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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 15 July 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 15 July 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 15 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 Thursday 15 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 15 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Central Office of Information will issue a photo image of Sir Richard Dearlove upon his retirement from MI6. | | (184666) | 2
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Government calculates counter-terrorism grants to front-line responders, with particular reference to (a) police forces, (b) fire brigades and (c) ambulance services. | | (184599) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 3
N | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of UK GDP is spent on overseas development; and what the EU average is. | | (184082) | 4
| Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of reductions in staff numbers due to efficiency savings within the Civil Service for civil servants working in Northampton. | | (184841) | 5
| Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Statement of 12th July, Official Report, column 1131, on Spending Review, if he will list the £30 billion worth of asset sales included in the objective; and when he expects the sales to be completed. | | (184867) | 6
N | Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on how economic growth rates in the UK compare with those in other EU countries. | | (184079) | 7
N | Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients of child tax credit are subject to recovery as a result of overpayment in the last financial year in (a) Hastings and Rye and (b) the UK. | | (184364) | 8
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the construction projects in each region of the UK which have received whole or partial funding from the EU in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area; and what the value of the EU funding was (a) per project and (b) as a percentage of the total cost. | | (184520) | 9
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total value of funding received by each region of the UK from the European Union in each of the last five years, broken down by type of funding; and what the value of matching UK funding is in each case. | | (184521) | 10
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the effect on UK consumers of (a) competition and the (b) free flow of trade as a result of membership of the European single market; and if he will make a statement. | | (184522) | 11
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on the compliance and development costs to (a) British exporters and (b) British consumers of EU single market rules which allow products approved in one EU country to be sold across the EU. | | (184523) | 12
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of jobs in each region of the UK (a) directly and (b) indirectly dependent on trade with the European Union. | | (184525) | 13
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effects on the UK economy of membership of the European single market. | | (184526) | 14
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the (a) state pension for a single person and (b) average weekly earnings were in each year from 1974 to 2003. | | (184495) | 15
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue raised from taxation of prizes awarded for art, in each of the last three years. | | (184446) | 16
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the estimated reductions in workforce planned in (a) local government, (b) the Scottish Executive and (c) the Welsh Assembly. | | (184705) | 17
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the differences between planned administration expenditure by department in Table 2.3 of the 2004 Spending Review Report and Table 5.1 of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2004. | | (184706) | 18
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the amounts, by Department, which make up the total overlap of £5.650 million efficiencies across central and local government referred to in Table 2.1 of the 2004 Spending Review Report. | | (184707) | 19
N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme. | | (184089) | 20
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will investigate the practice at Frimley Park Hospital of not recording MRSA on death certificates where it was the cause or a contributory cause of death; and if he will make a statement. | | (184667) | 21
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have died in the past three years at Frimley Park Hospital where the cause of death has been wholly or partly attributable to MRSA; and if he will make a statement. | | (184668) | 22
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the number of low paid workers who give up work due to inability to afford child care places consequent on the reclaiming of overpaid working tax credits; and what his assessment is of the impact on business. | | (184718) | 23
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings on tax credits he anticipates making once the Civil Partnership Bill is introduced for, and the living together test is extended to, same-sex couples. | | (184729) | 24
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent changes in interest rates on net disposable income. | | (184086) | 25
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child tax credit claimants he has written to with details about the process of finalising their 2003-04 claim and renewing a claim for 2004-05 reassessments; and how many have responded. | | (184687) | 26
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology was used to calculate the reduction by 20,000 of jobs in devolved governments. | | (184561) | 27
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with which National Assembly for Wales government members he agreed the civil service jobs reductions in Wales. | | (184562) | 28
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Civil Service jobs will be lost in Wales as a result of his announcement in the 2004 Spending Review. | | (184563) | 29
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultations there will be with the National Assembly for Wales before the civil service jobs reductions he has announced take place. | | (184564) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 30
| Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the percentage change in house prices in Northampton was in each of the last five years. | | (184839) | 31
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the percentage change in house prices was in (a) Taunton Deane, (b) West Somerset and (c) Somerset in each of the last five years. | | (184648) | 32
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will make provision for a dedicated hotline for honourable Members to have access to the management of the Legal Services Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (184154) | 33
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the latest average waiting time is for callers to speak to a telephone operator at the Legal Services Commission London Region Office; what measures he proposes to reduce the waiting time; and if he will make a statement. | | (184155) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 34
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total cost of air travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was for (a) ministers and (b) officials in the Department in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (184532) | 35
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many prosecutions there have been for theft of artefacts from archaeological sites in each of the last five years. | | (184646) | 36
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate the Department has made of the number of scheduled ancient monuments that have been damaged by (a) illicit metal-detecting and (b) looting in each of the last five years. | | (184647) | 37
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much revenue she estimates tourism has generated for (a) Somerset and (b) the South West region in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (184649) | 38
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list Lottery-funded projects which promote healthy eating in schools. | | (184447) | 39
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to introduce a national electronic database for individual pub licence holders. | | (184735) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 40
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which (a) companies and (b) organisations the Ministry of Defence has requested (i) information and (ii) co-operation with regard to investigations relating to the enforcement of anti-bribery legislation since 2000. | | (184167) | 41
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions on which armed forces personnel have attended as part of their duties promotional events for UK military equipment sales in each year since 2000-01. | | (184731) | 42
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many approvals were given to armed forces personnel to take up appointments with military companies in each year from 1995, broken down by rank of personnel. | | (184732) | 43
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether appeal procedures apply to the contract for combat and operational clothing supplies DC4BESL/1002 Cut and Sew. | | (184360) | 44
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were used in awarding the contract for combat and operational clothing DC4BESL/1002. | | (184361) | 45
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what experience of supplying battledresses the winner of the contract for combat and operational clothing DC4BESL/1002 has. | | (184362) | 46
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were set down for shortlisting companies tendering for the combat and operational clothing contract DC4DESL/1002; and whether all the companies on the shortlist met all the criteria. | | (184363) | 47
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer the letter from the honourable Member for Hereford dated 2nd April, MC number 1674. | | (184837) | 48
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel can be trained at any one time at (a) ITR Catterick, (b) ATR Pirbright, (c) ATR Lichfield and (d) ATR Winchester; how many personnel underwent training at each site in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on Army and infantry recruitment and training. | | (184838) | 49
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full risk assessment setting out control measures proposed by the Government for the possible privatisation of IT infrastructure. | | (183082) | 50
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees fall within the scope of the Defence Information Infrastructure project, broken down by (a) civil servants and (b) staff provided by contractor support. | | (183083) | 51
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 10th February, Official Report, column 959W, on the armed forces, when he will place a copy of his letter in the Library. | | (184448) | 52
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the irreducible manpower level is that needs to be maintained by the Royal Air Force such that an independent operational capability can continue for the UK. | | (184596) | 53
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment were (a) awarded medals and (b) mentioned in despatches following their recent deployment in Iraq. | | (184500) | 54
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 12th July, ref 174620, if he will place a copy of the original Standard Operating Instruction on the Policy for Apprehending, Handling and Processing of Detainees and Internees in the Library. | | (184426) | 55
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Iraqi civilians apprehended by British service personnel have been treated in a manner consistent with the UN Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. | | (184828) | 56
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to use (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership mechanisms to decommission nuclear submarines. | | (184663) | 57
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what public safeguards his Department builds into its (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership contracts to prevent the private sector partner from taking excess profits by way of re-financing schemes. | | (184664) | 58
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contractual steps his Department plans to take to prevent (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership partners from selling on their stakeholding. | | (184665) | 59
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the training objectives of each of the cadet forces. | | (184156) | 60
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he is taking to ensure that each of the military cadet forces has full access to relevant military ranges and equipment. | | (184157) | 61
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions have been made for cadet recruitment and training by his Department. | | (184158) | 62
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army have not yet received their annual bounty due on 1st April. | | (184164) | 63
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has given his Department's employees permission to give evidence to the inquiry into Gulf war illness being held under the chairmanship of Lord Lloyd of Berwick. | | (184822) | 64
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost per week of reinstating the free postal packet scheme to Iraq for the duration of the present deployment; and how such costs are calculated. | | (184794) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 65
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total cost of air travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was for (a) ministers and (b) officials in the Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184527) | 66
| Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homelessness applications have been accepted in Northampton in each of the last five years. | | (184842) | 67
| Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many lettings have been made by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in Northampton in each of the last five years, broken down by category. | | (184843) | 68
| Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the percentage change in housing waiting lists held by Northampton Borough Council was in each of the last five years. | | (184844) | 69
| Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) affordable homes and (b) homes for rent have been built in Northampton in each of the last five years. | | (184865) | 70
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to allow arm's length management organisations access to borrowing to meet the decent homes standard. | | (184568) | 71
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding has been made available in each of the last three years under the Supporting People programme to each of the housing authorities in Somerset. | | (184636) | 72
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to facilitate an increase in the number of housing units made available (a) in Taunton Deane by (i) Taunton Deane Borough Council and (ii) housing associations and (b) in West Somerset by housing associations. | | (184637) | 73
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent research he has evaluated on the demand for social housing in (a) Taunton Deane and (b) the South West of England; and if he will make a statement. | | (184638) | 74
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) affordable homes and (b) homes for rent have been built by (i) Taunton Deane Borough Council and (ii) housing associations in Taunton Deane in each of the last seven years. | | (184639) | 75
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the new entrants onto the housing list in the last 12 months in (a) Taunton Deane and (b) West Somerset were registered outside (i) Somerset and (ii) counties in South West England. | | (184640) | 76
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of the South West of England was classed as urban area (a) 30 years ago, (b) 10 years ago, (c) five years ago and (d) at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (184641) | 77
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will announce the results of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment for English district local authorities. | | (184645) | 78
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of pensioner households in England paid the full council tax in 2002-03. | | (184494) | 79
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax was in England in each year from 1993 to 2003. | | (184559) | 80
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many social housing units he expects to be built in the south Midlands growth area as a result of the extra finance for housing announced as part of the Government's three year spending plans. | | (184696) | 81
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of funds for affordable housing announced as part of the spending review will go to the south Midlands growth area. | | (184697) | 82
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what training has been given to emergency services personnel in respect of coping with a potential chemical biological radiological nuclear incident. | | (184605) | 83
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funding was made available to the London Borough of Islington for each year since 1997 for housing capital work, broken down by (a) housing capital authorisation, (b) authority to use capital receipts for housing capital work, (c) authority for stock-transferred estates to undertake capital work, (d) allocations to housing associations for work within the borough, (e) authority for work to be carried out by the arm's length management organisation; and what projected funding in future years is in each of these categories. | | (184725) | 84
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funding made available in each year since their inception for (a) the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund for the London Borough of Islington and (b) the ECI New Deal for Communities; and what projected funding is in future years for each. | | (184726) | 85
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much revenue support grant was made available in the London Borough of Islington in each year since 1997; and what the projected amounts for future years are. | | (184727) | 86
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to order an environmental impact assessment of the additional home construction he announced on 13th July. | | (184821) | 87
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much additional brownfield land he expects to be used for home building as a result of his announcement of 13th July. | | (184827) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 88
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of air travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was for (a) ministers and (b) officials in the Department in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (184531) | 89
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the rate of unauthorised absence from pupil referral units. | | (184434) | 90
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much of the projected budget for schools in England in 2005-06 will go to (a) primary and (b) secondary education. | | (184217) | 91
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of 18 year olds in (a) England and (b) Somerset chose to go to university in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2003. | | (184642) | 92
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the surplus places rule was abolished. | | (184632) | 93
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding the Government has provided for education on solvent abuse in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (184579) | 94
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost of recruitment of the Head of the Fair Admissions Taskforce was; and what his (a) salary and (b) other employment costs for the next three years are estimated to be. | | (184321) | 95
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Department spent on press officers in each year since 1996-97, broken down by grade. | | (184322) | 96
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money the Department spent on (a) advertising and (b) public relations in each year since 1996-97. | | (184323) | 97
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Department spent on recruitment consultants in each year since 1996-97. | | (184359) | 98
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether a specialist school, applying for an additional specialism, will be required to undergo all the procedures inherent in its original application for specialist status. | | (184702) | 99
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will set out details of the London admissions system referred to in page 52 of his five year strategy for children and learners. | | (184703) | 100
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, with whom a school must consult should it wish to adopt foundation status; and how such consultations are funded. | | (184704) | 101
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the statement of 8th July, Official Report, column 1021, on Education and Skills (Five-Year Strategy), with whom he is discussing such a code; when he expects the code to be announced; if he will publish (a) representations he receives on the code and (b) the Government's responses; and when the code will be implemented. | | (184800) | 102
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 13th July, to question reference 182841, on Sure Start, how many children are receiving services from the Sure Start centre at King's Heath, Northampton. | | (184773) | 103
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in (a) Bromsgrove, (b) Wyre Forest, (c) Redditch, (d) Worcester and (e) Worcestershire failed to get into the school of their first choice in each year since 1997; and how many of those subsequently appealed in each of those years. | | (184711) | 104
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of 16 to 19 year olds enrolled on modern apprenticeships (a) left the programme early, (b) achieved only the NVQ and (c) achieved the full framework in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04. | | (180711) | 105
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much of the budget from modern apprenticeships in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07 is allocated to businesses to convert their existing training for young workers into modern apprenticeships; and what proportion that represents in each of those financial years of the total training allocation for modern apprenticeships. | | (180712) | 106
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 15th March, Official Report, column 12, on child poverty, if he will list for each year since 1997 for which data is available the resources that the Government has put into counselling and encouraging people to resolve their relationship difficulties in the interests of their children. | | (184445) | 107
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers and teaching assistants posts will be lost at the end of the current school year in Nottingham City maintained schools. | | (184654) | 108
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money Nottingham Local Education Authority lost from its formula allocation by the imposition of a funding ceiling; and how many of the lost teaching posts this could have saved. | | (184655) | 109
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the change in teacher numbers in Nottingham on educational standards in city schools. | | (184656) | 110
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the funding of primary and secondary schools in Nottingham in 2005-06. | | (184657) | 111
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what options head teachers can follow in order to release funds to implement the requirements of the schools remodelling agreement. | | (184658) | 112
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the successful implementation of the School Workforce Agreement in all schools for 2005-06. | | (184659) | 113
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the number of schools that will be able to fund the implementation of the School Workload Agreement in 2005-06 and 2006-07. | | (184660) | 114
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of reductions in numbers of teachers and teaching assistants on the introduction of planning, preparation and assessment time for all teachers. | | (184661) | 115
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Nottingham pupils have gone to out of city schools in the last academic year; what funding was transferred out of the city as a result; and how many pupils in each of the last three years have been returned to city schools during the course of the year. | | (184662) | 116
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding has been made available in each year since 1997 and for projected future years for education in schools within the area of the London Borough of Islington; whether these amounts include those sums paid directly to headteachers of primary and secondary schools; and if he will break down funding by school. | | (184722) | 117
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been made available to Sure Start projects in the London Borough of Islington for each year since the inception of Sure Start; and what the projected funding for future years is. | | (184723) | 118
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to create more opportunities for primary school children to explore the natural environment. | | (184823) | 119
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to widen opportunities beyond the classroom for secondary school children to improve their understanding of the natural environment. | | (184824) | 120
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) head teachers, (b) teachers and (c) support workers were employed in St Helens schools in each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (184621) | 121
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of (a) capital and (b) revenue spend was in St Helens primary schools in each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (184622) | 122
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average pay was for teachers in St Helens in each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (184623) | 123
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many nursery places there were in St Helens in each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (184624) | 124
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many St Helens families have been involved in Sure Start schemes. | | (184625) | 125
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what major development and spending projects (a) have taken place since 1997 and (b) are planned to take place over the next two years in St Helens. | | (184626) | 126
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what activities his Department are funding for children and young people over the summer holiday period; and how much funding will be made available. | | (184165) | 127
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the private contractors participating in the Building Schools for the Future Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (184866) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 128
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantities of CFC have been collected and safely destroyed under the licensed facilities operating in the UK under EU Regulation 2037/2000 on ozone depleting substances in each year since implementation of the regulations; and what percentage of potential CFCs available for recovery this represented in each year. | | (184557) | 129
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the external costs associated with greenhouse gas emissions, with particular reference to the environmental costs. | | (184580) | 130
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the external costs associated with energy wasted from inefficiencies, with particular reference to the environmental costs. | | (184581) | 131
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the external costs associated with waste disposal, with particular reference to the environmental costs. | | (184582) | 132
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the external costs associated with agricultural activities, with particular reference to the environmental costs. | | (184583) | 133
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the external costs associated with water leakages and inefficient use of water, with particular reference to the environmental costs. | | (184584) | 134
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the external costs associated with flooding, with particular reference to the environmental costs. | | (184585) | 135
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animal welfare personnel there are at slaughterhouses; how many animals have been slaughtered without animal welfare personnel present for each year from 1994 to date; and if she will make a statement. | | (184845) | 136
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm animals, by species, were imported live to the UK for each year from 1994 to date; and if she will make a statement. | | (184849) | 137
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average fine imposed on businesses prosecuted by the Environment Agency was in each financial year since 1999-2000. | | (184850) | 138
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses were (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully prosecuted by the Environment Agency in each financial year since 1999-2000. | | (184851) | 139
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation sector in each year since 1990; and what the projected figures are for each year to 2020. | | (184852) | 140
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many disposable nappies she estimates were (a) used and (b) disposed of by (i) landfill, (ii) incineration and (ii) other means in each year since 2001. | | (184853) | 141
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of waste she estimates was illegally flytipped in the most recent year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) the nature of the waste and (b) whether it was flytipped in urban or rural areas. | | (184855) | 142
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm animals, by species, were exported from the UK for each year, from 1994 to date; and if she will make a statement. | | (184856) | 143
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) mobile phones and (b) printer cartridges were (i) recycled, (ii) reused overseas and (iii) disposed of within the UK waste stream in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184858) | 144
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the number of litres of bottled (a) sparkling and (b) still water consumed in the United Kingdom in each year since 2002; and what percentage was supplied in (i) plastic, (ii) glass and (iii) other materials. | | (184859) | 145
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total volume of (a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) other waste was in each region in each year since 2001-02; what this represents (i) per head of population and (ii) broken down by the proportion of waste (A) sent to landfill, (B) incinerated and (C) disposed of by other means. | | (184860) | 146
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average monthly cost to consumers is of (a) water services and (b) sewerage services in each water supply area (i) in total and (ii) broken down by those who were (A) metered and (B) unmetered in 2003-04. | | (184861) | 147
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) complaints, (b) court actions and (c) fines against landfill sites for problems related to (i) odours, (ii) water pollutions, (iii) air pollution and (iv) human health impact there were in each year since 1995, broken down by region. | | (184862) | 148
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the subject and date of each written briefing prepared by her special advisers for all Labour honourable Members since May 1997; and what the total cost is to date. | | (184863) | 149
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the (a) number, (b) percentage and (c) location of sites of special scientific interest that have been subject to inappropriate development since May 1997. | | (184864) | 150
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost of air travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was for (a) ministers and (b) officials in the Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184530) | 151
| Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes in Northampton have benefited from the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme. | | (184840) | 152
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the cases of human pesticide poisoning mentioned by the Right honourable Member for Cardiff South and Penarth in his broadcast comments on Farming Today of 17th June; in each case (a) who was the investigating agency and (b) what information from medical practitioners was obtained; and whose conclusion it was that illness was found not to be due to the effects of pesticides. | | (184435) | 153
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of the Agricultural Wages Board, with specific reference to the launch of the consultation on its status; and what discussions she has had with (a) farming organisations and (b) the TGWU on this subject. | | (184436) | 154
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where funds diverted to the Treasury from the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme since 2003 have been spent, broken down by (a) region and (b) project. | | (184643) | 155
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money raised under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme has been diverted from local environmental trust distributors to the Treasury. | | (184644) | 156
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of wind farms on wild birds. | | (184493) | 157
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how often she meets industry representatives to discuss the manufacture and safe storage of ammonium nitrate fertiliser; and whether she has held such meetings since March. | | (184604) | 158
| Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the detail of the change to the Landfill Regulation 2002 regarding the management of landfill sites was published; and how many days this was before implementation. | | (184627) | 159
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulatory impact assessment she has obtained for her review of charges for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species licences and permits. | | (184713) | 160
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) cost to pet retailers of selling individual Hermann's tortoises and (b) cost to wholesalers importing large numbers of Hermann's tortoises as a consequence of the proposed charges for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species licences and permits. | | (184714) | 161
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost to UK breeders of Hermann's tortoises resulting from the proposed changes to charges for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species licences and permits. | | (184715) | 162
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether reported incidence of bovine TB in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 offfer a secure statistical baseline against which differences in incidence in 2004 may be measured. | | (184694) | 163
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the financial contribution to the economy of recreational sea fishing in Britain broken down by principal categories of expenditure. | | (184708) | 164
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the financial contribution to the economy of commercial sea fishing. | | (184709) | 165
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what European community funds have been allocated to (a) Poland and (b) the UK in the same period for the modernisation, restructuring and decommissioning of the fishing fleet; and when such funds were first made available. | | (184710) | 166
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to modify the days at sea restrictions in the Western Channel sole fishery to enable fishermen to exploit non-Total Allowable Catch species. | | (184716) | 167
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate (a) the change in volumes of (a) milk and (b) milk products from Poland since its accession to the European Union on 1st May and (b) full year imports in 2005. | | (184720) | 168
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what factors does she attributes the difference in gross payments per litre of milk produced in the UK compared with prices in (a) France (b) Germany and (c) other EU member states. | | (184730) | 169
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the average costs to UK dairy farmers of providing biosecurity to ensure complete separation of cattle and badgers. | | (184808) | 170
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidelines her Department (a) issues and (b) plans to issue to secure full biosecurity of grazing pastures in order to ensure complete separation of cattle and badgers. | | (184809) | 171
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidelines her Department issues on when it is appropriate to carry out a survey to establish the adequacy of biosecurity measures on a working farm. | | (184810) | 172
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the effects on badger population levels should the farming community succeed in securing complete biosecurity of their farms and crops and excluding badgers from these areas. | | (184811) | 173
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the change in incidence of bovine TB in cattle is when compared against a baseline of incidence in 1999. | | (184812) | 174
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies her Department has undertaken of the extent to which the level of bovine TB in cattle reported on the Somerset levels is attributable to the population density of badgers in the same area. | | (184813) | 175
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether catches landed by recreational fishing vessels are subject to the Common Fisheries Policy quota restrictions. | | (184814) | 176
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide figures for (a) UK imports, (b) exports, (c) production, (d) domestic use and (e) self-sufficiency of major milk products for (i) 2002, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2004 (estimated). | | (184815) | 177
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the Polish Government on arrangements for access to Polish fishing vessels to British waters. | | (184816) | 178
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of fisheries management schemes employing individual transferable quotas and effort control, based on days at sea. | | (184817) | 179
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total number of farm workers employed on dairy farms in England was for the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what the estimated number is for 2004-05. | | (184818) | 180
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total number of dairy cattle in England was for the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what the estimated figure is for 2004-05. | | (184819) | 181
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total number of dairy farms was in England for the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what the estimated figure is for 2004-05. | | (184820) | 182
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made by the European Commission in completing the review of access rules referred to in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002; and what the latest anticipated timescale is for the completion of this review. | | (184159) | 183
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) submissions and (b) representations have been made to her by the Scottish Executive in relation to the review of access rules referred to in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. | | (184160) | 184
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) submissions and (b) representations she has made to the European Commission in relation to the review of access rules referred to in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. | | (184161) | 185
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether, in relation to the review of access rules referred to in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, she intends to seek to justify the continued existence of the Shetland Box in terms of conservation and sustainable exploitation objectives. | | (184162) | 186
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether, in relation to the review of access rules referred to in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, she intends to seek to justify the continued existence of the principle of relative stability in terms of conservation and sustainable exploitation objectives. | | (184163) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 187
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Foreign Office spent on press officers (a) in 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by grade. | | (184501) | 188
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Foreign Office spent on (a) advertising and (b) public relations consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (184502) | 189
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Foreign Office spent on (a) recruitment consultants and (b) management consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (184503) | 190
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Department spent on (a) mobile phones, (b) hospitality and (c) taxis in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest accounting period. | | (184504) | 191
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of printing Foreign Office headed notepaper in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (184505) | 192
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by the Foreign Office in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the last year for which figures are available on special advisers' (i) salaries and (ii) travel expenses. | | (184506) | 193
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of running Foreign Office canteen facilities in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (184507) | 194
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost of air travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was for (a) ministers and (b) officials in the Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184529) | 195
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 57W, what proportion of the time that British missions overseas devote to trade development and investment work is for military goods at (a) UK embassies in general and (b) the UK embassy in Saudi Arabia. | | (184669) | 196
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the security contractors his Department uses for operations in Iraq about them (a) being subject to Iraqi law and (b) being recipients of immunities subsequent to the transfer of sovereignty; and if he will make a statement. | | (184712) | 197
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has held with the government of Mauritius concerning its claim for sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (184367) | 198
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the General Affairs and External Relations Council held on 12th to 13th July; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. | | (184432) | 199
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government recognises the UN Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. | | (184829) | 200
| Mr Michael Trend (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the political situation in Belarus and (b) whether the forthcoming elections will be free and fair. | | (184774) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 201
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 106W, whether the licensing process compared mortality rates, the development of diabetic complications and the quality of life of those using animal and synthetic insulin; and if he will make a statement. | | (184700) | 202
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places were available in dental schools for trainee dentists in each year since 1991. | | (184210) | 203
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff left the NHS in each year since 1991; and what percentage of the total number of staff this represented in each case. | | (184211) | 204
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of the Flexible Careers Scheme was in each year since it was launched. | | (184212) | 205
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on support available for those suffering from myasthenia gravis; and what steps he is taking to raise awareness of myasthenia gravis among the medical profession. | | (184213) | 206
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of air travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was for (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184528) | 207
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the implications are for current NHS practice of the World Health Organisation's re-classification of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome as a neurological disorder. | | (184514) | 208
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome his Department (a) is conducting and (b) has commissioned since 1997. | | (184515) | 209
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress being made by the European Union on the implementation of a common system of food information labelling. | | (184443) | 210
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions the Food Standards Agency had on the issue of food information labelling, with specific regard to the evolution of a common EU approach. | | (184444) | 211
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what updated information has been received from pesticide companies by the National Poisons Information Service for their pesticide product database since 31st March 1998; what toxicological details it contained; and if he will publish the information. | | (184450) | 212
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for which Pesticides Safety Directorate and Health and Safety Executive approved pesticides and biocides there are no assays for biological samples in human poisoning cases held by the NHS. | | (184451) | 213
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions, in each of the last five years, NHS medical staff working within the chemical and laboratory facilities associated with the National Poisons Information Service have sent biological samples from patients for biochemical assay to agrochemical companies; which companies were used; for what exposures; and whether independent checks were carried out on the results. | | (184452) | 214
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of the poisons information specialists at the National Poisons Information Service and the West Midlands Poisons Unit, received income from agrochemical companies; what disclosure systems are in place, including for patients; and if he will make a statement. | | (184569) | 215
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescription items were dispensed in the community in England for atypical anti-psychotic drugs, in each of the last three years (a) broken down by health authority and (b) in total; and if he will make a statement. | | (184801) | 216
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescription items were dispensed in the community in England for all anti-psychotic drugs, in each of the last three years (a) broken down by health authority and (b) in total; and if he will make a statement. | | (184802) | 217
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to require further warnings on aerosol cans of the dangers of solvent abuse. | | (184586) | 218
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died of solvent abuse in each of the last 10 years. | | (184587) | 219
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met (a) Solv-It and (b) Re-Solv to discuss solvent abuse. | | (184588) | 220
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the health effects of solvent abuse. | | (184589) | 221
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th May, Official Report, column 1836W, on mental health, at what level such information is collected; if he will collect the information centrally in respect of the period sought; and if he will make a statement. | | (184695) | 222
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the provision of dental treatment under the National Health Service in Essex. | | (184496) | 223
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of National Health Service dental treatment was in (a) the County of Essex in each year from 1974 to 1998 and (b) the County of Essex and the boroughs of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea in each year from 1998 to 2003. | | (184497) | 224
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients received dental treatment from the National Health Service in (a) the County of Essex in each year from 1974 to 1998 and (b) the County of Essex and the boroughs of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea in each year from 1998 to 2003. | | (184498) | 225
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists undertook National Health Service treatment in (a) the County of Essex in each year from 1974 to 1998 and (b) the County of Essex and the boroughs of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea in each year from 1998 to 2003. | | (184499) | 226
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what preventative measures his Department has taken against the threat of vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus to the NHS. | | (184324) | 227
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Government has conducted into the treatment against vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus. | | (184325) | 228
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to reconfigure departmental waiting list statistics so that they measure total waiting time to treatment as outlined in the NHS improvement plan. | | (184326) | 229
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans he has in place to control the spread of vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus in NHS hospitals. | | (184327) | 230
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of experienced senior nurses who are not currently employed and are available for recruitment as community matrons. | | (184565) | 231
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the Expert Patients Programme for the UK. | | (184566) | 232
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the recent returning to NHS dentistry advertisements in national newspapers; how many advertisements have been placed; for what period of time; what other media are being used to urge dentists to return to working in NHS dentistry; what budget this spending will come from; and what indicators he will use to test the effectiveness of this advertising campaign. | | (184570) | 233
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of UK induction centres offer asylum seekers screening for tuberculosis. | | (184846) | 234
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available to the Islington Primary Care Trust for each year of its existence to date; and what the projected amounts are for future years. | | (184724) | 235
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed by the St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust in each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (184616) | 236
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the revenue and capital budgets were for the St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust for each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (184617) | 237
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were carried out by the St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust in each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (184618) | 238
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for accident and emergency department services in St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust was for each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (184619) | 239
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what major capital projects have taken place in St Helens since 1994; and what projects are planned over the next two years. | | (184620) | 240
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when new regulations relating to fines for speeding and red light offences for ambulance drivers will take effect; and whether they will apply to (a) all vehicles used by the ambulance service, including unmarked cars and motorcycles, (b) private ambulance drivers, (c) vehicles carrying donor organs for transplant, (d) vehicles transporting surgical teams for transplant operations and (e) journeys that are not initiated by a 999 call. | | (184792) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 241
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police constabularies have a centralised 999 service; and if he will make a statement. | | (184508) | 242
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 999 control centres there are, broken down by police constabulary; and if he will make a statement. | | (184509) | 243
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to 999 police services in (a) Essex and (b) Southend-on-Sea in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (184510) | 244
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken for a call to be answered by the 999 police service was in each year since 1997, broken down by police constabulary; and if he will make a statement. | | (184511) | 245
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the centralisation of the 999 police service in Essex; and if he will make a statement. | | (184512) | 246
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance targets are in place for the 999 Police Service, relating to customer satisfaction; and if he will make a statement. | | (184513) | 247
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will implement his proposal announced on 19th May to make passports available free of charge for people over the age of 75 years. | | (184433) | 248
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken recently to improve the collection of data on children entering the country. | | (183311) | 249
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juveniles have been released from prison under the Home Detention Curfew Scheme sinces its inception; and how many offences have been committed by juveniles released under the Home Detention Curfew Scheme since its inception. | | (184803) | 250
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by his Department on press officers in each of the past eight years, broken down by grade. | | (184804) | 251
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by his Department on (a) advertising and (b) public relations consultants in each of the past eight years. | | (184805) | 252
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by his Department on (a) head-hunters and recruitment consultants and (b) management consultants in each of the last eight years. | | (184806) | 253
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in the Avon and Somerset Police force area, broken down by basic command unit. | | (184650) | 254
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the question tabled by the honourable Member for Chesham and Amersham on 7th January, reference 147368, on overcrowding and poor conditions in prisons. | | (184166) | 255
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new offender behaviour programmes are being considered; who is developing them; and when each is expected to become accredited. | | (184689) | 256
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the innovative working practices, methods and programmes that have been introduced at privately-run prison establishments that have been subsequently introduced into publicly-run prisons as best practice; and if he will make a statement. | | (184690) | 257
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 330W, on offender management, when decisions will be made as to how many prisons will be market-tested in the first year; and how the competitions will be structured. | | (184691) | 258
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 330W, on offender management, what criteria will be used for selecting which establishments to market test. | | (184692) | 259
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary ranges are for prison custody officers at each privately-run prison establishment. | | (184693) | 260
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is being offered to failed Iraqi asylum seekers being returned to Iraq. | | (184516) | 261
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his officials at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will answer letters dated 22nd February and 19th May from the honourable Member for Vauxhall about a constituent, reference number: S1003233. | | (184698) | 262
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his officials at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will answer letters dated 12th March and 20th April from the honourable Member for Vauxhall about a constituent, reference number: A571357. | | (184699) | 263
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department makes financial provision for the implications of setting up a temporary mortuary. | | (184594) | 264
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Central Casualty Bureau is funded by central Government. | | (184597) | 265
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to post advice for citizens on actions to be taken during terrorist attacks on the (a) Home Office and (b) UK resilience websites. | | (184600) | 266
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ban (a) happy hours and (b) one-price-for-all-you-can-drink promotions in pubs. | | (184807) | 267
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will (a) carry out an access audit of prisons and (b) develop a strategy for disabled prisoners. | | (184836) | 268
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding he has made available in each year since 1997 for anti-crime and community safety initiatives in the London Borough of Islington; and what funding is projected for future years. | | (184721) | 269
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the 2002-03 stop and search figures for West Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (184795) | 270
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have been found using mobile phones whilst driving since 1st December 2003; and how many drivers were (a) fined on the spot, (b) successfully prosecuted and (c) driving vans, buses, coaches and lorries. | | (184796) | 271
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of CS gas spray by police forces in England and Wales. | | (184797) | 272
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been considered by the Criminal Cases Review Commission since its inception; and how many are awaiting determination. | | (184798) | 273
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the Question tabled by the honourable Member for Batley and Spen on 19th April, reference 167051, on police sickness reduction schemes. | | (184799) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 274
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts his Department is making in conjunction with the Afghanistan Government to promote education in Afghanistan. | | (183713) | 275
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on eradicating polio in Africa. | | (183714) | 276
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what percentage of the UK aid budget was committed to EU development spending in each year since 1990. | | (184772) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 277
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the members of the Railway Review Group are; and which bodies they represent. | | (184830) | 278
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated cost of repairs to the new Fisheries Conservancy Board vessel have been since 5th May. | | (184831) | 279
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the new Fisheries Conservancy Board vessel has needed repairs since it was launched. | | (184832) | 280
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training was provided to the operators of the Fisheries Conservancy Board vessel prior to the incidents which resulted in the current damage. | | (184833) | 281
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to ensure traceability of the Fisheries Conservancy Board vessel since the disappearance of the previous boat from Lough Neagh. | | (184834) | 282
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the projected budget for schools in 2005-06 will go to (a) primary and (b) secondary education. | | (184214) | 283
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the common funding formula. | | (184215) | 284
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what additional funding for education in Northern Ireland was received from the Exchequer following the Chancellor's funding statement in March. | | (184216) | 285
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what special funding has been allocated to schools in socially deprived areas in the 2005-06 budget. | | (184294) | 286
| Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions for electoral fraud there have been in Northern Ireland in each of the last four years. | | (184560) | 287
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in what circumstances hospitals in Northern Ireland are required to provide strict isolation for MRSA sufferers; and if he will make a statement. | | (184775) | 288
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what surveillance has been undertaken by hospitals in Northern Ireland in respect of MRSA; and if he will make a statement. | | (184776) | 289
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether a voluntary reporting system by hospitals in Northern Ireland of MRSA cases is in place. | | (184777) | 290
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many MRSA cases were recorded by the Northern Ireland equivalent of the Public Health Laboratory Service in each year from 1983; and if he will make a statement. | | (184778) | 291
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what independent inspections are undertaken of hospital hygiene management programmes in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (184779) | 292
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance has been given since 19th March 1997 to the (a) development and (b) use in hospitals in Northern Ireland of new (i) paints and (ii) cleaning products able to kill known microbes; and if he will make a statement. | | (184780) | 293
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action has been taken in Northern Ireland to implement the guidelines for combating MRSA set out in the report of the working party headed by Mr G. Duckworth since its publication in 1990; and if he will make a statement. | | (184781) | 294
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he proposes to introduce to tackle MRSA in nursing homes in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (184782) | 295
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which hospitals in Northern Ireland stock antibiotics against strains of MRSA; and if he will make a statement. | | (184783) | 296
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which antibiotics are deemed by his Department to be effective against strains of MRSA; and if he will make a statement. | | (184784) | 297
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the percentage change in the incidence of MRSA was in Northern Ireland in each year since 1989; and if he will make a statement. | | (184785) | 298
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance he gives to the Ambulance Service in Northern Ireland on (a) combating MRSA and (b) infection control generally; and what additional resources he plans to make available for this purpose. | | (184786) | 299
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of deaths in Northern Ireland were caused by MRSA, or had MRSA as a contributing factor, in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (184787) | 300
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the isolation procedures set down by the Department of Health to combat MRSA in England and which were operative as at 19th March 1997 are operative in Northern Ireland; when the procedures were last brought to the attention of hospitals; and if he will make a statement. | | (184788) | 301
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether hospitals in Northern Ireland are required to destroy bed linen of MRSA sufferers after use; and if he will make a statement. | | (184789) | 302
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he has instigated with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that (a) there is correct and consistent reporting of deaths caused by MRSA, or where it is a contributory factor, in Northern Ireland, and (b) death certificates in Northern Ireland are completed as directed by the Government. | | (184790) | Questions to the Prime Minister 303
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Prime Minister, what recent meetings he has held with the Prime Minister of Mauritius; and what subjects were discussed. | | (184366) | 304
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Prime Minister, when the Ministerial Committee on Public Health (MISC27) was established. | | (184567) | 305
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers were provided with an advance copy of the Butler Committee Report. | | (184825) | 306
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed with President Berlusconi, during his meeting on 13th July the future timetable for the return of radioactive waste to Italy arising from the contracted reprocessing of Italian spent nuclear fuel at Sellafield. | | (184826) | Questions to the Solicitor General 307
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Solicitor General, from which (a) companies and (b) organisations the Serious Fraud Office have requested (i) co-operation and (ii) information with regard to investigations relating to the enforcement of anti-bribery legislation since 2000. | | (184168) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 308
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the findings of the corporate environmental engagement index published by Business in the Community. | | (184555) | 309
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what requirements are (a) in place and (b) proposed for businesses to provide an account of the (i) environmental and (ii) social impact of their activities. | | (184556) | 310
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) total costs to date and (b) projected future costs to public funds are of decommissioning nuclear power stations; and if she will make a statement. | | (184578) | 311
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on recent discussions her Department has had with the retread tyre industry. | | (184857) | 312
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultation her Department has had with the EU Commission to tackle sex discrimination in the workplace. | | (183711) | 313
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the number of businesses in each region of the UK which trade with the EU; what percentage of (a) small businesses, (b) medium sized businesses and (c) large companies this represents in each region; and what the value of such trade in each region was for each business sector in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184524) | 314
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support has been offered to small businesses in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (184517) | 315
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent steps her Department has taken to help people start their own business. | | (184518) | 316
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which firms have been helped by the Manufacturing Advisory Service in the (a) Northern Region, (b) Tees Valley area and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency; and which of those firms were given advice on added value. | | (184701) | 317
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency of her Department's policies and action since 8th June 2001. | | (184733) | 318
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made introducing the provisions contained in the Fireworks Act 2003; and what the timescale is for introduction of the outstanding provisions. | | (184793) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 319
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the external costs associated with private motoring, with particular reference to the environmental costs. | | (184847) | 320
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the external costs associated with aviation, with particular reference to the environmental costs. | | (184848) | 321
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of air travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Department in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (184533) | 322
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on the development of the Global System for Mobile Communications for Railways in each of the last seven years; and what the estimated cost is for each of the next five years. | | (184437) | 323
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of the development of the Train Control System was, excluding costs for erection. | | (184438) | 324
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost has been of erecting railway telecommunications masts intended for the Track Control System. | | (184439) | 325
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of railway telecommunications masts on the West Coast Main Line are operational and supporting an interim voice radio system. | | (184440) | 326
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all (a) UK flagged ships and (b) British ports are compliant with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | | (184169) | 327
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what activities police forces will be allowed to spend the revenue resulting from speed cameras. | | (184365) | 328
| Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents involving motorcycles and mopeds resulting in (a) death and (b) hospitalisation of (i) riders and (ii) pillion passengers
there have been in (A) England, (B) Somerset, (C) Taunton Deane and (D) West Somerset in each of the last seven years. | | (184651) | 329
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations on the rail network in England and Wales do not have car parking facilities. | | (183352) | 330
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to (a) improve and (b) increase car parking provision at railway stations. | | (183417) | 331
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he has collated about the punctuality of inner-city rail services; and if he will make a statement. | | (183499) | 332
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures his Department (a) has put in place and (b) plans to put in place regarding the implementation of the Dangerous Goods Safety Advisors scheme throughout the transport industry. | | (184590) | 333
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures his Department has put in place to offer financial assistance to (a) sea freight and (b) air freight companies to help improve anti-terrorism awareness. | | (184591) | 334
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures his Department has put in place to offer training to (a) shipping freight and (b) air freight companies in anti-terrorism awareness. | | (184592) | 335
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assistance the Office of Civil Nuclear Security offers to new carriers in designing a transport security plan. | | (184593) | 336
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the training being given to ship security officers will train them in all 25 of the topics given in Part B of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | | (184598) | 337
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how often the Director of Transec reports to him. | | (184601) | 338
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who is responsible for a decision to allow security forces to board a ship in a British port. | | (184602) | 339
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to put in place measures to counter transport operator identity crime. | | (184606) | 340
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many diabetic retinopathy sufferers have had their driving licences revoked in each of the past three years; how many appealed against the decision; and how many had their licence subsequently returned. | | (184633) | 341
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the minutes of the Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Visual Disorders' special forum on progressive and non-progressive retinopathy. | | (184634) | 342
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on driving and visual disorders as they relate to people with diabetes; and if he will make a statement. | | (184635) | 343
| Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic officers have been deployed on motorways in England; and where they have been deployed. | | (184791) | Questions to the Minister for Women 344
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister for Women, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Skills regarding (a) the opportunities available for older women to attend universities and (b) how to increase opportunities for women to attend universities. | | (183712) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 345
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects Child Support Agency cases assessed under the old legislation to be transferred for assessment under the new legislation. | | (184734) | 346
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether staff in the Department are permitted to dissuade benefit recipients from opening Post Office Card Accounts. | | (184628) | 347
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are not in receipt of benefits have opened a Post Office Card Account. | | (184629) | 348
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit recipients have changed their method of payment from payment into a bank account to payment into a Post Office Card Account since the beginning of direct payment. | | (184630) | 349
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit recipients have changed their method of payment from payment into a Post Office Card Account to payment into a bank account since the beginning of direct payment. | | (184631) | 350
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a business case has been drawn up to support the closure of the Child Support Agency office in Basingstoke; and if he will make a statement. | | (183581) | 351
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation was undertaken before the announcement of the closure of the Child Support Agency office in Basingstoke. | | (183582) | 352
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what options have been considered as alternatives to the closure of the Basingstoke Child Support Agency office. | | (183583) | 353
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings on income-related benefits he anticipates making once the Civil Partnerships Bill is introduced for, and the living together test extended to, same-sex couples. | | (184728) | 354
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions resulting from the criminal offence of non-co-operation with the Child Support Agency there have been since January 2001. | | (184670) | 355
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency has been owed in outstanding maintenance payments in each of the last seven years. | | (184671) | 356
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value in cash terms was of reducing each benefit affected by the hospital downrating rules in each of the last seven years. | | (184672) | 357
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents have had their driving licences removed by the courts since April 2001 as a result of the provisions introduced under the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000. | | (184673) | 358
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of working days lost per person due to sickness absence in (a) his Department and (b) each of its business areas was in 2003-04. | | (184674) | 359
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working days per 100,000 workers were lost for reasons of work-related injury and ill health in each of the last seven years. | | (184675) | 360
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the incidence rate of fatal and major injury incidents was in each of the last seven years. | | (184676) | 361
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the incidence rate was of cases of work-related ill health in each of the last seven years. | | (184677) | 362
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of the public have suffered ill health as a result of work activity in each of the last seven years. | | (184678) | 363
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Health and Safety Executive (a) regulatory contacts and (b) investigations were carried out in each of the last seven years. | | (184679) | 364
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) incidents and (b) complaints were (i) reported to and (ii) investigated by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last seven years. | | (184680) | 365
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enforcement notices were issued by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last seven years. | | (184681) | 366
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of information being laid by the Health and Safety Executive in order to support a prosecution there have been in each of the last seven years. | | (184682) | 367
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were received by the National Benefit Fraud Hotline in 2003-04; and how many (a) investigations, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions resulted. | | (184683) | 368
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of benefit fraud were detected in 2003-04; and how many of these resulted in (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions. | | (184684) | 369
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the (a) operational and (b) advertising costs of the National Benefit Fraud Hotline in 2003-04. | | (184685) | 370
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the recorded benefit fraud savings for (a) his Department and (b) local authorities were in 2003-04. | | (184686) | 371
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended, (c) dismissed, (d) prosecuted and (e) convicted for involvement in benefit fraud in each of the last six months; and what amounts were involved in each case. | | (184688) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 372
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people over 65 years have been in work in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (184519) | 373
N | Linda Perham (Ilford North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on progress the G7 finance ministers are making in tackling world debt. | | [Question Unstarred] (184093) | 374
N | Claire Ward (Watford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on Government spending on law and order and the fight against terrorism. | | [Question Unstarred] (184084) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 375
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to extend post-marketing surveillance to pesticide products in the same way as for new medicinal products. | | [Transferred] (184449) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 376
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prosecutions were launched for wrong or inadequate food information labelling over the last year, broken down by local authority. | | [Transferred] (184441) | 377
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his discussions with the Trading Standards Institute on food information labelling. | | [Transferred] (184442) | 378
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies he has made of (a) the purity of lager that is sold and (b) additives to lager. | | [Transferred] (184835) | 379
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether liquid or powdered milk, from EU member states used in the production of milk products produced in another EU member state can be identified by UK authorities on its import to the UK. | | [Transferred] (184719) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 380
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sources of funding would be available to set up a temporary mortuary if the relevant local authority did not have the money to fund it. | | [Transferred] (184595) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 381
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many tyres were (a) purchased, (b) reused and (c) disposed of by (i) landfill, (ii) incineration, (iii) illegal fly tipping and (iv) other means in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (184854) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 382
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects that, by 1st July, sufficient UK ports will have radiation detection equipment to satisfy the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | | [Transferred] (184603) | 383
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what exemptions or derogations are applicable to fishermen in respect of the Working Time Directive; whether they are (a) temporary and (b) permanent; and when those that are temporary will expire. | | [Transferred] (184717) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 384
| Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average income for pensioner households was in each year from 1993 to 2003. | | [Transferred] (184558) |
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