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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 10 February 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 10 February 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 10 February 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 10 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 10 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is in respect of the publication (a) on the departmental website and (b) by placing copies in the Library of (i) all or (ii) only a selection of the information disclosed in response to Freedom of Information requests since January. | | (215191) | 2
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the fleet of ministerial vehicles used low sulphur fuels. | | (216299) | 3
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministerial car journeys (a) over 10 miles and (b) under 10 miles were undertaken in (a) 1998 and (b) 2004. | | (216300) | 4
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what procedures are in place to measure the annual carbon dioxide emissions from ministerial vehicles. | | (216301) | 5
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps have been taken since 1997 to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from ministerial vehicles. | | (216302) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 6
N | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the countries from which the primates seized by HM Customs and Excise since 1999 originated. | | (215867) | 7
N | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of live primates entering the UK illegally which are seized by HM Customs and Excise. | | (215868) | 8
| Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Inland Revenue to complete the necessary procedures to allow credit unions to accept child trust fund accounts. | | (216097) | 9
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of youth unemployment was in Coventry South in 2004. | | (215072) | 10
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in Coventry South will benefit from the child trust fund. | | (215073) | 11
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases of tax credit overpayments the Inland Revenue has decided in accordance with page 9 of the Code of Practice 26, What happens if we have paid you too much tax credit? not to collect (a) all and (b) part of the overpayment to avoid causing hardship in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05. | | (215780) | 12
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the teenage pregnancy rate in Leicester South was in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (216386) | 13
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many deaths within Leicester South alcohol was found to be the primary cause in each year since 1997. | | (216387) | 14
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT registered businesses there were on average in the area of (a) Selby District Council and (b) City of York Council in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004. | | (216321) | 15
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what weight of ivory and how many ivory products were seized by HM Customs and Excise since March 2004. | | (216082) | 16
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have died from the effects of vitamins and supplements in (a) Lancashire, (b) Chorley and (c) the North West in the last three years. | | (216241) | 17
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of unemployment was in (a) Chorley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 1997, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2005; what percentage were (A) male and (B) female; and what percentage were under (1) 21, (2) 30 and (3) 60 years. | | (216306) | 18
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out (a) with statistical information relating as closely as possible to Chorley constituency and (b) the effect of his actions and policies on Chorley since 1997. | | (216307) | 19
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the death rate from suicide and undetermined injury has been in each year since 1986 for (a) men, (b) women and (c) in total. | | (216167) | 20
| Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new jobs have been created in (a) Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, (b) the Scottish Borders and (c) Scotland in each year since 2002. | | (216127) | 21
| Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of unemployment was in each year since 2002 in (a) Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, (b) the Scottish Borders and (c) Scotland, broken down by (i) age and (ii) gender. | | (216129) | 22
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch Presidency of the EU the (i) Customs Co-operation Committee - EEC-San Marino, (ii) EEC-Denmark-Faroe Islands Joint Committee and (iii) European Economic Area Joint Committee met; when and where each meeting took place; what UK Government expert was present at each meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (216220) | 23
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the influence of public spending increases on the state of the economy. | | (216069) | 24
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216013) | 25
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216030) | 26
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated expenditure by the Office for National Statistics on producing and compiling statistics relating to England at Government Office for Region level was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (216035) | 27
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which statistics relating to England the Office for National Statistics (a) collates, (b) publishes and (c) aggregates at a Government Office for Region level. | | (216036) | 28
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households with (a) only one adult aged over 65 years and (b) two or more adults aged over 65 years there were in (i) England and (ii) each parliamentary constituency in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (216228) | 29
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has been made of the merits of introducing a tax on aviation fuel. | | (216298) | 30
N | Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the Parliamentary Commission for Administration concerning his inquiry into Equitable Life; and what indications he has given as to when he expects to publish his findings and recommendations. | | [R] (215783) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 31
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will list (a) individuals and (b) organisations that were consulted on the drafting of the question to be asked in the proposed referendum on the EU constitution. | | (216134) | 32
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what his policy is in respect of the publication (a) on the departmental website and (b) by placing copies in the Library of (i) all or (ii) only a selection of the information disclosed in response to Freedom of Information requests since January. | | (215192) | 33
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of letters electoral registration officers sent to (a) service personnel and (b) spouses of service personnel in the last year for which figures are available; and what method of distribution is employed for such letters to military bases. | | (216358) | 34
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what records are kept of letters sent by electoral registration officers to service personnel. | | (216359) | 35
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what procedures electoral registration officers use to contact service personnel serving overseas. | | (216360) | 36
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how often electoral registration officers are required to contact oversea service personnel about their electoral registration obligation. | | (216361) | 37
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Folkestone and Hythe constituency, the effects on Folkestone and Hythe of the Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216016) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 38
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to fight youth obesity through the further development of school sports. | | (216262) | 39
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the sale of playing fields. | | (216275) | 40
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in promoting the tax relief benefits available to sports clubs. | | (216276) | 41
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on tax relief for amateur sports clubs. | | (216277) | 42
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to combat obesity through sport. | | (216278) | 43
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to enhance and protect playing fields in England. | | (216279) | 44
| David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contribution the Lottery has made to combating social exclusion in Midlothian. | | (216295) | 45
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public funding has been allocated to facilitating the visit of the International Olympic Committee evaluation team to London in February. | | (216080) | 46
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what undertakings the Government has given to the London bid team on meeting shortfalls in the budget for the London 2012 bid; and who will be responsible for meeting a shortfall in the budget to deliver a 2012 London bid. | | (216081) | 47
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London on special arrangements to control the flow and numbers of passengers using the London Underground system during the visit of the International Olympic Committee evaluation team to London in February. | | (216093) | 48
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) local authorities, (b) businesses and (c) representatives of users of public roads regarding the use of synchronised traffic lights and other special measures during the visit of the International Olympic Committee evaluation team in February. | | (216094) | 49
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is in respect of the publication (a) on the departmental website and (b) by placing copies in the Library of (i) all or (ii) only a selection of the information disclosed in response to Freedom of Information requests since January. | | (215193) | 50
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Woodspring constituency, the effects on Woodspring of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216017) | 51
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216018) | 52
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when digital reception will be available in (a) the constituency of Solihull and (b) postcode area B92. | | (216346) | 53
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons digital reception is not available in Solihull. | | (216347) | 54
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that people in the constituency of Solihull will be able to receive analogue reception up to the point of their being able to benefit from digital reception. | | (216348) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 55
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medically trained staff are serving in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (215074) | 56
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much land in the Salisbury Plain area is rented by his Department to farmers; and what the average rent is per hectare. | | (216052) | 57
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent UK military aid has been given to the 4th Division of the Colombian Army or to individual brigades and battalions of the Division; and if he will make a statement. | | (216113) | 58
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what figure the Government uses as representing the total number of service personnel who have died in the troubles in Northern Ireland (a) on active duty, (b) through suicide and (c) through accidents. | | (216410) | 59
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January, Official Report, column 730W, on infantry regiments, what other options were proposed as names for the new regiment; and for what reason the name does not include the word Royal. | | (216056) | 60
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January, Official Report, column 729W, on clothing contracts, how many items of battle dress under the cut and sew contract have been delivered by the factory in China including (a) printing and (b) fabric manufacture; and whether the fabric samples tested for the contract originated from Belgium. | | (216057) | 61
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's spending on (a) new aircraft and (b) up-grades to aircraft since 1997; and how much of the money was spent in (i) Lancashire and (ii) the North West. | | (216231) | 62
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been spent on aircraft research by his Department in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West since 1997. | | (216232) | 63
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict; and whether he has set up a group to organise a veterans' visit. | | (216233) | 64
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what talks have taken place between (a) Falklands veterans, (b) Falklands representatives and government and (c) the British Legion and his Department on marking the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War. | | (216234) | 65
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) advice has been given and (b) precautions are taken against the spread of MRSA in military ambulances; and if he will make a statement. | | (216397) | 66
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of MRSA have been recorded in Ministry of Defence hospitals since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (216398) | 67
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is in respect of the publication (a) on the departmental website and (b) by placing copies in the Library of (i) all or (ii) only a selection of the information disclosed in response to Freedom of Information requests since January. | | (215194) | 68
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) armed services personnel have received on alleged kidnappings by members of the Bahr Brigade in South-East Iraq. | | (216366) | 69
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what percentage of the UK procurement budget was spent in non-NATO countries in each year since 1997; what these figures represent as a percentage of the total defence budget in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (216255) | 70
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the benefit to the UK (a) economy and (b) labour market of India's proposed purchase of 125 fighter jets; and if he will make a statement. | | (216256) | 71
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget for financial years (a) 2001-02, (b) 2000-01, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 1998-99 and (e) 1997-98 the Defence Housing Executives spent in Scotland in (i) monetary terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total personnel budget for that year; how many personnel were employed in Scotland in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (216281) | 72
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget for financial years (a) 2001-02, (b) 2000-01, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 1998-99 and (e) 1997-98 the Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency spent in Scotland in (i) monetary terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total personnel budget for that year; how many personnel were employed in Scotland in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (216282) | 73
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget for financial years (a) 2001-02, (b) 2000-01, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 1998-99 and (e) 1997-98 the Defence Export Services Organisation spent in Scotland in (i) monetary terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total personnel budget for that year; how many personnel were employed in Scotland in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (216283) | 74
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will provide a substantive answer to the Question from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan. | | (216229) | 75
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he intends to review the Army Legal Services; and if he will make a statement. | | (215702) | 76
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace Harrier jets deployed in Afghanistan with Jaguars. | | (216318) | 77
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harrier GR7s are being upgraded at BAE Wharton; and at what cost. | | (216319) | 78
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has received from his United States counterpart in respect of the number of Iraqi citizens being detained by the United States military authorities in Iraq in connection with alleged offences connected with weapons of mass destruction. | | (216005) | 79
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress of the MARS project. | | (216102) | 80
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Submarine Acquisition Modernisation Initiative: who the participants are; and what the (a) purpose and (b) timescale of its work is. | | (216103) | 81
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose is of the Maritime Coherency Study: who is involved in it and when it will report. | | (216105) | 82
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons were for the cancellation of the Future Surface Combatant project. | | (216106) | 83
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects the average age by 2009 of the Royal Navy's (a) frigate fleet and (b) destroyer fleet to be. | | (216107) | 84
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress made on the NATO Transformation Programme in respect of British forces. | | (216109) | 85
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new (a) frigates and (b) destroyers will be delivered to the Royal Navy between 2005 and 2009. | | (216110) | 86
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of Chelsea Barracks. | | (216111) | 87
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of St John's Wood Barracks; and for how long he expects the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery to be stationed there. | | (216112) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 88
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether under planning policy guidance polytunnels which are placed on the same agricultural land each year for several months, whilst being removed during winter months, constitute a permanent fixture requiring full planning permission. | | (216350) | 89
N | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria were used to allocate funding to the London boroughs for initiatives to tackle homelessness in 2005-06. | | (215495) | 90
N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the empty dwelling management orders will come into effect. | | (215075) | 91
N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the licensing system for houses of multiple occupation will come into force. | | (215076) | 92
N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what date has been set for the introduction of the tenancy deposit scheme. | | (215077) | 93
N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will publish the finalised Housing Health and Safety Rating System provided for in the Housing Act 2004. | | (215400) | 94
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate, in respect of the proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme, how many employees in England and Wales would be affected by raising the earliest age when benefits may be paid, other than on grounds of ill health, from age 50 to 55 in each of the years between 1st April 2005 and 1st April 2015. | | (215538) | 95
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many employees in England and Wales retired before the age of (a) 60 and (b) 65 years in each year since 1997 under the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (215566) | 96
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of Leicester South Housing Association homes are fitted with (a) smoke alarms, (b) fire doors and (c) double glazing. | | (216385) | 97
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had with each of the English regions with regard to their spatial strategies concerning (a) key priorities, (b) resources required and (c) timescales for delivery; and if he will make a statement. | | (216120) | 98
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions (a) his Department and (b) Government Offices have had with regional assemblies in England on the preparation of their spatial strategies with particular reference to developing freight infrastructure. | | (216121) | 99
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what level of balances his Department assesses as reasonable for each of the tiers of local authorities to retain in their budgets; and if he will make a statement. | | (216122) | 100
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make provision for district council representation on the Fire Authority in Lancashire. | | (216212) | 101
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) housing association tenants and (b) local authority tenants (i) have and (ii) do not have the right to buy in the Chorley constituency; and how many properties have been sold in each of the last five years. | | (216405) | 102
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many residential properties have been built in each Lancashire district in each of the last five years. | | (216406) | 103
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out with statistical information relating as closely as possible to Chorley constituency the effects of his actions and policies on Chorley since 1997. | | (216407) | 104
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total cost to public funds of providing legal advice, assistance and support in relation to planning applications and appeals in respect of traveller encampments in North Essex has been in each year since 1997. | | (216261) | 105
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will adopt the EcoHomes very good standard within his proposed sustainable building code. | | (216010) | 106
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what target he has set for new Government-funded housing to meet the EcoHomes very good standard. | | (216011) | 107
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what environmental standards he intends to incorporate into the Thames Gateway development. | | (216012) | 108
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Witney constituency, the effects on Witney of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216014) | 109
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216015) | 110
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many empty homes there have been in each Government Office Region in England in each year since 1997. | | (216037) | 111
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the averge council tax per dwelling was in each local authority in England in each year since 1996-97. | | (216260) | 112
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the longest time taken for the Planning Inspectorate to consider an individual appeal was, in each year since 1997. | | (216269) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the maximum increase in council tax expected in a neighbourhood improvement district is. | | (216270) | 114
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which tier of Government will be able to introduce a neighbourhood improvement district in a two-tier local government area. | | (216271) | 115
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether parish councils will be able to introduce a neighbourhood improvement district. | | (216272) | 116
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average parish council precept on council tax levied was in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (216273) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the (a) purpose and (b) estimated yearly expenditure of the Planning Advisory Service. | | (216274) | 118
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the local authorities that have received central government funding for community and neighbourhood wardens since 1997; for how long that funding was allocated; and which local authorities which have received it no longer receive such central funding. | | (216296) | 119
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the maximum increase in business rates allowed in a Business Improvement District is. | | (216297) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 120
| Peter Bradley (Wrekin, The):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Surestart programme on families in The Wrekin; and if she will make a statement. | | (216051) | 121
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the per pupil funding allocation to the Northumberland Education Authority was in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (216078) | 122
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding was allocated by the Higher Education Funding Council to institutions in each region of England in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; and how much will be allocated to each region in 2005-06. | | (216377) | 123
| Mr John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers were employed at all schools in Easington constituency in each year since 2001. | | (216091) | 124
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the grounds on which children can be excused or withdrawn from sitting SATs tests for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics at age 11 years. | | (216067) | 125
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teaching assistant posts there were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Leicester South in each year since 1997. | | (216384) | 126
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much central government education funding was allocated on average to each (a) three to 10 year old and (b) 11 to 15 year old in Lancashire in each year since 1997. | | (216054) | 127
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on teaching of (a) science, (b) history, (c) mathematics, (d) religious education and (e) physical education in Lancashire in each year since 1997. | | (216055) | 128
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on steps taken by local education authorities to stop bullying in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. | | (216308) | 129
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average cost of providing a pupil with education in a referral unit was in Lancashire in each year since 2000. | | (216309) | 130
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of 18 to 22 year olds from Chorley constituency are studying at university. | | (216310) | 131
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to Chorley constituency, the effect of her Department's actions and policies on Chorley since 1997. | | (216311) | 132
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is in respect of the publication (a) on the departmental website and (b) by placing copies in the Library of (i) all or (ii) only a selection of the information disclosed in response to Freedom of Information requests since January. | | (215195) | 133
| Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the effects of the Sure Start programme in (a) Whitmore Reans and (b) Dunstall, Wolverhampton. | | (216227) | 134
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Leonardo da Vinci Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (216284) | 135
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Advisory Committee on vocational training met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (216285) | 136
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Witney constituency, the effects on Witney of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216019) | 137
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216029) | 138
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how the Children Act 2004 amends the inspection regimes for local government. | | (216266) | 139
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what new responsibilities the Children Act 2004 places on local authorities. | | (216267) | 140
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the Children Act 2004 on the costs of local authorities. | | (216268) | 141
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information she collects on the income of individual schools. | | (215773) | 142
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) commitments and (b) undertakings she has made to the Isle of Wight Council regarding future capital allocations provided (i) through the Building Schools for the Future programme or (ii) otherwise, whether (A) contingent on or (B) not contingent on school reorganisation. | | (216280) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 143
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements exist in respect of the transportation of pregnant cattle; and if she will make a statement. | | (216343) | 144
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of pregnant cattle transported which had calves that died before or at birth since 1997. | | (216344) | 145
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of cattle transported which were pregnant in each year since 1997. | | (216345) | 146
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the animal welfare implications arising from the operation of aquaria, with particular reference to (a) the showing of abnormal and stereotypic behaviour, (b) the incidence of deformities and (c) the incidence of infections. | | (216349) | 147
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the use of methyl bromide in the strawberry growing sector, with particular reference to its ozone-depleting properties. | | (216351) | 148
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what strategies her Department has put in place to aid the (a) reuse and (b) recycling of old computers. | | (216352) | 149
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of how many computers were disposed of in landfill in each of the last five years. | | (216353) | 150
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates the Government has made of the change in global temperatures between 2004 and (a) 2014, (b) 2024 and (c) 2054. | | (216363) | 151
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of introducing a zero waste strategy. | | (214665) | 152
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consult on the inclusion of redesign in the waste hierarchy; and if she will make a statement. | | (214666) | 153
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) municipalities in other countries and (b) local authorities in the United Kingdom that have adopted zero waste strategies. | | (214667) | 154
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the use of zero waste strategies in (a) municipalities in other countries and (b) local authorities in the United Kingdom. | | (214668) | 155
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on waste management in the United Kingdom as a proportion of gross domestic product in each of the last five years; how much was Government expenditure in each year; what the projected expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product is for each of the next five years; and how much she estimates will be Government expenditure in each year. | | (215691) | 156
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the 10 largest amounts paid to valuers in each county in relation to the foot and mouth epidemic were. | | (216185) | 157
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of a possible link between the level of commission paid to valuers in the foot and mouth epidemic and the level of their valuations. | | (216186) | 158
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to uncouple the link between fees paid to valuers and the levels of commissions paid to them for assessments of animals to be destroyed due to disease. | | (216187) | 159
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many settled claims for compensation for animals destroyed in the foot and mouth epidemic payments were (a) below £100,000, (b) exactly £100,000 and (c) over £100,000. | | (216188) | 160
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much rubbish was dumped by fly tipping in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley in each of the last three years. | | (216189) | 161
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the responsibility of Chorley Council to provide recycling facilities. | | (216190) | 162
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to reduce flood risk in Chorley constituency. | | (216191) | 163
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers the Environment Agency has to close tips which cause a nuisance for local residents. | | (216192) | 164
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she next plans to meet dairy farmers to discuss farmgate prices. | | (216193) | 165
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to Chorley constituency, the effect of her Department's policies and actions on Chorley constituency since 1997. | | (216194) | 166
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average farm gate price paid to farmers in Lancashire for milk is. | | (216195) | 167
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of dairy farming in Lancashire. | | (216196) | 168
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average herd size is of dairy farms in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley. | | (216197) | 169
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grants her Department makes available to villages in Chorley constituency. | | (216198) | 170
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grants her Department makes available to farmers in Chorley. | | (216199) | 171
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid by her Department to external companies for (a) flowers and (b) plants in each of the last five years. | | (216399) | 172
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the results of Exercise Triton will be published. | | (216007) | 173
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which body is responsible in the event of flooding in a watercourse for which an internal drainage board is responsible (a) before 2006 and (b) after 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (216008) | 174
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the role of (a) regional resilience teams and (b) regional flood defence committees; and what discussions each has with local planning authorities (i) on preventing flooding and (ii) building on functional floodplains. | | (216009) | 175
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the European Union institutions (a) have made and (b) are considering legislation requiring coloured ponies born to any sire or dam that are registered with any of the equine breed societies to be eligible to be included in the breed standard register, if the owner so desires; and if she will make a statement. | | (216077) | 176
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee on Implementation of the Directive establishing a Community policy regarding water met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (216257) | 177
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress of the Directive on water intended for human consumption met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (216258) | 178
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to technical and scientific progress of the Directive on methods of measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (216259) | 179
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to South East Cambridgeshire constituency, the effects on South East Cambridgeshire of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216020) | 180
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the UK has made in meeting the Government's carbon emissions reduction targets for 2010. | | (215589) | 181
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Minister for Nature Conservation and Fisheries will make an official visit to the Morecambe Bay Lifeboat to discuss cockling in Morecambe Bay. | | (215857) | 182
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Minister for Nature Conservation and Fisheries will list his official engagements up to the Easter Recess. | | (215858) | 183
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Minister for Nature Conservation and Fisheries will meet the honourable Members for Morecambe and Lonesdale and Westmorland and Lonsdale to discuss a fisheries licensing scheme for cockle-pickers in Morecambe Bay. | | (215859) | 184
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects a defence option to protect the salt marshes of Lymington from erosion to be approved; and if she will make a statement. | | (216079) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 185
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on EU Commissioners' involvement in the domestic politics of member states. | | (216135) | 186
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK has made to the Government of Spain regarding its decision to legalise over a million illegal immigrants. | | (216136) | 187
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral evidence to the European Scrutiny Committee on 8th February, whether it is his Department's assessment that any UK legislation to restrict stem cell research would be contrary to article 13 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. | | (216137) | 188
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of support for terrorist groups by the governments of (a) Iran and (b) Syria; and if he will make a statement. | | (215539) | 189
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial remuneration has been received by Ministers in his Department for the writing of articles in foreign media since May 1997. | | (216063) | 190
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those religious organisations that are in receipt of financial support from the European Communities. | | (216064) | 191
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on investigations being undertaken by OLAF concerning illegal exports to Iraq indicating (a) what types of material are subject to investigation, (b) what the country of origin was of each type of material, (c) what the nationality is of those persons under investigation and (d) what the dates were of the alleged incidents; what the nature is of UK participation in the inquiries; and what involvement Communities staff have had in the inquiries. | | (216065) | 192
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the length of queues at the border crossing between Spain and Gibraltar and (b) the average time taken to cross the border. | | (216061) | 193
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in discussions with the Spanish authorities on repairs to the Royal Navy submarine docked in Gibraltar. | | (216062) | 194
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress of the recent discussions between the UK and Spain concerning Gibraltar. | | (216076) | 195
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether consent was sought from the originator of the information upon which the UK based its claim that Iraq sought to procure uranium from Africa, to pass it to the Butler Review; and whether consent was sought to pass the information to (a) the US Central Intelligence Agency, (b) the International Atomic Energy Agency and (c) the Intelligence and Security Committee. | | (216364) | 196
| Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese authorities about the detention of the Chinese journalist Zhao Yan; and if he will make a statement on freedom of the press in China. | | (216123) | 197
| Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the differences are between the European Code of Conduct on Arms Export criteria and the European Arms Embargo criteria as they apply to China; and if he will make a statement. | | (216124) | 198
| Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of corruption in Cambodia; what assistance is being given to Cambodia to eliminate corruption; and if he will make a statement. | | (216125) | 199
| Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of corruption in Uganda; what assistance is being given to Uganda to eliminate corruption; and if he will make a statement. | | (216126) | 200
| Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st December 2004, Official Report, column 1626W, on West Papua, what format he expects a review of the Act of Free Choice for Papua to take; whether there is a timetable for the review; and if he will make a statement. | | (216368) | 201
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many bodies of British victims of the tsunami have been (a) identified and (b) repatriated. | | (216224) | 202
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the time taken to identify the British victims of the tsunami; and what assessment he has made of the merits of using fingerprinting instead of DNA testing. | | (216225) | 203
| Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the Prime Minister of Swaziland on his recent visit to the UK. | | (216083) | 204
| Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received regarding the proposed closure of the High Commission in Swaziland; and if he will make a statement. | | (216084) | 205
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch Presidency of the EU the (i) EEC-Russia Co-operation Committee, (ii) EC-Georgia Co-operation Committee and (iii) EC-San Marino Co-operation Committee met; when and where each meeting took place; what UK Government expert was present at each meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (216226) | 206
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the factors that might result in a breakdown of the ceasefire announced by Israel and the Palestinian Authority on 8th February in Sharm-el-Sheikh; and if he will make a statement. | | (216323) | 207
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of US accusations of Syrian involvement in (a) terrorism and (b) insurgency in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (216324) | 208
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the Syrian Accountability Act and (b) the US Administration's use of the Syrian Accountability Act since November 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (216325) | 209
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has made to, assist those seeking to liberate themselves from tyranny and to build democracy' as requested by the US Secretary of State on 8th February; and if he will make a statement. | | (216326) | 210
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the countries with which the UK officially shares intelligence of a counter-terrorism nature; through what channels this intelligence sharing is undertaken; and if he will make a statement. | | (216381) | 211
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the outcome of the Israeli-Palestinian talks in Sharm-el-Sheikh on 8th February; and if he will make a statement. | | (216382) | 212
| 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 security situation in Haiti of MINUSTAH since 1st June 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (216401) | 213
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received regarding the killing of police officers in Clercine neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince on 7th February; how many similar incidents have been reported since September 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (216402) | 214
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of Joel Boutroue's press briefing on 8th February; what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the UN's view of the role of the provincial authorities, the district authorities and the Acehnese people on the Government of Indonesia and its policy towards Aceh; and if he will make a statement. | | (216404) | 215
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement the UK Government had in the drafting of Order 81, issued by the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, which prohibits the saving of seed by Iraqi farmers. | | (216068) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 216
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will adjust the funding allocation to Southend health trusts to take account of differences between numbers of residents reported in the 2001 census and current numbers of residents. | | (216354) | 217
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the Health Select Committee's report on obesity. | | (216362) | 218
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trained cancer specialists were practising in England (a) by headcount and (b) expressed as a whole-time equivalent figure in each year since 1997. | | (215692) | 219
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer specialist students began training in each year since 1997. | | (215693) | 220
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer specialists qualified in each year since 1997; and what his policy is on the optimum number of cancer specialists. | | (215694) | 221
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what he deems to be (a) an appropriate and (b) a maximum period for a primary care trust to respond to correspondence from an honourable Member concerning problems which a constituent might have with healthcare or with a primary care trust. | | (215854) | 222
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the URL on his Department's website which allows users to view the guide to NHS performance in each parliamentary constituency. | | (215855) | 223
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total cost of the NHS LIFT programme to date. | | (215849) | 224
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend the NHS LIFT programme to cover dental practices; and if he will make a statement. | | (215850) | 225
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to respond to the request of the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam for a meeting to discuss plans for a critical care hospital in Sutton and Cheam constituency. | | (215851) | 226
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 546W. on dentistry, how many dental practices were on the nhs.uk database, including those not registering new patients; how many were registering new patients; how many were not registering new patients but providing occasional NHS treatment to non-registered patients; and how many were not registering new patients or providing occasional NHS treatment to non-registered patients. | | (215993) | 227
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 888W. on NHS expenditure, what information on NHS regional and strategic health authority budgets since 1997 has been validated. | | (215994) | 228
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of women were classified as obese in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 1990, broken down by socio-economic group. | | (216374) | 229
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of patients failed to attend NHS appointments in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. | | (216375) | 230
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) fatal accidents and (b) adverse incident reports to the Medical Devices Agency there were in each year since 1997; and what the most common causes were. | | (216376) | 231
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical procedures to treat obesity were carried out on the NHS in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. | | (216383) | 232
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners there were per 100,000 population in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust for each year since 1997. | | (216388) | 233
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has been taken by his Department to implement the recommendations on temporary nurses in the Audit Commission report Brief Encounters. | | (216389) | 234
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average body mass index was in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. | | (216390) | 235
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there were for (a) paediatric and (b) adolescent obesity treatment in (i) England and (ii) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. | | (216391) | 236
| Mr John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Hartlepool University Hospital and (c) Durham University Hospital in each year since 2001. | | (216092) | 237
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have received treatment for drug abuse in Coventry South in the last 12 months. | | (215071) | 238
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what alternative drugs will be available for prescription in place of co-proxamol following its withdrawal by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. | | (216049) | 239
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether attendance by an unqualified volunteer first-aid `responder' at the scene of an emergency call to the ambulance service is assessed as fulfilling his Department's target response time. | | (216327) | 240
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans Lancashire Ambulance Trust has to merge with other ambulance trusts in the North West. | | (216060) | 241
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many female doctors are forensic medical examiners at the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust. | | (216203) | 242
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average health expenditure per head of population in Chorley constituency was in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2005. | | (216204) | 243
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the steps which are being taken to fight MRSA at (a) Chorley and (b) Preston Hospital. | | (216205) | 244
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been treated for cancer at Chorley Hospital in the last five years. | | (216206) | 245
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for surgery for patients in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley was in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2005. | | (216207) | 246
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born at Chorley Hospital in each of the last three years; and how many mothers and babies transferred to Chorley after childbirth at Preston in the last period for which figures are available. | | (216208) | 247
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives work at (a) Chorley and (b) Preston hospital. | | (216238) | 248
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effect on Chorley of his Department's policies and actions since 1997. | | (216239) | 249
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists are working in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire. | | (216240) | 250
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) advice has been given and (b) precautions are taken against the spread of MRSA in ambulances; and if he will make a statement. | | (216396) | 251
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer from the Minister for Pensions of 2nd February, Official Report, column 942W, on benefit rates, if he will request that the Department for Work and Pensions make it its policy to collect figures for the number of people in hospital for more than a year living on the weekly benefit rate of £15.90 who suffer from mental ill-health. | | (216393) | 252
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of the acquisition and refurbishment of the Four Winds office accommodation at Driffield for the Yorkshire, Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust. | | (215070) | 253
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training the staff of the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service who are directly involved in investigation receive; and what plans he has to change their training. | | (216138) | 254
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many investigations by the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service are ongoing with respect to (a) GPs, (b) nurses, (c) hospital doctors and consultants, (d) pharmacists, (e) dentists, (f) external contractors and (g) others. | | (216139) | 255
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults on NHS staff have been reported to the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service under the national reporting system; and what proportion of these assaults have results in criminal prosecutions. | | (216140) | 256
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial benefit has been to the NHS of the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service and its predecessor the NHS Counter Fraud Service in each year since September 1998; and if he will list successful recoveries of assets worth over £500,000 in each year since September 1998. | | (216141) | 257
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service and its predecessor the NHS Counter Fraud Service has been in each year since September 1998. | | (216142) | 258
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) investigations and (b) investigations specifically relating to timesheet fraud by bank and agency staff the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service and its predecessor, the NHS Counter Fraud Service, have conducted since September 1998; and how many of these investigations resulted in (i) unsuccessful criminal prosecutions, (ii) successful criminal prosecutions and (iii) civil and disciplinary cases. | | (216143) | 259
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the average percentage of working time that all dentists operating under the general dental contract have spent on NHS work, in each year since 1997. | | (216144) | 260
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children are registered with dentists (i) operating under General Dental Service contracts, (ii) operating under Personal Dental Service contracts and (iii) in total. | | (216145) | 261
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research (a) has been commissioned and (b) is planned into differences in treatment patterns between dentists operating under General Dental Service contracts and Personal Dental Service contracts. | | (216146) | 262
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from (a) NHS organisations and (b) other interested bodies on the merits of merging primary care trusts. | | (216147) | 263
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made in developing a standard form for local pharmaceutical services under the new pharmacy contract. | | (216148) | 264
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for restricting the exit payment under the new pharmacy contract to the first year of the contract's operation. | | (216149) | 265
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support will be given to pharmacies dispensing less than 2,000 items per month under the new pharmacy contract. | | (216150) | 266
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) graduate primary care workers, (b) gateway workers, (c) support, time and recovery workers, (d) community development workers and (e) carer support workers are employed in the NHS. | | (216151) | 267
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the rates of telephone charges for patients using bedside telephones in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement. | | (216152) | 268
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the powers available to assertive outreach teams to assist them in carrying out their functions. | | (216153) | 269
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) crisis resolution teams, (b) assertive outreach teams and (c) early intevention teams he has established since 1999. | | (216154) | 270
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug misusers were also diagnosed with mental illness in each year since 1986; and what proportion these figures represent of the total number of drug misusers in each year. | | (216156) | 271
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of applications under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 were (a) solely for the protection of other people, (b) solely in the interests of the health and safety of the patient and (c) for a combination of the two, in each year since 1997. | | (216157) | 272
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of inpatients accommodated in mixed sex accommodation. | | (216158) | 273
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) median and (b) mean waiting times for patients waiting to see a consultant psychiatrist as (i) an outpatient first attendance and (ii) an elective inpatient admission were, in each year since 1997. | | (216159) | 274
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the three-month vacancy rate is for (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) psychiatric nurses and (c) all medical and dental staff in the NHS, for the latest period for which figures are available. | | (216160) | 275
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical staff and (b) non-medical staff employed in mental health services there have been in the NHS in England in each year since 1986, broken down by (i) general psychiatrists, (ii) child and adolescent psychiatrists, (iii) forensic psychiatrists, (iv) learning disabilities consultants, (v) old age psychiatrists, (vi) psychotherapists, (vii) psychiatric nurses, (viii) clinical psycholgists, (ix) art, music and drama therapists, (x) occupational therapists, (xi) social workers and (xii) other. | | (216161) | 276
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high security beds there have been in the NHS in England in each year since 1997. | | (216162) | 277
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support primary care trusts in developing their commissioning capacity in mental health. | | (216163) | 278
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure on mental health services has been in each year in real terms since 1986, broken down as in Annex A of the further memorandum given by his Department to the Joint Select Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill. | | (216164) | 279
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in NHS hospitals in England have been under the care of (a) a mental illness consultant and (b) a learning disabilities consultant in each year since 1986. | | (216165) | 280
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions have been due to deliberate self-harm in (a) persons aged under 18 and (b) persons aged 18 years and over in each year since 1986. | | (216168) | 281
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people who commit suicide he estimates have previously self-harmed. | | (216169) | 282
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to assist those caring for sufferers of mental illness. | | (216170) | 283
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the detection of mental illness in older people. | | (216171) | 284
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people aged under 18 years are suffering from a mental disorder, broken down by type of disorder. | | (216172) | 285
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women detained voluntarily or involuntarily as psychiatric inpatients are detained in (i) high security NHS hospitals, (ii) other NHS facilities and (iii) private mental nursing homes. | | (216173) | 286
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of the total number of hospital inpatients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have appealed to mental health review tribunals since 1997. | | (216174) | 287
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women have been detained under (i) section 2, (ii) section 3 and (iii) section 4 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England in each year since 1986; and how many have been voluntarily detained as psychiatric inpatients in each year since 1986. | | (216175) | 288
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England are estimated to be suffering from (a) mild to moderate and (b) severe mental illness. | | (216176) | 289
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce illegal organ trafficking; and what discussions he has had with international bodies on such trafficking. | | (216177) | 290
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of information management in mental healthcare. | | (216178) | 291
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 883W, for what reasons only initial diagnostic testing and associated counselling given to those suffering from HIV/AIDS are exempt from charges made to those who are not ordinarily resident in the UK. | | (216179) | 292
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been provided for research into endometriosis in each year since 1997-98. | | (216180) | 293
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a patient to receive a digital hearing aid in England has been in each year since 2000. | | (216181) | 294
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many audiology departments there are in England; what proportion are routinely fitting digital hearing aids; and what he expects the proportion to be in March. | | (216182) | 295
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposals to strengthen the powers of the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service announced by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on 21st October 2004 will require primary legislation; and when he expects to publish the outcome of the consultation process on the proposals. | | (216183) | 296
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service has to access personal information; and what powers he expects the Service will have following the proposed changes announced by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on 21st October 2004. | | (216184) | 297
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been provided for research into Down's Syndrome (a) in total and (b) with specific reference to brain development in each year since 1997-98; and what plans he has to support further such research. | | (216429) | 298
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was made available to (a) the NHS and (b) charitable bodies to recruit bone marrow donors in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04. | | (216286) | 299
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Government has taken to encourage the staff of Government departments and public sector bodies to join bone marrow registers by arranging clinics and circulating literature. | | (216294) | 300
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned regarding the complication rates following elective surgery paid for by the NHS and carried out in (a) NHS hospitals and (b) private hospitals. | | (211698) | 301
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospitals there were in England in each year since 1997. | | (215869) | 302
| Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he proposes to publish the National Service Framework for long-term conditions including multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement. | | (216085) | 303
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch Presidency of the EU the Advisory Committee on cancer prevention met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (216222) | 304
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role his Department is allocating to drug action teams (DATs) in delivering the Government's alcohol strategy; and what funding is being provided to DATs for that role. | | (216395) | 305
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January to the honourable Member for Aberavon, Official Report, columns 183-184W, on the NHS University, which of the NHS University courses are accredited; by which bodies they have been accredited; and what the length was of each course. | | (216372) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 306
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the responsibilities are of Essex police's mobile support unit; and which other constabularies have mobile support units. | | (216355) | 307
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to police officers on briefing the media when a person is (a) arrested and (b) detained in custody. | | (216357) | 308
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role partnership between the Probation Service and the voluntary sector will have under the National Offender Management Service structure. | | (216369) | 309
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how career training and professional development of staff will be conducted under the National Offender Management Service structure. | | (216370) | 310
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation on the role of the National Offender Management Service with trade unions he plans to undertake. | | (216371) | 311
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the increase in the Probation Service budget will be allocated to frontline services. | | (216373) | 312
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Offender Management Service Programme Board last met; and what plans it has to meet. | | (216408) | 313
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the provisions of chapter 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 will be brought into force. | | (216108) | 314
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average age of serving special constables was, broken down by police force area in 1997. | | (216312) | 315
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average tenure of serving special constables was, broken down by (a) year of entry and (b) police force area in 1997. | | (216313) | 316
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which suppliers service his Department's laptop computers; what the (a) length and (b) total value of each contract is; how many laptop computers are covered by each contract; what the annual or monthly charge per laptop for servicing them is; what the tariff for services not covered by the general servicing agreement is; which such additional services have been purchased; and in what quantities. | | (216314) | 317
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to commission an investigation into the findings of the International Labour Organisation report, Forced Labour and Migration to the UK. | | (216378) | 318
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department were involved in the preparation of the International Labour Organisation report, Forced Labour and Migration to the UK. | | (216379) | 319
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have read the International Labour Organisation report, Forced Labour and Migration to the UK. | | (216380) | 320
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civilians have been issued with a licence to own a pistol for self defence pursuant to section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 in England and Wales in each of the last five years, broken down by county. | | (215779) | 321
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of Operation Reptile was. | | (216053) | 322
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he will ensure that probation boards continue to maintain probation accountability to local communities under the National Offender Management Service structure. | | (216116) | 323
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the employers will be of offender managers under the proposed National Offender Management Service structure. | | (216117) | 324
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he received from (a) individuals and (b) organisations in favour of dividing the Probation Service into Offender Management and Interventions, during the 2004 consultation process. | | (216118) | 325
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the role is of the Probation Service in England and Wales in working locally with other criminal justice agencies on public protection issues. | | (216119) | 326
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on (a) the effectiveness of his Department's policies to combat anti-social behaviour in Lancashire and (b) the Report telephone helpline. | | (216058) | 327
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to increase levels of security provided for (a) Ministers and (b) honourable Members. | | (216059) | 328
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women are training to join Lancashire police. | | (216213) | 329
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women have joined Lancashire police in each year since 2001. | | (216214) | 330
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health concerning people who have mental health problems. | | (216215) | 331
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are trained to use (a) guns and (b) Taser guns. | | (216216) | 332
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police dogs and (b) police horses are available to Lancashire police. | | (216217) | 333
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January, Official Report, column 895W, on cycling, how many cyclists involved in road accidents were reported as cycling without lights in the last period for which figures are available. | | (216394) | 334
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female suicides there have been in (i) prison and (ii) police custody in England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (216155) | 335
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the training given to police officers in dealing with mentally ill people in custody. | | (216166) | 336
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has evaluated on the effectiveness of the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in reducing crime. | | (216219) | 337
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Havant constituency, the effects on Havant of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216021) | 338
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Haltemprice and Howden constituency, the effects on Haltemprice and Howden of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216022) | 339
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated public cost of supporting asylum seekers in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland has been in each year since 1996-97. | | (216230) | 340
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply in full to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes about Mr Henry Arthur dated 17th November 2004, acknowledged by his Department on 26th November 2004 (ref: M18669/4). | | (215537) | 341
N | Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the Parliamentary Question reference 205820 tabled by the honourable Member for North Cornwall on 20th December 2004. | | (215856) | 342
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedure (a) his Department and (b) the Assessor follows in assessing the compensation for victims of miscarriages of justice who are entitled to compensation under section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. | | (216087) | 343
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action a victim of a miscarriage of justice can take if the Assessor breaches the assessment procedure. | | (216089) | 344
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training members of staff in the front line services of immigration in the UK receive. | | (216315) | 345
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrived in the UK seeking asylum in 2004. | | (216316) | Questions to the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission 346
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many cleaners there are in a) those parts of the Palace of Westminster for which the House is responsible, (b) Portcullis House, (c) 1 Parliament Street, (d) Norman Shaw North and (e) Norman Shaw South; how many of these are (i) full time and (ii) part time; and if he will make a statement. | | (216400) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 347
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has set aside to contribute to Haiti's local and national elections in October and November; and if he will make a statement. | | (215190) | 348
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made with the review of Government policy on aid conditionality; and if he will make a statement. | | (215852) | 349
| Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid projects Her Majesty's Government is considering assisting in Zambia; and if he will make a statement. | | (216086) | 350
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution his Department (a) has made and (b) is making to the dispatch of emergency aid to Butuo, Liberia. | | (216287) | 351
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist refugees from Cote d'Ivoire in (a) Liberia, (b) Guinea, (c) Mali, (d) Burkina Faso and (e) Ghana. | | (216288) | 352
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the number of refugees from Cote d'Ivoire that have arrived in (a) Liberia, (b) Guinea, (c) Mali, (d) Burkina Faso and (e) Ghana in each month since September 2003. | | (216289) | 353
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for its voluntary return programme for the repatriation of Liberian refugees. | | (216290) | 354
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Liberian refugees in West Africa. | | (216291) | 355
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes his Department (a) has set up, (b) is running and (c) is funding in Malaysia to assist the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. | | (216292) | 356
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Cartagena Declaration on the (a) definition and (b) treatment of refugees in Latin America; and if he will make a statement. | | (216293) | 357
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to (a) the government of Guyana, (b) non-governmental organisations in Guyana and (c) multinational agencies and institutions assisting Guyana to deal with the aftermath of the flooding that occurred in Guyana in January 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (216322) | 358
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have had with members and representatives of the Government of (i) the United States of America and (ii) Cuba regarding Cuba's humanitarian assistance to South and Central American countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (216403) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 359
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will announce the new schools capital build programme and budget for 2005-06. | | (216070) | 360
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what new schools and colleges in the post primary sector will be located in (a) Antrim Town, (b) the Antrim District Council area and (c) the Newtownabbey District Council area in 2005-06. | | (216071) | 361
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Antrim, Ballymena, Larne Area Plan will be published. | | (216072) | 362
| David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public sector (a) funding and (b) support is being provided to (i) the International North West 200 and (ii) the Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod motorcycle races in 2005; and what assessment he has made of the economic effects on the local economy. | | (216304) | 363
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will answer the Question tabled by the honourable Member for East Londonderry on 20th January, reference 210847. | | (215782) | 364
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many party election posters were removed in each constituency by the Roads Service in each year since 1997 because they were not removed by the party responsible within the stipulated period; what the cost was in each year; and in what cases recompense was sought from the responsible party. | | (216411) | 365
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been paid by his Department in compensation claims following public disorder at Ardoyne on 12th July in each year since 2001. | | (216412) | 366
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by the Belfast Regeneration Office in each of the Belfast constituencies in each year since it was set up. | | (216413) | 367
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by the Belfast Regeneration Office in each of the District Electoral Areas of north Belfast in each year since it was set up. | | (216414) | 368
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many specialists in child mental health are employed by the North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust. | | (216415) | 369
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision is made for children and young peoples' mental health in north Belfast. | | (216416) | 370
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have committed suicide in north Belfast in each year since 1997. | | (216417) | 371
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what strategy is in place in north Belfast to tackle suicides, with particular reference to young people. | | (216418) | 372
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been spent on tackling suicides in north Belfast in each year since 2000. | | (216419) | 373
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many designated polling stations in each constituency in the Province have purpose-built wheelchair access; and if he will make a statement. | | (216342) | 374
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in bringing forward changes to charity laws in Northern Ireland following the recommendations of the Independent Monitoring Commission's report of November 2004. | | (216409) | 375
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the assessment made by Professor Goldstock, in his report on organised crime in Northern Ireland, of the possible impact of new laws modelled on the United States Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act. | | (215781) | 376
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the reasons were for the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions not to proceeed with charges arising from events associated with the Whiterock Parade in July 1993. | | (216317) | Questions to the Prime Minister 377
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the advice from the Attorney General on the legality of the war in Iraq published in the Official Report on 17th March 2003 was a summary of the advice received. | | (216365) | Questions to the Solicitor General 378
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service relating to graffiti in (a) Essex and (b) England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many resulted in (i) conviction and (ii) acquittal. | | (216356) | 379
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Solicitor General, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Folkestone and Hythe constituency, the effects on Folkestone and Hythe of the Law Officers' Department policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216027) | 380
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Solicitor General, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of the Law Officers' Department policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216028) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 381
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much was spent by the Electoral Commission on raising voting awareness among service voters in each year since 2000. | | (216367) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 382
| Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the implications for claimants of the recent appeal court ruling in the case of Maguire v Harland and Wolff, in relation to compensation for a former shipyard worker whose wife died of cancer contracted by secondary exposure to asbestos; and if she will make a statement. | | (216098) | 383
| Ross Cranston (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evidence she has collated on availability of JIB-PMES assessors related to the Construction Skills Certification Scheme within the plumbing industry in the Black Country; and if she will make a statement. | | (216032) | 384
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions the Department has had with the Ministry of Defence about the procurement of textiles. | | (216235) | 385
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have benefited from the minimum wage in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Chorley since its introduction. | | (216236) | 386
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effect on Chorley constituency of her policies and actions since 1997. | | (216237) | 387
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with trade unions on compliance by businesses with the Working Time Directive. | | (216131) | 388
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that businesses comply with the Working Time Directive. | | (216132) | 389
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the likely costs to local authorities of complying with the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (216031) | 390
| Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications for arms export licences have been denied under the European Code of Conduct on Arms Export since 1998, broken down by country, in (a) Asia and (b) Africa; and if she will make a statement. | | (216128) | 391
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for Normanton of 8th November 2004 and 17th December 2004. | | (216133) | 392
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch Presidency of the EU the (i) Advisory Committee on the implementation of open network provision, (ii) Committee on general authorisations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications services and (iii) Advisory Committee on telecommunications procurement met; when and where each meeting took place; what UK Government expert was present at each meeting; and if she will make a statement. | | (216223) | 393
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to West Dorset constituency, the effects on West Dorset of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216023) | 394
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Epsom and Ewell constituency, the effects on Epsom and Ewell of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216024) | 395
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the British companies being assisted by her Department, who have won contracts in Iraq. | | (216104) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 396
| Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the recommendation of the select committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in its fourth report of session 2004-05, that the 10 year plan should be looked at again to ensure adequate support to the Northern Way; and if he will make a statement. | | (216096) | 397
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what restrictions are applicable to private companies operating within private car parks that issue fines for alleged offences; and if he will make a statement. | | (215995) | 398
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what circumstances the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is allowed to issue details of car ownership to private companies who operate within private car parks and issue fines for alleged offences; and what assessment his Department has made of whether the issuing of such information is compliant with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. | | (215996) | 399
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidelines to private companies which impose fines for alleged offences in a private car park that penalty notices should be placed on the vehicle at the alleged time of the offence; and if he will make a statement. | | (216006) | 400
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on funding for new bus routes in Lancashire. | | (216209) | 401
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on funding for (a) new and (b) reopening railway stations in Lancashire. | | (216210) | 402
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the new bus and improved railway station at Chorley; and how much central government money was used to fund the project. | | (216211) | 403
| Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the wearing by young people of cycle helmets; and if he will make a statement. | | (216088) | 404
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch Presidency of the EU the (i) Committee for granting Community financial aid in the field of trans-European transport networks, (ii) Committee for granting Community financial aid in the field of trans-European telecommunications networks met; when and where each meeting took place; what UK Government expert was present at each meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (216221) | 405
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Maidenhead constituency, the effects on Maidenhead of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216025) | 406
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Dunstable A5 Queue Relocation Scheme, known as the Green Wave, cost. | | (215853) | 407
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what new responsibilities the Traffic Management Act 2004 places on local authorities. | | (216263) | 408
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated expenditure on the regional control centres established under the Traffic Management Act 2004 is. | | (216264) | 409
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the Traffic Management Act 2004 on the costs of local authorities. | | (216265) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 410
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister of the National Assembly for Wales on the relocation of jobs from England to Wales. | | (216050) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 411
| Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the National Audit Office report on the Social Fund published on 13th January; and if he will make a statement. | | (216095) | 412
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women received a state pension on the basis of their own contributions in (a) 1997 and (b) each year since 2001, broken down by region and county; how many of these pensions were (i) 50 per cent. or less, (ii) 75 per cent. or less and (iii) 75 per cent. or more of the basic pension rate. | | (216218) | 413
N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 13th December 2004, Official Report, columns 1384-6W, and of 24th January, on incapacity benefit, when he expects to complete his exploration of ways of allowing people with progressive conditions to be able to continue permitted work beyond the initial 52 weeks without being limited to earnings of £20. | | (211428) | 414
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the findings of the report on Forced Labour and Migration to the UK. | | (216130) | 415
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new claimants underwent their personal capability assessment within 12 weeks of applying for the claim in each year since 1997. | | (215774) | 416
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional funds have been allocated to the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) up to March 2006; and how much has been allocated to the NDDP for the years to (a) March 2007, (b) March 2008 and (c) March 2009. | | (215775) | 417
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claimants left incapacity benefit at the (a) four month and (b) 12 month stage of their claim in each quarter since January 2003 in (i) pathways to work pilot areas and (ii) non-pathways areas. | | (215776) | 418
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new incapacity benefit claimants had claimed incapacity benefit in the previous 12 months, broken down by the reason for which they previously left incapacity benefit, with particular reference to those who (a) failed the personal capability assessment, (b) failed to attend a medical and (c) failed to provide information. | | (215777) | 419
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people left incapacity benefit to return to work in each year since 1997. | | (215778) | 420
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Financial Assistance Scheme will cover circumstances where an employer was solvent prior to their pension scheme being wound up; and if he will make a statement. | | (216320) | 421
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many company (a) directors, (b) managers and (c) secretaries have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted for health and safety offences under section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in each year since 1996. | | (216303) | 422
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Chorley constituency received the winter fuel allowance in 2004-05; and what total amounts such payments represented in that year. | | (216200) | 423
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Chorley constituency have received pension credit in each year since it was introduced. | | (216201) | 424
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to Chorley constituency, the effect of his Department's actions and policies since 1997 on Chorley. | | (216202) | 425
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department informed the International Labour Organisation that it would withhold its funding contribution if it published the report Forced Labour and Migration to the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (215870) | 426
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Technical Adaptation Committee on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (216341) | 427
| Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Havant constituency, the effects on Havant of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. | | (216026) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 428
| Mr John Cummings (Easington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time work in Easington constituency in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (216090) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 429
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what Government policy is on commercial advertising alongside motorways and major roads. | | [Transferred] (216392) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 430
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bovines there are in the UK without valid passports because of late applications; and if she will make a statement. | | [R] [Question Unstarred] (215604) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 431
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on planned (a) commemorative (i) coins and (ii) stamps and (b) other commemorative items in the context of the UK Presidency of the European Communities. | | [Transferred] (216047) | 432
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement the European Communities have had in commemorative anniversary events held by the Government since 1997. | | [Transferred] (216066) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 433
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to ensure that the botox which is used for cosmetic purposes in the UK has been safety-tested; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (216114) | 434
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much botox is manufactured in the UK by (a) Ipsen (Dysport) and (b) Allergan (botox). | | [Transferred] (216115) | Questions to the Leader of the House 435
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions have taken place between members of the Government and honourable Members concerning the asking of parliamentary questions on issues concerning their own constituency as a means of obtaining statistics for use during a general election; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (216048) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 436
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Technical Adaptation Committee on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (216340) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 437
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been created in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley by the New Deal . | | [Transferred] (216305) |
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