
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures (a) are in place and (b) he will introduce to demonstrate to the public that community sentences are serious penalties for offenders. | | (182294) | 243
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alcohol-related anti-social behaviour incidents there have been since 1997. | | (182295) | 244
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are to be introduced to tackle the problem of alcohol-related anti-social behaviour. | | (182296) | 245
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effect on the prevention of terrorism of not requiring foreign nationals coming to the UK for less than three months to have an identity card. | | (182297) | 246
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the race impact assessment of the identity card scheme. | | (182298) | 247
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the experience of other countries regarding the experience of ethnic minorities with demands to show identity cards. | | (182299) | 248
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of drug treatment programmes within prisons. | | (182300) | 249
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of people receiving drug treatment while in prison were offered aftercare on their release in each year since 1997. | | (182301) | 250
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the budget for the drug control programme was spent on (a) enforcement and (b) treatment in 2003-04. | | (182302) | 251
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received drug treatment in prison in each year since 1997 as a percentage of (a) the prison population and (b) the total demand. | | (182303) | 252
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the main benefits of competition within the prison service are. | | (182304) | 253
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the levels of prison front-line staff have changed since 1997. | | (182305) | 254
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference were for the Carter report. | | (182318) | 255
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the impact of the introduction of the National Offender Management Service on the input of the voluntary sector to the criminal justice system. | | (182319) | 256
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the recommendations from the Carter report have been implemented. | | (182320) | 257
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the rehabilitation action plan will be published. | | (182321) | 258
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effect of additional investment on delivery in prison and probation services since 1998. | | (182322) | 259
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department intends to provide an estimate of the number of illegal immigrants in the United Kingdom. | | (182235) | 260
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 24th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Manchester Council for Community Relations. | | (182490) | 261
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a summary of responses to Reducing Crime - Changing Lives. | | (182308) | 262
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responses he has received to Reducing Crime - Changing Lives; and how many supported the principal proposals. | | (182309) | 263
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the new IT systems (a) Community-Tag and (b) Institution-Tag will be integrated into the National Offender Management Service and the measures contained in the Criminal Justice Act 2003. | | (182310) | 264
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responses he has received to the consultation document on the National Offender Management Service organisational design; and how many supported the proposals. | | (182311) | 265
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many consultees responded to the recent consultation document on the National Offender Management Scheme. | | (182381) | 266
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what grants his Department has provided to Avon and Somerset Police Force in each financial year since 2001. | | (182496) | 267
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources are being provided to tackle graffiti in Bath and North East Somerset. | | (182500) | 268
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that private finance initiative projects for which his Department is responsible create the minimum of environmental damage. | | (182214) | 269
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the sustainability of environmental impacts of private finance initiative projects and (b) the capacity of the PFI process to deliver environmentally sustainable projects. | | (182215) | 270
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to make private finance initiative contracts more accountable and transparent in terms of environmental sustainability. | | (182216) | 271
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of electricity used by buildings in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies has come from renewable sources for each year from 1997 to date. | | (182217) | 272
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) his Department and (b) agencies of the Department have spent on water and sewerage services in each year since 1997. | | (182218) | 273
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff there have been in (a) his Department and (b) agencies of the Department in each year since 1997. | | (182219) | 274
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total floor space area of buildings owned or leased by (a) his Department and (b) his agencies has been in each year since 1997. | | (182220) | 275
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what have been identified as the most significant sustainable development impacts in relation to the operation of his Department's estate. | | (182221) | 276
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what parts of his Department's estate will not be covered by the commitments set out in the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate. | | (182222) | 277
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken by his Department to review arrangements for public reporting for sustainable development impacts. | | (182223) | 278
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes there have been in (a) road transport vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and (b) single occupancy car commuting from his Department against the baseline year in the framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate. | | (182224) | 279
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has joined the Watermark project. | | (182225) | 280
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes there have been in water consumption by his Department between each year since 1997. | | (182226) | 281
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the non-office sites within his Department's estates that have been identified as being likely to provide opportunities for significant water savings. | | (182227) | 282
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms offences, including air weapon offences, were recorded in each police force area in England and Wales in 2002-03. | | (182361) | 283
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make representations to the licensed trade, particularly the large pub chains, to transfer from breakable glasses to plastic, in order to reduce incidents involving injury to customers. | | (182485) | 284
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182262) | 285
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the Home Office legislation which has been implemented in different parts of England on different dates since 1997. | | (181835) | 286
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child under 16 years were (a) recorded and (b) successfully prosecuted in each police area in the last year for which information is available. | | (182382) | 287
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the means-tested benefits available through the Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182572) | 288
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staff-customer ratio is for those contacting or receiving services from the National Asylum Support Service, broken down by (a) all staff, (b) staff dealing with customers face-to-face, (c) call centre staff and (d) staff processing claims without customer contact. | | (182533) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 289
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to increase humanitarian aid in the Democratic Republic of Congo to compensate for losses from recent looting; and if he will make a statement. | | (182422) | 290
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to Burundi is spent on assisting refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo; what discussions he has had with the Burundi Government on assisting refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo; and what plans he has to delivery emergency aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo refugees in northern Burundi. | | (182423) | 291
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the loss of humanitarian aid and property in the Democratic Republic of Congo during recent looting. | | (182428) | 292
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations his Department has received from non-governmental organisations about (a) trade liberalisation, (b) privatisation and (c) investment deregulation in Zambia; and if he will make a statement. | | (182329) | 293
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department's officials have had with representatives of non-governmental organisations concerning the situation in Zambia. | | (182330) | 294
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has (a) drawn up and (b) implemented to help reduce the number of people affected by HIV/AIDS in Zambia. | | (182331) | 295
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the humanitarian implications of the level of external debt in Zambia. | | (182332) | 296
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) International Monetary Fund and (b) World Bank policies in Zambia. | | (182333) | 297
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182267) | 298
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182143) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 299
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been allocated to each event to which funding from the current year's Northern Ireland Events Company budget has been allocated. | | (182585) | 300
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether a business plan for the proposal to establish a museum for sea and sky at Titanic Quarter; has been drawn-up; and what the estimated costs are for planned developments. | | (182603) | 301
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultation he intends to hold, and with what organisations, in the development of the area known as the Titanic Quarter. | | (182605) | 302
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what sports are catered for within the Sports Institute for Northern Ireland; and what additional sports he anticipates will be added over the next five years. | | (182606) | 303
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to put planning restrictions in place in the area known as the Titanic Quarter whilst development plans are being considered. | | (182607) | 304
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions have taken place between Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland and the landowners at Titanic Quarter in relation to the establishment of a Museum of Sea and Sky at that location. | | (182608) | 305
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what value he places on Northern Ireland's connection with the Titanic as a means of attracting visitors to Northern Ireland. | | (182609) | 306
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made with regard to the establishment of the Sports Institute for Northern Ireland; and whether the Institute plans to include a 50 metre swimming pool in the development proposals. | | (182610) | 307
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how prominent a role the Titanic story will play in the proposed Museum for Sea and Sky at Titanic Quarter. | | (182611) | 308
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment was made of whether Windsor Park was of a sufficient standard to host international football matches during the development of the Football Strategy. | | (182612) | 309
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action has been taken against the person or persons responsible for the lapse in security surrounding the breach of security at Stormont; and what security responsibilities those people still carry out. | | (182613) | 310
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the financial cost of the breach of security at Stormont has been to date; what the anticipated cost is; and how many people have been displaced as a result. | | (182614) | 311
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when each police station in Northern Ireland was last substantially refurbished. | | (182615) | 312
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has to upgrade the Mary Peters athletic track; and if he will make a statement. | | (182616) | 313
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has to develop an eight lane athletics track for international athletics meetings in Northern Ireland. | | (182617) | 314
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what account he took of the public consultation in Northern Ireland on reform of the 11+ about the future of grammar schools in Northern Ireland. | | (182425) | 315
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the insurance industry about the acceptability for the purposes of vehicle insurance of the Government's proposed certificates of temporary exemption from MOT testing; and if he will make a statement. | | (182171) | 316
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182269) | 317
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182146) | Questions to the Prime Minister 318
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Intelligence and Security Committee's (ISC) Annual Report 2003-04, paragraph 78, when he received the letter from the ISC; when he replied; and with whom he consulted before answering the letter. | | (182173) | 319
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Annual Report 2003-04, paragraph 78, what follow-up action was taken concerning the complaints by detainees alleged in subsection b; and when it was undertaken. | | (182174) | 320
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Annual Report 2003-04, paragraph 78, subsection c, whether the concerns reported to the US authorities by UK security staff were also reported to UK authorities. | | (182270) | 321
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Annual Report 2003-04, paragraph 78, when security personnel were made aware that hooding was not acceptable. | | (182306) | 322
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the activities Lord Levy has undertaken on his behalf since 1st January 2003, and if he will list the countries he has visited, and the dates those visits occurred. | | (182248) | 323
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Prime Minister, whether intelligence personnel are required to (a) undertake training in and (b) demonstrate knowledge of the Geneva Convention before undertaking duties. | | (182334) | 324
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the letter from his Office dated 27th May, to the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Ms R. Hilton, if he will obtain the reply from the Home Office promised in that letter. | | (182461) | 325
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what response he has made to the letter from the Anglican archbishops on prisoner abuse in Iraq. | | (182363) | 326
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Prime Minister, for how many empty houses his Office is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182239) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 327
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182238) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 328
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence the Committee has had since 10th June with the Electoral Commission concerning the regional assembly referendums; and if he will place copies of such correspondence in the Library. | | (182348) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 329
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of homeworkers being paid below the national minimum wage. | | (182415) | 330
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on what sanctions there are to deal with employers found to be paying below the national minimum wage. | | (182416) | 331
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will impose fines on employers found to be paying below the national minimum wage. | | (182417) | 332
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government intends to ratify the International Labour Organisation document on homework. | | (182418) | 333
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason the period of three weeks was chosen for unlicensed firework sales before 5th November in the proposed 2004 Firework Regulations. | | (182429) | 334
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement as to the reasons why the proposed 2004 Firework Regulations will allow firework sales to continue without licensing at certain times of the year. | | (182430) | 335
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to protect homeworkers from being paid below the national minimum wage. | | (182431) | 336
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action is being taken to ensure that homeworkers have access to the same statutory rights as other employees. | | (182432) | 337
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with UK representatives from companies producing baby milk substitutes in relation to the World Health Assembly's International Code on the Marketing of Breastmilk substitutes; and if she will make a statement. | | (182236) | 338
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the development of improved foreign language skills in British companies. | | (182060) | 339
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what mechanism her Department monitors the concerns of inward investors. | | (182061) | 340
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of (a) the impact on export sales by companies which place low value on foreign language skills of their attitude towards such skills and (b) the impact of low foreign language skills among British companies on British competitiveness; and if she will make a statement. | | (182062) | 341
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) post offices and (b) sub-post offices there were in London on 31st March. | | (182350) | 342
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) post offices and (b) sub-post offices in London have been (i) closed and (ii) subject to formal consultation prior to closure since 31st March. | | (182351) | 343
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices and sub-post offices in London will have closed by the end of the current round of consultation within the Network Reinvention framework; and what proportion this represents of the total at the start of the Reinvention programme. | | (182352) | 344
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices and sub-post offices in London subject to formal consultation pending closure since 31st March have subsequently been reprieved. | | (182353) | 345
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many London constituencies have been subject to notification of post office and sub-post office closures in the 2004-05 financial year. | | (182354) | 346
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects the consultations on post office and sub-post office closures in London to be complete. | | (182355) | 347
| Denzil Davies (Llanelli):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria formed the basis of the EU's recent decision that China is not a market economy. | | (182170) | 348
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on public access to a diverse media, with particular reference to small circulation newspapers and magazines. | | (182344) | 349
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with (a) ICSTIS and (b) BT concerning premium rate line fraud involving use of the Internet; and if she will make a statement. | | (181830) | 350
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received regarding the implementation of the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations with respect to the disposal of non-household light fittings. | | (182152) | 351
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of her Department's consultation on the implementation of the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations with respect to the disposal of non-household light fittings. | | (182153) | 352
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will implement the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive with respect to non-household light fittings so that the developer, or equivalent, rather than the producer is responsible for disposal; and if she will make a statement. | | (182154) | 353
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many small businesses have been helped by Business Link in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) Wansdyke constituency in each year since 2001. | | (182494) | 354
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to tackle unregulated door-to-door salesmen. | | (182495) | 355
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many 2MW wind turbines would be needed to reach the Government's renewable energy targets. | | (182307) | 356
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the estimated expenditure is up to 2010 on renewable wind turbines in the form of investment aid. | | (182324) | 357
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what expenditure is planned up to 2010 on research and development of forms of renewable energy other than wind power, with particular reference to (a) solar and photovoltaics, (b) tidal power, (c) wave power, (d) turbines, (e) biomass and (f) biogas. | | (182360) | 358
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been spent on business support agencies in the last year. | | (182551) | 359
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information her Department has received in respect of the decision of the International Atomic Energy Agency to construct an international repository for nuclear waste in Russia; and what plans there are to dispose of United Kingdom nuclear waste in this repository. | | (182364) | 360
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was to public funds of appointing and remunerating a new chairman and members to the boards of the eight English regional development agencies this year; how many chairmen and members have been appointed in total, and at what cost in remuneration; how many staff have been employed by the regional development agencies, in each of the last three years; and what the cost of remuneration was in each year. | | (182206) | 361
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes dated 17th March concerning Martyn Tozer of Kingsbridge, Devon and the Corporate Social Responsibility Bill. | | (182208) | 362
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many contracts have been let by her Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising her Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182260) | 363
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 718-9W, on Crown post offices, when the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited will provide a substantive reply. | | (181813) | 364
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for how many empty houses her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (182149) | 365
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the role of the proposed Commission for Equality and Human Rights will be in relation to age discrimination and (a) employment, (b) poor service and (c) unfair treatment. | | (182172) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 366
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Highways Agency's plans to restrict caravans to the inside lane of the M5 motorway south of Bristol on bank holidays. | | (182374) | 367
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the annual (a) tonnes of aviation fuel consumed and (b) carbon emissions resulting from the circling of aircraft over London whilst in holding patterns. | | (182241) | 368
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) he and (b) other EU member states raised, at the Transport Council on 11th June (i) taxation options for aviation fuel and (ii) an emissions trading regime for aviation. | | (182243) | 369
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, columns 1247-8W, if he will make a statement on the rights afforded to (a) Israel and (b) the United States under the agreement reached on the Galileo satellite navigation project. | | (182245) | 370
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average carbon dioxide emissions per person per journey from London to (a) Manchester, (b) Edinburgh and (c) Bristol by (i) air, (ii) rail, (iii) lorry and (iv) car. | | (182375) | 371
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average journey time between central London and the centre of (a) Manchester, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Bristol and (d) Newcastle by (i) air, (ii) rail, (iii) lorry and (iv) car, including, in the case of air, check-in time at the airport. | | (182376) | 372
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to facilitate the design and production of less energy-intensive railway rolling stock. | | (182379) | 373
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to lessen the power consumption of railway rolling stock. | | (182380) | 374
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the overall change in the number of British seafarers employed in UK shipping has been as a result of the Government's measures introduced under their policy Charting a New Course. | | (182021) | 375
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to change the regulatory role of the Health and Safety Executive in respect of the railway industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (182325) | 376
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to re-establish the linking of the Swanage railway line to the national network; and if he will make a statement. | | (182343) | 377
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has commissioned on the effects of high levels of speed enforcement. | | (182345) | 378
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what basis the Highways Agency has decided to restrict the use of the M5 motorway, south of Bristol by caravans. | | [R] (182447) | 379
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what studies have been undertaken by the Highways Agency into traffic flow and leisure vehicles using the M5 motorway, south of Bristol. | | [R] (182448) | 380
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Highways Agency regarding the imposition of restrictions on caravans using the M5 motorway, south of Bristol. | | [R] (182449) | 381
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish primary legislation to raise a new levy to replenish the Air Travel Trust Fund. | | (182394) | 382
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has a statutory responsibility to meet (a) the deficit and (b) the interest on that deficit incurred by the Civil Aviation Authority. | | (182395) | 383
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to restructure the Air Travel Trust Fund. | | (182396) | 384
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to provide better financial protection for travellers on all types of air travel originating in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (182366) | 385
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department has collected on the comparative performance of emergency services and other Government agencies in reducing transport delays after road traffic incidents. | | (182419) | 386
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the employment trends of British seafarers over the last seven years. | | (182272) | 387
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what effect the tonnage tax scheme has had on employment levels amongst British seafarers; and if he will make a statement. | | (182273) | 388
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) drivers without insurance and (b) cars (i) without MOT certificates and (ii) for which vehicle excise duty had not been paid in each year since 1997. | | (182165) | 389
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cycle routes there are in England; and what plans his Department has to improve safety for cyclists. | | (182169) | 390
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182258) | 391
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the means-tested benefits available through the Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182571) | 392
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what priority is being given to the South Coast corridor in his draft Transport Strategy; and if he will make a statement. | | (182393) | 393
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182145) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 394
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182240) | Questions to the Minister for Women 395
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Minister for Women, what recent discussions she has had regarding the Government's commitment to developing a national strategy to eliminate all forms of violence against women in the UK. | | (182549) | 396
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Minister for Women, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) the prevention of violence against women, (ii) the protection of women and their families against violence, (iii) the punishment and rehabilitation of offenders against women and (iv) access to justice and reparation for victims of violence against women; and if she will make a statement. | | (182550) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 397
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the facility for pensioners to withdraw their pensions by order book is to be withdrawn; and what alternative arrangements will be made for pensioners who do not wish or are unable to switch to direct payment. | | (182564) | 398
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in tackling economic inactivity. | | (181879) | 399
N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many presenting officers in Scotland are available to attend (a) disability living allowance and (b) attendance allowance appeal tribunals. | | (182316) | 400
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will give his Department's estimate of the total Government liability for cases contained in the research into the liabilities for the insolvent pension wind-up Financial Assistance Scheme; and what the estimated total pension shortfall of these cases is. | | (182577) | 401
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 24th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr T. Cheema. | | (182460) | 402
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have participated in the New Deal in Wansdyke. | | (182491) | 403
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 50 years and over in Wansdyke have participated in (a) the New Deal and (b) other employment initiatives since 1997. | | (182492) | 404
| Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the running costs, including staffing costs, of Jobcentre Plus centres were in each year since 1997; and how many people were employed in centres in each year. | | (182164) | 405
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington South have been helped into work by the New Deal. | | (182484) | 406
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to increase the budget for the New Deal for Disabled People. | | (182535) | 407
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on (a) employment levels of disabled people in the UK and (b) the perception of disability by employers. | | (182537) | 408
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated regarding (i) the extent to which blind and partially sighted people are excluded from paid employment in the UK and (ii) the attitudes of employers and service providers towards blind and partially-sighted people. | | (182538) | 409
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to promote the development of (a) supported employment opportunities and (b) intermediate labour market solutions to help those who are blind or partially-sighted. | | (182539) | 410
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with disabilities have been helped to enter employment through the New Deal for Disabled People in the last 12 months. | | (182540) | 411
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001-02 to (a) PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst & Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. | | (182264) | 412
N | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the means-tested benefits available through his Department and the agencies for which it is responsible (a) in May 1997 and (b) now. | | (182566) | 413
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average time is that a new widow over state pension age has to wait for her new rate of retirement pension to be calculated; and if he will make a statement. | | (182064) | 414
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how many empty houses his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (182144) | 415
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the staff-customer ratio is for those contacting or receiving services from (a) the Pension Service and (b) Jobcentre Plus, broken down by (i) all staff, (ii) staff dealing with customers face-to-face, (iii) call centre staff and (iv) staff processing claims without customer contact. | | (182531) | 416
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of the mobility element of disability living allowance are between the ages of 66 and 75. | | (181881) | 417
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of the mobility element of disability living allowance have lost that benefit on attaining the upper age limit in each of the last three years. | | (181882) | 418
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for the mobility element of disability living allowance were disallowed in each of the last three years on the grounds that the applicants were over the age limit. | | (181883) | 419
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on how the UN principles on older people will be reflected within the Department's work programme. | | (182167) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 420
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of five-year-old children had no carers (a) in total and (b) in each strategic health authority in the latest year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (182433) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 421
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were eligible for means-tested benefits in (a) May 1997 and (b) May 2004. | | [Question Unstarred] (181899) |
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