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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 13 October 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 13 October 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 13 October 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 13 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 13 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentage of people in the South East Government Office region who have private medical insurance cover. | | (191044) | 2
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings of full-time employees in the Buckingham constituency were in (a) April 2001, (b) April 2002, (c) April 2003 and (d) April 2004. | | (191065) | 3
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of women in their (a) 20s, (b) 30s, (c) 40s and (d) 50s were in paid work in each year since 1995. | | (190902) | 4
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Inland Revenue information on incapacity benefit indicates to recipients that if their benefit dates from before 12th April 1995 the payments are free of income tax. | | (190903) | 5
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer from the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 17th June, Official Report, column 895, on the International Finance Facility, if he will make a statement on the September reports by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund regarding the UK's proposal for the international finance facility. | | (190905) | 6
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government will decide whether it will seek an extension to the derogation from the European Energy Products Directive which enables private pleasure craft users to purchase red diesel. | | (190634) | 7
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue has been foregone, in each financial year since the introduction of the fuel duty escalator; and what the estimate is for this tax year. | | (191118) | 8
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on a taxation regime which mitigates the increase in the use of private cars; and what research he has commissioned on the effects of hypothecation of monies into public transport through local authority transport plans. | | (191119) | 9
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the total number of jobs located in the City of Glasgow; and what percentage of the total number of jobs in Scotland this figure represents. | | (190996) | 10
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax returns included liabilities under the new Section 42A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 in 2003-04. | | (190682) | 11
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ask the Lyons Committee to reconvene to consider the impact on proposals to relocate Civil Service staff of job losses in the Civil Service due to the restructuring of the Department of Work and Pensions. | | (190847) | 12
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners live in the South West Bedfordshire constituency. | | (191010) | 13
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much the (a) housing cost and (b) general inflation indices changed in each of the last 10 years. | | (190974) | 14
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce fiscal incentives to encourage the use of energy from coalmine methane; and if he will make a statement. | | (190751) | 15
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in Preseli Pembrokeshire; and how many were employed there in May 1997. | | (190898) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 16
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list his official engagements since his appointment to his present Cabinet post. | | (191037) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 17
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, who is consulted prior to increases in court fees in the small claims track. | | (191021) | 18
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what fees are charged to winning parties for recovering monies adjudged due by the small claims track but unpaid. | | (191028) | 19
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the proposed weekend courts will be piloted before being introduced nationally; and if he will make a statement. | | (191029) | 20
| Ross Cranston (Dudley North):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps he is taking to implement the White Paper Effective Enforcement; and if he will make a statement. | | (190638) | 21
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made in the review of beneficiaries of an estate being appointed as sole executors. | | (190844) | 22
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average time was in each of the last three years for landlords to get repossession of property through the use of (a) a possession order and (b) an accelerated possession order. | | (190947) | 23
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in what percentage of cases in 2003 a possession order was granted (a) with and (b) without a hearing following the issue of a notice for an accelerated possession order under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988; and what the average time is that a landlord had to wait for possession if a hearing has been granted. | | (190948) | 24
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether a judge is obliged to make a possession order after the issue of a notice under section 8 of the Housing Act 1988 citing non-payment of rent for greater than eight weeks; and how often this resulted in the landlord gaining early possession in each of the last three years. | | (190949) | 25
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 11th October to Question 190101, what Commissioner Bolkestein's view was on whether the Data Protection Act 1988 was consistent with the European Data Protection Directive. | | (190783) | 26
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the Land Registrar at HM Land Registry will send a full reply to the letter of 12th August from the honourable Member for Hereford; and if he will make a statement. | | (190593) | 27
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many requests his Department has received from individuals in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr who are over the age of 93 years who do not want family historians to know their personal details as stated in the 1911 census forms. | | (190668) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 28
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the total value of grants which (a) English Heritage and (b) the Heritage Lottery Fund allocated to Buckinghamshire in (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2003-04 for the conservation of listed buildings. | | (191041) | 29
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the sites of historic interest in Buckinghamshire which have received grant aid since April 2001, broken down by (a) date and (b) amount awarded. | | (191057) | 30
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the annual change in each of the past five years in the number of households requiring a television licence has been; and what the impact on the finances of the BBC has been in each of those years. | | (190584) | 31
| Ross Cranston (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many off-licences have been revoked in each of the last 10 years. | | (190637) | 32
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment was made, as part of the Government's recent efforts to promote boxing as a sport amongst young people, of the cumulative health effects of repeated blows to the head suffered by boxers; and what her Department's policy is on reducing injuries and deaths among boxers. | | (190752) | 33
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190850) | 34
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in the City of Glasgow are in receipt of the free television licence for over-75s. | | (191004) | 35
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the postcode areas in Essex where digital terrestrial television services are not available. | | (190963) | 36
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the policy of the National Lottery towards making grants conditional upon the procurement of only certified timber. | | (190750) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 37
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a British soldier was killed as a result of a bomb attack on a military fuel truck on the al-Faw highway south of al-Basrah on Sunday 5th September; and if he will make a statement. | | (190990) | 38
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints he has received about Bowman radios; and what the nature of the complaints was. | | (191106) | 39
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on future helicopter procurement; and what the estimated cost of the replacement for (a) Lynx, (b) Puma and (c) Gazelle is. | | (191107) | 40
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190853) | 41
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes (a) have been made and (b) are planned to (i) the Warrior, (ii) the Challenger II main battle tank and (iii) the Land Rover to allow them to be fitted with the Bowman Radio; and what estimate he has made of the cost in each case. | | (191016) | 42
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of minor radiofrequency burns have been reported by servicemen and women involved in the trials of the Bowman Radio. | | (191017) | 43
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether operation of the Challenger II main battle tank has been impaired by noise interference to tank crews as a result of installing Bowman radios. | | (191018) | 44
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what problems have been experienced with the software included in the Bowman Radio Communications Programme; and what he estimates the cost of correcting these problems to be. | | (191019) | 45
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress of the field trials of the Bowman Radio; whether problems have been experienced; and when he expects the trials to be complete. | | (191020) | 46
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his policy on the public funding of memorials to members of the armed forces who have been killed on active duty. | | (190661) | 47
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the circumstances surrounding the (a) sale, (b) refit and (c) recent accident involving HMCS Chicoutimi. | | (190782) | 48
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list fires that have occurred at the nuclear submarine bases at (a) Faslane and (b) Coulport since 1st January 2003; and if he will make a statement on the dangers posed to these bases from fires. | | (190683) | 49
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether test exercises involving force-on-force simulated attacks are conducted to evaluate the robustness of the design basis threat assessment made for nuclear materials in transit within the United Kingdom. | | (190697) | 50
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether military vehicles carrying nuclear materials are subject to the convention on the physical protection of nuclear material, INFCIRC/274/REV. 1 and subsequent revisions. | | (190698) | 51
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles deployed for the movement of (a) nuclear weapons and (b) nuclear materials to and from the atomic weapons establishments at (i) Aldermaston and (ii) Burghfield or in exercises relating thereto have been involved in road traffic (A) incidents and (B) offences, since September 2003, broken down by (1) date and (2) circumstances of the incident; what risk assessment was carried out in each case; whether these assessments are made publicly available; and whether there are outstanding claims from third parties arising from such incidents. | | (190699) | 52
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many current or former service personnel have (a) been diagnosed with and (b) died from asbestos-related diseases related to their service in the armed forces in each of the last five years. | | (190967) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 53
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many fire-related deaths in dwellings in Buckinghamshire there were in each year since 2001. | | (191053) | 54
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious false alarm fire emergency calls were received in Buckinghamshire in each year since 2001. | | (191054) | 55
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless households in the Buckingham constituency have been resident in bed-and-breakfast accommodation in each year since 2002; and what percentage of them claimed benefit in each year. | | (191070) | 56
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) local authority and (b) private traveller sites there were in the Buckingham constituency in each year since 2002. | | (191071) | 57
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many traveller (a) caravans and (b) families were on (i) authorised and (ii) unauthorised sites in the Buckingham constituency in each of the last three years. | | (191072) | 58
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the numbers of campaigning and advertising signs in the countryside, with regard to the planning permission which is required; and what criteria are used to determine whether such signs constitute flyposting. | | (190892) | 59
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what investigation he has made into the practice whereby a purchaser of land is able to package that land into plots for re-sale on the basis of a development opportunity when there is little or no chance of planning permission being granted. | | (190893) | 60
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate how many cases there have been in the last five years of land being purchased and being packaged up into plots and then being sold on, on the basis of a development opportunity when planning permission has little or no chance of being granted. | | (190894) | 61
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of gypsies of (a) English, (b) Irish and (c) Eastern European origin in England. | | (190727) | 62
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the total number of travellers' caravans in England (a) on the latest date for which figures are available, (b) in 1997 and (c) in 1974. | | (190741) | 63
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many travellers' sites were available (a) on the latest date for which figures are available and (b) in 1997. | | (190742) | 64
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many travellers' caravans are illegally parked in England; how many are parked on local authority traveller sites; and how many are on the road on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (190743) | 65
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures have been put in place by the Fire Service to medically assess people with diabetes individually who apply to become firefighters. | | [R] (190562) | 66
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on Network Rail's permitted development rights in (a) conservation areas, (b) national parks and (c) areas of outstanding natural beauty. | | (190632) | 67
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Social Exclusion Unit's report on Jobs and Enterprise in Deprived Areas. | | (190633) | 68
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the responsibilities of the Government Offices for the Regions; and if he will break down the components of their estimated programme expenditure in the current financial year by main budget heading. | | (190612) | 69
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the level of priority homelessness was in (a) England and (b) Greater London in each year since 1993. | | (190615) | 70
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government Office for London is accountable to (a) the London Assembly and (b) the London Mayor. | | (190617) | 71
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 7th September, Official Report, column 1163W, on Local Authority websites, whether it is permissible for local authority websites to include an external link to a councillor's personal or political website. | | (190700) | 72
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding was allocated to the Standards Board for England in each year since its establishment; and what the estimated cost is for 2005-06. | | (190790) | 73
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of additional (a) police stations and (b) police officers which will be required under the Government's plan for an additional 120,000 houses to be built between 2003 and 2016 in the Thames Gateway. | | (190687) | 74
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Regional Spatial Strategies for the South East and East of England Regions will be expected to identify the required level of provision for community facilities and infrastructure in respect of the Thames Gateway; and how these will reflect increased house-building in the Thames Gateway. | | (190688) | 75
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many additional sewerage treatment plants will be required under the Government's growth plan for additional houses to be built between 2003 and 2016 in the Thames Gateway. | | (190738) | 76
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what level of additional sea defences will be required as a result of the Government's growth plan for additional houses to be built between 2003 and 2016 in the Thames Gateway; and where these will be sited. | | (190739) | 77
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many additional (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools will be required under the Government's growth plan for additional houses to be built between 2003 and 2016 in the Thames gateway. | | (190740) | 78
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many additional (a) playing fields and (b) parks he estimates will be required under the Government's plan for an additional 120,000 houses to be built between 2003 and 2016 in the Thames Gateway. | | (190940) | 79
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of whether current legislation provides an effective remedy to deal with harrassment of park home residents by unscrupulous site operators. | | (190950) | 80
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what reports he has received of park home site operators pressurising residents to sell or leave their home. | | (190951) | 81
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many park home (a) operator licences, (b) sites and (c) residents there are. | | (190952) | 82
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many park home residences there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (190953) | 83
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many park home sites operate in the (a) public and (b) private sector. | | (190954) | 84
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the proportion of park home sites that are well-managed; and if he will make a statement. | | (190955) | 85
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which bodies have been consulted on the park home reform proposals. | | (190956) | 86
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will extend the current consultation period on park homes reform to enable (a) individual residents who are not members of a residents' association and (b) residents' associations to submit views. | | (190957) | 87
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to ensure (a) that Canvey Island is provided with an additional access road before any further major housing or industrial development is undertaken and (b) that the East of England Development Agency invests in additional access roads in Canvey before making any expenditure on development on the Island. | | (190958) | 88
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the accountability of the East of England Development Agency to the people of the East of England. | | (190962) | 89
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what proportion of park home sites there is (a) no, (b) one and (c) more than one residents' association. | | (190973) | 90
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the proportion of park home residents who are members of a residents' association. | | (190975) | 91
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to publish a response to the recommendations of the All Party Mobile Group on Mobile Phone Masts published in July. | | (190640) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 92
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what applications his Department has received from Buckinghamshire Local Education Authority for capital funding for school places in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. | | (191043) | 93
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of working age people in the Buckingham constituency hold a qualification at degree level or equivalent or above; and what the national average is. | | (191052) | 94
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what awards have been made under the Community Champions Funds since May 2002 to projects in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) England, broken down by (i) date of award, (ii) amount of award and (iii) type of project. | | (191058) | 95
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parenting orders have been (a) sought by and (b) granted to schools in Buckinghamshire since June 2001. | | (191066) | 96
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools in the Buckingham constituency benefited from the Schools Access Initiative in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04. | | (191068) | 97
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people are employed in the Home Tuition and Hospital Teaching Service. | | (191077) | 98
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils achieved Level 5 or above at key stage 3 (a) in England and (b) at schools based in the Buckingham constituency in each year since 2002. | | (191078) | 99
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils achieved Level 2 or above at key stage 1 (a) in England and (b) at schools based in the Buckingham constituency in each year since 2002. | | (191079) | 100
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the financial situation of higher education institutions. | | (190583) | 101
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the number and rate for the relevant pupil population of mathematics A grades at A level (a) at Westminster School and (b) in schools in (i) inner London, (ii) Birmingham, (iii) Manchester and (iv) Leeds. | | [R] (190943) | 102
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy that Mr Tristan Jones-Parry should be authorised to be a recognised mathematics teacher. | | [R] (190944) | 103
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of possible obstacles to competent, experienced teachers in shortage subjects being offered employment as qualified staff. | | [R] (190945) | 104
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that information about endometriosis is routinely included in personal, social and health education in secondary schools. | | (190462) | 105
| Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applications there have been for education maintenance allowances for the academic year 2004-05 in the Morley and Rothwell constituency; and how many have commenced payment. | | (190808) | 106
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the level of Construction Industry Training Board support for plumbing courses; and how many colleges offered such courses in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. | | (190845) | 107
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he issues to (a) schools and (b) other educational facilities on contingency preparations to put in place where community use may conflict with pupils who have allergies, particularly allergies to peanuts. | | (191014) | 108
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether current arrangements will continue for teachers of shortage subjects to have their student loans paid off if they remain in teaching. | | (191104) | 109
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent developments have occurred in the use of e2e with specific reference to access by those working with Young Mums To Be. | | (191105) | 110
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department has given to the Learning and Skills Council on the allocation of the extra funding provided for further education in June. | | (190573) | 111
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the extra funding given to further education in June (a) has been and (b) will be allocated to (i) school sixth forms, (ii) work-based learning providers, (iii) sixth form colleges and (iv) further education colleges. | | (190574) | 112
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190849) | 113
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils achieved GCSE grades A*-C in (a) English language and (b) mathematics in each of the last five years, broken down by local education authority area. | | (190784) | 114
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has (a) to improve the skills of low-skilled workers and (b) to provide opportunities for unskilled workers to obtain skills in areas of higher than average unemployment. | | (190983) | 115
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of overseas students who are studying in the City of Glasgow. | | (190995) | 116
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the UK's national income has been spent on education in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. | | (190665) | 117
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many adults have achieved Basic Skills Level in each year since 2001 for which figures are available. | | (190667) | 118
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy to (a) collect and (b) publish statistics on the time taken to complete statements of educational needs. | | (190737) | 119
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school pupils have committed suicide where bullying was cited as a cause in each of the last five years. | | (190968) | 120
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average (a) primary school and (b) secondary school class size in Castle Point was in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2003-04. | | (190977) | 121
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary schools remained open from 8am to 6pm (a) in 1997 and (b) at the most recent date for which information is available. | | (190522) | 122
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average additional gross cost is of (a) a primary school and (b) all primary schools remaining open from 8am to 6pm. | | (190523) | 123
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) local education authorities and (b) organisations representing school governors about primary schools remaining open from 8am to 6pm; whether (i) head teachers and (ii) governors would be responsible for schools during those extended opening times. | | (190524) | 124
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking to implement the before and after school care in primary schools programme; and what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the programme. | | (190755) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 125
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the net change in the number of household customers charged for water on the basis of metering was in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04. | | (191045) | 126
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) noise and (b) nuisance complaints were investigated by Aylesbury Vale District Council in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04; what proportion of reported complaints this represented; how many abatement notices were issued in each year; and how many fines were levied for non-compliance. | | (191046) | 127
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many successful prosecutions have been undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in Buckinghamshire in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04; and what the average level of fine imposed was. | | (191047) | 128
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints were received by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in the Aylesbury Vale District Council area in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (191048) | 129
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list for Buckinghamshire by (a) tonnage and (b) percentage the amount of waste disposal by (i) landfill, (ii) recycling and (iii) incineration in (A)
2002-03 and (B) 2003-04. | | (191049) | 130
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many organic farmers there were in each county in England in each of the last three years. | | (191067) | 131
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will provide a full response to the Strategy Unit report on the future of the United Kingdom's fishing industry. | | (190628) | 132
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role the Government intends regional advisory councils to have in the management of fisheries; and what steps they are taking. | | (190635) | 133
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the decision to exempt some non-EU students from national insurance contributions as part of the student agricultural workers scheme. | | (190843) | 134
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to expand (a) revenue and (b) capital aid to users of inland waterways for the movement of freight; and what additional financial assistance will be made available to British Waterways to facilitate these developments. | | (191089) | 135
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list ports which remain within British Waterways' ownership; what the status is of each; and what the budget for their maintenance is in this financial year. | | (191090) | 136
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the delay in sending out SPS forms by the Rural Payments Agency; and whether these delays will affect the deadline date by which farmers have to submit their returns. | | (191092) | 137
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the consequences will be for farmers who fail to submit details to the calf passport scheme by the specified deadline; and approximately how many cattle have been excluded. | | (191093) | 138
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the level of detail which she expects from those wishing to take up climate change discounts. | | (191094) | 139
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the British Potato Council, with particular reference to the cost effectiveness of levy collections. | | (191095) | 140
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why she has sought a derogation from the EU directive on the size of flocks for the production of organic chicken and eggs. | | (191096) | 141
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the insurance industry on the new Environment Agency maps of zones susceptible to flooding. | | (191097) | 142
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future of rural transport partnerships after funding support transfers from the Countryside Agency to regional development agencies. | | (191098) | 143
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to allow rural transport partnerships to bid for community enterprise funds once funding from the Countryside Agency ceases. | | (191099) | 144
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on what funding sources she expects will be made available to help deliver the Countryside Agency's rural transport partnerships projects. | | (191100) | 145
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money which was allocated in outline to rural transport plans by the Countryside Agency, but which was subsequently not spent, has been re-assimilated into her Department's budget. | | (191101) | 146
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will be producing an evaluation of the effectiveness of rural transport partnerships. | | (191102) | 147
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the proceedings from the Tenancy Reform Industry Group; and for what reasons the Code of Practice is to be voluntary. | | (191103) | 148
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has held with representatives of the churches over their launch of Operation Noah to draw attention to the threat posed by climate change. | | (191108) | 149
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects further announcements to be made on (a) cross compliance, (b) use of the national reserve, (c) cross-border holdings, (d) common land, (e) SPS appeals procedures, (f) lost and delayed Rural Payments Agency information statements, (g) ex-gratia payments and historical claims, (h) the LWDS and Slaughter Premium Scheme, (i) EPS co-efficient in 2001 with reference to foot and mouth disease, (j) countryside stewardship and set aside and (k) detailed non-food crop and general set aside rules for 2005. | | (191109) | 150
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the new rules issued by the British Cattle Movement Service regarding replacement passports. | | (191110) | 151
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on plans to launch a water savings trust; and with whom she has discussed the plans. | | (191111) | 152
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is giving to School Milk Week. | | (191112) | 153
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress with ratification of the Kyoto Protocol; which countries have yet to ratify; and what recent discussions she has had with them. | | (191128) | 154
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions on the Supermarkets Code of Practice she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, (b) farming organisations, (c) supermarkets, (d) retailer representatives and (e) other relevant bodies. | | (190124) | 155
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact on farmers of the Supermarkets Code of Practice. | | (190125) | 156
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what and how many organisations her Department (a) approached and (b) tendered to undertake the study investigation of the determinants of farm retail price spread, published in July. | | (190126) | 157
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the decision to outsource the contract for her Department's IT resources to International Business Machines United Kingdom Limited; what budget was originally set to pay for the scheme; what the cost and duration will be; and which agencies in her Department it will apply to. | | (190127) | 158
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in establishing a nation fallen stock collection scheme; how many and what proportion of livestock farms have registered; and what plans she has for its future development. | | (190128) | 159
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will next meet Commissioner Byrne. | | (190710) | 160
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what audit is carried out of her Department by European Union institutions; and when the next such audit is to be carried out. | | (190711) | 161
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many intermediate collection centres have so far been licensed under the Animal By-Products Regulation in each of her Department's regions; and how many have applied for registration. | | (190712) | 162
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hunt kennels have applied for registration in each of her Department's regions; and how many have been licensed. | | (190713) | 163
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what incentives are available to farmers (a) to plant new hedges, (b) to improve dilapidated hedges and (c) not to grub up hedges. | | (190716) | 164
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the National Farmers Union on the two metre strip along each hedge which will be a pre-condition for the single farm payment. | | (190717) | 165
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition her Department uses of the term hedge. | | (190718) | 166
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the two metre stretch on either side of a hedge may be grazed for the purposes of the single farm payment. | | (190719) | 167
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the National Fallen Stock Company to be operational. | | (190720) | 168
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Animal By-Products Regulation with respect to the collection of fallen stock. | | (190721) | 169
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many horse passports have so far been issued, broken down by issuing authority. | | (190722) | 170
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many establishments which previously received and processed fallen stock are no longer able to do so because of her Department's enforcement of the EU Animal By-Products Regulation. | | (190723) | 171
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition her Department uses of the phrase floors laid to facilitate the drainage of liquids, used in Regulation 1774/2002 and SI 2003 No. 1482. | | (190724) | 172
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list postcodes in which there is no coverage for the collection of fallen stock under the Animal By-Products Regulation. | | (190725) | 173
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conditions under the entry level scheme will prevent farmers from grubbing up all but their perimeter hedges in order to avoid the two metre border requirement. | | (190726) | 174
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Hove District Council vehicles which removed the carcasses from the recent Labour Party Conference met the vehicle specifications laid down in the Animal By-Products Regulation. | | (190794) | 175
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the rural-proofing by her Department of the Government's scheme to provide free fruit to children in primary schools. | | (190664) | 176
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th October, Official Report, column 1946W, on waste management, if the Minister will set out a timetable for achieving his proposals. | | (190671) | 177
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to (a) protect and (b) enhance the natural wildlife habitat around the UK rail network. | | (190630) | 178
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she will take to alleviate the problems of (a) crop failure and (b) low value crops caused by the weather conditions during harvest this year; and if she will make a statement. | | (190745) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 179
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the level of attacks upon the Christian minority in Iraq. | | (190884) | 180
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what protection is available for the Christian minority in Iraq. | | (190885) | 181
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent changes in the level of (a) attacks and (b) human rights violations of Christians in Pakistan. | | (191113) | 182
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Pakistani authorities on their interpretation of the blasphemy law and allied legislation. | | (191114) | 183
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will intervene in the cases of (a) Pustar Yousat, recently kidnapped in Hyderabad and (b) Asghur Masih, accused of blasphemy. | | (191115) | 184
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he is taking to try to reduce tensions in northern Gaza; and how many people he estimates have been killed or wounded since the Israeli authorities intervened in the refugee camps there. | | (191121) | 185
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent arrests of students at the University of Khartoum; and whether he has interceded on their behalf. | | (191122) | 186
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further discussions he plans with the Russian presidency in advance of the UK's presidency of the G8. | | (191124) | 187
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the decision by Brazil not to allow inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. | | (191125) | 188
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the failure of the UN to find sufficient troops to deploy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (191126) | 189
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the alleged violation of the arms embargo in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (191127) | 190
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 6th September from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Usman Ilyas and Mrs Iram Usman. | | (190619) | 191
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average waiting time between an application to the High Commission Islamabad for leave to settle in the United Kingdom as the wife of a British citizen and the date of interview was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (190673) | 192
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on adherence to UN Security Council resolutions 541 (1983) and 550 (1984) concerning Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (190959) | 193
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will urge the European Commission to examine the legality of trade by an EU State with any part of any EU territory where it is not possible to enforce the acquis communautaire; and if he will make a statement. | | (190960) | 194
| Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on whether the Government was involved in Mr Kenneth Bigley's attempted escape in Iraq. | | (190799) | 195
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on economic sanctions against the Government of Burma. | | (190568) | 196
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the position of Turkey with regard to future membership of the European Union. | | (190569) | 197
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. | | (190572) | 198
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has been provided with the full version of the Iraq Survey Group report, including the names of the United States oil companies and individuals that traded with Iraq. | | (190692) | 199
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the conclusions of the Iraq Survey Group with which he does not agree; and if he will give the reason for disagreement in each case. | | (190696) | 200
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had on the Iranian Nuclear Programme at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 11th October. | | (190758) | 201
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the sites in Iraq identified by British intelligence as a facility involved in weapons of mass destruction that were passed on to the Iraq Survey Group; and if he will identify the source of the intelligence in each case. | | (190760) | 202
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy, following the publication of the Iraq Survey Group report, to correct all instances in the Official Report in which he or other ministers in his Department stated that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction; and if he will establish an investigation into the reasons he and other departmental ministers were provided with inaccurate briefings that underpinned these answers. | | (190942) | 203
| Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the implications of the clause in the proposed European Constitution Treaty, Cm 6289, which prevents terrorists from being sent to the nation where the crime is committed if the death penalty is in force in that nation; and what action he would seek to take to deal with such alleged terrorists. | | (190642) | 204
| Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether public funds will be made available for appeals on the grounds of disproportionate severity of sentence, as defined on page 32 of the proposed European Constitutional Treaty, Cm 6289. | | (190660) | 205
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the entry clearance fee is for visitors from India to the UK. | | (190785) | 206
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are used in setting the entry clearance fee in different (a) countries and (b) cases. | | (190786) | 207
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy for the entry clearance fee to be refundable if the applicant is denied a visa. | | (190787) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 208
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing vacancies there are in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area. | | (191038) | 209
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed in each of the hospitals located in Buckinghamshire Health Authority. | | (191039) | 210
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of bed blocking in hospitals located in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority. | | (191042) | 211
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners there were in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area in (a)
2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (191050) | 212
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop NHS walk-in centres in Buckinghamshire. | | (191051) | 213
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area waited more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) 12 months, (e)15 months, (f)18 months and (g) 24 months for (i) heart operations, (ii) cancer treatment and (iii) hip replacements in each year since 2001-2002. | | (191073) | 214
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community pharmacies in the Buckingham constituency (a) closed and (b) opened in each year since 2001-02. | | (191074) | 215
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area referred urgently with suspected breast cancer waited for more than two weeks for an out-patient appointment in each reporting period since January 2002. | | (191075) | 216
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust met its performance target for responding to Category A calls in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04. | | (191076) | 217
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS registered dentists there were in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area in each year since 2002. | | (191080) | 218
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices in the Buckingham constituency (a) closed and (b) opened in each year since 2002. | | (191081) | 219
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people gave blood in Buckinghamshire in each financial year since 2002-03. | | (191082) | 220
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of chiropody services in Buckinghamshire. | | (191086) | 221
| Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the time taken by the Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency to identify the suicide risk posed by the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant drugs; and if he will make a statement. | | (190826) | 222
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist children's epilepsy nurses there are in each primary care trust area. | | (191022) | 223
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants specialise in treating children with epilepsy, broken down by trust. | | (191023) | 224
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effect of changes in (a) insurance specifications and (b) the level of monitoring required of drivers on the number of volunteer drivers who use their own vehicles to transport patients to and from hospital or other medical facilities. | | (191024) | 225
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what complaints he has received about the operation of hospital transport of patients where volunteer drivers are concerned. | | (191035) | 226
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average expenditure per head of population on (a) children and (b) older people was by each social services department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (191120) | 227
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to allow patients to send yellow card reports to the Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. | | (190701) | 228
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated to (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities for the implementation of Standard Five of the National Service Framework for Older People; and if he will make a statement. | | (190575) | 229
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targeted funding Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust has received for the provision of acute stroke care; and if he will make a statement. | | (190576) | 230
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190855) | 231
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the financial situation of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust. | | (190770) | 232
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust plays in consulting (a) other bodies and (b) members of the public when services are being reconfigured; and which organisations it is required to consult. | | (190771) | 233
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for the content of press releases issued by hospital trusts. | | (190772) | 234
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role strategic health authorities play in moving services between hospitals within a trust. | | (190773) | 235
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours a day on average the operating theatre at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital was available for use in each of the last three years; and what the proposed availability is for the next three years. | | (190797) | 236
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency medical patients have been transferred for operations from Chorley to Preston in each of the last three years. | | (190800) | 237
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paramedic ambulances are available in the Chorley constituency. | | (190801) | 238
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trauma patients were taken to the Royal Preston Hospital from the Chorley and South Ribble catchment area in the last 12 months. | | (190802) | 239
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical beds there were at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital in each of the last two years; and how many are planned for each of the next three years. | | (190803) | 240
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors were working at Chorley & South Ribble Accident & Emergency in each of the last three years; and how many are planned for each of the next three years. | | (190804) | 241
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are expected to be treated at (a) Preston and (b) Chorley Hospital under the proposed new arrangements for emergency medical surgery and gynaecology. | | (190822) | 242
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the services which are proposed for transfer from Chorley and South Ribble Hospital to Royal Preston Hospital. | | (190823) | 243
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status of the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust will be if foundation status is approved. | | (190824) | 244
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the procedures are for appointing a new (a) chairman, (b) chief executive and (c) trust board under the Foundation Trust proposals. | | (190825) | 245
| Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority fees for research licences. | | (190793) | 246
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice has been received from the Government's Chief Medical Officer since the publication of the report Winning Ways about the approach which hospital chief executives should adopt in responding to recommendations by infection control teams on the closure of contaminated beds, wards and hospitals. | | (190123) | 247
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quality criteria will be required for the use of microfibre products for cleaning hospitals in order to maintain the highest standards of hygiene. | | (190609) | 248
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation has been made by his Department of the use of microfibre materials for cleaning in hospitals. | | (190610) | 249
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts the NHS has for orthotic footwear. | | (190895) | 250
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NHS design specification for orthotic footwear was last updated. | | (190896) | 251
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists who were awarded a Dental Care Development Fund grant have subsequently stopped NHS dental treatment for adults. | | (190756) | 252
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications have been made by dentists in (a) England and (b) East Lancashire for a grant from the Dental Care Development Fund in each year since 2000; what conditions are attached to the grant concerning the dentist's commitment to NHS dentistry; and how many applications were successful. | | (190757) | 253
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs arising from the new appraisal and revalidation processes for NHS doctors. | | (190580) | 254
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve (a) awareness of and (b) training on dyspraxia for health professionals. | | (190582) | 255
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has evaluated on the relationship between dyspraxia and (a) diet, (b) crime, (c) drug and alcohol abuse, (d) suicide and (e) homelessness; and if he will make a statement. | | (190597) | 256
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been put in place by NHS ambulance trusts to medically assess people with diabetes individually who apply to become paramedics. | | [R] (190564) | 257
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on ovarian tissue transplantation. | | (190570) | 258
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the membership of the Human Genetics Commission. | | (190571) | 259
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress of the trials of the drug Aimspro for the treatment of MS; what side effects have been discovered; what benefits have been found for MS sufferers; and when he expects that this drug may be generally available. | | (190748) | 260
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many additional primary health care centres he estimates will be required under the Government's plan for an additional 120,000 houses to be built between 2003 and 2016 in the Thames Gateway.
| | (190941) | 261
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the hospital trusts which do not offer an egg freezing service to women who have a radical hysterectomy following cervical cancer. | | (190964) | 262
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of MRI scanners for Southend Hospital. | | (190969) | 263
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) doctors and consultants and (b) nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff there were at (i) Southend and (ii) Basildon hospitals in each year since 1996. | | (190970) | 264
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he estimates all general practitioners and health centres in the Castle Point and Rochford Primary Care Trust will have sufficient supplies of influenza vaccine to meet demand; and if he will make a statement. | | (190972) | 265
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical operations have been carried out to treat epilepsy in each of the last five years in England. | | (190980) | 266
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the interests declared by (a) members of the Appraisal Committee of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and (b) special advisers appointed by NICE. | | (190981) | 267
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) the case for the (i) application of more resources and training and (ii) formulation of a national action programme for allergy services advanced by the anaphylaxis campaign and (b) the solutions proposed by the Royal College of Physicians in 2003. | | (190629) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 268
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he will take to enforce the proposed ban on hunting with dogs in the event of deliberate law-breaking. | | (191001) | 269
| Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the pilot demonstrator projects for radio frequency identification announced in May 2000. | | (190807) | 270
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with crimes in each year since 1995, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age and (c) type of offence. | | (190789) | 271
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were bailed before trial in each year since 1995, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age and (c) type of offence. | | (190888) | 272
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were given custodial sentences of (a) less than 12 months, (b) between one and four years and (c) more than four years in Crown Courts in each year since 1995, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) age and (iii) type of offence. | | (190890) | 273
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were recalled to custody having been released on home detention curfew in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years. | | (190891) | 274
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders placed on the home detention curfew scheme were (a) cautioned and (b) convicted in each year since 1999; and how many are awaiting prosecution. | | (190930) | 275
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of asylum seekers was to each local authority in each year since 1997. | | (190933) | 276
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding was provided to local authorities to deal with the costs associated with asylum seekers and their dependants in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) funding stream. | | (190934) | 277
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to each police authority of the implementation of stop forms as set out in recommendation 69 of the MacPherson report. | | (190935) | 278
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers retired from service in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) length of service and (b) police force area. | | (190936) | 279
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of sick days taken by police officers was in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area. | | (190937) | 280
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) asylum seeker dependants reside in the UK, broken down by local authority area. | | (190938) | 281
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average sentence length for people found guilty in each key offence area, as identified by Crime in England and Wales 2003-04, was in each year since 1997. | | (190939) | 282
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what pay and job comparison has been carried out between prison officers employed in the Prison Service and administrative staff of his Department since 1997; and if he will publish the findings. | | (190288) | 283
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is taking to improve services to victims of crime. | | (190592) | 284
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were stopped and searched in Lechlade near Fairford on 22nd March 2003 using powers under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. | | (190778) | 285
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence he has of the number of cudgels taken by protesters to RAF Fairford as described in answer to Oral Questions 59 to 61 of evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 11th September 2003. | | (190779) | 286
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will give the reasons for the differences in the figures for the number of searches under section 44(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 conducted in (a) England and Wales and (b) the Metropolitan Police district in 2002-03 given in the Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 268W, and page 39 of the Home Office report Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System-2003. | | (190780) | 287
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will give the reasons for the differences in the three figures for the number of searches under section 44(1) and (2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 conducted in Gloucestershire in 2002-03 as given in (a) the Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 268W, (b) the Answer of 6th February, Official Report, column 1121W, on police and (c) page 37 of the Home Office report Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System-2003. | | (190781) | 288
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will give the reasons for the differences in the figures for the number of searches under section 44(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 conducted in (a) England and Wales and (b) the Metropolitan Police district in 2001-02 given in the answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 268W, and page 38 of the Home Office report Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System-2003. | | (190821) | 289
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he authorised the seizure of web servers belonging to Indymedia. | | (191015) | 290
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason he has not yet answered the Question tabled on 7th September by the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, ref 187980, with regard to the commencement of the remainder of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, with particular reference to section 112. | | (190618) | 291
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to finalise the functions of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency; and what the functions will be. | | (190714) | 292
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his policy on the return to Zimbabwe of asylum seekers from that country whose claims have been turned down. | | (190674) | 293
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action has been taken by Sussex Police consequent on their meeting with Linda Henderson and Amanda Williams-Gater on Friday 24th January 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (190587) | 294
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of the re-investigation into the murder of Mr Richard Watson; and by whom it is being conducted. | | (190589) | 295
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds the Chief Constable of Sussex rejected the complaint of Mrs Linda Henderson and declined to record it under section 69 (1) of the Police Act 1996; and if he will review this decision under his powers as Home Secretary. | | (190601) | 296
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what apology was given by Sussex Police to Linda Henderson and Amanda Williams-Gater; to whom in the press it was made available; and when. | | (190602) | 297
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the full report of the Metropolitan Police investigation into the Sussex Police investigation of the murder of Mr Richard Watson has been published; and if he will place a copy in the Library. | | (190603) | 298
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether disciplinary action against the Senior Investigating Officer responsible for the investigation into the murder of Mr Richard Watson was considered by Sussex Police following the investigation by the Metropolitan Police into Sussex Police's handling of the case; and if he will make a statement. | | (190606) | 299
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Detective Chief Inspector S. Dennis of Sussex Police formally referred to the Crown Prosecution Service papers relating to the murder of Mr Richard Watson. | | (190608) | 300
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the senior investigating police officer overseeing the inquiry into the murder of Mr Richard Watson retired from Sussex Police; and if he will make a statement. | | (190620) | 301
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date Sussex Police received the report of the investigation by the Metropolitan Police into the conduct of the investigation by the Sussex Police into the murder of Mr Richard Watson; and if he will make a statement. | | (190621) | 302
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have taken place for misuse of a mobile phone whilst driving. | | (190567) | 303
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with animal welfare groups concerning the need to introduce further legislation to tackle badger-related crimes. | | (190669) | 304
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to designate badger-related crime as a notifiable offence. | | (190670) | 305
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the net expenditure on policing in England and Wales has been in each year since 1979, expressed in real terms at today's prices, broken down by police authority area in England and Wales. | | (190842) | 306
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been put in place by police forces to individually medically assess people with diabetes who wish to serve in the police force. | | [R] (190563) | 307
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will implement his policy of free passports for the elderly; and if he will make a statement. | | (190690) | 308
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to police authorities on dealing with travellers' (a) unwanted access to (i) privately owned and (ii) publicly owned sites and (b) removal from (i) privately and (ii) publicly owned sites; and if he will make a statement. | | (190691) | 309
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Criminal Records Bureau standard application information includes details of bank account (a) sort code and (b) account number; and if he will make a statement. | | (190728) | 310
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Criminal Records Bureau (a) average and (b) maximum response time is in (i) Essex and (ii) England. | | (190729) | 311
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190961) | 312
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent in each year since 1996 from all public funded sources in support of asylum seekers and their families. | | (190971) | 313
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many press officers were employed by the Department in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2003-04; and at what cost. | | (190982) | 314
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are differences in the procedures for granting work permits from overseas in the public and the private and voluntary sectors. | | (190775) | 315
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of (a) the time taken to process and (b) the success rate of applications for a permit to work in the (i) private and voluntary and (ii) public sector. | | (190776) | 316
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from EU accession countries arrived at UK (a) airports and (b) bus stations between 1st May and 1st August. | | (190791) | 317
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens from EU accession countries have registered with the workers' registration scheme; and what the five professions with the most registrations are. | | (190792) | 318
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the new requirement for ministers of religion who wish to come to the UK to provide an international English Language Testing System certificate. | | (190795) | 319
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sikh ministers of religion have taken the International English Language Testing System certificate test this year. | | (190796) | 320
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sikh ministers of religion have been denied entry to the UK this year. | | (190875) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 321
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action he is taking to try to prevent the loss of forest cover in Africa. | | (190386) | 322
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July from the Economic Secretary, Official Report, column 626W, on the International Finance Facility (IFF), if he will list the 37 countries which have made statements of endorsement for the IFF. | | (190904) | 323
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the top 20 consultancy firms by contract value used by the Department in each of the last five years. | | (190907) | 324
N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much from departmental sources was spent in Iraq from June to September. | | (190354) | 325
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190848) | 326
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many re-construction programmes there are in Iraq funded by (a) the UK and (b) the EU, broken down by type. | | (190999) | 327
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Iraqi nationals are employed in reconstruction programmes funded by (a) UK and (b) EU aid. | | (191002) | 328
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the need for short-term emergency funding, in addition to funding in the medium and long term, to combat the AIDS epidemic. | | (190993) | 329
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to contribute to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and malaria. | | (190994) | 330
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the food shortage in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia. | | (190566) | 331
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance is being provided to Iraq (a) to clean up areas of Iraq contaminated by used weapons and equipment deployed by coalition forces, (b) to clean up urban areas contaminated by depleted uranium shells used by coalition forces and (c) for training Iraqi scientists and engineers to decontaminate land despoiled by military activities; and what communications his Department has had with Iraq's environment minister on environmental clean up in Iraq. | | (190759) | Questions to the Leader of the House 332
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Leader of the House, from which Government agencies letters in response to Parliamentary Questions are (a) published in Hansard and (b) placed in the Library; and what criteria are applied in deciding which answering mechanism should be used. | | (190581) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 333
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Office has taken to implement security for residents of the Torrens Estate in each year since 2001; and how much money was allocated by the Office on permanent protection measures in each year since 2001, with particular reference to walls and fences in the Torrens Estate | | (189790) | 334
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many CCTV cameras funded by the Northern Ireland Office have been installed in North Belfast since 2001; what the total cost has been; and if he will make a statement on their effectiveness. | | (189792) | 335
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the police establishment in North Belfast is made up of (a) full-time reserve officers and (b) part-time officers. | | (189793) | 336
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners were released under the Early Release Scheme under the Belfast Agreement; and how many of those released have been convicted of reoffending. | | (189794) | 337
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of police officers in North Belfast have been assigned to neighbourhood or community duties. | | (189795) | 338
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190854) | 339
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on his policy on the public funding of memorials to victims of the Troubles. | | (190662) | 340
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has made to the Government of the Irish Republic about the request by families of the Omagh bomb victims for the Garda Siochana to release DNA samples. | | (190663) | 341
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what incentives are in place to encourage radiographer helpers in the Province to train to become assistant practitioners. | | (190577) | 342
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of (a) gastroenteritis and (b) salmonella were reported in each health board area in each month since 1st January. | | (190578) | 343
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of gastroenteritis were reported in each of the last 10 years in the Province. | | (190579) | 344
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many citizens of the Irish Republic are placed at care homes in Northern Ireland. | | (190585) | 345
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by each government department in the Province on (a) consultations and reviews and (b) advertising in each year since April 1998. | | (190586) | 346
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how long residents of the Irish Republic are required to live in Northern Ireland before they can take up places at care homes in the Province. | | (190590) | 347
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what costs have arisen from adopting an Irish language policy in each of the Government departments since April 1998. | | (190594) | 348
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding has been provided to assist in the implementation of the new general practitioner contract in Northern Ireland. | | (190595) | 349
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to improve (a) awareness of and (b) training in dyspraxia for health professionals in the Province. | | (190596) | 350
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who funds superannuation payments for staff in local family doctor practices in Northern Ireland. | | (190598) | 351
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on how the Magilligan-Greencastle ferry service has been funded since its introduction. | | (190599) | 352
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on plans for general practitioner out-of-hours services from 1st January 2005. | | (190600) | 353
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received on the implementation of the new general practitioner contract. | | (190604) | 354
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on how enhanced services defined in the general practitioner contract will be funded in the Province. | | (190605) | 355
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much each Government Department in Northern Ireland has paid to consultancy firms in each year since 1998. | | (190607) | Questions to the Prime Minister 356
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will de-classify and place in the Library the Government documents published in the Daily Telegraph on 18th September about war with Iraq; whether these documents were disclosed to Lord Hutton and Lord Butler; and if he will make a statement. | | (190986) | 357
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Prime Minister, what the sources of funding for the Strategy Unit budget are in 2004-05. | | (190749) | 358
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he held at 10 Downing Street with President Jiang Zemin during his visit in 1999 on human rights abuses (a) in China and (b) in Tibet. | | (190805) | 359
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, when he received the final report from the Iraq Survey Group on weapons of mass destruction; and if he will make a statement. | | (190693) | 360
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, which parts of the Iraq Survey Group report (a) confirm and (b) dispute the findings of United Nations weapons inspectors from 2002-03. | | (190694) | 361
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, which parts of the Iraq Survey Group report (a) confirm and (b) dispute the findings detailed in Government dossiers on this issue. | | (190695) | 362
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, what evidence he used to support his statements to the House (a) on 25th February 2003, Official Report, column 124, on the prospect of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction remaining intact and (b) on 18th March 2003, on Iraq not being the only regime with weapons of mass destruction. | | (190998) | 363
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he asked the Indian Prime Minister about the prospects of India signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty during his meeting with him on 20th September. | | (190761) | 364
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, with which conclusions of the Iraq Survey Group he does not agree; and if he will give the reason for disagreement in each case. | | (190762) | 365
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed regime change in Iraq in any meeting with President Bush since January 2001. | | (190763) | 366
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what comparative assessment he has made of the findings of the Iraq Survey Group's report and his dossier entitled Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, dated September 2002; and what steps he has taken to establish why there are significant differences between the conclusions. | | (190764) | 367
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has completed the investigation into the intelligence on the allegations that Iraq sought uranium from Africa, to which he made reference in his Oral Answer of 4th June 2003, Official Report, column 154. | | (190766) | 368
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what the basis was for his statement to the House on 4th June 2003, Official Report, column 161, that he has no doubt that the Iraq Survey Group would find the clearest possible evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. | | (190767) | 369
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he received the Iraq Survey Group's recent report; and when he read it. | | (190768) | 370
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. | | (190788) | Questions to the Solicitor General 371
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Solicitor General, if the Attorney General will make a further assessment of whether Iraq was in major breach of United Nations resolutions to justify war based on the findings of the Iraq Survey Group report; and if she will make a statement. | | (190985) | 372
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Solicitor General, on what date the Attorney General (a) gave his advice to the Prime Minister about the legality of the war with Iraq and (b) officially examined Iraq's declaration of December 2002; what he assessed as material breaches in the declaration; on what date he made his opinion on these specific aspects known; and if she will make a statement. | | (191011) | 373
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Solicitor General, what the result was of the internal complaints procedure investigation into the conduct by the Crown Prosecution Service of its decision to prosecute Linda Watson for the murder of her husband; and if she will make a statement. | | (190588) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 374
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many volunteers (a) in total and (b) from the Buckingham constituency have signed up to the Business Volunteer Mentoring Association in each year since 2002; and how much funding her Department has provided to the Association since 2002. | | (191056) | 375
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average gap between men and women's pay is in (a) England and (b) the Buckingham constituency. | | (191059) | 376
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies were spun out by universities in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) England in each year since August 2000. | | (191060) | 377
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many calls the National Business Debtline has received (a) in total and (b) from businesses based in Buckinghamshire in each year since April 2002; and what the cost of the debtline was in each year. | | (191061) | 378
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses (a) from the Buckingham constituency and (b) in total have received inventory support from the Business Volunteer Mentoring Association since 2002. | | (191062) | 379
| Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in discussions between her Department and radio frequency identification technology suppliers and users. | | (190777) | 380
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she has put in place to ensure that key installations, with particular reference to hospitals, are listed in BT telephone directories, following the introduction of competition for directory inquiry services where that installation may be registered with a different phone network; and how many such cases the Department has taken up. | | (191012) | 381
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Government's policy towards renewable energy, with particular reference to how she intends to deliver her statement at Brighton that renewable energy will power the equivalent of every home in 10 major cities over the next five years. | | (191091) | 382
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190851) | 383
| Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many British companies have obtained contracts in the reconstruction programmes in Iraq. | | (191000) | 384
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the impact of recent price increases in domestic gas and electricity upon the incidence of fuel poverty. | | [R] (190987) | 385
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the need for a pan-European investigation into the operation of the wholesale gas market. | | [R] (190988) | 386
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the need for a pan-European body to oversee the operation of the wholesale gas market. | | [R] (190989) | 387
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average administrative transaction cost incurred by the Government is for settling each case relating to compensation for coal-related respiratory diseases. | | (190666) | 388
| John Robertson (Glasgow Anniesland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department is taking to allay customer concerns about the adequacy of data protection by companies that have moved parts of their business offshore. | | (190886) | 389
| John Robertson (Glasgow Anniesland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on (a) the labour market and (b) pension provision of the loss of long-term skilled service sector jobs due to offshoring. | | (190887) | 390
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) representations she has received and (b) consultation has taken place with sub-post masters concerning the speed of the New Horizon computer system. | | (190285) | 391
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the targeted growth sectors are for each region of the UK; and what Government support is being given to each sector for such growth. | | (190829) | 392
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are being taken to encourage better partnership between the public, private and voluntary sectors in relation to promoting entrepreneurship. | | (190830) | 393
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are being taken to improve the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises. | | (190831) | 394
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what percentage of businesses were run by women in each of the last 10 years. | | (190832) | 395
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures her Department has taken to develop research and development clusters into world class industries. | | (190833) | 396
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many research and development clusters or techiums were established in each of the last 10 years, broken down by type; and how many are proposed for the next three years, broken down by type. | | (190834) | 397
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures her Department has taken to promote networking within and between various sectors in the economy. | | (190835) | 398
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures her Department has taken to increase the capacity of small and medium sized enterprises to tender for Government contracts. | | (190836) | 399
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the Department for Education and Skills to promote education in entrepreneurship in schools and colleges. | | (190837) | 400
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department has taken to promote enterpreneurship in the community. | | (190838) | 401
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department has taken to promote enterprise among the over 50s; and if she will make a statement. | | (190839) | 402
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department has taken to highlight and showcase successful new business. | | (190840) | 403
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department has taken to promote the social economy. | | (190841) | 404
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many 16 and 17 year olds are expected to benefit from the national minimum wage in (a) Glasgow, (b) Scotland and (c) the United Kingdom in the next financial year. | | (190565) | 405
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions (a) she and (b) departmental officials have had with the European Commission in respect of the acceptability under EU state aid rules of the UK Government's proposals for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. | | (190769) | 406
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what factors governed the date of publication on the departmental web site of the report by Cambridge Econometrics consultants on Modelling good quality combined heat and power capacity to 2010: revised projections. | | (190798) | 407
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what grants and assistance are available for the (a) capital installation and (b) operating of wind turbines; and if she will make a statement. | | (190744) | 408
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many current or former power industry workers have been (a) diagnosed with and (b) died from asbestos-related diseases related to their employment in each of the last five years. | | (190966) | 409
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices have closed in Pembrokeshire since May 1997. | | (190899) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 410
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money was allocated from the Rural Transport Partnership for (a) dial-a-ride services, (b) car sharing schemes and (c) an internet based alternative transport guide for socially excluded groups in Buckinghamshire in (i) 2002-03, (ii) 2003-04 and (iii) 2004-05. | | (191063) | 411
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money was allocated from the Rural Bus Challenge to Buckinghamshire in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04 and (d) 2004-05. | | (191064) | 412
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was allocated in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05 for the Rural Transport Partnership in Buckinghamshire. | | (191087) | 413
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to implement the recommendation of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch on the role of fatigue and minimum manning in ship groundings and collisions. | | (190636) | 414
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ships entering UK ports in September failed to meet the International Ship and Port Facility Code; and how many of these ships were (a) denied entry, (b) expelled from port and (c) detained. | | (190684) | 415
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ships were inspected at UK ports in September to assess whether they met International Ship and Port Facility Security Code standards. | | (190685) | 416
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many advanced driving instructors are expected by the Driving Standards Authority to fail the Part 1 Hazard Perception Test when it becomes compulsory. | | (191025) | 417
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of dialogue he envisages between local organisations of driving instructors and test examiners under the auspices of the Driving Standards Authority. | | (191026) | 418
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role he foresees for (a) driving instructors and (b) the Driving Standards Authority in enhancing road safety. | | (191027) | 419
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to make the Driving Standards Authority more accountable; and what continuing professional development is available to driving test examiners. | | (191036) | 420
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the accuracy of figures for rail use; and whether this takes account of non-payment of fares. | | (191116) | 421
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to discuss non-payment of rail fares; and what account is taken of non-payment of fares in planning for future rail use, including the expansion of services. | | (191117) | 422
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail users there were on the Cheltenham to London service in the last period for which figures are available; and what estimate has been made of leakage of usage arising from non-payment of fares. | | (191129) | 423
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with European Union institutions about the standardisation of driving licences across the EU. | | (190806) | 424
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190856) | 425
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers Lancashire County Council has to designate New Road in Mawdesley, Lancashire, as a 20 mph zone. | | (190774) | 426
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors underlay the proposal to introduce a system of graduated fixed penalties for speeding offences; and upon what research the proposal is based. | | (190991) | 427
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what analysis has been made of the potential effect on the casualty rate should speeding penalties be altered in 30 mph areas. | | (190992) | 428
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers are vested in (a) local authorities and (b) the police to prevent motorised vehicles from blocking pedestrian walkways. | | (190591) | 429
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the transportation of weapons grade plutonium by (a) road, (b) rail, (c) air, (d) inland waterway and (e) sea; and if he will make a statement. | | (190622) | 430
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ban the seaborne transportation of weapons grade plutonium from United Kingdom waters. | | (190623) | 431
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to seek international agreement to ban the transportation of weapons grade plutonium in international waters for commercial purposes. | | (190624) | 432
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessment is undertaken by his Department for the transportation of weapons grade plutonium in United Kingdom registered cargo vessels. | | (190625) | 433
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers he can exercise to prevent the transportation of cargoes (a) in UK waters and (b) beyond the UK limit. | | (190626) | 434
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers he can seek to exercise with EU agreement to prevent the transportation of commercial cargoes within EU waters. | | (190627) | 435
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) total toll revenue, (b) total operating cost and (c) surplus for the Dartford crossing was in its last year of operation for which figures exist. | | (190730) | 436
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will use part of the operating surplus from the Dartford crossing to create a new access road for Canvey Island; and if he will make a statement. | | (190731) | 437
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the use of the surplus from the operation of the Dartford crossing. | | (190732) | 438
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the operating surplus from the Dartford crossing for the current year; and what uses will be made of the surplus. | | (190733) | 439
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles per day on average use the Dartford crossing. | | (190734) | 440
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safety rating is given to the Dartford Tunnel crossing; and if he will make a statement. | | (190735) | 441
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve safety of the Dartford Tunnel crossing. | | (190736) | 442
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct the Strategic Rail Authority to withhold permission for further removals of rolling stock from the Fenchurch Street line. | | (190746) | 443
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions the Strategic Rail Authority has had with c2c about the removal of rolling stock from the Fenchurch Street line; and what approvals they have given to c2c. | | (190747) | 444
N | Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) the allocation of the Rural Bus Subsidy Grant to each local authority has been to date and (b) the percentage level each local authority has set for the revenue cost of an individual bus service to be met by the farebox before the subsidy is allocated to it. | | (190045) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 445
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) Buckinghamshire left the work force following injury or illness caused at work in each year since 2002. | | (191040) | 446
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) private companies, (b) charitable and voluntary groups and (c) public sector organisations based in the Buckinghamshire constituency have adopted the two ticks symbol. | | (191055) | 447
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of people in the United Kingdom are claiming (a) incapacity benefit, (b) the children's tax credit, (c) bereavement benefit, (d) attendance allowance, (e) council tax credit, (f) invalid care allowance, (g) housing benefit and (h) disability living allowance. | | (191083) | 448
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have taken out stakeholder pensions, broken down by county. | | (191084) | 449
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of individuals in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) the UK have found permanent employment as a result of the New Deal for (i) the long-term unemployed over 25, (ii) lone parents, (iii) disabled people and (iv) the over 50s in each of the last three years. | | (191085) | 450
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average frequency is with which recipients of incapacity benefit, excluding those who are exempt from the personal capability assessment, are subject to medical re-testing, broken down by diagnosis group. | | (190900) | 451
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new incapacity benefit beneficiaries there were, broken down by (a) Government office region and (b) gender in each year since 1995; and how many were (i) new entrants on to benefit and (ii) existing beneficiaries in each case. | | (190901) | 452
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of invalidity benefit prior to 12th April 1995 were transferred to incapacity benefit and have been continuously in receipt to the present date, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender, (c) region and (d) diagnosis group. | | (190906) | 453
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 16th September, Official Report, column 1749W on benefits, how many appointees for the receipt of benefits in each of the last five years (a) had their appointment revoked and (b) were subjected to further action by the Secretary of State. | | (190611) | 454
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what percentage of CSA cases which have been migrated to the new system manual intervention has been required in order to make payments to the parent with care; and if he will make a statement. | | (190946) | 455
| Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (190852) | 456
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners living in the City of Glasgow are in receipt of the additional payments made to pensioners over the age of 80 years. | | (191003) | 457
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women living in the City of Glasgow are in receipt of state retirement pension; and what percentage of the City's population these figures represent. | | (191005) | 458
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women living in the City of Glasgow are claiming invalidity benefit; and what percentage of the working population of the City these figures represent. | | (191007) | 459
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance his Department has given to pensioners with (a) mental and (b) physical health problems in choosing how they wish to have their pension paid. | | (190283) | 460
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures he has put in place to (a) detect and (b) monitor fraud in relation to chip and pin numbers for cards for withdrawal of pensions and benefits. | | (190284) | 461
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have opted for a (a) Post Office and (b) bank or building society account for the receipt of pension payments; and how many have still to make their preference known. | | (190286) | 462
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of how many pensioners do not have a bank account. | | (190287) | 463
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which job centres are to be closed in North Wales; which job centres will remain open; and what the timescale is for those remaining open to become Job Centre Plus. | | (190675) | 464
| 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 with whom his Department consulted before deciding upon the locations for (i) office closures and (ii) job reductions. | | (190676) | 465
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been set aside to retrain staff from job centres and benefits agency offices who lose their jobs. | | (190677) | 466
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the proposed job reductions in the Department will be achieved through (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory redundancies. | | (190678) | 467
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timescale is for job reductions in the Department. | | (190679) | 468
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with other Government departments on ensuring that past and future civil servant job losses do not fall disproportionately on the same communities. | | (190680) | 469
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs are to be lost in the Department (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the workforce in each region of the UK. | | (190681) | 470
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average UK banks took to process pension payments in the last period for which figures are available. | | (190715) | 471
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with Citibank about customer service arrangements for pensioners receiving pension payments through the Post Office. | | (190809) | 472
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent changes have been made in the protocol for the Child Support Agency in dealing with calls from honourable Members' offices. | | (190827) | 473
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timescale is for the phasing in of old Child Support Agency cases migrating from the old to the new system; and what proportion of the migrating cases will be dealt with under the (a) old and (b) new criteria. | | (190828) | 474
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional Jobcentre Plus employees have been employed in the last two years; and what the projected increase over the next three years is for each existing or planned Jobcentre Plus office in North Wales. | | (190876) | 475
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the proposed redundancy package is for employees who lose their jobs due to the Department's restructuring. | | (190877) | 476
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have attended local Pension Service outreach surgeries in each year since their inception; and if he will make a statement. | | (190878) | 477
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job losses in his Department he expects there to be in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 in each town in North Wales. | | (190879) | 478
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many clients attended each Jobcentre due for closure in North Wales in each of the last 10 years; and what replacement service will be put in place after closure of these offices. | | (190880) | 479
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department is having with the Welsh Assembly Government to redeploy departmental employees to the new regional assembly offices planned for North Wales. | | (190881) | 480
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department is having with Land Security Trillium concerning the (a) vacation and (b) alternative use of the Department's buildings. | | (190882) | 481
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures have been put in place of service delivery during the period of change caused by restructuring. | | (190883) | 482
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of pensioners (a) were in receipt of council tax benefit in 1997 and (b) are in receipt of council tax benefit. | | (190616) | 483
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of each unclaimed benefit in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point. | | (190965) | 484
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency compensation payments were made to (a) parents with residence and (b) absent parents in each financial range in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (190979) | 485
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preseli Pembrokeshire are receiving incapacity benefit; and how many were in receipt in May 1997. | | (190897) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 486
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of private pleasure crafts using red diesel. | | [Transferred] (190686) | 487
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) young males and (b) young females are unemployed in the City of Glasgow. | | [Transferred] (190984) | 488
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) males and (b) females living in the City of Glasgow are classified as long-term unemployed; and what percentage of the working population of the city these figures represent. | | [Transferred] (191006) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 489
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average length of Crown Court trials was in each year since 1995. | | [Transferred] (190889) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 490
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many key workers in Buckinghamshire purchased homes under the Starter Home Initiative in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04. | | [Transferred] (191069) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 491
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the decision of the Russian Government to sign the Kyoto Protocol. | | [Transferred] (191123) | 492
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers to Questions 189034 and 189035, what proportion of the total direct costs across the EU for implementing the REACH proposal will fall on (a) industry and (b) the public purse. | | [Transferred] (190689) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 493
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential drug rehabilitation places there are, broken down by (a) police authority and (b) government office region. | | [Transferred] (190932) | 494
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that his Department's scheme to provide fresh fruit to children in primary school benefits local and regional fruit growers in England. | | [Transferred] (190672) | 495
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug rehabilitation places were available in (a) the Castle Point and Rochford Primary Care Trust area and (b) Essex in 2003-04. | | [Transferred] (190976) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 496
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the level of priority homelessness in Scotland was in each year from 1993 to the establishment of the Scottish Parliament. | | [Transferred] (190613) | 497
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reasons parts of the Cullen Report on Dunblane are to be protected for 100 years; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (190639) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 498
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, at what age an employee qualifies for the new top rate of £4.85 national minimum wage. | | [Transferred] (190997) | 499
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people in the UK have suffered fuel poverty in each of the last 20 years; and what assessment the Department has made of the impact of the recent increase in energy prices on people living in fuel poverty. | | [Transferred] (190846) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 500
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the role of inland waterways and inland ports in inter-modal transport. | | [Transferred] (191088) | 501
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations Network Rail has carried out with English Nature regarding plans which have significant environmental impact. | | [Transferred] (190631) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 502
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the level of priority homelessness in Wales was in each year from 1993 to the establishment of the Welsh Assembly. | | [Transferred] (190614) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 503
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the impact of the work to rule of health and safety inspector members of the Prospect trade union on the efficiency of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate. | | [Transferred] (190978) | 504
| Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why British residents in (a) Guadeloupe, (b) Martinique and (c) the Azores receive the winter fuel allowance; what the annual cost has been since 2002 of such payments; and what assessment the Government has made of temperature levels in these areas. | | [Transferred] (190641) |
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