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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 22 July 2004
Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 22 July 2004
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 22 July 2004

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 22 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 22 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 22 July see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he supports the budget proposal from the European Commission for an EU tax on airline fuel.
(186176)
2
N 		Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate spent on (a) public relations and (b) corporate hospitality in the last financial year.
(185970)
3
N 		Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of applications made to the Crown Estate's Research Committee for research proposals has been for the financial year 2004-05; how many applications have been made for funding; what the total value of research funding allocated is for the financial year 2004-05; and how many applications for research funding in 2004-05 have been successful.
(185971)
4
N 		Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of producing the Crown Estate's 2004 annual report.
(185972)
5
N 		Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, (a) the total output and (b) the total Exchequer revenue from the UK's oil reserves; and what assessment he has made of (i) output and (ii) revenue in each of the next 10 years.
(185249)
6
Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the percentage change in the level of business investment in the United Kingdom in each of the last seven years.
(186209)
7
Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the rate of change of productivity in the UK economy in each of the last seven years.
(186210)
8
Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the level of the UK deficit in the balance of traded goods in each of the last seven years.
(186211)
9
Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of household savings expressed as a percentage of UK gross domestic product has been in each of the last seven years.
(186213)
10
Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in the level of (a) retail spending and (b) household income has been in each of the last seven years.
(186214)
11
Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of (a) household liabilities and (b) household debt expressed as a percentage of UK gross domestic product has been in each of the last seven years.
(186215)
12
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, based on the 2004 Spending Review, how many civil service jobs he estimates will be lost in the area of Coventry South; from which departments and agencies; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect on services to the public.
(185279)
13
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what controls he is proposing to ensure that Civil Service job cuts as a result of his announcements in Budget 2004 and Spending Review 2004 are not replaced by consultants hired by departments but not on departmental payrolls.
(186121)
14
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) proportion and (b) cost of new financial sector regulation that derives from the EU.
(186175)
15
N 		Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much aggregates tax has been levied in total in Argyll and Bute constituency in each year since the tax was first levied.
(185854)
16
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of (a) national debt and (b) debt interest payment was in each of the last 25 years at today's prices.
(186101)
17
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of unemployment payments (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of national income in each of the last 25 years.
(186102)
18
N 		Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the scope for tax avoidance in the trading of renewable obligations certificates by wind power companies registered in the UK but whose beneficial ownership is offshore.
(185738)
Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
19
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will raise with the Electoral Commission the plans of the November 9th Society to use the election freepost to distribute its material; and if he will make a statement.
(186292)
20
N 		Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people have been registered for a permanent postal vote in each constituency in the UK in each of the last three years.
(185644)
21
N 		Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will list the current projects that receive funding from the Partnership Initiative Budget.
(185645)
22
N 		Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what factors are taken into consideration when deciding how funding is allocated to projects from the Partnership Initiative Fund.
(185646)
23
N 		Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which legal suppliers have overbilled for services provided on behalf of the Community Legal Service in each year since 1997; and what the total cost was of overbilling in each year.
(185647)
24
N 		Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many of those legal suppliers that overbilled for services provided on behalf of the Community Legal Service had their contracts terminated in each year since 1997; and on what date each termination took place.
(185648)
25
N 		Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much his Department spent on press officers, broken down by grade, in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the last year for which figures are available.
(185823)
26
N 		Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on (a) advertising and (b) public relations consultants in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available.
(185824)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
27
N 		Andy Burnham (Leigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been awarded from the National Lottery to (a) rugby union and (b) rugby league in each year since 1994.
(185488)
28
Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to encourage people living in towns to visit the countryside.
(185751)
29
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the creation of marine parks on tourism in England.
(186282)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
30
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Iraqi prisoners were held by British military authorities at the Iraq military detention centre on 1st July; and if he will make a statement.
(186217)
31
N 		Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the Staffordshire Regiment.
(185603)
32
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place for the secondary monitoring of radiation at naval dockyards.
(186112)
33
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he took to establish that the tender for combat and operational clothing supplies DC4BESL/1002 Cut and Sew had been conducted in accordance with EU tendering rules.
(186202)
34
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that would (a) be created in the UK if the contract for combat and operational clothing supplies DC4BESL/1002 Cut and Sew were to be let to a UK company and (b) be lost in the UK if the contract was awarded to a firm in China.
(186203)
35
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the performance of Symtex in relation to his Department's contracts for battlefield support section.
(186204)
36
N 		Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Nimrod MR4A aircraft are required to provide the same operational capability as the current Nimrod fleet.
(186067)
37
N 		Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Manchester Central dated 6th May regarding Mr QH, reference 02245/2004.
(185487)
38
N 		Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15th July, Official Report, column 1235W, on Iraq, whether hooding was a contributory factor in any harm suffered by individuals in the incident mentioned.
(185973)
39
N 		Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15th July, Official Report, column 1235W, on Iraq, on what basis military commanders concluded that hooding detainees could be harmful.
(185974)
40
N 		Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15th July, Official Report, column 1235W, on Iraq, whether military commanders concluded following the incident concerned that the potentially harmful effects of hooding could be fatal.
(185975)
41
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Mr Rhadi Numa suffered (a) physical and (b) mental duress prior to his heart attack.
(186219)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
42
N 		Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out the work programme of the Housing Quality Forum; and if he will make a statement on the role of the Forum in delivering the policies set out in the Sustainable Communities Plan.
(185818)
43
N 		Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities in the Thames Gateway have completed an urban capacity study; when the most recent one in each local authority area was completed; and which of these studies were undertaken according to the best practice guidance set out in Tapping the Potential, December 2000.
(185819)
44
N 		Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made since January 2004 with accessibility planning pilot projects and the development of accessibility indicators; and what plans he has to produce further guidance on how to incorporate community infrastructure projects, including schools, hospitals and open space, into masterplans and other spatial plans for the Thames Gateway.
(185820)
45
N 		Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of and (b) consistency with the policy objectives set out in the Sustainable Communities Plan standard of architectural design in new housing developments in the Thames Gateway.
(185821)
46
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Department is doing to stimulate investment in the private rented sector to boost affordable housing options; and if he will make a statement.
(186108)
47
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department is having with the investment and regulatory housing sector in relation to delivering affordable privately rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
(186128)
48
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his Department's work on the (a) planning and (b) production of affordable rental housing.
(186129)
49
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much central government funding was provided for local government in each of the last 25 years, at today's prices.
(186158)
50
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department has issued relating to local authority websites; whether this includes guidance on external links to councillors' party political websites; and if he will make a statement.
(186134)
51
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the current status of an urban district council in England is; and when this status changed.
(186227)
52
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent by each London borough in each year since 1997 on (a) refurbishment, (b) redecoration and (c) renewal of its directly-owned housing stock; and what the average spending per property in each authority was each year, excluding the amount spent on central Government schemes including the New Deal.
(186296)
53
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many previously non-Brent tenants moved into Brent Council properties in each year since 1997; and how many of these were families with children.
(186297)
54
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local authority-owned properties in Brent do not meet the Government's decent homes standard; and what the estimated cost is of bringing them up to this standard.
(186298)
55
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what has been the cost to the London Borough of Brent of vouchers given to tenants for refurbishment of Brent homes in each year since the scheme has been in operation; and for how many properties the vouchers were given each year.
(186299)
56
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost of refurbishing and redecorating Brent Council-owned homes was in each of the 10 years before the voucher scheme was introduced; and how many properties were refurbished and redecorated in each year.
(186300)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
57
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) assessment his Department has made and (b) guidance he has issued on the ergonomics of school furniture.
(186145)
58
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research his Department has commissioned into the impact on children's long term health of poorly designed school furniture.
(186146)
59
N 		Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list, for each of the last five years, the total (a) number and (b) percentage of non-specialist schools that have declared themselves to have a specialism in which the option to select 10 per cent. of pupils by aptitude has been exercised.
(185248)
60
N 		Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the change in costs to local education authorities and individual admission authorities arising from the administration of 11-plus tests as a result of the implementation of the workforce agreement.
(185250)
61
N 		Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for carbon dioxide emissions of the Building Schools for the Future exemplar designs; what guidance he intends to issue in respect of the use of best practice in energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
(185252)
62
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size in Leicester South for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in each year since 1997.
(186260)
63
N 		Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will provide a breakdown of achievement at each Key Stage in 2003 by ethnicity subdivided into those (a) in receipt of and (b) not in receipt of free school meals.
(185805)
64
N 		Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information he collates on levels of attainment at each of the Key Stages and GCSE/GNVQ by socio-economic class.
(185806)
65
N 		Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) girls and (b) boys in receipt of free school meals achieved (i) Level 2 or more at Key Stage 1 in (A) reading, (B) writing and (C) mathematics, (ii) Level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 for (1) Engish, (2) mathematics and (3) science, (iii) Level 5 and above at Key Stage 3 in (x) English, (y) mathematics and (z) science, (iv) five or more A*-C GCSE/GNVQ and (v) no passes at GCSE/GNVQ in each year since 1997; and what the percentages were for those not in receipt of free school meals.
(185807)
66
N 		Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total administration costs were in his Department in financial years (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1997-98.
(186077)
67
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effects of the Government's proposals in the Pensions Bill on the future retirement of school teachers.
(186289)
68
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made by his Department of the changes that will take place in the terms and conditions of the Teacher's Pensions Scheme with the introduction of the Government's new pension proposals; and if he will make a statement.
(186290)
69
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with teachers' unions on the impact of the Government's pension proposals; and if he will make a statement.
(186291)
70
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) lowest, (b) average and (c) highest per pupil funding was for each local education authority in England in each of the last 25 years, listed in descending order according to the highest average per pupil spend for the most recent year available.
(186104)
71
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much capital investment there has been in education, at today's prices, in each local education authority in each of the last 25 years.
(186105)
72
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places were available in each of the last 25 years, broken down by local authority area, and listed in descending order according to the biggest percentage increase in such places over the last seven years.
(186106)
73
N 		Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list higher education institutions in England which have cancelled (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate courses for academic years (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05; which courses were affected; what the reasons for the course cancellation were in each case; how many students were affected in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(185810)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
74
N 		Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 15th July, Official Report, column 1300W, on official engagements, if she will give a daily breakdown of her diary for the period in question, giving dates and times of each meeting.
(185977)
75
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) used disposable nappies, (b) used continence pads and (c) cat litter and other animal wastes are classified as hazardous waste; what guidance her Department has issued to waste collection authorities on this matter; and if she will make a statement.
(186156)
76
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) ministerial colleagues within the Department of Health and (b) management within the NHS in respect of the use of (i) disposable and (ii) reusable nappies within hospitals.
(186177)
77
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what special programmes are in place to support and encourage apple growing in England.
(186287)
78
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what emissions level has been established for the automotive sector in the UK National Allocation Plan; and what this represents as a proportion of actual emissions in 2002.
(186275)
79
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has sought about the emissions level that has been established for the automotive sector under the (a) German, (b) French, (c) Spanish and (d) Italian national allocation plans; what this represents as a proportion of actual emissions in 2002; and if she will make a statement.
(186276)
80
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met representatives of the automotive sector to discuss the UK implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
(186277)
81
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the impact of UK implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the competitiveness of vehicle manufacturing in the UK.
(186278)
82
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action the Government is taking to promote a biodiversity indicator for Europe to measure progress towards halting biodiversity decline by 2010.
(186130)
83
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government intends to make representations to the European Commission to include a biodiversity indicator on the shortlist of indicators presented in its synthesis report to the 2005 EU Spring Summit.
(186131)
84
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the robustness of the Pan-European Common Bird Index as an indicator of biodiversity; and whether she will promote this index as the biodiversity indicator for Europe.
(186132)
85
N 		Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy to continue to oppose the re-introduction of whaling other than by certain indigenous peoples.
(185809)
86
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has issued written advice to (a) local authorities and (b) the Highways Agency setting out their responsibilities under the Code of Practice on How to Prevent the Spread of Ragwort; and if she will make a statement.
(186074)
87
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will ask local authorities to publish their ragwort control policies; and if she will make a statement.
(186075)
88
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new hazardous waste regulations will make it an offence for householders to dispose of (a) fluorescent light tubes and (b) used batteries in domestic refuse.
(186120)
89
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will support the proposal to upgrade the African lion to Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species at the next Conference of the Parties.
(186274)
90
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what aspects of the reform of the EU Sugar Regime are designed to encourage farmers to produce biomass and biofuels.
(186095)
91
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role of auction marts in rural life; and if she will make a statement.
(186096)
92
N 		Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Environment Agency last inspected the potential for the flooding of the Purfleet Industrial Estate, Essex consequent on the surface water flow from the A13 road; and if she will make a statement.
(185802)
93
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies the Department has commissioned into the (a) health and (b) environmental effects of incineration; and how much each study cost.
(186152)
94
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned cars were removed by (a) police and (b) local authorities in each local authority area in England in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region in descending order according to the biggest percentage drop in local authority area.
(186099)
95
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much public money was spent in insulating and improving heating in (a) elderly and (b) low income homes in each of the last 25 years.
(186107)
96
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the percentage allocation of emission permits under the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme to Northern Ireland's power stations will be at the same level as the Great Britain average.
(186306)
97
Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to (a) maintain UK emissions targets in relation to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme National Allocation Plan and (b) incorporate a proportion of benchmarking into allocations for individual installations under these proposals; and if she will make a statement.
(186254)
98
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on marine protection following recommendations at the World Parks Congress in Durban last year.
(186212)
99
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of (a) the economic benefits and (b) the environmental benefits of creating a series of marine parks.
(186280)
100
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on (a) designating the River Exe in Devon a marine park and (b) creating a series of marine parks.
(186281)
101
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been carried out on the cost of creating a series of marine parks around Great Britain.
(186283)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
102
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department has given to contractors working on the Israeli security wall on the International Court of Justice ruling on the legality of the wall.
(186246)
103
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the UK companies involved in the construction of the Israeli security wall.
(186247)
104
N 		Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to reply substantively to the Question tabled by the honourable Member for Tiverton and Honiton, ref 182518.
(185976)
105
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what impact the strategic alliance agreed in January between the Indian and Iranian governments has had on the Government's decision to issue licences for strategic exports to India.
(186117)
106
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 15th July, to Question reference 184114, what financial assistance was set aside by (a) the Government and (b) the European Union specifically for facilities for the joint benefit of Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the town of Famagusta.
(186138)
107
N 		Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received concerning the first sitting on 19th July of the special Majlis in the Republic of Maldives; and if he will make a statement.
(185800)
108
N 		Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the issue of violence against women in Turkey was raised in the UK/Turkey Human Rights Dialogue meeting on 15th July; and if he will make a statement.
(185987)
109
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Cuban Government on the detention and treatment of (a) Jorge Luis Garcia Perez and (b) Dr Oscar Ellias Biscet; and if he will make a statement.
(186113)
110
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th July to the honourable Member for Tonbridge and Malling, Official Report, column 1060W, on the Hague Convention, what strategy the Government has put in place, and what timeline it has drawn up, for enacting the primary and secondary legislation in order for the UK to ratify the UN Convention Against Corruption; and if he will make a statement.
(186126)
111
N 		Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation in the Maldives.
(185827)
112
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will develop a set of protocols to be followed in order to assist the resettlement of prisoners returning from abroad; and what actions his Department will take to ensure that (a) resettlement is as untraumatic as possible, and (b) returning prisoners are accorded sufficient assistance to begin rebuilding their lives.
(186285)
113
N 		Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the impact of and (b) which parties are participating in resource exploitation and smuggling to support the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.
(185692)
114
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals his Department has (a) received and (b) made to amend the mandate of the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo to include authority to monitor and report on natural resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.
(186228)
115
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of Iraq's declaration of the status of its programmes of weapons of mass destruction, provided to the United Nations on 8th December 2002, had been translated up to 19th March 2003; what proportion has been translated to date; what plans there are for further translation; what efforts have been made to verify details of the declaration through the work of the Iraq Survey Group; and what plans he has to make public all or part of the translated text.
(186182)
116
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether, in respect of the information Her Majesty's Government received from a foreign intelligence source suggesting that Iraq had attempted to procure uranium from Niger, checks were made with former Iraqi Ambassador Wissam Al-Zahawi.
(186183)
117
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he requested (a) the Secret Intelligence Service and (b) the Government Communications Headquarters for updated evaluations of the conclusions set out in the Government dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (i) following the dossier's publication up to 20th March 2003 and (ii) once the United Kingdom was in receipt of Iraq's declaration on its programmes of weapons of mass destruction, pursuant to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002), provided on 8th December 2002.
(186216)
118
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to commission a cost-benefit analysis of the economic impact of the UK's membership of the European Union.
(186187)
119
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with members of the Quartet concerning an arms embargo on Israel.
(186161)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
120
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Medical Research Council has identified rheumatoid arthritis as a priority area; and how much of its resources are going into (a) research programmes and (b) projects related to this disease.
(186279)
121
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government supports the inclusion of rheumatoid arthritis as a priority of research area in the next EU framework programme.
(186284)
122
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the volume of material arising from NHS hospitals which was incinerated (a) on site and (b) elsewhere in each year since 1997.
(186178)
123
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what controls regulate the distribution within NHS premises of commercial products to patients where the giving of permission to distribute generates an income stream for NHS trusts.
(186179)
124
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will (a) take steps to prevent the distribution within NHS hospitals of Bounty packs to mothers of newly-born children and (b) undertake an assessment of the environmental sustainability of the products contained in Bounty packs.
(186180)
125
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the UK schools of dentistry that have agreed to increase their undergraduate places in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by number of places.
(185825)
126
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his Department's policy to allow newly qualified dentists from other EU countries to practise in the UK where their training has included no clinical experience.
(185826)
127
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence of fraud he has collated in the running of NHS Professionals; and if he will make a statement.
(186142)
128
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies he has received of osteoporosis services in other EU countries.
(186143)
129
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account he takes in pursuing his plans for reducing bed occupancy in NHS hospitals, of the target to reduce waiting times to 18 weeks between GP referral and start of treatment.
(186147)
130
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs to patients are incurred by (a) registering with Patientline and (b) making a request for a bedside television set to be switched off.
(186188)
131
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patients have been charged for (a) registering with Patientline and (b) making a request for bedside televisions to be switched off.
(186189)
132
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the services offered by Patientline, including costs to patients.
(186190)
133
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests have been made to Patientline for bedside television sets to be switched off.
(186191)
134
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 12th July, Official Report, column 934W, on NHS dentistry, what assessment he has made of the impact of shortages of dentists accepting NHS patients on levels of emergency hospital admissions for dental treatment.
(186199)
135
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th July, Official Report, column 931W, on hospital beds, how many hospital beds were available in total in the NHS in England in (a) 1979 and (b) 1997.
(186200)
136
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact on professional body journals of the introduction of NHS e-recruitment of allied health professions.
(186271)
137
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has made to ensure that non-NHS employers will have access to e-recruitment for allied health professionals.
(186272)
138
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to monitor the implementation of NHS e-recruitment in respect of NHS trusts spending on hard copy advertisements.
(186273)
139
N 		Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the spending per head of population was in each strategic health authority in the last year for which figures are available.
(186000)
140
N 		Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were available for the elderly in care homes in the Thames Valley in (a) 2004, (b) 1997 and (c) 2001.
(186001)
141
N 		Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have died from anaphylaxis in each of the last five years; how many hospital doctors in England have received specialist training in the treatment of anaphylaxis; and what plans he has to fund further (a) research and (b) professional development in this field.
(184431)
142
N 		Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):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 the Bury North constituency, or the nearest relevant unit of population, waiting for NHS operations for longer than (a) 18 months, (b) 15 months, (c) 12 months, (d) nine months and (e) six months.
(185251)
143
N 		Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is regarding the maintenance of independent decision-making for each component trust where the managements of adjacent primary care trusts that were previously autonomous are merged.
(185979)
144
N 		Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is regarding the use of financial savings made in one component trust to offset excessive expenditure in another where the managements of previously autonomous primary care trusts are merged to form a trust cluster.
(185980)
145
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS will provide (a) a midwife and (b) medical attendance at a home birth.
(186114)
146
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what care an NHS trust is required to provide to women wishing to have a home birth.
(186115)
147
N 		Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes in funding for children's health services he intends to make as a consequence of the 2004 Spending Review.
(186071)
148
N 		Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he proposes to publish the National Service Framework for Children.
(186073)
149
N 		Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists left the National Health Service in each of the last seven years.
(185871)
150
N 		Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Written Statement of 16th July, Official Report, columns 90-1WS, on NHS dentistry, how many patients will be able to register with the additional NHS dentists.
(185872)
151
N 		Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many rejected applications for NHS continuing care since 2000 have been overturned following an appeal, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement.
(185998)
152
N 		Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how often a person in receipt of NHS continuing care must be re-assessed to ascertain whether they are still eligible for this funding; and if he will make a statement.
(185999)
153
N 		Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time taken to process an application for fully funded NHS continuing care is, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement.
(186007)
154
N 		Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average funding per week is for those who receive fully funded NHS continuing care; and if he will make a statement.
(186008)
155
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of breast screening sites provide screening for women aged between 65 and 70 years; and if he will make a statement.
(186268)
156
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 25, (b) between 26 and 50, (c) between 51 and 60, (d) between 61 and 70 and (e) 71 years have had heart bypass surgery in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(186269)
157
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 25, (b) between 26 and 50, (c) between 51 and 60, (d) between 61 and 70 and (e) 71 years have received kidney dialysis in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(186270)
158
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 158W, on intermediate care, when the validation process of data regarding intermediate care beds and places will be completed.
(186286)
159
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 361W, on continuing care, on what date the report of the review of NHS continuing care will be published.
(186304)
160
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was spent by the NHS on agency staff in Leicester South in each year since 1997.
(186259)
161
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff vacancies there were in the NHS in Leicestershire in each year since 1997.
(186267)
162
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to exclude grazing animals from fruit orchards.
(185744)
163
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has carried out to establish whether domestic washing machines are capable of washing nurses' uniforms to the required hygiene standards; and if he will make a statement.
(186201)
164
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of (a) child and (b) adult asthma was in each of the last 25 years, broken down by region.
(186100)
165
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of public expenditure on health was in real terms at today's prices in each of the last 25 years.
(186103)
166
Phil Sawford (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the purposes were of the ministerial conference on 26th to 27th May on care issues; and if he will list those invited to attend.
(186153)
167
N 		Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls were received by NHS Direct in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire in each month since the facility opened; and what categories of information he collects about the types of (a) call received and (b) response given.
(185804)
168
N 		Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who took the decision to locate the NHS Direct call centre which serves the Isle of Wight and Hampshire in Southampton; when the decision was taken; when the facility opened; how many full-time equivalent staff were employed there in each year since opening; what criteria were used in determining its location; what the cost of (a) the premises and (b) staffing is in the current financial year; whether the staff are directly employed by the National Health Service; how many are on each grade; what the cost was of furnishing and equipping the premises; and what other premises were considered.
(185808)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
169
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on asylum detention centres of the electronic tagging of those seeking asylum in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(186139)
170
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to pilot a programme of tagging by electronic means those seeking asylum in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(186140)
171
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his plans are in relation to the numbers of those being detained at the Yarl's Wood Detention Centre over the next (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 18 months; what assessment he has made of the likely impact on these numbers of his proposals in relation to the electronic tagging of those seeking asylum in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(186148)
172
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his long-term plans are for the Yarl's Wood Detention Centre; and whether these include housing those detained prior to deportation.
(186149)
173
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the report by Stephen Shaw on the fire at Yarl's Wood in February 2002 to be published; and if he will make a statement.
(186150)
174
N 		Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there are in (a) the Thames Valley Police Force and (b) Oxfordshire; and how many there were in (i) 2001 and (ii) 1997.
(186002)
175
N 		Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) violent and (b) drug-related offences there were in the Thames Valley in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) the latest year for which figures are available.
(186004)
176
N 		Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the detention of the terrorist suspects at Belmarsh prison held under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
(184736)
177
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suicides of (a) men and (b) women there were in each London prison in each of the last five years.
(186220)
178
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women prisoners were held in prisons in England and Wales on 1st July (a) 2004, (b) 2003, (c) 2002 and (d) 2001.
(186225)
179
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's strategy to reduce crimes committed by re-offenders.
(185811)
180
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the effects of cuts in civil servants will be on his Department.
(185812)
181
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the procedure is for women to press charges against their male partners in cases of domestic violence.
(185813)
182
N 		David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of (a) the proportion of retail crime that was reported to the police and (b) the actual level of retail crime in each year since 1997.
(185604)
183
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the activities of the November 9th Society.
(186293)
184
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take action to close the website of the November 9th Society; and if he will make a statement.
(186294)
185
N 		Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the numbers of illegal (a) guns and (b) gun certificates that were used in legal ownership in each of the last 10 years.
(185909)
186
N 		Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many policemen have been fined for speeding whilst driving in police cars in each of the last three years.
(185873)
187
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage change there has been in the number of police officers in each year since 1997 in (a) Leicester, (b) Leicestershire and (c) England.
(186261)
188
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of violent crime in Leicester was in each year since 1997.
(186262)
189
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost was of the new healthcare centre at HMP Holloway in the Department's budget on 1st January; what the latest estimate is of expenditure on the new centre; and how many (a) inpatient beds and (b) day centre places (i) were planned on 1st January and (ii) are planned for the new centre.
(186109)
190
Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) rifles and (b) shotguns that have never been legally held have been used in recorded crimes since January 2000.
(186123)
191
Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) rifles and (b) shotguns that were once legally held but which have been (i) stolen and (ii) mislaid have been used in recorded crime since January 2000.
(186124)
192
Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many legally held (a) rifles and (b) shotguns have been used in recorded crimes since January 2000.
(186125)
193
N 		Patrick Hall (Bedford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people liable to detention under the Immigration Acts he is planning to include in the electronic monitoring pilot his Department is launching this autumn; how many he estimates will at the time be held at the Yarl's Wood Removal Centre; whether he plans to include (a) men, (b) women and (c) children amongst those he is planning to include in the pilot; how many he estimates will be subject to (i) tagging, (ii) satellite tracking and (iii) voice recognition; how he is planning to monitor the progress of the pilot; when he expects to evaluate the outcome; and if he will make a statement.
(185978)
194
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions have been given to police forces in England and Wales regarding the National Neighbourhood Watch Association.
(186194)
195
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on agreements for commercial sponsorship of the National Neighbourhood Watch Association.
(186195)
196
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence his Department provided to the Direct Line Insurance Company in 2002 that it (a) had designed and (b) owned the artwork for the Neighbourhood Watch logo.
(186196)
197
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will provide a loan to the National Neighbourhood Watch Association.
(186198)
198
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) community support officers and (b) community wardens there are in each police authority area in Wales; and what the projected change in numbers is over the next four years
(186098)
199
N 		Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the appeal in the case of NA, reference D1038877, was received by (a) the Home Office and (b) the Appeals Processing Centre; and when he expects the Appeals Processing Centre to pass it to the Independent Appellate Authority.
(184965)
200
N 		Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice Essex police have given to the Criminal Records Bureau as to their estimated despatch time for returning applications; what factors affect the timescale for the process; and if he will make a statement.
(185801)
201
N 		Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cause of delay to processing Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) application No. 4881924 is; on which date the CRB forwarded this application for checking by the Essex police; and when the constituent of the honourable Member for Thurrock can expect a reply.
(185803)
202
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by his Department supporting victims of (a) crime and (b) domestic violence in each of the last 25 years; and what the planned budgets for each are as a result of the Spending Review for each police authority area in England and Wales.
(186136)
203
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent in real terms on tackling crime in each of the last 25 years, broken down by police authority area.
(186159)
204
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to the police on the definition of conducting a search of premises immediately after a suspect has emerged, in relation to section 32 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
(186224)
205
N 		David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the findings of the IG16 report into a smoking policy for prisons from 1996.
(185641)
206
N 		David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when copies of HM Prison document IG16/1996, Instruction to Governors on Workplace Smoking Policy, will be placed in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
(185642)
207
N 		David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what review of the policy towards (a) prison workplace and (b) prisoner smoking is planned; and if he will make a statement.
(185643)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
208
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the Departmental Expenditure Limits agreed up to 2007-08 will be spent in pursuit of the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals targets (a) directly and (b) indirectly through (i) budget support and (ii) other programmes which require access to safe water and sanitation to be fully effective.
(186127)
209
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the importance of natural resource governance in developing countries; when this assessment was last revised; and if he will make a statement.
(186229)
210
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on the promotion of issues of natural resource governance; when this policy was initially drawn up; when it was last revised; and if he will make a statement.
(186230)
211
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the institutional and regulatory capacity building projects (a) initiated and (b) funded by his Department each year since 1997 in (i) Asia, (ii) Europe, (iii) Central America, (iv) South America, (v) Oceania and (vi) Africa including the amounts (A) of money and (B) of aid in kind (1) pledged and (2) delivered to each; and if he will make a statement.
(186231)
212
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the relevance of natural resource governance to armed conflicts in (a) Africa and (b) South America; and if he will make a statement.
(186232)
213
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the state of supplies in refugee camps in Chad; when this assessment was last revised; and if he will make a statement.
(186233)
214
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will break down by recipient country aid given by the UK in each of the last 10 years (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of total expenditure.
(186133)
215
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the overseas aid budget expressed at today's prices was in each of the last 25 years; and what the projected budget is as a result of the Spending Review.
(186135)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
216
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce special programmes to support and encourage apple growing in Northern Ireland.
(186288)
217
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) date and (b) location were of murders committed since 1974 within the present Parliamentary constituency of West Tyrone which have been attributed to illegal terrorist organisations (i) which have been solved and on which all legal proceedings, including appeals, are complete and (ii) in which no charges have been brought; whether criminal investigations are ongoing with respect to those murders that remain unsolved; and what resources have been made available to that end.
(186301)
218
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what future development is anticipated in the Sion Mills area up to 2030 that the wastewater treatment works due for completion in March 2006 will be designed to cater for.
(186302)
219
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 15th July, Official Report, column 1329W, on the Railway Review Group, if he will list the officials from (a) the Department for Regional Development, (b) the Department of Finance and Personnel and (c) Translink who are members of the Railway Review Group.
(186305)
220
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the administrative costs were of the Offices of (a) First and (b) Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
(186234)
221
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many schools in Northern Ireland he estimates will be replaced as a result of the new build programme which is underway.
(186235)
222
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adults were available for work in Northern Ireland in (a) June 2004 and (b) June 1999.
(186243)
223
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in Northern Ireland in (i) June 2004 and (ii) June 1999.
(186244)
224
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were employed in the textiles industry in Northern Ireland in (a) June 2004 and (b) June 1999.
(186245)
225
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were employed in the small and medium enterprise sector in Northern Ireland in (a) 2004 and (b) 1999.
(186266)
226
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the murder of Trevor Kell in December 2000 in North Belfast.
(186193)
227
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the nursing staff at each Northern Ireland hospital are not of UK origin.
(186184)
228
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact recruiting nursing staff from overseas to work in Northern Ireland's hospitals will have on health services in less developed countries.
(186185)
229
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the level of delayed hospital discharges in the Homefirst Health and Social Services Trust area; and if he will make a statement.
(186221)
230
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action is being taken to reduce delayed hospital discharges within the Homefirst Health and Social Services Trust area.
(186222)
231
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effect of delayed hospital discharges in the Homefirst Health and Social Services Trust on hospital waiting lists at (a) Antrim and (b) Whiteabbey hospitals.
(186223)
Questions to the Prime Minister
232
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates special advisers from his Office have met representatives of United Healthcare since 1st May; which of his special advisers took part in each meeting; and where each meeting was held.
(186144)
233
N 		Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Prime Minister, what advice he has received from the intelligence services about the impact of the Iraq war and subsequent occupation on the likely incidence of terrorism in (a) the Middle East, (b) the UK and (c) the rest of the world.
(185693)
234
N 		Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Prime Minister, what advice he has received from the intelligence services about the impact of the Iraq war and subsequent occupation on public opinion on the popularity of the UK in the Middle East.
(185694)
235
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his statement of 14th July, Official Report, column 1435, on the Butler Report, what action he proposes to take to address the errors for which he has taken responsibility.
(186097)
236
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will give details of each of the false statements or omissions in the Iraqi declarations provided pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002) to which reference was made in the letter sent by his private secretary to the legal secretary of the law officers on 15th March 2003, referred to in paragraph 384 of the report of the Butler Committee on the review of intelligence on weapons of mass destruction.
(186186)
237
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, when he was informed of the proposal made by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency's weapons, intelligence, non-proliferation and arms control centre that the statements made on Iraq's attempts to secure uranium from Niger in the British Government dossier should be removed, as set out on pages 64-65 of the United States Senate report on intelligence on Iraq.
(186218)
Questions to the Solicitor General
238
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Solicitor General, if she will place in the Library copies of (a) the account given to the Butler Committee on the Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction of the legal advice provided to the Butler Committee, to which reference is made at paragraph 379 of the Butler Report and (b) the letter from the Prime Minister's Private Secretary to the Legal Secretary to the Law Officers, dated 15th March 2003, to which reference is made at paragraph 384 of the Butler Report.
(186192)
Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
239
N 		Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, when the Speaker's Committee will publish the Comptroller and Auditor General's statutory value for money report to it for 2002-03 on the Electoral Commission.
(186065)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
240
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding has been (a) provided and (b) guaranteed to enable the acceleration of previous programmes within the Sellafield Site Remediation Strategy as referred to in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate's quarterly report for Q1 2004.
(186116)
241
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made by BNFL towards completing a full structural analysis of the B30 facility at Sellafield.
(186118)
242
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress BNFL has made in removing sludges from B30 Sellafield in order to comply with the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate's specification 325 issued in 2000; and what assessment has been made of whether the deadline of removing and treating 90 per cent. of the sludges will be met by August 2010.
(186119)
243
Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications for Post Office Card Accounts have been completed and returned, but not yet processed and approved.
(186255)
244
Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications for Post Office Card Accounts have been rejected owing to errors on the application form.
(186256)
245
Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will refer the wholesale newspaper market to the Office of Fair Trading for investigation.
(186258)
246
Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices have closed in Dumfries and Galloway region since 1997.
(186303)
247
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value is of large-scale grant applications for funding received in stream 2 of the Government's solar PV Major Demonstration Programme since its launch; and what the total value is of applications approved.
(186110)
248
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices in Leicester South have disabled access.
(186265)
249
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list (a) letters, (b) e-mails, (c) telephone calls and (d) meetings between her Department's officials, including the National Contact Point (NCP), and representatives of companies whose dossiers were forwarded to the NCP for investigation or monitoring in the last 12 months.
(186181)
250
N 		Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many main post offices in county towns have been franchised by the Post Office (a) before and (b) since 1997.
(185649)
251
Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what percentage of end-of-life car batteries were recycled in each of the last two years.
(185742)
252
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 282W, on research and development, what further assessment she has made, following the publication of the Spending Review 2004, of (a) the effectiveness and (b) future dates of the competition for the Grant for Research and Development.
(186141)
253
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 382W, on research and development, how many applicants have received funding; what the total value is of the funding allocated; and how much funding remains to be allocated for the grant for research and development for the current fiscal year.
(186162)
254
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department spent on science research and development in each of the last 25 years; and what the projected budgets are as a result of the Spending Review.
(186137)
255
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what budget has been set for each regional development agency as a result of the Spending Review.
(186160)
256
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidelines she has issued on the percentage of energy which should come from renewable sources in relation to the proposed development at Clyst Vale in Devon.
(185764)
257
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where money received from fines for making unsolicited telephone calls and faxes is paid.
(186236)
258
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what costs to (a) industry and (b) consumers she estimates to have been incurred each year since 1999 as a result of unsolicited (i) telephone calls and (ii) faxes.
(186237)
259
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the maximum penalty is for (a) sending unsolicited faxes and (b) making unsolicited telephone calls; and how many times it has been incurred in each year since 1999.
(186238)
260
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many prosecutions there have been in each year since 1999 for (a) sending unsolicited faxes and (b) making unsolicited telephone calls.
(186239)
261
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will introduce an e-mail preference service; and if she will make a statement.
(186240)
262
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) residential and (b) commercial addresses have been registered under the address preference service in each year since it has been operational.
(186241)
263
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) individual and (b) business numbers have been registered under (i) the telephone and (ii) fax preference schemes in each year since they have each been operational.
(186242)
264
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been raised in each year since 1999 from fines resulting from prosecution of persons making unsolicited telephone and fax calls.
(186248)
265
N 		Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to what extent the renewable obligations certificate can be traded with wind power generating companies registered in the UK but whose beneficial ownership lies in offshore tax havens.
(185739)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
266
N 		Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road schemes have been started in (a) the Thames Valley area and (b) Oxfordshire in each year since 1992.
(186005)
267
N 		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, when all (a) UK flagged ships and (b) British ports will be in possession of an International Ship and Port Facility Security Code certificate; and why the 1st July deadline for implementation of the code was missed.
(185968)
268
N 		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, what proportion of (a) UK flagged ships and (b) British ports were in possession of an International Ship and Port Facility Security Code certificate on 1st July.
(185969)
269
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the future of Thameslink 2000.
(186295)
270
N 		Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total administration costs were in his Department in financial years (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1997-98.
(186078)
271
N 		Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) incidents, (b) accidents and (c) deaths occurred within the areas covered by each of the former rescue co-ordination centres at (i) Oban, (ii) Pentland and (iii) Tyne Tees in each year since 1998.
(185855)
272
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public money was spent on transport in each of the last 25 years.
(186157)
273
N 		Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the audio and CCTV safety monitoring equipment installed in relation to the Medhurst Road, Edenbridge rail crossing has been approved by the Health and Safety Executive.
(186072)
274
N 		Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East & Musselburgh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to each local authority in England arising from the tendering of local bus services was in each of the last five years.
(185822)
275
N 		Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) the British Ports Authority and (b) trust ports in Scotland on the impact of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.
(185858)
276
N 		Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the impact of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code on small Scottish trust ports.
(185859)
277
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's latest estimate is of (a) the cost of the local road repair backlog and (b) the proportion of principal local roads with no residual life as at 1st April.
(186163)
278
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the Government has made towards its target of halting the deterioration of the local road network by April.
(186164)
279
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimates are of the level of road traffic congestion, as measured by (a) seconds per vehicle kilometre and (b) average peak-time speeds on inter-urban routes.
(186165)
280
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department measures his target to maintain the strategic road network at optimum level; and what the level of the strategic road network was estimated to be at 1st April.
(186166)
281
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government is on track to achieve its target of widening 360 miles of strategic road network by 2010; and if he will list the schemes involved in the widening programme indicating the (a) miles of road widened, (b) construction cost, (c) scheduled start of construction, (d) expected completion date and (e) status at 1st April.
(186167)
282
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government is on track to achieve its target of delivering (a) 100 new bypasses on trunk and local roads and (b) 130 major local road schemes by 2010; and what the (i) construction costs, (ii) scheduled date for start of construction, (iii) expected completion date and (iv) status at 1st April is for each currently identified scheme.
(186168)
283
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government achieved its target of delivering 100 major trunk road junction schemes by 2003.
(186169)
284
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the Government has made towards its target of completing or having under construction 40 schemes from the Highways Agency's targeted programme of improvements by 2005.
(186170)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
285
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are estimated to be eligible for the pension credit in Leicester South.
(186263)
286
Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are claiming the pension credit in Leicester South.
(186264)
287
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have attended one or more Work Focussed Interviews in each of the three incapacity benefit pilot areas; how many of these individuals have (a) secured employment, (b) been referred to condition management and (c) been referred to a New Deal for Disabled People broker; and if he will make a statement.
(186226)
288
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the new public service agreement target on improving workplace health and safety will include improving the safety of those who drive in the course of their work.
(186111)
289
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated number of Civil Service jobs expected to be lost to the Department arising from the Spending Review is.
(186171)
290
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Department spent on departmental publications in the past three years.
(186172)
291
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local offices are included in his Department's closure programme arising out of the Spending Review; and what the timetable for closures is.
(186173)
292
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many publications his Department has issued over the past three years; and what the print run distributed was in each case.
(186174)
293
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past three years.
(186208)
294
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Health and Safety Executive has to set a maximum working temperature.
(186151)
295
N 		Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the proposed job reductions in his Department will be achieved through (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory redundancies.
(186066)
296
N 		Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timescale is for job reductions in his Department.
(186068)
297
N 		Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take part in cross-departmental negotiations concerning civil servant job losses to ensure that past and future job losses do not fall disproportionately on any individual community.
(186069)
298
N 		Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency plans are in place to ensure that his Department's staffing levels are sufficient to cope with an increase in unemployment; and whether a need for additional staff would be met from the (a) public and (b) private sectors.
(186070)
299
N 		Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by his Department in Wales in each of the last 15 years, broken down by location.
(186076)
300
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pension payments paid into bank accounts since the beginning of the current financial year have not been paid seven days after the previous payment.
(186249)
301
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, into how many bank accounts pensions are directly paid.
(186250)
302
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bank accounts into which pensions are directly paid have had at least one occasion where the payment has not been paid exactly seven days after the last one.
(186251)
303
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that pensions paid into bank accounts are done paid every seven days.
(186252)
304
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the importance of regular income in helping the elderly budget for their needs.
(186253)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
305
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who was consulted on the most recent appointment of the Constable of Lancaster Castle.
[Transferred] (186197)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
306
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government intends to publish a consultation on the roll-out of all postal ballots this year.
[Transferred] (186122)
307
N 		Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many additional households he estimates will be created in the South East region including London and the South, South West and Eastern regions between (a) 2001 to 2011 and (b) 2021 to 2031 as a result of (i) the reduction in the average number of people per household, (ii) the excess of births over deaths among those residents in 2001, (iii) net immigration from the rest of the UK including subsequent births less deaths and (iv) net immigration from outside the UK including subsequent births less deaths.
[Transferred] (185814)
308
N 		Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many additional households he estimates were created in the South East region including London and the South, South West and Eastern regions in each of the last two decades as a result of (a) the reduction in the average number of people per household, (b) excess of births over deaths among the initially resident population, (c) net immigration from other parts of the UK including subsequent births less deaths and (d) net immigration from outside the UK including subsequent births less deaths.
[Transferred] (185815)
309
N 		Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many additional households he estimates were created in the UK in each of the last two decades as a result of (a) the reduction in the average number of people per household, (b) the excess of births over deaths and (c) the excess of immigration over emigration including subsequent births less deaths.
[Transferred] (185816)
310
N 		Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what change in the number of households created in the UK between (a) 2001 to 2011 and (b) 2021 to 2031 he estimates will result in (i) changes in the average number of people per household, (ii) the difference between births and deaths from the population resident in 2001 and (iii) the difference between immigration over emigration including subsequent births less deaths.
[Transferred] (185817)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
311
N 		Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's plans to relocate jobs from London and the South East to Yorkshire.
[Question Unstarred] (185756)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
312
N 		Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what grants are available from Her Majesty's Government to help small ports in Scotland with the costs of meeting the requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.
[Transferred] (185856)
313
N 		Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what new funds will be available to small Scottish ports to meet the costs of the International Shipping and Port Facility Security Code as a result of the Spending Review.
[Transferred] (185857)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
314
Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pension credit payments are being paid into Post Office Card Accounts.
[Transferred] (186257)

 
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