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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 7 December 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 7 December 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 7 December 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 Tuesday 7 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 7 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will allow members of the pre-October 2002 Civil Service Pension Scheme to remarry without losing their original pension entitlement; and if she will make a statement. | | (202956) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 2
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people living in the City of Edinburgh local authority area have had payment of their tax credits stopped because they failed to provide the Inland Revenue with updated information by the 30th September deadline. | | (203378) | 3
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of Civil Service jobs which will be dispersed to Liverpool; what the nature of the jobs will be; and what the timescale is. | | (203082) | 4
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time is from the receipt of a completed TC846 form, for a decision to be made by the Inland Revenue on an appeal against its decision to recover tax credit overpayments. | | (203283) | 5
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many completed TC846 forms have been received by the Inland Revenue requesting a reconsideration of its decision to recover tax credits for (a) the 2003-04 tax year and (b) the current tax year. | | (203284) | 6
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of relief from inheritance tax granted in respect of agricultural land in North Yorkshire was in each of the past five years. | | (203356) | 7
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases relief from inheritance tax was granted in North Yorkshire in each of the past five years. | | (203357) | 8
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the eligibility criteria for the granting of relief from inheritance tax. | | (203358) | 9
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203319) | 10
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203320) | 11
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203321) | 12
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been seconded to the team dealing with overpayment of tax credits; and at what cost. | | (203144) | 13
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of overpayment for child and working tax credit there have been in (a) Bassetlaw and (b) England in 2004. | | (203145) | 14
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many months' backlog there is for appeals concerning overpayment of (a) working family and (b) child tax credit. | | (203146) | 15
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals concerning overpayment of working family tax credits have been successful this year. | | (203147) | 16
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what efficiency savings have been made in the Inland Revenue in each of the last seven years; and if he will make a statement. | | (202960) | 17
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of running the Inland Revenue in each of the last seven years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (202961) | 18
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been employed by the Inland Revenue in each of the last seven years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (202962) | 19
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent efficiency assessments have been made of working practices in the Inland Revenue; and if he will make a statement. | | (202963) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 20
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203343) | 21
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203344) | 22
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203345) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 23
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made by the Arts Council West Midlands of the staging of innovative performances at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre since its opening; and if she will make a statement. | | (203347) | 24
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on the arts in Staffordshire of the Arts Council's publication A vision for the arts in the West Midlands 2003-06; and if she will make a statement. | | (203348) | 25
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of funding for the arts in Staffordshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (203349) | 26
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the Arts Council West Midlands policy regarding support for theatres owned by local authorities; and if she will make a statement. | | (203350) | 27
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times representatives of the Arts Council West Midlands have visited the Lichfield Garrick Theatre since 1st July 2003. | | (203351) | 28
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support has been given in funding to theatres in Staffordshire by the Arts Council West Midlands since 1st July 2003. | | (203352) | 29
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is towards the support of innovative art in the West Midlands; and if she will make a statement. | | (203353) | 30
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support has been given to the staging of new theatrical art in Staffordshire by the Arts Council West Midlands; and if she will make a statement. | | (203354) | 31
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203340) | 32
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203341) | 33
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203342) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 34
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the coherency package for British shipyards has had on the decision to reassess the requirement for the Future Surface Combatant. | | (203292) | 35
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to procure a variant of the Type 45 Destroyer following the decision to cancel the Future Surface Combatant; how many ships he expects to be involved; what he estimates the cost to be; and when he expects these vessels to enter service. | | (203293) | 36
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there remains a requirement for the Future Surface Combatant. | | (203366) | 37
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203337) | 38
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203338) | 39
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203339) | 40
N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the proposed reductions in budgets of (a) Commander-in-Chief Fleet, (b) Commander-in-Chief Land Command, (c) Commander-in-Chief Strike Command and (d) Chief of Defence Logistics will have on frontline capability; and if he will make a statement. | | (203281) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 41
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the financial effects on (a) business and (b) UK competitiveness of delays in processing planning appeals and planning inquiries. | | (203089) | 42
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203306) | 43
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to consult local communities affected by the concentration of high student numbers in his study into managing good practice in the provision of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement. | | (203404) | 44
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what groups he has invited to participate in the study of managing housing good practice in the provision of student accommodation in areas of high concentration of students. | | (203405) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 45
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203328) | 46
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203329) | 47
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203330) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 48
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken in the last 12 months to investigate the potential use of continuous sampling technology for the monitoring of emissions from waste incinerators for dioxin levels. | | (203367) | 49
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking towards reducing the amount of (a) waste food and (b) fit for purpose food going to landfill; and what assessment she has made of the possible use of fit for purpose waste food to feed vulnerable people in the community. | | (202957) | 50
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what initiatives she has identified to divert fit for purpose waste food from going to landfill; and if she will make a statement. | | (202958) | 51
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of (a) the total amount of household waste going to landfill in each of the last three years and (b) the proportions within this total accounted for by (i) fit for purpose food and (ii) packaging. | | (202959) | 52
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203331) | 53
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203332) | 54
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203333) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 55
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement on Equatorial Guinea of 1st December, Official Report, columns 37-39WS, whether British officials received the Johann Smith notes after May. | | (202894) | 56
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the reports of misbehaviour by UN troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo; what action he has taken as a result; and whether he has taken up the issue of abuse with the governments of the troops concerned. | | (202703) | 57
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has with the NATO authorities and others to make renewed attempts to capture those accused of genocide in the former Yugoslavia and Bosnia; and what discussions he has had with the Serbian Government on this. | | (202704) | 58
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent reports of Rwandan troops operating within the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (202705) | 59
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on reports that 31 adults and two minors resident in Kalma Camp, Darfur, have been sentenced to death; and if he will intervene on behalf of those so sentenced. | | (202706) | 60
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203334) | 61
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203335) | 62
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203336) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 63
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the Government's response to the Making Amends consultation. | | (203143) | 64
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish his Department's response to the Third Report of the Health Select Committee of Session 2003-04, HC23, on Obesity; and for what reason his Department has been unable to supply a response within the six month time limit understood by convention. | | (202742) | 65
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provides to the British Fluoridation Society; and whether the Society receives funding on a regular basis. | | (203362) | 66
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve NHS dental provision in Bolton North East. | | (203363) | 67
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received free influenza vaccinations in Bolton North East in 2004. | | (203364) | 68
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on the causes of bone cancer which has included assessment of exposure to fluoride. | | (203368) | 69
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in Bolton North East in each of the last seven years. | | (203371) | 70
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many senior citizens in Bolton North East have access to free eye tests. | | (203372) | 71
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on heart disease and cancer care in Bolton North East in each of the last five years. | | (203373) | 72
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists have practices in the Coventry area; and what steps are being taken to recruit more dentists to the area. | | (201814) | 73
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Wycombe Primary Care Trust intends to discontinue making placements to employment schemes provided by Wycombe Mind. | | (203085) | 74
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what day services previously available to people with mental health problems at Harlow House in High Wycombe have been withdrawn in the last 12 months. | | (203086) | 75
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203294) | 76
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203295) | 77
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203296) | 78
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his Department's negotiations with Capio UK regarding the planned provison of a treatment centre at Ashford Hospital (Middlesex). | | (203141) | 79
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost in 2004-05 to the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust has been of implementing the new consultants' contracts; and how much additional funding has been provided by the North Surrey Primary Care Trust to meet this additional expenditure. | | (203142) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 80
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in full-time police officers in Bolton North East has been since 1997. | | (203375) | 81
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in (a) overall recorded crime, (b) recorded violent crime, (c) burglaries and (d) vehicle thefts in Bolton North East has been since 1997. | | (203376) | 82
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much public funding has ben spent on CCTV security cameras in Bolton North East since 1997. | | (203377) | 83
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to combat the production of counterfeit identity cards in the event of the introduction of identity cards. | | (201813) | 84
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to the police in each year since 1997. | | (203140) | 85
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers are in post; and how many he expects will be in post in each month up to March 2005. | | (203282) | 86
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers have been medically retired in each year since 1997 due to work-related stress. | | (203365) | 87
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203297) | 88
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203298) | 89
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203299) | 90
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the performance of the National Probation Service in meeting its targets for (a) 2003-04 and (b) April to September 2004. | | (203406) | 91
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether performance by the National Probation Service against its performance measure on enforcement improved (a) during 2003-04 and (b) between April and September 2004. | | (203407) | 92
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether performance by the National Probation Service against its performance measure on compliance with Orders improved (a) during 2003-04 and (b) between April and September 2004. | | (203408) | 93
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether private sector prisons have access to (a) the Quantum IT infrastructure and (b) the e-OASys offender assessment system. | | (203380) | 94
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) unconvicted and (b) convicted unsentenced prisoners are held in prisons in England and Wales, broken down by sex. | | (203381) | 95
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours per week on average remand prisoners spent out of cell in each local prison in England and Wales in 2003. | | (203382) | 96
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average population of prisoners on remand was in England and Wales in 2003. | | (203383) | 97
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female remand prisoners were subsequently (i) acquitted and (ii) sentenced to a non-custodial penalty in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (203384) | 98
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been on remand awaiting trial for over (a) six months, (b) 12 months, (c) 18 months and (d) over two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (203385) | 99
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes were made to the methodology used to calculate adult reconviction rates for the Spending Review 2002 Public Spending Agreement 5 target, compared to the methodology used for the Spending Review 2000 Public Spending Agreement 10 target. | | (203403) | 100
N | David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 9th November from the honourable Member for Walsall North regarding a constituent; ref. M17507/4. | | (203036) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 101
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203300) | 102
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203301) | 103
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203302) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 104
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the Part-Time RUC Reserve were awarded the RUC Reserve Long Service Medal based solely on service to the RUC Reserve; and what the average length of service was of members of the Part-Time RUC Reserve since 1974. | | (202895) | 105
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203303) | 106
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203304) | 107
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203305) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 108
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203310) | 109
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203311) | 110
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203312) | Questions to the Solicitor General 111
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Solicitor General, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203307) | 112
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Solicitor General, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203308) | 113
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Solicitor General, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203309) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 114
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what percentage of women in Bolton North East have taken 26 weeks maternity leave since 1997. | | (203369) | 115
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many workers in Bolton North East have benefited from the national minimum wage. | | (203370) | 116
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed, as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203313) | 117
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203314) | 118
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203315) | 119
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many individuals from Bassetlaw have submitted claims under the Coalminers' Compensation Scheme. | | (203285) | 120
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations her Department has undertaken with the newspaper and magazine distribution industry with regard to the proposed changes in competition law. | | (203401) | 121
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she supports the block exemption initiative in relation to the proposed changes in competition law affecting newspaper and magazine distribution. | | (203402) | 122
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the percentage of new fathers who have taken up the right to paid paternity leave since its introduction. | | (203359) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 123
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he received the inspector's report of the inquiry into proposals for port and commercial development at London Gateway, Shell Haven; and when he expects to announce a decision. | | (203088) | 124
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many grants for the promotion of road safety have been made by his Department under section 40 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in each of the last seven years; and what the total cost has been. | | (203090) | 125
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which occasions in November (a) 2004 and (b) 2003 motorways in England were closed to traffic for more than three hours. | | (203091) | 126
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths associated with drink-driving were reported in Coventry last year. | | (201815) | 127
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that emergency vehicles with activated blue light beacons are not hindered at toll booths when exiting the M6 Toll Road; and if he will make a statement. | | (203346) | 128
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the conditions of use of the M6 Toll Road by official emergency vehicles. | | (203355) | 129
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed, as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203316) | 130
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203317) | 131
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203318) | 132
N | Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Civil Aviation Authority records incidents of UK pilots flying with (a) headaches, (b) eye, nose and throat irritation, (c) concentration difficulties and (d) dizziness and nausea. | | (202743) | 133
N | Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the findings of the 1999 UK Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment that neuropsychological abnormalities can occur as a long-term complication of acute organsphosphate poisoning, with particular reference to aviation lubricant Exxon Mobil Jet oil. | | (202744) | 134
N | Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether UK airline captains experiencing cockpit or cabin air contamination event serious enough for pilots to use emergency oxygen have a responsibility to inform passengers to which chemicals they might have been exposed. | | (202745) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 135
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed, as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203322) | 136
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203323) | 137
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of departmental files. | | (203324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 138
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received winter fuel payments in Bolton North East. | | (203361) | 139
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have requested application forms for winter fuel payments via e-mail since the facility became available. | | (203374) | 140
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training staff who work for the Child Support Agency receive in understanding the law in relation to child support; and if he will make a statement. | | (203083) | 141
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what calculation he has made of the effect of delays in the transfer of old cases to the new system by the Child Support Agency on progress towards the Government's poverty targets. | | (203084) | 142
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff working for the Child Support Agency in each year since 2001 had been working for the Agency for (a) more than five years, (b) more than two years, (c) more than a year and (d) less than a year. | | (203087) | 143
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the same (i) complete categories of files, (ii) numbers of files and (iii) representative examples of files from categories of files destroyed, as had been preserved prior to the passage of that Act. | | (203325) | 144
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203326) | 145
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years. | | (203327) | 146
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants failed to attend their personal capability assessment in each of the last 12 months; and for how many of those who attended incapacity benefit was (a) increased, (b) decreased and (c) unaltered after their assessment. | | (203360) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 147
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken to answer calls made to the customer telephone number of the Tax Credit Office Customer Relations Team in Preston is. | | [Transferred] (203379) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 148
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether Article III - 6 of the proposed EU Constitution will create a legal basis for the application of EU regulation to services of general interest. | | [Transferred] (203148) | 149
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of whether the EU Constitution will increase the powers of the EU over trade policy. | | [Transferred] (203149) | 150
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the applicability of the Charter of Fundamental Rights to the provision of services of general interest. | | [Transferred] (203150) | 151
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the proposed EU Constitution will provide an additional legal basis for Community action in the field of services of general economic interest. | | [Transferred] (203151) | 152
| Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to minimise the effects of rising energy prices on the Scottish economy; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (203398) | 153
| Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices on the manufacturing sector of Scottish industry. | | [Transferred] (203399) | 154
| Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the impact of rising energy prices on the competitiveness of Scottish industry. | | [Transferred] (203400) |
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