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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 16 December 2004

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
 


 

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 16 December 2004
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 16 December 2004


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 16 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 Thursday 16 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 16 December see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Chairman of the Administration Committee
1
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what health and safety guidance led to the decision to remove kettles from communal facilities for honourable Members and office staff in outbuildings on the Parliamentary estate.
(205403)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
2
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost to her Department of unauthorised personal calls made by members of staff to (a) domestic and (b) international numbers was in the last period for which figures are available.
(206022)
3
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her policy is on the use of telephones in her Department by members of staff for personal (i) domestic and (ii) international calls; and if she will make a statement.
(206023)
4
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures she has taken to ensure that telephones in her Department are not used by staff for making unauthorised personal calls to international numbers.
(206024)
5
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many items of Civil Service property within her Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205583)
6
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent by her Office on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205619)
7
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205624)
8
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the costs of refurbishments in the Cabinet Office were in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205680)
9
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many items of electrical equipment were used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205739)
10
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent by her Office on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205747)
11
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from the Cabinet Office, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by the Cabinet Office in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Cabinet Office and (ii) location was in each case.
(205768)
12
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list Cabinet Office IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205777)
13
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in the Cabinet Office have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205819)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
14
N
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) contacts and (b) protocols are in place between customs authorities in the European Union to track and trace (i) virus and (ii) vaccine stocks and materials as they cross borders.
(204547)
15
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people living in the London Borough of Wandsworth pay income tax at (a) the basic rate and (b) the higher rate; and if he will make a statement.
(205912)
16
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gross domestic product of the London Borough of Wandsworth has been in each of the last three years.
(205913)
17
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of families living in the London Borough of Wandsworth who are entitled to the child tax credit; and if he will make a statement.
(205917)
18
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families living in the London Borough of Wandsworth are in receipt of the working tax credit; and if he will make a statement.
(205920)
19
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the Inland Revenue's approved mileage rates to take into account rising fuel costs.
(205926)
20
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the nature is of an exceptional technical problem, referred to in a letter from the Inland Revenue to the honourable Member for Birkenhead concerning a tax credits case; and how many of these technical problems there have been in (a) 2003-04 and (b) the current tax year.
(205294)
21
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Inland Revenue officers mean when saying a tax credits case has gone technical; and how many such technical cases there have been in (a) 2003-04 and (b) the current tax year.
(205295)
22
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what it means when Inland Revenue officers refer to a fatal error, in a tax credits case; and how many such errors there have been in (a) 2003-04 and (b) the current tax year.
(205296)
23
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid in compensation by the Inland Revenue to tax credit claimants in each month in (a) 2003-04 and (b) the current tax year.
(205303)
24
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many deaths within (a) North Southwark and Bermondsey and (b) the London Borough of Southwark alcohol was found to be a primary cause in each of the last five years.
(205547)
25
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the processing of tax credit claims.
(205586)
26
N
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letters dated 22nd July and 18th November from the honourable Member for Kingston upon Hull North, concerning correspondence from the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull about the VAT partial exemption method.
(204866)
27
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205567)
28
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205589)
29
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205617)
30
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205679)
31
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205738)
32
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205759)
33
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list his Department's IT projects for each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205792)
34
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205804)
35
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205866)
36
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding was allocated to Customs and Excise in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004; and how much is budgeted for (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006 for the detection of illegal meat imports.
(205974)
37
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals have been prosecuted for illegally importing meat in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) January to November 2004.
(205975)
38
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken to identify new technology to detect illegal meat imports.
(205976)
39
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funds were allocated to identifying new technology to detect illegal meat imports in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004; and how much is budgeted for this purpose for (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006.
(205977)
40
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many dogs were employed in detecting illegal meat imports in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) the months January to November 2004; and how many will be employed in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006.
(205978)
41
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the quantity of meat illegally imported by sea to UK sea ports in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) January to November 2004.
(205979)
42
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the effectiveness of Customs and Excise's detection of illegal meat is measured; and by whom.
(205981)
43
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of trials of advanced remote detection systems at airports in detecting illegal meats.
(205984)
44
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to carry out field trials of advanced remote detection systems on air routes which are known to be used by smugglers of illegal meat.
(205985)
45
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the (a) time and (b) resources available to Customs and Excise which is spent on the detection of illegal meat imports.
(205986)
46
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the quantity of illegal meat imported by air to UK airports (a) in each calendar year between 2000 and 2003 and (b) between January and November 2004.
(205987)
47
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research into available technology for improving the detection of diseased meat at airports his Department has (a) conducted and (b) evaluated.
(205988)
48
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues regarding the level of net taxes and social security contributions as a proportion of gross domestic product.
(205997)
49
N
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals his Department has received in respect of requests to reconsider recovery of tax credit overpayments; and how many have been successful.
(204867)
50
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Treasury has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September.
(205743)
51
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205774)
52
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205775)
53
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205776)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
54
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205833)
55
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much revenue his Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205843)
Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
56
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of fines imposed by courts covering the Greater London area were not paid in each of the last five years.
(205919)
57
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205574)
58
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205598)
59
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205608)
60
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205669)
61
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many items of electrical equipment were used by the Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205728)
62
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from the Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by the Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205752)
63
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will list the Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205783)
64
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205813)
65
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent by the Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205875)
66
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205837)
67
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much revenue his Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205846)
68
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205564)
69
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many of the staff employed by the Department have a declared disability.
(205565)
70
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205566)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
71
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the alleged attempt to defraud the National Lottery.
(205882)
72
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many items of Civil Service property within her Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205570)
73
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205603)
74
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205623)
75
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of refurbishments in her Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205665)
76
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many items of electrical equipment were used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205723)
77
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by her Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205746)
78
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from her Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by her Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205766)
79
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list her Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205778)
80
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in her Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205816)
81
N
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the costs of works required to (a) improve museums and galleries, (b) repair Grade I and Grade II buildings at risk and (c) restore historic parks.
(204058)
82
N
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the National Lottery Bill on the income of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland.
(204059)
83
N
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provisions she has put in place to guarantee funding to Heritage Lottery Fund projects whose funding has already been agreed but which has not been drawn down following a change in funding arrangements.
(204213)
84
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proposed change in fees payable by licensed premises consequent upon the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003.
(205742)
85
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by her Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205840)
86
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much revenue her Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205850)
87
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the extent to which her Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205558)
88
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the staff employed by her Department have a declared disability.
(205559)
89
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many women there are in senior positions in her Department.
(205560)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
90
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role British forces are undertaking in Afghanistan.
(205911)
91
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Army bases there are in England and Wales.
(205914)
92
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are stationed in Northern Ireland.
(205915)
93
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was to his Department of equipment purchased from other members of the European Union in each of the last five years.
(205916)
94
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on British military involvement in the European Rapid Reaction Force.
(205918)
95
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female soldiers from ethnic minorities are serving in each of the armed services.
(205921)
96
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been killed while on military exercises in each of the last three years.
(205922)
97
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has held with the Director of Infantry on the proposal to cut one of the Fusilier battalions of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
(204871)
98
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department was informed of the decision by Alvis to use (a) PT Truba and (b) PTSK as agents in connection with the sale of Scorpion and Stormer vehicles to Indonesia.
(205694)
99
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department was informed of the decision by BAE Systems to use PTSK as its agent in connection with the sale of Hawk jets to Indonesia.
(205695)
100
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department was informed of the decision by Alvis Plc to conclude a consultancy agreement with Global Select.
(205696)
101
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions the Defence Export Services Organisation had with Alvis on commission payments in connection with the sale of Scorpion and Stormer vehicles to Indonesia.
(205697)
102
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will accept (a) Gulf War Syndrome and (b) Acute Vaccination Reaction as being attributable to service when applications are made for a war pension.
(205698)
103
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the findings of the Lord Lloyd Inquiry into Gulf War illnesses, with particular reference to his response to the recommendations.
(205699)
104
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what services the UK Government provided on the 1995 contract for the supply of (a) Scorpion and (b) Stormer vehicles to Indonesia.
(205700)
105
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the garment which the Minister of State indicated on 8th December, Official Report, column 156WH, had been tested by four separate test houses was a camouflage garment printed and manufactured in China.
(205505)
106
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether, during his Department's assessment visit to factory 3533 in China, officials saw British army camouflage fabric being (a) processed and (b) manufactured.
(205506)
107
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Government has carried out a comparative analysis of the interrogation techniques used by UK Forces in South Eastern Iraq and US Forces at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.
(205681)
108
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205576)
109
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205596)
110
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205610)
111
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205672)
112
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205730)
113
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205754)
114
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205785)
115
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205811)
116
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205873)
117
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans will respond to the letter of 16th November from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding RAF Buchan redundancy payments.
(206010)
118
N
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the Regular Reserve have (a) received statutory notice of compulsory mobilisation and (b) been accepted into mobilised service for operations overseas since 1998.
(205447)
119
N
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the establishment of the Territorial Army have (a) received statutory notice of compulsory mobilisation and (b) been accepted into mobilised service for operations overseas since 1998, broken down by cap badge.
(205448)
120
N
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to publish the Warship Support Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2003-04.
(205449)
121
N
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) gross operating cost, (b) net operating cost, (c) net cash outflow from operating activities and (d) cost of capital charge for the Warship Support Agency was in financial year 2003-04.
(205450)
122
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timescale he plans for the implementation of tranche three of the Eurofighter Typhoon project.
(205901)
123
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 16 and 17 year olds are serving in (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army and (c) the Royal Air Force.
(205682)
124
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people aged under 18 years have died while on service and in training in each of the armed forces in the last 10 years; and if he will list the causes of death in each case.
(205683)
125
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received concerning the use by coalition forces of toxic chemical agents on (a) military and (b) civilian targets in Iraq.
(206030)
126
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205835)
127
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much revenue his Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205845)
128
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205717)
129
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205718)
130
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205719)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
131
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the date of the public inquiry into the compulsory purchase order relating to the development of the Anglia Polytechnic University site in Victoria Road South, Chelmsford will be announced.
(205324)
132
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people will be affected by the decision to increase the minimum age at which benefits from the local government pension scheme can be paid from 50 to 55 years; and if he will phase in this change.
(205902)
133
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with local authority social services departments about planned reductions in the Supporting People budget.
(204901)
134
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether it was his Department's policy to encourage local authority social services departments to set up independent Supporting People teams.
(204902)
135
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people, expressed as a full-time equivalent, are employed by each local authority in Supporting People teams; and what budget was allocated to the teams for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.
(204903)
136
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205568)
137
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205588)
138
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205618)
139
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205671)
140
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205737)
141
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Office, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Office in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to his Office and (ii) location was in each case.
(205758)
142
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205793)
143
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205803)
144
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning appeals against conversion of existing residential accommodation in Oxford to flats for multiple occupation he has determined in the last two years; and how many were allowed.
(205886)
145
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much Government grant was given to Oxfordshire County Council in each of the last 10 years.
(205887)
146
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria he applies to the acceptability of plans for housing in the Green Belt.
(205888)
147
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205771)
148
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205772)
149
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205773)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
150
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her latest estimate is of the number of universities expected to charge the maximum £3,000 fee in 2006; and if she will make a statement.
(205703)
151
N
Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of the reception held by her Department in August at Stapleford Park in Leicestershire; on what basis the venue was selected; whether nearby venues were invited to tender; and if she will make a statement.
(203801)
152
Alan Howarth (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time higher education students were enrolled at universities and colleges in England in each of the last 10 years.
(205893)
153
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department spent on (a) pre-schools (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools in the London Borough of Southwark in each year since 1996-97; and how much was spent by the London Borough of Southwark from locally-generated revenue in each case.
(205544)
154
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will reply to the letter to her of 11th November from Helen Donovan.
(205949)
155
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to move pension provisions for teachers employed by local authorities into line with those employed by the local education authority.
(205548)
156
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many items of civil service property within her Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205575)
157
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205597)
158
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205609)
159
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost of refurbishments in her Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205670)
160
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many items of electrical equipment were used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205729)
161
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from her Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by her Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205753)
162
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list her Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205784)
163
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff in her Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205812)
164
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent by her Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205874)
165
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action she is taking to maintain the level of provision of science-based courses at universities.
(205689)
166
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the closure of science-based departments at UK universities.
(205701)
167
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many science-based departments have closed in universities since 1997.
(205704)
168
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to increase the study of science subjects at (a) GCSE and (b) A-Level; and what incentives are offered to encourage the study of science subjects at university.
(205543)
169
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by her Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205836)
170
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the extent to which her Department's policies are meeting the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205720)
171
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of the staff employed by her Department have a declared disability.
(205721)
172
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many women there are in senior positions in her Department.
(205722)
173
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK citizens of (a) Asian, (b) black, (c) Chinese and (d) white background were admitted to universities in England in 2004.
(205769)
174
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to increase ethnic diversity in higher education.
(205770)
175
N
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the likely costs to agencies involved in administering an individual fixed penalty notice for non-school attendance issued by a local education authority.
(205404)
176
N
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate the Department has made of the number of fixed penalty notices for non-attendance that a local education authority would need to issue to parents for this scheme to be cost neutral to the local authority.
(205405)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
177
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent estimate is of the daily energy consumption resulting from the use of standby units on televisions; and if she will make a statement.
(206025)
178
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the (a) reasons for and (b) consequences of rising emissions of (i) nitrogen dioxide and (ii) ammonia from the road transport sector between 1990 and 2002.
(206026)
179
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the last date of employment of her Department's most recent Communications Director was; what steps she has taken to find a replacement; and when she expects a replacement to be in place.
(206027)
180
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is supervising the day-to-day running of her Department's Communications Unit; what that person's official job title is; and if she will make a statement.
(206028)
181
N
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has for funding the Honey Bee Health Programme; and what assessment she has made of the impact these plans would have on monitoring the infectious diseases of bees.
(205291)
182
N
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the help that is available to amateur beekeepers to control infectious diseases of bees.
(205292)
183
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the total figure for total income from farming for the most recent year is expected; and if she will make a statement on the level of accuracy of the initial forecast figure in relation to the final agreed figure in previous years.
(206011)
184
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce a decontamination and radiation service.
(205587)
185
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many items of civil service property within her Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205569)
186
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205605)
187
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205620)
188
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of refurbishments in her Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205666)
189
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many items of electrical equipment were used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205725)
190
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by her Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205744)
191
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from her Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by her Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205765)
192
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list her Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205780)
193
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205818)
194
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risks of importing disease via illegally imported meat.
(205980)
195
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether seized meat imports are tested for disease.
(205983)
196
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research she has commissioned on the incidence of flooding in Oxford; what the terms of reference were; and what the expected date for the (a) report and (b) publication is.
(205884)
197
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the establishment of marine conservation zones in the North Sea.
(205885)
198
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by her Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205838)
199
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much revenue her Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205848)
200
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which her Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205552)
201
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the staff employed by her Department have a declared disability.
(205553)
202
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many women there are in senior positions in her Department.
(205554)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
203
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the President of Pakistan on the possible adverse effects on local people of the extension of the Mangla Dam.
(205741)
204
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice was given by (a) his Department, (b) the local diplomatic mission in Indonesia and (c) the commercial officer in Indonesia, to Alvis Plc and Alvis Ltd about the use of agents in connection with the sale of Scorpion and Stormer vehicles to Indonesia.
(205690)
205
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date his Department was informed of the decision by Alvis Plc to conclude a consultancy agreement with Global Select.
(205691)
206
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date his Department was informed of the decision by BAE Systems to use PTSK as agents in connection with the sale of Hawk jets to Indonesia.
(205692)
207
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date his Department was informed of the decision by Alvis to use (a) PT Truba and (b) PTSK as agents in connection with the sale of Scorpion and Stormer vehicles to Indonesia.
(205693)
208
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the UK will press the EU to take appropriate measures under Article 79 of the EU/Israel Association Agreement to enforce the human rights conditions of the Agreement.
(205660)
209
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent elections in the Ukraine.
(205748)
210
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many locally engaged staff have been dismissed or resigned as a consequence of misconduct in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement.
(205523)
211
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether non-EU nationals employed in residences of UK ambassadors and high commissioners throughout the world are required (a) to be entitled to work permits in the UK and (b) to have work permits in relation to the country in which the ambassadors, and high commissioners, residences are located; and if he will make a statement.
(205524)
212
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his recruitment policy is for staff who (a) prepare food, (b) serve food and fulfil other related hospitality and reception duties and (c) perform cleaning duties at the residences of ambassadors and high commisioners; and if he will make a statement.
(205525)
213
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions on which his Department's staff have met Tim Spicer in the past 24 months in their official capacity, broken down by date; and if he will make a statement.
(205526)
214
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Foreign Service staff have been dismissed or resigned as a consequence of misconduct in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement.
(205527)
215
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent parliamentary and presidential elections in Mozambique, with particular reference to the Renamo opposition party's claims of election fraud.
(205904)
216
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the human rights situation in the Palestinian Occupied Authority.
(205905)
217
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) European Union and (b) Commonwealth counterparts on the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
(205906)
218
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) European Union and (b) African Union counterparts on how to ensure the safety of aid workers in Sudan.
(205907)
219
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to facilitate and support talks between India and Pakistan about safeguarding against nuclear conflict.
(205908)
220
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Venezuela following the signing of the Media Content Law; and what assessment he has made of the law's impact on freedom of expression in Venezuela.
(205909)
221
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the proposed accession to the World Trade Organisation of (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) Iran.
(205910)
222
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) European Union and (b) Commonwealth counterparts on the likely effect of Zimbabwe's new Non-Governmental Organisations Act on democracy groups in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
(205950)
223
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) European Union and (b) United Nations counterparts on the situation in Somalia; and if he will make a statement.
(205951)
224
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Australia and (b) other Commonwealth counterparts about the situation in Papua New Guinea; and if he will make a statement.
(205952)
225
Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts about the forthcoming election in the Maldives; and if he will make a statement.
(205953)
226
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many items of Civil Service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205582)
227
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205590)
228
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205616)
229
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205678)
230
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205736)
231
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205760)
232
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205791)
233
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205805)
234
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205867)
235
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the Ugandan Government Communication Director, Mr Ofwono-Opondo, in the public execution of Geoffrey Lubega; what representations (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have made to (i) members and (ii) representatives of the Ugandan Government concerning this issue; and if he will make a statement.
(206014)
236
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have had with (i) members and (ii) representatives of the Ugandan Government regarding President Museveni's policy on social and political problems in Zimbabwe; what assessment he had made of President Museveni's view of the UK's role in Zimbabwe's development; and if he will make a statement.
(206015)
237
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have had with (i) members and (ii) representatives of the Ugandan Government regarding reports of payments to members of Parliament in Uganda for their support of the proposed constitutional amendment to remove the two-term presidential limit; what reports he has received of such actions taking place; and if he will make a statement.
(206016)
238
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have made to (i) members and (ii) representatives of the Government of Uganda regarding reports of public flogging incidents in Uganda, with particular reference to reported incidents involving four opposition members of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
(206017)
239
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have had with (i) their counterparts in the Commonwealth, (ii) their counterparts in the European Union member states and (iii) members of the European Commission regarding the provision of projects aimed at capacity building in the Ugandan political opposition; and if he will make a statement.
(206019)
240
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on the culture of political opposition in Uganda of the 1986 ban on political activities; and if he will make a statement.
(206020)
241
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have made to the Ugandan authorities regarding reports of President Museveni publicly supporting President Robert Mugabe's land policies and blaming the UK for the land problems in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
(206021)
242
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to urge the Secretary-General of the United Nations to review the UN's conduct in relation to the 1969 Act of Free Choice in West Papua.
(205883)
243
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the human rights situation in West Papua.
(205891)
244
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the detention of Yu Jie, Liu Xiaobo and Zhang Zuhua for human rights in China.
(205892)
245
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to combat organised crime in Kosovo.
(205896)
246
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what co-operation his Department's officials in Kosovo have with representatives of the former Kosovo Liberation Army.
(205897)
247
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which areas of Kosovo remain polluted or contaminated as a result of the NATO military action in 1999; what plans there are to remove and remediate this contamination; what resources have been set aside to carry out this clean-up; and if he will make a statement on the future of Kosovo.
(205900)
248
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205829)
249
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much revenue his Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205841)
250
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205860)
251
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205861)
252
N
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UK embassies in EU capitals had a permanent defence attaché on 1st June (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2004; and what plans he has to alter the levels of representation.
(204870)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
253
N
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms the Health Protection Agency has agreed with its equivalent agencies in the European Union to achieve common standards and stocks of national vaccine stockpiles.
(204548)
254
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what aid his Department is giving to third world contries on health issues.
(204671)
255
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for anti-depressants have been issued in the last 10 years; and what the change in numbers of such prescriptions has been over this period.
(206008)
256
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the availability of cognitive behavioural therapy.
(206009)
257
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which NHS trusts cleaning services are (a) directly managed and (b) outsourced.
(204904)
258
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on negotiations to introduce agreed IT systems into general practitioner practices.
(204905)
259
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (a) has paid and (b) plans to pay to Media Strategy to help them prepare for oral evidence sessions before Parliamentary select committees between October 2003 and April 2005.
(205661)
260
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what purposes the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority employs consultants; and how much it has paid to consultants since June 2001 and plans to pay up to April 2005.
(205662)
261
N
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what day services are available to people with mental health problems at the Benjamin Road Day Centre in Wycombe.
(205451)
262
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the role of clinical nurse specialists in breast care, with particular reference to (a) new roles being undertaken by breast care nurses and (b) the support, resources and training needed to undertake these roles.
(205749)
263
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy (a) to recommend to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence that it introduce guidance on the maximum caseloads for breast care nurses in its forthcoming review of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment and (b) to direct NHS trusts to implement guidance on maximum caseloads for breast care nurses.
(205750)
264
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of sufficient numbers of breast care nurses; and if he will make a statement.
(205751)
265
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average list size is of general practitioners in (a) North Southwark and Bermondsey, (b) the London Borough of Southwark and (c) Greater London.
(205545)
266
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 6th December, Official Report, column 360W, on strategic health authorities, if he will list (a) the average forecast year-end deficit of primary care trusts in England in the same format as his Answer of 1st December, Official Report, column 131W, on primary care trusts and (b) the anticipated financial deficit in the year to 31st March 2005 of (i) strategic health authorities, (ii) primary care trusts and (iii) NHS trusts in England in the same format as his Answer of 29th November, Official Report, columns 6-7W, on health service deficits (South West).
(205851)
267
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to assess whether a hospital is rated as having (a) excellent, (b) good, (c) acceptable, (d) poor and (e) unacceptable levels of cleanliness under the 2004 Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) hospital cleanliness scores; what criteria were used to assess whether a hospital was rated as having (i) green, (ii) amber and (iii) red levels of cleanliness in PEAT hospital cleanliness scores of 2000-03; for what reasons the number of strata of hospital cleanliness has been increased; and on what date it was decided to increase the number of strata.
(205862)
268
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he or a member of his Ministerial team (a) received and (b) approved the publication of the Patient Environment Action Team scores.
(205863)
269
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what elements of hospital cleanliness were assessed in the process of compiling the 2004 Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) scores for hospital cleanliness; how the elements assessed differed from those used to compile the PEAT hospital cleanliness scores in previous years; for what reasons these changes were introduced; and what further plans he has to change the PEAT hospital cleanliness assessment procedure.
(205864)
270
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many confirmed deaths there were in 2003 from drug overdoses involving (a) methadone use and (b) buprenorphine use.
(205223)
271
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th November, Official Report, column 872W, when the Government expects to have enough undiluted doses of smallpox vaccine to cover the entire population.
(205881)
272
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors' surgeries there are in England.
(205299)
273
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accident and emergency departments there are in England.
(205300)
274
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205578)
275
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205594)
276
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205612)
277
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205674)
278
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205732)
279
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205756)
280
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205787)
281
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205809)
282
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205871)
283
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205706)
284
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205707)
285
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205708)
286
Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Aimspro treatment for multiple sclerosis; what trials of it have taken place; what the results were; what its current availability is; and what requirements need to be fulfilled before it is available to NHS patients.
(205740)
287
N
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices are operating in North Dorset constituency; and how many of those practices are accepting new adult patients.
(204869)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
288
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to police forces on the enforcement of laws relating to driving whilst using a mobile phone.
(205599)
289
Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to evaluate programmes developed specifically for women offenders.
(206012)
290
Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to produce regular reports on the progress of the Home Office's Women Offenders Reduction Programme initiative.
(206013)
291
Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that an appropriate amount of money goes to local women's refuge organisations and other domestic violence support services working with children affected by domestic violence under Section 50 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.
(206034)
292
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will extend provision of free passports to veterans of the armed forces who joined up during the Second World War, but who are under the age of 75 years.
(205924)
293
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the cost of providing free passports to (a) all veterans of the armed forces who joined up during the Second World War and (b) all people born on or before VE Day.
(205925)
294
Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been detained in the family accommodation at Dungavel Detention Centre in each month since its re-opening.
(206018)
295
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been carried out of the 2001 National Probation Service reforms.
(205709)
296
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of how the proposed purchaser/provider split for the Probation Service in England and Wales will affect the key objective of managing offenders efficiently, effectively and seamlessly.
(205710)
297
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Business Case has been commissioned in respect of the purchaser/provider model which has been advanced for the National Probation Service.
(205711)
298
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) multi-agency public protection work, (b) drug treatment and testing supervision hostels and (c) probation work in prisons under the purchaser/provider model for the Probation Service in England and Wales will be part of the (i) offender management arm and (ii) interventions arm; and if he will make a statement.
(205712)
299
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th December, Official Report, column 638W, on crimes against young people, what the definition is of the offence of child destruction.
(205998)
300
N
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of anti-terrorism legislation to search properties in Rusholme and Moss Side in December.
(205365)
301
N
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions anti-terrorism legislation has been used to (a) stop and arrest individuals and (b) search premises; on how many of these occasions charges ensued; and on how many occasions charges under anti-terrorism legislation were brought.
(205366)
302
N
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what review process applies to the use of anti-terrorism legislation; and if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of that legislation.
(205367)
303
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether detailed costings have been made of the changes to sentencing which will occur as a consequence of the Criminal Justice Act 2003; when the changes will be introduced; and whether they will be fully funded by central Government.
(205684)
304
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding will be available for financial year 2005-06 to the Probation Service for the introduction of generic sentences.
(205685)
305
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funds will be made available to the Prisons and Probation Services to implement Custody Plus; and when the measure will be implemented.
(205686)
306
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to monitor the performance of the Probation Service against outcomes.
(205687)
307
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to commission research into the reasons for increases in the number of black offenders in custody.
(205688)
308
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of Civil Service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205581)
309
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205591)
310
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205615)
311
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205677)
312
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205735)
313
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205761)
314
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205790)
315
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205806)
316
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205868)
317
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his policy to allow information obtained under torture from British citizens held by another country in prosecutions carried out under anti-terrorist legislation.
(205899)
318
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205830)
319
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sentences are available to judges for under-age carrying of knives.
(205561)
320
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes to sentencing provisions the Government plans in its proposals for the under-aged carrying of knives.
(205562)
321
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to implement more severe sentences for knife crimes.
(205563)
322
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the policies of his Department meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205794)
323
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205795)
324
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205796)
325
N
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on immigration to Northern Ireland of different admission criteria used by immigration officers in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
(204868)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
326
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what training his Department has provided to partner country staff regarding aid delivery via poverty reduction budget support in the last year.
(205878)
327
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research he has commissioned concerning the effectiveness of aid delivery via (a) conventional programmes and projects and (b) poverty reduction budget support.
(205879)
328
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many chief technical adviser posts there were in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04; and how many such posts have been abolished in the past year.
(205880)
329
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has received representations from (a) the authorities in Uganda and (b) his Department's in-country programme office in Kampala regarding termination of the Uganda Forest Sector Policy and Strategy Project.
(205903)
330
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to increase the amount of money spent per head of population on health in the Third World.
(204670)
331
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government has allocated towards Education for All.
(204872)
332
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department is contributing to the Education for All Fast-Track Initiative.
(204873)
333
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support he is giving to the provision of donkeys to internally displaced people in Darfur.
(205625)
334
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on economic restructuring in Afghanistan.
(205584)
335
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205573)
336
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205585)
337
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205607)
338
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205668)
339
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205727)
340
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205763)
341
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list his Department's IT projects for each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205782)
342
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205814)
343
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205876)
344
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much revenue his Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205847)
345
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205858)
346
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205859)
Questions to the Leader of the House
347
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Leader of the House, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205854)
348
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Leader of the House, how many women there are in senior positions amongst his staff.
(205855)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
349
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the value of European Union funding for projects from LEADER and partnership groups which are dependent on securing planning permission; and what priority is being given by the Planning Service to current planning applications from LEADER and partnership groups in Northern Ireland which cannot spend approved EU funded grants until planning permission has been received for their project.
(205894)
350
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what level of funding is being granted by the Government towards (a) capital costs and (b) recurrent costs in respect of (i) adult hospices and (ii) children's hospices in the current financial year.
(205895)
351
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated to (a) Queen's University and (b) the University of Ulster to encourage access and participation in each of the last three years.
(205972)
352
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, at how many locations in Northern Ireland the offices of the Social Security Agency and the Training and Employment Agency have been amalgamated into a single office with a joint working arrangement; and what plans he has to amalgamate other offices.
(205973)
353
N
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether members of the Army Council of the Provisional IRA have immunity from investigation by the (a) Police Service of Northern Ireland and (b) Assets Recovery Agency.
(205452)
354
N
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 13th December, reference 204057, on offences, how many of the 48 cases referred to involved members of the Provisional IRA; and of the eight cases resulting in freezing and recovery of assets, how many were linked to the (a) Provisional IRA, (b) INLA, (c) UDA and (d) UVF.
(205530)
355
Mr John Hume (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of people in (a) Northen Ireland and (b) Foyle constituency entered paid employment within six months of completing each New Deal and Worktrack programme in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(205702)
356
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205577)
357
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205595)
358
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205611)
359
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205673)
360
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205731)
361
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205755)
362
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205786)
363
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205810)
364
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205872)
365
N
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing authorisation cards for retired prison officers that indicate their former occupation, similar to those held by retired police officers.
(205529)
366
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent in the Province on (a) time out and (b) other services for families of disabled children in each of the last five years.
(205954)
367
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on inspection of services for disabled children in the community.
(205955)
368
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent in the Province in the last year for which figures are available on products to combat MRSA.
(205956)
369
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received regarding new products for combating MRSA in hospitals.
(205957)
370
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the explanation of the Chief Medical Officer of Northern Ireland to the parents of Lucy Crawford regarding their daughter's death.
(205958)
371
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients who commence smoking while in psychiatric hospitals.
(205959)
372
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what spending per capita on mental health services in the Province was in each of the last five years.
(205960)
373
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to improve access to health information and services in the Province for those with mental health difficulties.
(205961)
374
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people died in the Province in each of the last 10 years as a result of being cold.
(205962)
375
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) introducing legislative targets for eradicating fuel poverty in the Province, (b) establishing a ministerial task force to tackle fuel poverty and winter deaths and (c) extending the warm homes scheme to benefit a greater number of pensioners.
(205963)
376
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which individuals have been appointed to the Hyponatraemia-Related Deaths Inquiry Team; who appointed each one; what the employment is of each; and what the immediate past posts of each member were.
(205964)
377
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the health dangers in the Province from radon gas.
(205965)
378
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the impact of terrorism on the mental health needs of the Province.
(205966)
379
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) leading hospital consultants are attracted to work and (b) approved training of junior doctors occurs at hospitals in the south-west of the Province.
(205967)
380
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his assessment is of the impact on service provision of the budgetary overspend by the Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Services Trust in the most recent financial year.
(205968)
381
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate (a) the sum spent to date on work associated with a proposed new acute hospital and new local hospital in the south-west of the Province and (b) the proportion of this total that has been provided through annual budgetary allocations to the Sperrin Lakeland Trust.
(205969)
382
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many health service employees were suspended from work in the Province in each of the last five years; what the average time off work of such individuals was; and what total costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
(205970)
383
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether a designated individual in the Province has responsibility for promoting nursing as a career.
(205971)
384
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to collect more comprehensive statistics regarding the number of patients awaiting MRI scans in the Province.
(205989)
385
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of (a) tuberculosis and (b) hepatitis C have been recorded in the Province in each of the last 10 years.
(205990)
386
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce targets for waiting times from referral to assessment in genito-urinary medicine.
(205991)
387
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the number of patients waiting for gentio-urinary assessment in the Province; and what the average waiting time from referral is.
(205992)
388
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much National Lottery funding has been spent on developing sport in (a) schools and (b) the community in Northern Ireland in each year since its introduction.
(205993)
389
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205834)
390
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much revenue his Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205844)
391
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205714)
392
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205715)
393
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205716)
Questions to the Prime Minister
394
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, to how many written parliamentary questions he responded with an answer which included the formulation, `I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave...' during the 2003-04 parliamentary session; and what percentage of answers in that session this represents.
(206031)
395
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205856)
396
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205857)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
397
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205579)
398
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205593)
399
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205613)
400
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205675)
401
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205733)
402
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205757)
403
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205788)
404
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205808)
405
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205870)
406
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205832)
407
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much revenue his Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205842)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
408
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance she has issued to retailers about giving fireworks away for free to boost sales of other goods.
(205995)
409
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices there are in the UK.
(205297)
410
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many items of civil service property within her Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205571)
411
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what appeal mechanism exists once the Post Office has made a decision to close a post office branch.
(205602)
412
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205604)
413
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department spent on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205622)
414
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost of refurbishments in her Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205664)
415
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many items of electrical equipment were used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205724)
416
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent by her Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205745)
417
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from her Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by her Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205767)
418
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list her Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205779)
419
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in her Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205817)
420
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to ensure that United Kingdom registered companies apply operational standards in operating subsidiaries located abroad which are compatible with legislation on environmental and social protection that applies in the United Kingdom.
(205898)
421
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the written statement of 13th December, on intermediate level radioactive waste substitution, Official Report, column 115WS, if she will (a) place in the Library and (b) post on her Department's website copies of each of the submissions made to the consultation on substitution; and if she will publish her analysis of the submissions (i) in favour and (ii) against the substitution proposals.
(206001)
422
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by her Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205839)
423
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much revenue her Department has received from the use of non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers for the period 1st October 2003 to 30th September 2004.
(205849)
424
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will investigate the effectiveness of measures to prevent fraud in on-line shopping transactions.
(205549)
425
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers there are to protect on-line shoppers from fraud.
(205550)
426
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Government's policy on card fraud; and what steps the Government is taking to make the use of cards as a method of payment safer.
(205551)
427
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the extent to which her Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205555)
428
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of the staff employed by her Department have a declared disability.
(205556)
429
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many women there are in senior positions in her Department.
(205557)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
430
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has carried out into the road safety implications of the use of bendy buses.
(205600)
431
Ross Cranston (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact on the start date for Metro Line 3 of the Jacobs Inquiry into the Metro extension in Birmingham; and if he will make a statement.
(205996)
432
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage Network Rail to improve the conditions in (a) railway stations and (b) railway arches.
(205546)
433
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct his officials to visit the railway bridge at Tilbury Town to examine its compliance with disability and mobility rights legislation.
(205663)
434
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205580)
435
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205592)
436
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the future funding of the Alderley Edge bypass.
(205601)
437
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205614)
438
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205676)
439
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205734)
440
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205762)
441
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list his Department's IT projects for each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205789)
442
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205807)
443
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205869)
444
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has commissioned on the (a) capacity of, (b) projected traffic volumes on and (c) case for adding additional lanes to the A34.
(205889)
445
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has commissioned on the (a) capacity of, (b) projected traffic volumes on and (c) case for extending dual carriageways in heavily used sections of the A40.
(205890)
446
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-geographic 0870 telephone numbers are in use by his Department; and what services can be accessed by calling each of them.
(205831)
447
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's policies are meeting the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205800)
448
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205801)
449
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205802)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
450
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist parents who are financially worse off as a result of the delay in migration of Child Support Agency cases from the old to the new system.
(205923)
451
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what framework his Department has put in place to enable a disabled claimant, whose income support has been withdrawn under the cohabitation rule, to have benefit restored if it can be demonstrated that he is not living with his carer as husband and wife; and if he will examine the case of Mr Woodward, a constituent.
(205705)
452
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many British pensioners are living abroad.
(205321)
453
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many British pensioners are living abroad in countries where UK pensions (a) are and (b) are not uprated.
(205322)
454
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the additional cost to the Exchequer that would be incurred if the pension for British citizens living abroad in countries where the pension is not uprated were to receive the full uprate.
(205323)
455
N
Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Perth constituency are in receipt of (a) pension credit and (b) pension savings credit.
(205445)
456
N
Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total number of (a) pensioners and (b) pensioner households in Perth constituency.
(205446)
457
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit offices there are in the UK.
(205298)
458
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many items of civil service property within his Department are unaccounted for, broken down by type.
(205572)
459
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.
(205606)
460
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997.
(205621)
461
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005-06.
(205667)
462
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many items of electrical equipment were used by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) cost and (b) number of each type of item.
(205726)
463
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) cost to the Department and (ii) location was in each case.
(205764)
464
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and (d) time of over-run.
(205781)
465
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of IT policy in each year since 1997.
(205815)
466
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.
(205865)
467
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's policies meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
(205797)
468
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.
(205798)
469
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.
(205799)
470
N
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December, Official Report, column 368W, on benefit fraud, what the reasons are for the reduction in the number of local authority benefit fraud inspectors.
(205293)
471
N
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities have been inspected by the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate since it was established; and what percentage this represents of the total number of local authorities.
(205301)
472
N
Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to fund the introduction of a citizens' pension in the UK paid to all pensioners on the basis of residency.
(205406)
473
N
Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire of 9th December, Official Report, column 664W, on pensions, what the proportions are in each (a) region and (b) local authority area in Scotland.
(205528)
474
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Child Support Agency payments will be sent to (a) Amanda Thorogood, (b) Mark Young and (c) Michael Ashby, constituents of the honourable Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey.
(205302)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
475
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how illegal meat imports seized by Customs and Excise are disposed of.
[Transferred] (205982)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
476
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the names of attendees present at the consultation on the environment on 8th December; and in what capacity each attended.
[Transferred] (206032)
477
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conclusions were reached following the consultation on the environment on 8th December; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (206033)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
478
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what resources will be made available to enforce the regulations contained in the Fireworks Act 2003 in the period before 31st December.
[Transferred] (205713)
479
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will discuss with Ministers in the Scottish Executive the merits of bringing time in England and Wales, but not Scotland, into line with Europe.
[Transferred] (206029)

 
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