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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 15 December 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 15 December 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 15 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 Wednesday 15 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 15 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee 1
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, if he will make a statement on the reliability of electronic door pass readers on the Parliamentary Estate. | | (205520) | 2
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, what percentage of results given by electronic pass readers on the Parliamentary Estate over the last 12 months were false negatives. | | (205521) | 3
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, if he will propose the replacement of the electronic pass reader system with a chip radio frequency system which requires no physical contact between the electronic reader and the pass; and if he will make a statement. | | (205522) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 4
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which regulations were not accompanied by a Regulatory Impact Assessment in the measurement of the level of compliance with the Regulatory Impact Assessment process conducted by her Department in (a) December 2003 and (b) June. | | (205423) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 5
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) new applications and (b) renewals are outstanding for working tax credit. | | (205282) | 6
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints the Inland Revenue has received concerning (a) incorrect awards and (b) overpayment of working tax credit. | | (205283) | 7
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make the formula used in the calculation available to recipients of working tax credit. | | (205284) | 8
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of working tax credit cases have been overpaid since 1st April. | | (205285) | 9
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reasons underlie the policy that recipients of working tax credit who have been overpaid have to wait until April 2005 for repayment; and if he will make it his policy that repayment be accepted on a (a) weekly and (b) monthly basis. | | (205286) | 10
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set up a system to stop payment of working tax credit as soon as a recipient notifies the Inland Revenue that they have become ineligible to receive it. | | (205287) | 11
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to bring Customs and Excise under the remit of the General and Special Commissioners of Tax. | | (205413) | 12
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantities of irradiated foods, other than herbs and spices, have been imported from (a) EU member states and (b) other countries for general sale since 2002. | | (205249) | 13
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantities of UK produced food have been transported to (a) EU member states and (b) other countries for irradiation treatment and then imported back into the UK since 2002. | | (205250) | 14
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantities of UK produced foods have been transported to (a) EU member states and (b) other countries and then imported back into the UK since 2002. | | (205251) | 15
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much financial support has been directed to combined heat and power schemes as a result of (a) the enhanced capital allowances programme and (b) business rates exception in each year from 2001 to 2003. | | (205242) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 16
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what criteria have to be satisfied by a parent without care, where there is a failure of the parent with care to comply with the terms of a contact order, in order to qualify for legal aid; and what other forms of support the Department offers to such people. | | (205361) | 17
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of divorce cases in which a prenuptial agreement is enforced in court. | | (205462) | 18
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consequences for court time and costs of making prenuptial agreements binding. | | (205463) | 19
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether he plans to make prenuptial agreements legally binding except where upholding an agreement would cause significant injustice. | | (205464) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 20
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that past Lottery awards were legitimate. | | (205238) | 21
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what revenue support has been given by Arts Council England for theatrical activity in each of the last three years for which data is available for projects in (a) Staffordshire, (b) Derbyshire, (c) Cheshire, (d) Warwickshire, (e) Herefordshire and (f) Worcestershire. | | (205240) | 22
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether Arts Council England has a strategic plan for the support of theatrical work in specified counties or regions; and if she will make a statement. | | (205241) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 23
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether evidence relating to the crash of Flight ZD576 in June 1994 has been destroyed since the crash happened. | | (205236) | 24
N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with the disposal of the West Dean ordnance site; and if he will make a statement. | | (204546) | 25
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the level and type of assistance given by (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy to serving officers who are South African nationals and wish to apply for a British passport. | | (205465) | 26
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether South African nationals who are serving officers in the British Army are eligible to remain in the British Army whilst applying for a British passport. | | (205466) | 27
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether South African nationals who are serving officers in the British Army and are married to British citizens are eligible to remain in the British Army whilst applying for a British passport. | | (205467) | 28
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) the terms of reference and (b) scope of the further review into the Deepcut allegations announced on 30th November are; who will lead the review; and if he will make a statement. | | (205371) | 29
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Personnel Director, (b) Pay and Personnel Agency, (c) Defence Vetting Agency, (d) Defence Export Services Organisation, (e) Finance Director, (f) Defence Analytical Services Agency, (g) Defence Bills Agency, (h) Chief Constable Ministry of Defence Police and (i) Chief Scientific Adviser. | | (205425) | 30
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Defence Academy, (b) Defence Estates, (c) Deputy Chief Defence Staff (Commitments), (d) Director Special Forces, (e) Defence Geographic and Imaging Intelligence Agency, (f) Veterans Agency, (g) Deputy Chief Defence Staff (Personnel), (h) Defence Dental Agency and (i) Defence Housing Executive management groups. | | (205426) | 31
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency, (b) Policy Director, (c) Deputy Chief Defence Staff (Equipment Capability), (d) Chief of Defence Intelligence, (e) Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, (f) Defence Medical Services Department and (g) Defence Medical Education and Training Agency management groups. | | (205427) | 32
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Internal Costs, (b) Programme Account and (c) Nuclear management groups. | | (205428) | 33
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Deputy Chief of Defence Logistics, (b) Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency, (c) Defence Supply Chain HQ, (d) Defence Storage and Distribution Agency and (e) British Forces Post Office management groups. | | (205429) | 34
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Flag Officer Training and Recruiting, (b) HQ and (c) Naval Secretary management groups. | | (205430) | 35
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Army Personnel Centre, (b) Army Training and Recruiting Agency, (c) Service Children's Education and (d) Primary Health Care management groups. | | (205431) | 36
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Adjutant General, (b) Army Programme, (c) General Staff, (d) Queen Victoria School and (e) Duke of York Royal Military School management groups. | | (205432) | 37
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Personnel Management Agency, (b) Core HQ and (c) Training Group Defence Agency management groups. | | (205433) | 38
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Fleet, (b) General Officer Commanding (Northern Ireland), (c) Command Field Army, (d) Joint Helicopter Command, (e) Land Support and (f) Command Regional Forces management groups. | | (205435) | 39
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) 1 Group, (b) 2 Group, (c) 3 Group and (d) Deputy Commander-in-Chief management groups. | | (205436) | 40
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) British Forces Cyprus, (b) British Forces Gibraltar, (c) Permanent Joint Headquarters, (d) Sovereign Base Areas Administration and (e) British Forces Falkland Islands management groups. | | (205437) | 41
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net cash outflow from operating activities in financial year 2003-04 was by the (a) Defence Fuels Group, (b) Defence Communication Services Agency, (c) DG Equipment Support (Land), (d) DG Equipment Support (Air) and (e) Defence Transport and Movements Agency management groups. | | (205438) | 42
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Personnel Director, (ii) Pay and Personnel Agency, (iii) Defence Vetting Agency, (iv) Defence Export Services Organisation, (v) Finance Director, (vi) Defence Analytical Services Agency, (vii) Defence Bills Agency, (viii) Chief Constable Ministry Of Defence Police and (ix) Chief Scientific Adviser management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205471) | 43
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Defence Academy, (ii) Defence Estates, (iii) Dep Chief Defence Staff (Commitments), (iv) Director Special Forces, (v) Defence Geographic and Imaging Intelligence Agency, (vi) Veterans Agency, (vii) Dep Chief Defence Staff (Personnel), (viii) Defence Dental Agency and (ix) Defence Housing Executive management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205472) | 44
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency, (ii) Policy Director, (iii) Dep Chief Defence Staff (Equipment Capability), (iv) Chief of Defence Intelligence, (v) Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, (vi) Defence Medical Services Department and (vii) Defence Medical Education and Training Agency management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205473) | 45
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Internal Costs, (ii) Programme Account and (iii) Nuclear management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205474) | 46
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Deputy Chief of Defence Logistics, (ii) Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency, (iii) Defence Supply Chain HQ, (iv) Defence Storage and Distribution Agency, (v) British Forces Post Office and (vi) Warship Support Agency management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205475) | 47
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Flag Officer Training and Recruiting, (ii) HQ and (iii) Naval Secretary management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205476) | 48
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Army Personnel Centre, (ii) Army Training and Recruitment Agency, (iii) Service Children's Education and (iv) Primary Health Care management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205477) | 49
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Adjutant General, (ii) Army Programme, (iii) General Staff, (iv) QVS and (v) DYRMS management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205478) | 50
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Personnel Management Agency, (ii) Core HQ and (iii) Training Group Defence Agency management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205479) | 51
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Fleet, (ii) General Officer Commanding (Northern Ireland), (iii) Command Field Army, (iv) Joint Helicopter Command, (v) Land Support and (vi) Command Regional Forces management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205480) | 52
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) 1 Group, (ii) 2 Group, (iii) 3 Group and (iv) Deputy Commander-in-Chief management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205481) | 53
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) British Forces Cyprus, (ii) British Forces Gibraltar, (iii) Permanent Joint Headquarters, (iv) Sovereign Base Areas Administration and (v) British Forces Falkland Islands management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205482) | 54
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of (a) military and (b) civilian full-time equivalent staff employed by the (i) Defence Fuels Group, (ii) Defence Communication Services Agency, (iii) DG Equipment Support (Land), (iv) DG Equipment Support (Air) and (v) Defence Transport and Movements Agency management groups was in financial year 2003-04. | | (205483) | 55
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the compatibility of Satanism with the military ethos; and if he will make a statement. | | (205536) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 56
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what national targets he has set for improvements in the (a) economic status and (b) social inclusion of the gypsy and traveller communities for the duration of the European Union Decade of Roma Inclusion to be launched in 2005; and what progress he has made towards the establishment of the information base from which to draw comparative data. | | (205309) | 57
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what further steps he is taking to protect leaseholders from intimidation by freeholders. | | (205279) | 58
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will investigate (a) the activities of Estates and Management Ltd and (b) its treatment of leaseholders in England and Wales. | | (205280) | 59
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the Regional Planning Guidance notes in force in England and the date of the publication of each. | | (205253) | 60
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what changes have been made to business rate (a) multipliers and (b) reliefs since May 1997. | | (205254) | 61
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the projected level of council tax receipts in England is for 2004-05; and whether this includes the adjustment for council tax benefit. | | (205255) | 62
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the level of council tax receipts collected in each local authority was in each year since 1997, broken down by billing authority; and what the forecast receipts are for the next year. | | (205256) | 63
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much central government funding is being given to (a) regional housing boards and (b) regional observatories in the current financial year. | | (205257) | 64
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which national planning guidance notes issued since May 1997 have altered guidance in relation to the Green Belt. | | (205258) | 65
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to alter the Green Belt designation. | | (205259) | 66
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether regional spatial strategies require approval by the (a) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) Government Office for the Region. | | (205308) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 67
| Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage the sale of healthy foods by vending machines in schools. | | (205400) | 68
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9th December, Official Report, column 775W, on literacy and numeracy, what percentage of (a) Key Stage 2 pupils and (b) Key Stage 3 pupils reached the required standards in (i) literacy, (ii) numeracy and (iii) literacy and numeracy in each year since 1997 in (A) Haltemprice and Howden and (B) England. | | (205441) | 69
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the gender ratio of registered teachers in maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools is, broken down into age categories of (i) less than 24, (ii) 25 to 34, (iii) 35 to 44, (iv) 45 to 54 and (v) greater than 55 years. | | (205377) | 70
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the resignation rate of teachers was in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by region; and what percentage of each region's teacher workforce each represents. | | (205378) | 71
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the teacher workforce he expects will retire in each of the next 10 years. | | (205385) | 72
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of teachers employed in maintained schools were aged (a) under 24, (b) 24 to 34, (c) 35 to 44, (d) 45 to 54 and (e) over 55 years on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (205386) | 73
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the total number of teacher vacancies of longer than three months duration in (a) the primary sector, (b) the secondary sector and (c) further education. | | (205387) | 74
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the mean age at which teachers retired was (a) on the latest date for which figures are available and (b) in 1994; and what estimate he has made of the likely mean age at which teachers will retire in 2014. | | (205388) | 75
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the retention rate in percentage terms was for registered trainee teachers after (a) one year of teaching, (b) two years of teaching and (c) five years of teaching in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (205389) | 76
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on which television channels the school anti-bullying campaign advertisements sponsored by his Department are being shown; at what time of day they are transmitted; what the anticipated reach in numbers of children of school age is; what the anticipated reach in numbers of adults is; what the total cost is; and if he will make a statement. | | (205239) | 77
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to encourage schools to undertake field trips. | | (205368) | 78
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school field trips were sanctioned by each county council in each of the last five years. | | (205369) | 79
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school field trips Norfolk County Council funded in each of the last five years. | | (205370) | 80
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost is of the Lifelong Learning Initiative; and what proportion has been spent on (a) intermediaries and (b) front-line service providers. | | (205396) | 81
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the cost of processing a visa extension application made by an international student studying at a UK university. | | (205312) | 82
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on (a) current and (b) proposed charges for visa extension applications made by international students. | | (205313) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 83
N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on plans to introduce a licensing system for cockling (a) in Morecambe Bay and (b) elsewhere. | | (203797) | 84
N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance her Department is offering to Cumbria police in their efforts to regulate the cockling in Morecambe Bay. | | (203799) | 85
N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the tonnage of immature cockles removed from Morecambe Bay in the past 12 months; and what assessment she has made of (a) the ecological and economic consequences of overfishing of cockles in Morecambe Bay and (b) trends in the (i) number and (ii) point of origin of cocklers operating in Morecambe Bay. | | (203800) | 86
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will include in forthcoming environmental legislation, with particular reference to the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, measures to deal with the proliferation of signage in rural areas. | | (205495) | 87
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will break down by cost area the estimated cost of future disposal of on-farm waste. | | (205496) | 88
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce further controls on open burning of farm waste. | | (205497) | 89
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce a new plastics recovery programme. | | (205498) | 90
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on latest research on scrapie and possible links to BSE in sheep. | | (205499) | 91
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the latest research on pesticide run-off into water supplies; and what her Department's advice on sheep dipping is. | | (205500) | 92
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Department of Transport on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. | | (205501) | 93
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of the liver disease blackhead have been detected in commercial turkey farms in the UK, in each of the past 10 years for which records are available. | | (204999) | 94
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department has taken to protect commercial turkey farmers from the liver disease blackhead. | | (205000) | 95
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to date has been of implementing the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. | | (205392) | 96
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in England have been subject to decontamination activity by her Department this year as a result of inappropriate burial of material associated with the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic; what the cost of such activity has been; and how many more farms she expects will be subject to similar activity. | | (205364) | 97
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she plans to take to ensure the opt-out from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for British companies applying to the climate change agreements are successful; and what measures she plans to take to ensure that British companies are not exposed to double regulation of (a) the UK climate change agreement and (b) the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in the event that the opt-out application fails. | | (205470) | 98
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has received from the Chair of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management on the likelihood of the Committee meeting its reporting deadline. | | (205514) | 99
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what projections she has made of the amount of electricity used on the Government Estate which is sourced from good quality combined heat and power; and whether she expects the 15 per cent. target for such electricity to be met in 2010. | | (205246) | 100
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the provisional estimates for UK carbon dioxide emissions for the first six months of 2004 are. | | (205247) | 101
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals have written to her Department supporting the continuation of the Community Energy programme. | | (205248) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 102
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Uzbekistan about (a) freedom of the media, (b) freedom of religion, (c) freedom of speech and (d) freedom of assembly. | | (205262) | 103
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the growth in gross domestic product in Uzbekistan in 2003. | | (205263) | 104
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of industrial production in Uzbekistan is accounted for by the cotton crop. | | (205264) | 105
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of industrial production in Uzbekistan is accounted for by gold. | | (205265) | 106
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the level of (a) inflation, (b) unemployment, (c) money supply growth per annum, (d) per capita income and (e) annual average earnings growth are in Uzbekistan. | | (205266) | 107
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average per capita income of employees on state farms is in Uzbekistan. | | (205267) | 108
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with President Karimov of Uzbekistan about human rights abuses in the country. | | (205269) | 109
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Uzbekistan about the destruction of bridges in the Fergana Valley. | | (205270) | 110
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to President Karimov of Uzbekistan about (a) the extension of his term of office and (b) the prohibition of Erk, Birlik and the free farmers from contesting parliamentary elections this month. | | (205271) | 111
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the use by the Government of Uzbekistan of (a) increased tariffs and (b) non-tariff barriers in the form of certification and safety procedures and Uzbek language labelling. | | (205272) | 112
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the levels of foreign direct investment in Uzbekistan from (a) the United States, (b) Japan, (c) the European Union and (d) the United Kingdom. | | (205273) | 113
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Uzbekistan about the expulsion of the Open Society Institute from Tashkent. | | (205274) | 114
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work has been undertaken by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy with members of the Democratic Forum in Uzbekistan. | | (205276) | 115
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to regard as not valid information which he believes to have been obtained by torture. | | (205277) | 116
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the claim made by Mr Craig Murray in his speech to Chatham House on 8th November, that a British businessman this year had his assets awarded by an Uzbek court to an Uzbek former partner who had already been paid for his share. | | (205319) | 117
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the claim made by Mr Craig Murray in his speech to Chatham House on 8th November, that a UK company had its share in a joint enterprise with an Uzbek state entity reduced in a court case of which it had not been informed. | | (205320) | 118
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Israeli Government on the security wall. | | (204391) | 119
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussion his Department has had with the Israeli Government on the future of Israeli settlements. | | (204392) | 120
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what position was taken by the UK at the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting in Sofia on 6th to 7th December on the Russian occupation of part of Moldova; and if he will make a statement. | | (205376) | 121
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the General Affairs and External Relations Council held on 13th December; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. | | (205281) | 122
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on insurgency in Bhutan. | | (205394) | 123
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) the Global Conflict Prevention Pool and (b) the Africa Pool. | | (205409) | 124
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to prepare for the launch in the UK in 2005 of the European Union Decade of Roma Inclusion. | | (205311) | 125
| Alice Mahon (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to withdraw British troops from Iraq under the terms of UN Security Resolution No. 1546. | | (205382) | 126
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of known injuries to Iraqi civilians which have been caused by the actions of multinational forces since 1st May 2003. | | (205513) | 127
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Iraqis killed by Saddam Hussein's regime in the period from 1st July 2001 to 19th March 2003, (b) Iraqi civilians killed in the period 20th March 2003 to 30th June and (c) Iraqi civilians killed in the period 1st July to 13th December. | | (205516) | 128
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by the Government to increase international monitoring of the security situation in Darfur. | | (205434) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 129
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department is taking to improve its capacity to raise standards of occupational health in the labour force. | | (205393) | 130
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress with the NHS Plus Initiative. | | (205395) | 131
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what indicators he (a) publishes and (b) monitors on the relative performance of EU member states on occupational health matters. | | (205398) | 132
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on research into Crohn's disease in each of the last 10 years; what plans there are for future funding in this area; and if he will make a statement. | | (205237) | 133
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS registered dentists there were in (a) St Ives constituency and (b) Cornwall in each of the past 10 years for which records are available. | | (205001) | 134
| Patrick Hall (Bedford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether capitation allocations to the Bedford Primary Care Trust will be based upon (a) forecast population growth and (b) past census records from April 2005. | | (205490) | 135
| Patrick Hall (Bedford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the full rental or lease costs of new facilities delivered by NHS local improvement finance trust programmes in the growth areas identified under the sustainable communities policy will be met from the day the particular facility is opened. | | (205491) | 136
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has conducted on drug regulatory systems; and if he will make a statement. | | (205374) | 137
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's expert working group report on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors was based on (a) consideration of raw clinical data and (b) summaries provided by the pharmaceutical companies. | | (205375) | 138
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of dental treatment on the NHS in England. | | (205440) | 139
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of surgical urology treatments in (a) Bournemouth, (b) Winchester, (c) Southampton and (d) Dorchester was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (205411) | 140
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the timetable for introducing Aimspro as a licensed drug for multiple sclerosis sufferers. | | (205412) | 141
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the European Working Time Directive for NHS trusts in Dorset. | | (205414) | 142
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the NHS trusts which have indicated that they expect a deficit exceeding one per cent. of their budget for 2004-05. | | (205415) | 143
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to NHS trusts in Dorset of implementing the new consultants' contract. | | (205417) | 144
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of using UVGI technology to combat pathogen levels in NHS hospitals. | | (205421) | 145
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted on the legal implications of electronic clinical records. | | (205485) | 146
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations he expects to propose in respect of the National Programme for IT electronic record sharing under section 60 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. | | (205486) | 147
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Code of Practice cited in the National Specification for the Integrated Care Records Service has been developed. | | (205487) | 148
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted into proposals for subject access within the National Programme for IT under the Data Protection Act 1998. | | (205488) | 149
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of NHS organisations certified to BS 7799-2:2002 security standard; and what proportion of products supplied under the National Programme for IT comply with this standard. | | (205502) | 150
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress with developing agreements on cryptography for record-sharing within the National Programme for IT. | | (205503) | 151
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department will take to ensure that NHS organisations conform to the Code of Practice on confidentiality. | | (205504) | 152
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the incorporation of implied consent into the National Programme for IT in the NHS. | | (205510) | 153
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Information Management Security Forum of the National Programme for IT last met; how often it has met since its inception; what its current membership is; and what outcomes it has produced. | | (205511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 154
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of probation staff in England and Wales were from ethnic minorities in the year ended March 2003. | | (204004) | 155
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Probation Board members are from ethnic minorities; and how many were from ethnic minorities in March 2001. | | (204005) | 156
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of senior probation officers are from ethnic minorities. | | (204006) | 157
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to accelerate the introduction of the purchaser/provider model for the Probation Service within the National Offender Management Service structure. | | (204007) | 158
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which functions of the Probation Service in England and Wales will be the subject of (a) contestability and (b) private tendering during (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07. | | (204008) | 159
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what mechanisms the future arrangements for the governance of the Probation Service will protect the employment rights and status of staff. | | (205314) | 160
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether sentencing practice will be changed prior to the implementation of the National Offender Management Service. | | (205315) | 161
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) the Probation Pay and Rewards Review and (b) the joint agreement on workload prioritisation will be implemented prior to further organisational changes for the Probation Service in England and Wales. | | (205316) | 162
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he will ensure that future organisational change in the Probation Service does not have a negative impact on (a) staff morale and (b) industrial relations. | | (205317) | 163
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the Question from the honourable Member for Cotswold, tabled on 29th November, ref 201515, regarding applicants for British citizenship serving abroad in the United Kingdom Armed Forces. | | (205334) | 164
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of drug testing and treatment orders have been breached in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area. | | (205326) | 165
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners shared cells in each month since 1997. | | (205327) | 166
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of recorded crimes resulted in a conviction in each year since 1997, broken down by recorded offence. | | (205330) | 167
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) airports and (b) seaports are manned 24 hours a day by (i) full-time immigration officials and (ii) full-time special branch officers. | | (205331) | 168
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pieces of guidance have been sent to (a) police forces and (b) police authorities in each year since 1997; and how many pages each piece of guidance contained. | | (205332) | 169
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Indonesian rainforest timber has been used in (a) the new Home Office building at 2 Marsham Street, (b) the contents of the building and (c) construction of the building; and if he will make a statement. | | (205333) | 170
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he was informed that his Department was informing applicants for indefinite leave to remain that their applications faced a delay of up to 12 months in April 2003. | | (205335) | 171
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Immigration and Nationality Directorate was contacted by officials in his Department concerning the application for indefinite leave to remain by Miss Leoncia Casalme in 2003. | | (205336) | 172
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) name and (b) job title of each Home Office official who worked on the application for indefinite leave to remain made by Miss Leoncia Casalme in 2003. | | (205337) | 173
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) name and (b) job title of Home Office officials assisting Sir Alan Budd with his current inquiry. | | (205338) | 174
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons a Home Office official accompanied Sir Alan Budd to interview Mrs Kimberly Quinn on 9th December. | | (205339) | 175
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREAM) certificate will be awarded to the new Home Office buildings in 2 Marsham Street; and what the assessment of the new building was against each indicator of the BREAM ranking. | | (205340) | 176
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff will be housed at the new Home Office buildings in 2 Marsham Street; and to which agencies each of the staff belongs. | | (205341) | 177
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the art strategy for the new Home Office buildings in 2 Marsham Street. | | (205342) | 178
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected opening date of the new Home Office buildings in 2 Marsham Street is. | | (205343) | 179
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed by the Home Office and each of its agencies (a) in London and (b) in each location outside London. | | (205344) | 180
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much public expenditure has been allocated for external consultants in relation to the 2 Marsham Street private finance initiative. | | (205345) | 181
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the contract period is of the agreement with Anne's Gate Property plc for the redevelopment on the site of the former Department of Environment offices at Marsham Street; what the estimated yearly payment from public funds to Anne's Gate Property plc is for the duration of the contract; and what the net present cost of the contract is at current prices. | | (205346) | 182
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which body has responsibility for the furnishings of the new Home Office buildings in 2 Marsham Street. | | (205347) | 183
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated expenditure on chairs in the new Home Office buildings in 2 Marsham Street is. | | (205348) | 184
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to public funds was of the demolition of the former Department of the Environment buildings in 2 Marsham Street. | | (205349) | 185
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which cable and satellite channels the new Home Office buildings in 2 Marsham Street will receive. | | (205350) | 186
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent from public funds on maintaining the offices of the former Department of the Environment buildings from the time it ceased to be working departmental offices to its demolition. | | (205351) | 187
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent from public funds on the (a) bidding process and (b) consultancy fees for the public-private partnership to redevelop 2 Marsham Street. | | (205352) | 188
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of misuse of computer information and databases by (a) civil servants, (b) police officers and (c) immigration officials have been recorded by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (205353) | 189
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy of his Department is on publishing the identities of criminals wanted by the police. | | (205354) | 190
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy of the police is on publishing the identities of criminals wanted (a) for questioning and (b) to appear in court. | | (205355) | 191
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife crimes took place in each (a) month and (b) year since 1997, broken down by police authority; and how many resulted in (i) fatal injury, (ii) serious injury and (iii) minor injury in each case. | | (205356) | 192
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been victims of (a) fatal injuries, (b) serious injuries and (c) slight injuries resulting from (i) gun crime and (ii) knife crime in each year since 1997. | | (205357) | 193
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each month since their introduction. | | (205358) | 194
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been breached in each (a) month and (b) year since they were introduced; and what percentage of the total handed out this represented in each case. | | (205359) | 195
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) community support officers and (b) police officers have been recruited in each of the last 24 months, broken down by (i) police force and (ii) police authority. | | (205360) | 196
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison places are planned for each of the next five years; and what the projected prison population is for each of the next five years. | | (205384) | 197
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that crimes against business are recorded separately from other crimes; and if he will make a statement. | | (205542) | 198
| Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued on the advice which should be given to local schools if a sex offender deemed by police to be a danger to children absconds from an open prison. | | (205492) | 199
| Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the weekly reports he has requested on the management of sex offenders at HMP Prescoed. | | (205493) | 200
| Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) sex offenders and (b) other offenders have absconded from (i) HMP Leyhill and (ii) HMP North Camp since 1999. | | (205494) | 201
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on crime against business premises. | | (205363) | 202
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will include crime against property on business premises as a police key performance indicator; and if he will make a statement. | | (205416) | 203
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on crime in retail stores; and if he will make a statement. | | (205372) | 204
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the drugs intervention programme. | | (205235) | 205
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his officials at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 10th March about a constituent of the honourable Member for Vauxhall, Home Office reference: W1009436. | | (205261) | 206
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Department has to denote business crime as a separate category within its reporting of criminal activity. | | (205532) | 207
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will meet the case management and IT staff costs of the National Missing Persons Helpline to implement from 17th January 2005 the National Agreement for sharing of information on missing people with all UK police forces. | | (205489) | 208
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he has not yet replied to the letter of 15th November from the honourable Member for Yeovil in relation to an immigration appeal, Home Office reference D1086636; and if he will make a statement. | | (204865) | 209
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of police funding per head of population has been for (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Dorset in each year from 1998-99. | | (205408) | 210
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he monitors the use by government agencies of mobile phones to track the whereabouts of individuals. | | (205519) | 211
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on issuing British passports to South African nationals who are serving in the British Army and married to British citizens. | | (205442) | 212
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether South African nationals who are married to a British citizen are eligible to be issued with a British passport whilst continuing to serve in the British Army. | | (205443) | 213
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps a South African national serving in the British Army and married to a British citizen should take to apply for a British passport. | | (205444) | 214
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on Scotland Yard's Anti-Corruption Squad's investigation into the circumstances leading to the wrongful conviction of Erkin Guney; when the investigation is expected to be concluded; when the results are expected to be presented to the Crown Prosecution Service; when Mr Guney will be advised of progress; and if he will make a statement. | | (205533) | 215
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Mr Roy Clark, formerly of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, has been excluded from participation in, or oversight of, the inquiry into the conduct of the police in relation to the wrongful conviction of Erkin Guney; and if he will make a statement. | | (205534) | 216
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been charged with offences arising from the defence of their home against a burglar or other intruder in each of the past five years; how many prosecutions were successful; how many persons were sentenced to a term of imprisonment; and how many convictions were subsequently overturned. | | (205260) | 217
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made in constructing a national action plan for the UK contribution to the European Union Decade of Roma Inclusion; and what consultation he has conducted with gypsy and traveller groups. | | (205310) | 218
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been convicted of child abuse offences in each of the last five years in England; and what proportion of offenders were (a) men and (b) the parent or step-parent of the child victim in each year. | | (205290) | 219
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought in each year since 2000 for breach of building regulations. | | (205484) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 220
| Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Department is taking to tackle caste discrimination in India. | | (205401) | 221
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Government of Uzbekistan and (b) small farmers near Samarkand about property rights in agriculture. | | (205268) | 222
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the Government of Uzbekistan about the restrictions placed on non-governmental organisations operating in the country. | | (205275) | 223
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the extent of the use of child labour in Uzbekistan. | | (205278) | 224
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of post-war aid resources committed to Iraq has been spent to date; and what plans there are for further expenditure. | | (205515) | Questions to the Prime Minister 225
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will ensure that information contained in letters from constituents forwarded by honourable Members to Government departments is not stored on databases for party political uses. | | (205535) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 226
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has held with (a) parish and town councils and (b) the National Association of Local Councils on how these bodies might support sub-post offices. | | (205390) | 227
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will raise the minimum wage to the level recommended by the TUC. | | (205439) | 228
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what volume of trade passed through Southampton in each year since 1998-99. | | (205391) | 229
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK of the EU Directive on the Security of Energy Supply. | | (205362) | 230
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the reasons are for the closure of the National Institute for Medical Research; and what her assessment is of the implications for the development of malaria vaccines in the UK. | | (205424) | 231
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial incentives the Government (a) has in place and (b) is planning to support (i) small and (ii) specialised businesses to remain open in town centres. | | (205288) | 232
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial incentives the Government (a) has in place and (b) is planning to encourage people to buy from smaller local shops. | | (205289) | 233
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Written Statement on the updated policy on intermediate level radioactive waste substitution of 13th December, Official Report, column 115WS, what assessment the Office of Civil Nuclear Security made of the possible opportunities this option may provide for terrorists to intercept or hijack high level radioactive waste. | | (205512) | 234
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the sections on (a) nuclear energy and (b) nuclear materials of the United Nations Secretary-General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, published in December. | | (205518) | 235
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will take futher steps to ensure that clergy are fully protected in respect of (a) race, (b) disability and (c) sex discrimination in relation to employment legislation. | | (205379) | 236
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the impact of the Genuine Occupation Qualification within the (a) Sex Discrimination Act 1975, (b) Race Relations Act 1976 and (c) Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on clergy office holders. | | (205380) | 237
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether section 23 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 applies to ministers of religion and their employees. | | (205381) | 238
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the recommendations resulting from the Employment Status Review will be published. | | (205383) | 239
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will report progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the most recent review of the hearing aid industry. | | (205537) | 240
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice she has given to Ofgem with regard to section 83 of the Energy Act 2004. | | (205243) | 241
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list combined heat and power schemes which she has visited since taking her post. | | (205244) | 242
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will respond to the recommendations made by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in its report, Biomass as a Renewable Energy Source. | | (205245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 243
| Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) Leeds City Council and (b) West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority on (i) the A65 quality bus scheme, (ii) Kirkstall rail station, (iii) Armley rail station and (iv) additional rolling stock for the (A) Leeds to Harrogate and (B) Leeds to Bradford railway lines. | | (205402) | 244
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the public consultation into the major improvements to the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge road will take place. | | (205180) | 245
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects that the delay to the public consultation on the improvements to the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge road will delay the completion of the building of the new road. | | (205181) | 246
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Highways Agency made the decision to delay the consultation into the major improvements to the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge road. | | (205182) | 247
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the terms of the Young Persons' Railcard and (b) the utility to young people seeking training or education of the Young Persons' Railcard. | | (205397) | 248
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress of the implementation by the Highways Agency of the recommendations made in the Hyder Route Management Study of the A31/A35, with particular reference to Morecombelake, Chideock, Winterbourne Abbas and Bridport. | | (205410) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 249
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 8th December, Official Report, columns 547-8W, on National Assembly for Wales, when responsibility for powers relating to plant health was transferred from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the National Assembly for Wales; and under what legislation the transfer was effected. | | (205318) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 250
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances staff who process applications for crisis loans are able to seek clarification of details from the applicant. | | (205373) | 251
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs were lost with the closure of the York Pension Centre at Monks Cross. | | (205468) | 252
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs he expects to be created within the administrative unit for the Financial Assistance Scheme to be housed within the former York Pension Centre at Monks Cross. | | (205469) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 253
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the ratio of young jobless people, including those on New Deal programmes, to the total number of unemployed persons was in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (205328) | 254
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many young people over 16 years were not in education, employment or training in each of the last 10 years, expressed as a proportion of the total adult labour force. | | [Transferred] (205329) | 255
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people under 25 years of age were unemployed and claiming benefit in Burton on 1st December (a) 1997 and (b) 2004. | | [Transferred] (205538) | 256
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many long-term unemployed people aged (a) under 25 years and (b) over 25 years there were in Burton on 1st December (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004. | | [Transferred] (205539) | 257
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) Government departments and agencies and (b) public bodies which use 0870 telephone numbers as contact numbers for members of the public. | | [Transferred] (205418) | 258
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice has been given to Government departments on the advisability of using 0870 numbers when making telephone calls. | | [Transferred] (205419) | 259
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to advise (a) Government departments and agencies and (b) public bodies to use 0845 or alternative direct numbers in preference to 0870 numbers as contact numbers for members of the public. | | [Transferred] (205420) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 260
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the timetable for his review of grants and allowances for those suffering from muscular dystrophy and their carers. | | [Transferred] (205422) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 261
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from his United States counterpart in respect of the hunger strike by Saddam Hussein. | | [Transferred] (205517) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 262
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether irradiation treatment of (a) fruit, (b) vegetables, (c) cereals, (d) bulbs and tubers, (e) spices and condiments, (f) fish and shellfish and (g) poultry is permitted in the UK. | | [Transferred] (205252) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 263
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Sudan. | | [Question Unstarred] (204706) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 264
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners in Burton who are living in households suffering from fuel poverty; and how this number has changed since 1997. | | [Transferred] (205540) | 265
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of people claiming a disability benefit who are living in households suffering from fuel poverty in Burton; and how this number has changed since 1997. | | [Transferred] (205541) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 266
| Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where he plans to pilot the learning allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (205399) |
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