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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 21 July 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 21 July 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 21 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 Wednesday 21 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 21 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Advocate General 1
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Advocate General, whether her Department (a) has a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (b) has a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186037) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 2
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many road vehicles are operated by the Cabinet Office; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185911) | 3
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total administration costs were in his Department in financial years (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1997-98. | | (186064) | 4
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186086) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 5
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made in recent economic forecasts of the price per barrel of oil in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (184744) | 6
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what uses of the national insurance number other than those connected with tax or benefits are authorised; whether he intends to make the national insurance number a general identifier under the Data Protection Act 1998; whether he seeks the views of the Information Commissioner when approving additional uses of the national insurance number; and if he will make a statement. | | (185952) | 7
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library formal privacy impact assessments relating to the population register which is being compiled by the Registrar General. | | (185953) | 8
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings to public funds arising from (a) the implementation of the population register database by the Registrar General, (b) the proposed introduction of an identity card by the Home Office and (c) the data-sharing proposals of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. | | (185954) | 9
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil service jobs will be lost in the Guildford constituency as a result of the cuts announced in the July Spending Review. | | (186045) | 10
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) departments and (b) agencies will make job cuts in the Guildford constituency as a result of the July Spending Review. | | (186046) | 11
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what services in the Guildford constituency will be affected by the job cuts announced in the July Spending Review. | | (186047) | 12
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people over 65 years have been in work in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997. | | (185834) | 13
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185925) | 14
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) value and (b) volume of cotton oil imports into the UK was in the last year for which records are available, broken down by country of origin. | | (186055) | 15
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many death certificates for people who died in Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Trust hospital wards in each of the past three years the cause or contributory cause of death was recorded as being due wholly or in part to MRSA or related infections; and if he will make a statement. | | (185737) | 16
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implication of restructuring stamp duty on residential property sales to charge marginal rates of (a) 0 per cent. on property sales of £120,000 or less, 2 per cent. on sales revenue between £120,000 and £249,999, 5 per cent. on sales revenue between £250,000 and £499,999, 8 per cent. on sales revenue of £500,000 and above, (b) 0 per cent. on property sales of £120,000 or less, 3 per cent. on sales revenue between £120,000 and £249,999, 5 per cent. on sales revenue equal to £250,000, 8 per cent. on sales revenue of £500,000 and above and (c) 0 per cent. on property sales of £120,000 or less, 3 per cent. on property sales between £120,000 and £249,999, 5 per cent. on sales revenue of £250,000 and 7 per cent. on sales revenue of £500,000 and above. | | (185385) | 17
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the target number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time recruits is for the Inland Revenue's Trainee Inspector of Taxes Programme for July 2004. | | (185930) | 18
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated (a) advertisement and recruitment costs and (b) employment costs, including national insurance, will be for the Inland Revenue's Trainee Inspector of Taxes Programme for July 2004. | | (185931) | 19
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to compensate people who bought endowment mortgages before the system of regulation covering the sale of these came into existence and who cannot pursue a claim through the normal regulatory channels; and if he will make a statement. | | (185966) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 20
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations he has received from the European Commission on Directive 95/46/EC and the Data Protection Act 1998. | | (185961) | 21
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will publish a data sharing bill; and how his data sharing policy takes account of (a) the proposed identity card and (b) the population register being established by the Registrar General. | | (185962) | 22
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the qualifications for serving on the Judicial Appointments Commission will be. | | (185883) | 23
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the Government grant to (a) the National Debt Helpline and (b) Consumer Direct is for the next financial year. | | (185927) | 24
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for what categories of charge the Government plans to abolish post-charge legal aid. | | (185928) | 25
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will identify the (a) cost and (b) number of hours claimed for under the duty solicitor scheme in (a) police stations and (b) magistrates' courts in each year since 1997. | | (185929) | 26
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment he made of the demand for a version of the Community Legal Services leaflet Claiming Asylum to be printed in Welsh, before the leaflet was printed. | | (185938) | 27
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many firms have indicated to the Government in each of the last three calendar years that they plan to stop doing legal aid work. | | (185941) | 28
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much of the Community Legal Service budget for 2004-05 is designated to each area of activity, expressed (a) as a proportion and (b) in monetary value. | | (185944) | 29
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will break down the cost of providing legal aid in immigration cases in each year since 1997 by (a) purpose for which aid was sought and (b) stage of process at which the application was made. | | (185945) | 30
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will break down by type of debt the money owed to the Legal Services Commission. | | (185950) | 31
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185912) | 32
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186084) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 33
| Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department gives to the English Schools' Athletic Association. | | (185878) | 34
| Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations her Department has received regarding the future of the English Schools' Athletic Association. | | (185879) | 35
| Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action her Department has taken to promote athletics in schools. | | (185880) | 36
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to (a) extend planning policy guidance to require developers to publish and store archaeological finds and archives and (b) give the public access to archaeological finds and archives through outreach programmes; and if she will make a statement. | | (185770) | 37
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department is providing for children's sporting activities in Northampton. | | (185789) | 38
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department has provided in 2003-04 for children's sport in the East Midlands. | | (185790) | 39
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185913) | 40
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the recruitment costs of (a) the Chairman of the Film Council, (b) the Chairman of Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries and (c) the Chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment were; and what (i) the salary of each chairman and (ii) the combined salary cost of each chairman's staff was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185877) | 41
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of running her Department's canteen facilities was in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185983) | 42
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total cost of refurbishments to the fabric of buildings owned by her Department has been since May 1997. | | (185984) | 43
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total cost of printing departmental headed notepaper was in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185985) | 44
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on (a) mobile phone costs, (b) hospitality and (c) taxi costs in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (186003) | 45
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) advertising and (b) public relations consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (186006) | 46
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on press officers, broken down by grade, in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (186015) | 47
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on (a) head-hunters and recruitment consultants and (b) management consultants in 1996-97. | | (186061) | 48
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the work of regional development agencies in developing tourism in Manchester Central. | | (184170) | 49
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visitor attractions have signed up to the Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Scheme. | | (186034) | 50
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by how much the Government aims to increase participation in accommodation grading schemes by 2006. | | (186035) | 51
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the rate of productivity in the tourism industry has been in each of the last 10 years; and what criteria are used to measure these rates. | | (186036) | 52
| Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for a second phase of the Lending Time: Volunteers in Libraries initiative. | | (185769) | 53
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) her Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186090) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 54
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits to RAF Menwith Hill were made by US personnel not resident or working on the base during 2002-03. | | (185896) | 55
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether requests for visits to RAF Menwith Hill are determined by his Department; and what discussions take place with the US authorities before the response to individual requests is determined. | | (185897) | 56
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rules of engagement (a) the American National Guard and (b) the US security police personnel apply concerning peaceful protesters found at RAF bases where they are stationed. | | (185936) | 57
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures have been agreed between the US Visiting Forces and Personnel and the Ministry of Defence Police Agency to deal with peaceful protesters at RAF Menwith Hill. | | (185937) | 58
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF apprentices are (a) on secondment and (b) in training at RAF Menwith Hill; what the nature is of that training; and who is funding the training. | | (185939) | 59
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185914) | 60
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was informed that SIS had withdrawn reporting from the source who claimed that production of biological and chemical agents had been accelerated by the Iraqi regime, because the source of the reporting had subsequently been deemed unreliable. | | (185691) | 61
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of his departmental staff were informed in July 2003 that the Secret Intelligence Service in that month had withdrawn reporting from a source who claimed that the production of biological and chemical agents had been accelerated by the Iraqi regime, because the source of the reporting had subsequently been deemed unreliable. | | (185787) | 62
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what judgements by the United Nations Committee Against Torture he has studied on the issue of hooding detainees. | | (185886) | 63
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidence he has studied in relation to the death of Rahim Hanoun Adiou. | | (185887) | 64
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information has been given to the families of the deceased about the (a) progress and (b) conclusion of Royal Military Police investigations into deaths allegedly caused by UK forces in Iraq. | | (185888) | 65
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he received representations warning about the dangers of hooding detainees prior to its prohibition on 26th September 2003. | | (185907) | 66
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British service personnel worked as part of the team of the US military judge advocate in Iraq, Colonel Mark Warren. | | (185908) | 67
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the names are of those deceased individuals in Iraq whose families' claims for compensation are still being considered. | | (185934) | 68
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the names are of those deceased individuals in Iraq whose families' claims have been rejected. | | (185935) | 69
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions Major General Geoffrey Miller had with British service personnel during his stay in Iraq between 31st August and 9th September 2003. | | (185947) | 70
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement British (a) service personnel and (b) officials had in the drafting of interrogation regulations for Combined Joint Task Force 7. | | (185948) | 71
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will write to the honourable Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr pursuant to his Answer to Question ref 136924. | | (186026) | 72
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to Question ref 169404, what the names are of the three individuals who died of gunshot wounds; what the name is of the person who died in detention; and how much compensation was paid in each case. | | (186052) | 73
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186091) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 74
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, by what (a) amount and (b) percentage English Partnerships has increased the allowance for remediation costs in (i) the Thames Gateway and (ii) the coalfields in its 2004-05 budget to meet anticipated additional costs arising from the implementation of the ban on co-disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. | | (185090) | 75
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185918) | 76
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department spent on replacing light bulbs in the last year for which figures are available. | | (185774) | 77
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) capital and (b) running cost of mobile phones to his Department was in each year since 2001. | | (185775) | 78
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of fraud to (a) his Department, (b) the executive agencies affiliated to his Department and (c) the Government Offices of the Regions in each of the last three years. | | (185776) | 79
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department spent on (a) refurbishment and (b) office furniture in the last year for which figures are available. | | (185777) | 80
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the equivalent monetary cost of theft has been to (a) his Department in each year since it was established, (b) the executive agencies affiliated to his Department in each year since his Department was established and (c) the Government Offices of the Regions in each year since 1997. | | (185781) | 81
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the items that his Department has reported lost or stolen to the police from his Department's buildings and property since 2001. | | (185782) | 82
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost of satellite and cable subscriptions in his Department's buildings was in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will list the premium channels to which his Department subscribes. | | (185783) | 83
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many mobile phones owned by his Department have been reported lost or stolen since 2001. | | (185797) | 84
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on energy efficiency in his Department's buildings. | | (185828) | 85
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what policy measures have been introduced by his Department to protect and enhance the safety and security of the users of municipal parks and urban green spaces. | | (185792) | 86
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities and other agencies responsible for the maintenance and management of municipal parks and urban green spaces regarding the promotion of the safety and security of park and green space users. | | (185793) | 87
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186082) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 88
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many eligible feeder schools there were in each of the last five years in (a) the state sector and (b) the independent sector for grammar schools subject to the feeder school provisions of the grammar school ballot regulations, broken down by local education authority in England. | | (184748) | 89
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he intends to make (a) the pupil identification number and (b) the identifier used in relation to children in the Children Bill a general identifier as defined under the Data Protection Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (185955) | 90
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in what way the provisions of the Children Bill in relation to the security of personal information held in the child database about children extend the security afforded under the Seventh Principle of the Data Protection Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (185956) | 91
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action the Department is taking to reduce incidences of bullying in Staffordshire schools. | | (185830) | 92
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average (a) infant and (b) primary school class size was in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1992. | | (185831) | 93
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) education support staff there were in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1992. | | (185832) | 94
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185917) | 95
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in (a) Adur, (b) Worthing and (c) West Sussex 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. | | (185784) | 96
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) consultants and (b) advisers his Department employs; and what the annual cost is of their employment. | | (184739) | 97
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money his Department expects to save as a result of the job cuts in his Department announced in the 2004 spending review. | | (184740) | 98
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) consultants and (b) advisers his Department has employed for more than six months in the last year; and what projects they were assigned to. | | (184741) | 99
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) consultants and (b) advisers are currently paid from departmental programme budgets; and what the total associated costs are. | | (184742) | 100
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) consultants and (b) advisers have been taken out of schools to work on his Department's projects. | | (184743) | 101
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much, at today's prices, was spent on education of children aged under three years in each of the last 10 years. | | (186016) | 102
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on the (a) Regional Skills Partnerships and (b) Regional Employment and Skills forums since their inception. | | (185773) | 103
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186080) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 104
| Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria were used in making the decision to close the Exeter office of Watervoice; and what process was followed. | | (185771) | 105
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permits for the (a) export and (b) re-export of species listed in Appendix II to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have been (i) approved and issued by UK authorities and (ii) received by UK authorities from other CITES member states since January 2001. | | (185889) | 106
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permits for the (a) export and (b) import of species listed in Appendix I to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have been (i) approved and issued by UK authorities and (ii) received by UK authorities from other CITES member states since January 2001. | | (185890) | 107
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what efficiency savings will be made by her Department in each financial year as announced in the Spending Review, broken down by departmental head. | | (185891) | 108
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether changes to flood defence provision will be made to achieve efficiency savings as announced in the Spending Review, broken down by financial year. | | (185892) | 109
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what back-office improvements will be made within the Environment Agency to achieve the efficiency savings announced in the Spending Review. | | (185893) | 110
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, columns 1188-89W, on hazardous waste, what the annual capacity in tonnes of hazardous waste is of each site listed in Tables 2 and 3. | | (185988) | 111
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the role of local government is in delivering the Warm Front programme. | | (185311) | 112
| Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 19th July; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement. | | (185932) | 113
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many national trails there are in the UK. | | (185095) | 114
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the welfare of factory farmed ducks with reference to (a) access to water other than drinking water and (b) the practice of de-beaking. | | (186027) | 115
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to improve the welfare standards of factory farmed ducks. | | (186028) | 116
| Julia Drown (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will change the Warm Front scheme by (a) not time-limiting a second application where it is for heating which had not previously been claimed for and (b) allowing old and inefficient boilers to be replaced before they break down. | | (186062) | 117
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for meat producers of supermarkets injecting water into meat products. | | (185884) | 118
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185915) | 119
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes in Manchester Central have benefited from the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme. | | (184172) | 120
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Thurrock sent in May about the UK National Allocation Plan for carbon and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | | (185687) | 121
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Energy Efficiency Implementation Plan. | | (185904) | 122
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee. | | (186051) | 123
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) her Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186092) | 124
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost has been of refurbishments to the fabric of buildings owned by her Department since May 1997. | | (185940) | 125
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of printing departmental headed notepaper was in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185942) | 126
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of running her Department's canteen facilities was in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185943) | 127
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) head-hunters and recruitment consultants and (b) management consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185990) | 128
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by her Department on (a) advertising and (b) public relations consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (186014) | 129
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) mobile phone costs, (b) hospitality and (c) taxis in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (186033) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 130
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with other Middle East partners and states concerning stability in the region. | | (185278) | 131
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Cuban authorities concerning their treatment of (a) Dr Oscar Elias Biscet and (b) Jorge Luis Garcia Pérez (Antúnez). | | (185768) | 132
N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what issues were raised at the recent EU/Iran Human Rights Dialogue meeting; and what assessment has been made of the progress being made by Iran on these issues. | | (185437) | 133
N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what issues were raised at the UK/Turkey Human Rights Dialogue meeting on 15th July; and what progress has been made on these issues. | | (185438) | 134
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Department has made to the Sudanese Government regarding the use of rape by pro-government forces within the Darfur region. | | (185829) | 135
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Department's assessment of the level of corruption within the Kenyan Government is. | | (185839) | 136
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government has offered the Palestinian Authority in trying to quell disturbances within Palestine. | | (185840) | 137
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government will call for the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement on the basis of the International Court of Justice ruling of 9th July. | | (185779) | 138
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185919) | 139
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total administration costs were in his Department in financial years (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1997-98. | | (186063) | 140
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether members of his departmental staff were informed in July 2003 that the Secret Intelligence Service in that month had withdrawn reporting from a source who claimed that the production of biological and chemical agents had been accelerated by the Iraqi regime, because the source of the reporting had subsequently been deemed unreliable. | | (185786) | 141
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British officials were told of Abdel Bassel Turk's concern about human rights abuses in 2003. | | (185949) | 142
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186085) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 143
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are estimated to be treated in hospitals and health centres as a consequence of falls following contact with dog excrement on public byways and in public spaces. | | (185894) | 144
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to public health authorities of treating patients for injuries incurred as a result of falls due to contact with dog excrement (a) on public byways and (b) in public spaces has been in each year since 1997, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (185895) | 145
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has made to align out-of-hours pharmaceutical services with the new arrangements for general practitioner services. | | (185780) | 146
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is in respect of the supply of portable nebulisers by the NHS free of charge. | | (185778) | 147
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Towards cleaner hospitals and lower rates of infection: A summary of action was commissioned; when it was signed off and ready for publication; and when it was decided to publish it. | | (185798) | 148
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the gateway review of the elements of the National Programme for IT in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (185963) | 149
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health professionals will not immediately be covered by the 18-week target from general practitioner referral to treatment set in the Spending Review. | | (185965) | 150
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurse training places there were in England in (a) 1979 and (b) 1997. | | (185967) | 151
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th July, Official Report, column 1100W, on new hospitals, what each of the 46 new hospital schemes entails. | | (185989) | 152
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about patients having difficulty using call centres to pre-book hospital appointments under pilot pre-booking and patient choice initiatives. | | (186009) | 153
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what options will be available for patients booking hospital appointments other than via call centres following implementation of the Government's proposals for the pre-booking of hospital appointments. | | (186010) | 154
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to primary care trusts on establishing call centres to handle requests for booked appointments in pursuance of the Government's proposals for all hospital appointments to be pre-booked. | | (186011) | 155
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the health literacy of the population of England; and what plans he has for a future assessment. | | (186012) | 156
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average score for the controls assurance standard on environmental management has been in each year since 1997. | | (186013) | 157
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) support staff were employed by Fairfield Hospital, Bury, in each of the last 10 years. | | (184747) | 158
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to make the NHS Number a general identifier as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (185957) | 159
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what actions his Department has taken to encourage a return to NHS practice by those who had previously worked in the NHS as midwives; how many such individuals have returned to practice in each year since 1992; what targets have been set in this area; and if he will make a statement. | | (185964) | 160
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Food Standards Agency has made of the effects of producers injecting water into meat products. | | (185885) | 161
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have moved from NHS to private dental treatment in the last seven years. | | (185860) | 162
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average distance a person from the BB7 postcode area would need to travel to see a NHS dentist if he were to register on 19th July with the nearest available dentist. | | (185869) | 163
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on waiting lists to register with a NHS dentist. | | (185870) | 164
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the implementation of the revised National Institute for Clinical Excellence Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer will be enforced and monitored; and if he will make a statement. | | (185849) | 165
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role he expects the revised National Institute for Clinical Excellence Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer to have in improving the treatment of pre-cancerous skin conditions in primary care. | | (185850) | 166
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what impact he expects the revised National Institute for Clinical Excellence Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer will have on postgraduate general practitioner training. | | (185851) | 167
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of (a) the total number of applicants for NHS continuing care funding and (b) the number of successful applicants who are awarded continuing care suffer from (i) a form of dementia and (ii) Alzheimer's disease; and if he will make a statement. | | (185991) | 168
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action NHS bodies have taken to make local people aware of the available process for review of cases where applicants may have been wrongly denied NHS continuing care. | | (185992) | 169
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have successfully implemented the Single Assessment Process as outlined in Standard Two of the National Service Framework for Older People; and if he will make a statement. | | (185993) | 170
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the findings of the Commission for Healthcare Improvement's consultation on the scope of the review of the National Service Framework for Older People will be made available. | | (185994) | 171
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in receipt of NHS continuing care are (a) living in their own home, (b) living in a care home and (c) in hospital, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (185995) | 172
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received fully funded NHS continuing care in each year since 1997, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (185996) | 173
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time is between a local health authority making a decision about an applicant's eligibility for NHS continuing care and informing the applicant about that decision. | | (185997) | 174
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of conducting the elections of public and patients to the board of governors of the proposed King's College Hospital Foundation Trust was; and if he will break down the total, by sums for (a) recruitment of members, (b) publicity, (c) setting up of a database, (d) payment to the Electoral Reform Society and (e) staff time. | | (185636) | 175
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, following the decision not to award King's College Hospital Trust foundation status, the elections held so far will be declared void. | | (185637) | 176
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of conducting the elections of public and patients to the board of Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust; and if he will break down the total, by sums for (a) staff costs, (b) publicity, (c) recruitment of members, (d) payments to the Electoral Reform Society, (e) building a database and (f) public consultation. | | (185638) | 177
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost has been of conducting elections for the membership of boards on the proposed foundation trusts, broken down by (a) staff costs, (b) costs of payments to the Electoral Reform Society, (c) costs of setting up databases, (d) publicity, (e) recruitment of members and (f) public consultations. | | (185639) | 178
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average turnout of (a) public voters and (b) patient voters has been in elections for boards of foundation trust hospitals. | | (185640) | 179
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what system of monitoring is carried out by NHS trusts to ensure nurses' uniforms laundered domestically are free from infection; and if he will make a statement. | | (186038) | 180
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether HSG (95) 18 applies to the laundering of nurses' uniforms; and if he will make a statement. | | (186039) | 181
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the policy is in NHS trusts on the laundering of nurses' uniforms by individuals at home; and if he will make a statement. | | (186041) | 182
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of nurses' uniforms in NHS trusts are laundered (a) at home and (b) under contract arrangments. | | (186042) | 183
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what temperatures nurses' uniforms should be laundered to ensure they are free from bacteria; and if he will make a statement. | | (186043) | 184
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the policy is in NHS trusts on the wearing by nurses of their hospital uniform whilst travelling to and from their place of work. | | (186044) | 185
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, the total number of patients in Tamworth constituency, or the nearest relevant unit of population, waiting for NHS operations for longer than (a) 18, (b) 15, (c) 12, (d) nine and (e) six months. | | (185836) | 186
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact his Department's policies have had on (a) dealing with sickness rates and (b) promoting health in Tamworth constituency since 1997. | | (185837) | 187
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185920) | 188
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the items that his Department has reported lost or stolen to the police from his Department's buildings and property since 2001. | | (185861) | 189
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the taxpayer was of satellite and cable subscriptions in his Department's buildings. | | (185862) | 190
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the premium channels that his Department subscribes to. | | (185863) | 191
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) capital and (b) running cost was to the taxpayer of mobile phones in his Department in each year since 2001. | | (185864) | 192
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on replacing light bulbs in the last year for which figures are available. | | (185865) | 193
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on energy efficiency in his Department's buildings. | | (185866) | 194
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mobile phones owned by his Department have been reported lost or stolen since 2001. | | (185867) | 195
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) opinion polling and (b) focus groups in each year since 2001. | | (185868) | 196
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of theft was to (a) his Department in each of the last 10 years and (b) the executive agencies for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997. | | (185874) | 197
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of fraud to (a) his Department and (b) the executive agencies for which his Department in responsible in each of the last 10 years. | | (185875) | 198
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent in the last year for which figures are available on (a) refurbishment and (b) office furniture. | | (185876) | 199
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public money has been spent on health in Manchester Central in each of the last seven years. | | (184171) | 200
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the financial position of the Manchester Mental Health Trust. | | (184738) | 201
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who died in Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Trust hospital wards in each of the past three years were suffering from MRSA or related infections; and if he will make a statement. | | (185736) | 202
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186087) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 203
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) community support officers there were in the Greater Manchester Police in each of the last 10 years; and what his projections are for the next three years' spending period. | | (184746) | 204
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason he has not acted upon the recommendation by the Chief Surveillance Commissioner that certain NHS bodies should be excluded from Schedule 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (185958) | 205
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with whom consultation has been held on (a) the range of data items which are to be stored in the database of registered facts and (b) the potential for subsequent use and disclosure of personal data from the database of registered facts; and if he will make a statement. | | (185960) | 206
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held on 19th July; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. | | (185933) | 207
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much public money has been spent on CCTV cameras in Tamworth constituency since 1995-96. | | (185833) | 208
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185922) | 209
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he has collated about the number of arrests under the anti-terrorism legislation over the last 12 months; how many led to (a) charges and (b) release; and if he will make a statement. | | (184737) | 210
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for the arrests of seven people in Greater Manchester and three others in other parts of England on 19th April under terrorism legislation; and if he will make a statement. | | (185091) | 211
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been served in each part of Kent for which statistics are collected in each year since their introduction. | | (185436) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 212
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the extent of poverty in the Palestinian Territories. | | (185092) | 213
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures his Department is taking to ensure transparency and accountability of (a) European Union and (b) other international funding to the Palestinian Authority. | | (185093) | 214
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid his Department has given to the Palestinian Territories. | | (185094) | 215
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policies the Department has to stimulate trade between African countries. | | (185838) | 216
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to suspend aid to the Kenyan Government. | | (185852) | 217
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what actions have been taken to improve the Department's strategies for disaster-prone regions since the publication of the National Audit Office's report on Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies, HC 1227 of Session 2002-03. | | (186056) | 218
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department systematically analyses and reduces disaster risks within its development planning and programming. | | (186057) | 219
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department will formulate a strategy to mainstream disaster preparedness and mitigation into its development work; and if he will make a statement. | | (186058) | 220
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to take disaster risks into account in its approach to development; and if he will make a statement. | | (186059) | 221
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186081) | Questions to the Leader of the House 222
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the House's sub judice Resolution to allow reference to matters before coroners' courts. | | (185946) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 223
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to ensure all patients requiring anti-TNF drugs for rheumatoid arthritis will receive this medication within three months. | | (186017) | 224
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, why the specification for a national stadium requires a site of 60 acres. | | (186018) | 225
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the reason was for a deadline of 30th June for submissions on a new national stadium. | | (186019) | 226
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many recruitment exercises for grade five civil servants have been undertaken in Northern Ireland in the last two years; who carried them out; and what the cost was in each case. | | (186020) | 227
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been appointed to a grade five post in the Northern Ireland Civil Service in the past two years. | | (186021) | 228
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the Parades Commission were on duty on (a) 12th and (b) 13th July. | | (186023) | 229
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) police officers, (b) rioters, (c) army personnel and (d) ordinary civilians were injured in disturbances in Northern Ireland on 12th and 13th July. | | (186024) | 230
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase maximum sentences for disqualified drivers found guilty of an offence in Northern Ireland. | | (186048) | 231
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact on civil service jobs in Northern Ireland of the Chancellor's statement on the 2004 Spending Review. | | (186049) | 232
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much Government funding has been allocated in Northern Ireland in each financial year since 2000 to (a) rugby, (b) hockey, (c) cricket and (d) Gaelic games. | | (186050) | 233
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185916) | 234
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186088) | Questions to the Prime Minister 235
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, who commissioned the briefing papers on Iraq, referred to in paragraph 610 of the Butler Report; who decided not to circulate them to Cabinet Ministers; and for what reason. | | (185634) | 236
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, what future role in security and intelligence matters he intends to give the Cabinet Secretary. | | (185635) | 237
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) the head of MI6 and (b) the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee were informed that SIS had withdrawn reporting in July 2003 from a source who claimed that production of biological and chemical agents had been accelerated by the Iraqi regime, because the source of the reporting had subsequently been deemed unreliable. | | (185688) | 238
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) members of the Cabinet Office and (b) the Intelligence and Security Committee was informed that SIS had withdrawn reporting in July 2003 from a source who claimed that production of biological and chemical agents had been accelerated by the Iraqi regime, because the source of the reporting had subsequently been deemed unreliable. | | (185689) | 239
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, when he was informed that SIS had withdrawn reporting from the source who claimed that production of biological and chemical agents had been accelerated by the Iraqi regime, because the source of the reporting had subsequently been deemed unreliable. | | (185690) | 240
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, whether members of (a) his and (b) Cabinet Office staff were informed in July 2003 that the Secret Intelligence Service in that month had withdrawn reporting from a source who claimed that the production of biological and chemical agents had been accelerated by the Iraqi regime, because the source of the reporting had subsequently been deemed unreliable. | | (185788) | 241
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what the source was for the statement he made on 20th November 2003 that the remains of 400,000 people had been discovered in mass graves in Iraq. | | (186040) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 242
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has (a) a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (b) a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186083) | Questions to the Solicitor General 243
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Solicitor General, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185921) | 244
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Solicitor General, what the administration costs were for (a) the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) the Serious Fraud Office and (c) the Treasury Solicitor's Department between the financial years 1996-97 and 1997-98. | | (186060) | 245
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Solicitor General, whether (a) her Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186079) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 246
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate her Department has made of the prevalence of accidents relating to DIY; and what measures her Department is taking to reduce the number of such accidents. | | (185982) | 247
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new companies have been accredited under her Department's Solar PV Major Demonstration Programme since its launch. | | (185986) | 248
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects the Renewables Obligation Order review's findings will be published; what the parameters of the review are; and from whom it will take evidence. | | (185841) | 249
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how she intends to protect existing and well established wood-based industries from power stations whose raw material is the same wood residues. | | (185842) | 250
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what specific fuel will be used by the biomass energy industry to produce electricity or heat for domestic consumption. | | (185843) | 251
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the expected percentage of renewable energy to be derived from wood biomass is in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020. | | (185844) | 252
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she intends to give smaller local power stations help towards construction. | | (185845) | 253
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her assessment of the (a) resource implications and (b) environmental impacts of the movement of biomass over to fuel large power stations is. | | (185846) | 254
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many planning applications for the construction of biomass power stations are being considered; and how many have been granted permission. | | (185847) | 255
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support has been offered to small businesses in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997. | | (185835) | 256
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185923) | 257
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many chest disease coal-related compensation claims remain outstanding; how many have been settled in the last 12 months; and when the Government expects to settle all chest disease coal-related compensation claims. | | (185765) | 258
| Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department's estimate is of the total amount of grid-connect solar photovoltaics which will be installed in the UK in 2004. | | (185791) | 259
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) actual and (b) withdrawn prosecutions there have been of businesses failing the furniture regulations since 1993. | | (185853) | 260
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects to announce her decision on the future of Nirex. | | (186053) | 261
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether regional development agencies are required to meet performance indicators for central Government. | | (185772) | 262
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether (a) her Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186093) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 263
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th July, Official Report, column 1276W, on the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, which British ports have yet to receive an International Ship and Port Facility Security Code certificate. | | (185881) | 264
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many names and addresses of vehicle owners or keepers have been disclosed by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority to third parties by virtue of that party showing reasonable cause for the disclosure over the last 12 months, broken down by category of reasonable cause; in how many cases disclosure has been subsequently shown not to be for a reasonable cause; what action was taken in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (185951) | 265
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185924) | 266
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the stations in the Central Trains franchise area where selective door-opening of trains is permitted. | | (185848) | 267
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of refurbishments to the fabric of buildings owned by the Department has been since May 1997. | | (185243) | 268
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of running the Department's canteen facilities was in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185244) | 269
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) mobile phones, (b) hospitality and (c) taxi costs in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185245) | 270
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) headhunters and recruitment consultants and (b) management consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185246) | 271
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by his Department on public relations consultants in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (185247) | 272
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which it is responsible (i) have a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (ii) have a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186094) | 273
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent studies he has undertaken into the viability of ports in (a) Devon and (b) Cornwall. | | (185796) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 274
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has (a) a set retirement age which applies to all or most personnel and (b) a maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered; and what the age is in each case. | | (186089) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 275
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of pensioners in (a) England, (b) East Sussex and (c) Lewes constituency are using pension books to collect their pensions at a post office. | | (185905) | 276
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent to date on the change of pension payment arrangements from book to bank account; and how much of that has been spent on contact with recipients. | | (185906) | 277
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of how changes in Civil Service numbers announced by the Chancellor in his statement on the Spending Review will affect the Sutton Disability Benefit Centre. | | (185799) | 278
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no recipient of incapacity benefit suffers a reduction of net weekly income due to withdrawal of income support and related benefits; what assessment he has made of the number of individuals whose net weekly income is reduced in this way; and if he will make a statement. | | (184745) | 279
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislation to permit employees to gain access to records of their employment stored by employers in unstructured manual form; and if he will make a statement. | | (185899) | 280
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Northampton North have received home visits from the Pension Service to assist them with claiming pension credit. | | (185785) | 281
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many road vehicles are operated by the Department and its agencies; how many personal injury accidents involving road vehicles operated by the Department have occurred within each of the last five years; and what the Department's policy is for managing work-related road safety. | | (185926) | 282
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for disability living allowance were initially (a) granted and (b) refused in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of those refused were subsequently allowed after review or appeal. | | (186054) | 283
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which towns in North Wales have Job Centre Plus offices; and when Job Centre Plus will be rolled out in Rhyl. | | (186025) | 284
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) organisations and (b) agencies which his Department will consult before deciding upon the locations for potential job reductions. | | (186029) | 285
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been set aside to retrain staff of his Department that are likely to lose their jobs. | | (186030) | 286
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs it is proposed will be lost in his Department, broken down by pay grade in (a) percentage and (b) actual terms. | | (186031) | 287
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will express the number of proposed job cuts in his Department as a (a) total and (b) percentage of the workforce in each region of the UK. | | (186032) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 288
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what instances of international trade in contravention of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have been (a) identified and (b) apprehended by UK authorities since January 2001, broken down by (i) species and (ii) CITES category; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (185898) | 289
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual general pensions mis-selling cases have been settled by compensation in the last year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (185766) | 290
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what checks are carried out to ensure that compensation in cases of pension mis-selling are equivalent to reinstatement of the original pension scheme. | | [Transferred] (185767) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 291
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when he expects the legislation on the offence concerning Enforced Subject Access in the Data Protection Act 1998 to come into force. | | [Transferred] (185959) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 292
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of dog excrement is estimated to have been collected by local authorities from public byways and spaces in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by authority. | | [Transferred] (185900) | 293
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost to local authorities of collecting dog excrement from public byways and spaces was in the latest period for which figures are available; and what percentage of local council budgets this figure represents. | | [Transferred] (185901) | 294
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many personnel she estimates are employed by local authorities (a) full-time and (b) part-time in the collection of dog excrement from public byways and spaces. | | [Transferred] (185902) | 295
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what she estimates the cost of employing personnel in (a) cleaning up and (b) recycling dog excrement from public byways and spaces was in each year for which figures are available, broken down by local authority. | | [Transferred] (185903) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 296
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of supermarkets injecting water into meat products. | | [Transferred] (185882) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 297
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress there has been on an environmental impact study into Teignmouth Harbour. | | [Transferred] (185794) | 298
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the report of the inquiry into the extension to Teignmouth Docks to be published; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (185795) |
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