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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 23 February 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 23 February 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 23 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 Wednesday 23 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 23 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action his Department is taking to clarify the rules on the importation of cigarettes and alcohol for personal use only following visits to Europe; and if he will make a statement. | | (217735) | 2
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals have been prosecuted for bringing (a) too many cigarettes and (b) too much alcohol into the UK from Europe in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (217736) | 3
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) annual and (b) monthly cost of using private security firms to secure and patrol the vehicles seized by HM Customs and Excise at UK ports has been in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (217737) | 4
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many privately owned vehicles have been destroyed following seizure at UK ports by HM Customs and Excise due to suspicion of smuggling cigarettes and alcohol purchased in Europe; and if he will make a statement. | | (217738) | 5
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many privately owned vehicles have been seized and subsequently returned to the owner by HM Customs and Excise at UK ports on suspicion of smuggling cigarettes and alcohol from Europe in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (217739) | 6
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many privately owned vehicles have been seized by HM Customs and Excise at UK ports due to suspicion of smuggling cigarettes and alcohol from Europe in each year since 2001. | | (217740) | 7
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of inspection and enforcement activities carried out by (a) his Department and (b) regulatory bodies and agencies sponsored by his Department was in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2003-04. | | (217786) | 8
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the remaining measures of the EU Financial Services Action Plan not yet implemented into UK law are considered to be minimum harmonisation directives for which the Government may choose to impose additional requirements. | | (217805) | 9
| 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 Committee on Excise Duties met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217890) | 10
| 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 Contact Committee on Certain Schemes for Collective Investment in Securities met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217891) | 11
| 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 European Securities Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217892) | 12
| 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 Contact Committee European Economic Interest Grouping met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217893) | 13
| 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 Accounting Directives Contact Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217894) | 14
| 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 Committee for the Implementation of the Regulation establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217895) | 15
| 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 Advisory Committee on the Development and Reconversion of Regions met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217896) | 16
| 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 Economic Policy Committee: Working Party and Reduced Compositions met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217897) | 17
| 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 Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217898) | 18
| 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 Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions in the Transport Industry met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217899) | 19
| 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 Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions in the Shipping Industry met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217900) | 20
| 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 Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions in air Transport met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217901) | 21
| 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 Advisory Committee on Concentrations between Undertakings met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217902) | 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 Advisory Committee on State Aid for the Applications of Articles 92 and 93 of the EC Treaty to Certain Categories of Horizontal State Aid (exemption) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217904) | 23
| 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 Advisory Committee on State Aid on the Arrangements for Applying Article 93 of the EC Treaty (procedure) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217905) | 24
| 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 Banking Advisory Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217906) | 25
| 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 Contact Committee on Combating Money Laundering met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217907) | 26
| 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 Insurance Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217908) | 27
| 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 Customs Section of the Joint Committee (EEC - Switzerland - Liechtenstein) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217923) | 28
| 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 EEC - European Free Trade Association Joint Committee and working parties met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217924) | 29
| 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 Customs Co-operation Sub-committee EEC - Canada met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217925) | 30
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax and national insurance benefits will be available from April to employers who supply mobile phone and associated contracts to employees and their families. | | (217704) | 31
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has held with the Department of Health regarding the potential health implications of tax and national insurance benefits available to employers who supply mobile phone and associated contracts to employees and their families. | | (217705) | 32
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of (a) men aged 65 years or over and (b) women aged 60 years or over are in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment; and if he will provide corresponding estimates at three-yearly intervals since 1975. | | (217997) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 33
N | John Robertson (Glasgow Anniesland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ask Ofcom to introduce a code of practice on contracts for composers commissioned to write music for television programmes. | | (217423) | 34
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's estimate is of the cost to the British art market of the European Union's Directive 2001/84/EC, Artist's Resale Right Directive, if (a) royalty collection is made compulsory and (b) the royalty rate is set at five per cent. | | (217663) | 35
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's estimate is of the proportion of art sales that may be diverted from the United Kingdom following implementation of European Union Directive 2001/84/EC, Artist's Resale Right Directive. | | (217665) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 36
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of all memoranda, letters and emails between the Chief of the Air Staff, the Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group, Air Officer Commander in Chief Strike Command, members of the RAF Directorate of Legal Services, the Inspector of Flight Safety and the President of the Board of Inquiry into the crash of ZD576, between 2nd June 1994 and 5th April 1995. | | (217788) | 37
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date flight lieutenants Jonathan Tapper and Richard Cook were given self-authorisation status for VIP flights, prior to the crash of Chinook ZD576 on 2nd June 1994. | | (217789) | 38
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there was a meeting between the Chief of the Air Staff, the Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group, Air Officer Commander in Chief Strike Command, and the Inspector of Flight Safety to discuss the Board of Inquiry into the crash of ZD576. | | (217790) | 39
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who gave the authorisation for senior anti-terrorist specialists to travel together on the flight in Chinook ZD576, which crashed on 2nd June 1994. | | (217819) | 40
N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what grounds he has concluded that there is no obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to disclose correspondence on behalf of Lord Boyce of Pimlico, dated 12th March 2003, to the Legal Secretary to the Law Officers, and the subsequent response. | | (217421) | 41
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the reservists who make up the operational capability of Civil Contingency Reaction Forces are on active duty overseas. | | (217733) | 42
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many specific Civil Contingency Reaction Force (CCRF) training days have taken place in each year since the creation of CCRF; how many people were involved in each event; and where each such training day was held. | | (217734) | 43
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are employed as part of the Civil Contingency Reaction Forces in a state of permanent readiness. | | (217810) | 44
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are employed as part of the Civil Contingency Reaction Forces. | | (217811) | 45
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February, Official Report, column 1515, on the Swan Hunter contract, whether there is legal liability to his Department arising from the unsuccessful bidder referred to; and if he will make a statement. | | (217833) | 46
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February, Official Report, column 1515W, on Swan Hunter contract, what role he played in finalising the revised programme costs on 8th December 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (217909) | 47
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 1017W, on Swan Hunter, what the clerical error was; what investigation he has conducted into the reasons for the error; and if he will make a statement. | | (217910) | 48
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigation there has been as to what manuals, documents, other materials, and information Dr Wouter Basson of South Africa was given during and subsequent to his visit to Porton Down in 1985; and if he will make a statement. | | (217707) | 49
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which employees of Porton Down visited South Africa in the period from 1975 until the collapse of the apartheid regime; for what purpose; and if he will make a statement. | | (217708) | 50
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records his Department has retained relating to pre-1975 visits to South Africa by employees of Porton Down. | | (217709) | 51
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the limits are of confidentiality offered by the Padre or religious counsellor in an Army barracks setting; what (a) guidelines and (b) advice are available to newly appointed officers regarding the limits of such confidentiality; and what provisions are made for periodic advice on the subject to be given to such appointees through the chain of command. | | (217674) | 52
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in the past five years complaints have been made concerning the Padre or religious counsellor in (a) Catterick, (b) Deepcut, (c) Bullingdon barracks and (d) HMS Lympstone; what disciplinary action was taken in each case; and what the outcome was of that action. | | (217675) | 53
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the advice and directions regarding confidentiality and complaints concerning bullying that have been given through the chain of command to the Padre or religious counsellors at Catterick barracks. | | (217676) | 54
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of personnel in each of the armed services have been diagnosed with dyslexia; what studies have been undertaken to investigate the (a) welfare and (b) operational impact of dyslexics in the armed forces; and what special measures are available to (i) identify and (ii) assist soldiers who may be dyslexic. | | (217798) | 55
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of out-of-court settlements for assault cases involving members of the armed forces has been in the last 12 months; and how many cases this represents. | | (217799) | 56
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what figure he recognises as representing the total number of personnel from each of the armed services that have died in or in connection with operations in Northern Ireland since 1969; and how many of those deaths were deemed to have been (a) accidental, (b) self-inflicted and (c) from natural causes. | | (217800) | 57
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance he has made available to the Northern Ireland Veterans Association in identifying those who died in the Northern Ireland conflict. | | (217801) | 58
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February, Official Report, column 1254W, on military death (Amesbury), in what non-work related circumstances service personnel may be in control of a Saxon armoured vehicle on a public thoroughfare. | | (217802) | 59
| Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 847W, on Private Mario Clarke, what steps were taken by the Family Liaison officer to inform Deveen Clarke of the date of the inquest into the death of her husband; what steps were taken to inform her that public funds would be made available to enable her to attend the hearing; and if he will ensure she is provided with a full transcript of proceedings. | | (217803) | 60
| 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 Analytical Services 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; and if he will make a statement. | | (217964) | 61
| 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 British Forces Post Office 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; and if he will make a statement. | | (217965) | 62
| 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 Army Training and Recruiting 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; and if he will make a statement. | | (217966) | 63
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how much his Department's end of year flexibility was changed following the introduction of the Treasury's cash management scheme in financial years (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. | | (217840) | 64
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the monthly forecasts of payments and receipts provided to the Treasury under its cash management scheme for financial years 2002-03 to 2004-05. | | (217841) | 65
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to publish his Department's SR 2004 Departmental Investment Strategy. | | (217842) | 66
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's SR 2004 Departmental Submission. | | (217843) | 67
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to publish an updated version of his Department's efficiency technical note. | | (217844) | 68
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the extant Defence Council Instructions. | | (217845) | 69
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of receipts from asset sales that were (a) appropriated in aid of his Department and (b) surrendered to the Consolidated Fund in each financial year since 1997-98. | | (217990) | 70
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which public corporations his Department received a receipt from a dividend payment or equity withdrawal in financial years 1997-98 to 2003-04; what the value of each receipt was; and whether receipts were (a) appropriated in aid of his Department and (b) surrendered to the Consolidated Fund. | | (217991) | 71
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of receipts from (a) royalties, (b) compensation and insurance receipts and (c) sales of licences that were (i) appropriated in aid of his Department and (ii) surrendered to the Consolidated Fund in each financial year since 1997-98. | | (217992) | 72
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of quarterly progress reports provided to the Treasury against Spending Review 2002 Public Service Agreement Targets for (a) 2003-04 and (b) the first three quarters of 2004-05. | | (217993) | 73
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force Institute accounts for financial years 1997-98 to 2003-04. | | (217994) | 74
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of letters sent in the current Parliament by defence ministers to honourable Members following undertakings given in debates on the floor of the House, in Westminster Hall and in standing committee. | | (217995) | 75
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current forecast unit production cost is of the (a) Nimrod MRA4 and (b) Type 45 destroyer. | | (217961) | 76
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current forecast cost is of the (a) Nimrod MRA4 and (b) Type 45 destroyer projects. | | (217962) | 77
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with BAE Systems on (a) price and (b) time variations on the (i) Nimrod and (ii) Type 45 destroyer projects. | | (217963) | 78
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the four test houses which tested the fabric for the cut and sew camouflage uniform contract were; and whether the test confirmed that the fabric tested was the camouflage fabric to be used in the uniforms to be supplied. | | (215196) | 79
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional people have been taken on by (a) Coonen Textiles and (b) Watt and Stone Ltd as a result of the award to them of the cut and sew camouflage uniform contract. | | (215289) | 80
| Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officially designated diversity and equality officers have been appointed in each of the three Armed Forces to date; whether he plans to appoint further such officers in financial year 2004-05; and what estimate he has made of the total costs for (a) pay, (b) allowances and (c) supporting staff for these officers in 2005-06. | | (218019) | 81
| Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will cause additional service married quarter accommodation to be built to house Armed Forces personnel of the same sex living together in partnerships. | | (218020) | 82
| Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional hirings from private sector landlords his Department expects to take on in the first year of his policy to house Armed Forces personnel of the same sex living together in partnerships in service accommodation. | | (218021) | 83
| Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects upon availability of accommodation in married quarters for service families of making them available to personnel of the Armed Forces of the same sex living together in partnership. | | (218022) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 84
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has made personal calls to housing campaigners regarding changes in the Right-to-Buy regulations. | | (217784) | 85
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has been able to provide the information on the location of the South West Regional Control Centre and related property issues requested by the Head of Legal Services of the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Authority under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (217791) | 86
| Mr John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the progress of neighourhood management pathfinders and their future funding allocations. | | (217866) | 87
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in respect of how many parks and green spaces (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications were made for the Green Flag Award scheme in each year since 1997; and how many parks and green spaces there are in England. | | (217796) | 88
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to take steps to change election expense limits for local government mayoral elections. | | (217781) | 89
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the payments and grants made by predecessor departments to each local authority in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland to reimburse the costs of supporting asylum seekers in each year from 1996-97 until the transfer of responsibility to the Home Office. | | (217783) | 90
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the consent regimes that regulate the activities of local government that have been created since May 1997. | | (217785) | 91
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what effects the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 has had on the role of county councils in determining local policies on waste disposal and collection. | | (217787) | 92
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what role regional chambers have in incineration and waste disposal matters. | | (217792) | 93
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what role regional spatial strategies play in the determination of policies on incineration and waste disposal. | | (217794) | 94
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 1078W, on business rates, what the estimated average business rates bill for 2005-06 is. | | (217854) | 95
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February, Official Report, column 1576W, on consents, if he will list the consent regimes that regulate the activities of local government that the Government has resolved to maintain. | | (217867) | 96
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average Band D level of council tax was in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2004-05 in (i) two-tier local government areas, (ii) unitary councils in England, (iii) Metropolitan boroughs and (iv) London boroughs. | | (217877) | 97
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make low-height base stations with wall-mounted antennae subject to normal planning and public consultation requirements; and if he will make a statement. | | (217701) | 98
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will include microcells and picocells in low-height mobile phone stations in the normal planning process. | | (217702) | 99
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will subject the planning-process associated with the erection of mobile phone base stations to independent review as recommended by the National Radiological Protection Board Report, Mobile Phones and Health 2004. | | (217703) | 100
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list (a) projects and (b) organisations which have received EU Structural Funds in the East Midlands Objective 2 Programme, broken down by amount received. | | (217930) | 101
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the East Midlands Objective 2 Programme. | | (217931) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 102
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average pupil-to-teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in York was in each year since 1996-97. | | (217624) | 103
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to monitor the compliance of schools with the duty to promote equal opportunities under the Disability Discrimination Bill. | | (217657) | 104
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department is taking to publicise the options available to parents who do not believe their child's school is compliant with the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001. | | (217658) | 105
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Government plans to review the implementation of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 in schools. | | (217659) | 106
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all schools become compliant with the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001. | | (217660) | 107
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place to assess whether the accessibility plans produced by schools under the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 are meeting the needs of all disabled children. | | (217661) | 108
| Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools are complying with the duty under the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 to produce accessibility plans. | | (217662) | 109
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether students from EU accession states will be eligible for (a) university bursaries and (b) higher education grant from 2006 onwards; and what estimate she has made of (i) the number of students from EU accession states likely to apply to UK universities and (ii) the proportion of such students eligible for the higher education grant. | | (217860) | 110
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from EU accession countries have obtained places at English universities in each year since 1997. | | (217957) | 111
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of university students who would have been entitled to receive the higher education grant in the current academic year; and what estimate she has made of the number who will apply for it in the academic year beginning in 2006. | | (217996) | 112
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Leicester South are receiving education maintenance allowance. | | (217980) | 113
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Leicester South and (ii) England have broadband internet access. | | (217983) | 114
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many looked-after children have not had a school place in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) accommodation and (b) age. | | (217668) | 115
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate the Government has made of the number of looked-after children that receive lay visitors; and what measures the Government has taken to increase this number. | | (217669) | 116
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will next visit a further education college in the South East to assess the provision of vocational training places. | | (217664) | 117
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to include financial education as a compulsory element of the national curriculum. | | (217722) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 118
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has spent on energy conservation in (a) York and (b) Yorkshire in each year since 1996-97. | | (217623) | 119
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is considering to encourage the formation of co-operatives for the purposes of tier-two payments. | | (217793) | 120
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plan is in place in case of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease; and what elements of the plan drew on the experience of the outbreaks of 1967 and 2001. | | (217820) | 121
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the withdrawal of (a) the over thirty months scheme and (b) other beef subsidies on the UK beef market. | | (217821) | 122
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the monetary value of direct EU export subsidies for agricultural goods exported by the EU to Africa in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (217200) | 123
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of Common Agricultural Policy production subsidies in the EU, including those retained under the national envelope system; and what assessment she has made of the impact that they have on the agricultural markets of developing nations. | | (217418) | 124
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy to support proposals at the World Trade Organisation for a review of the Green Box. | | (217419) | 125
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual grant from her Department to the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre was in each financial year from 2000; and how much the grant from each other donor nation was in each year. | | (218000) | 126
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last held discussions with the management of the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre on (a) staff levels at its establishment in Cambridge and (b) the level of her Department's financial support to it; and what the outcomes of those discussions were. | | (218001) | 127
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates since June 2001 Ministers have met (a) the Environment Agency and (b) the cement industry to discuss the burning of waste in cement kilns. | | (218015) | 128
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of inspection and enforcement activities carried out by (a) her Department and (b) regulatory bodies and agencies sponsored by her Department was in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2003-04. | | (217778) | 129
| 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 Conservation of Wild Birds (ORNIS) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217816) | 130
| 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 the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (Habitat) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217817) | 131
| 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 Protection of Species of Wild Fauna and Flora by Regulating Trade met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217818) | 132
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Gambia) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217823) | 133
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Greenland) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217824) | 134
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Guinea) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217825) | 135
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Guinea Bissau) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217826) | 136
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Cape Verde) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217828) | 137
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Comoros) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217829) | 138
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Côte d'Ivoire) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217830) | 139
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Estonia) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217831) | 140
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Sugar met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217846) | 141
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Oils and Fat met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217847) | 142
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Natural Fibres met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217848) | 143
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Milk and Milk Products met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217849) | 144
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Beef and Veal met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217850) | 145
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Sheep and Goats met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217851) | 146
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Pigmeat met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217852) | 147
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Poultrymeat and Eggs met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217853) | 148
| 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 Mangement Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217855) | 149
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217856) | 150
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Wines met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217857) | 151
| 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 Mangement Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Raw Tobaccoo met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217858) | 152
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Hops met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217861) | 153
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Seeds met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217862) | 154
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Live Plants and Floriculture Products met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217863) | 155
| 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 Management Committees of the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets for Bananas met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217864) | 156
| 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 Implementation Committee for spirit drinks met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217868) | 157
| 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 Implementation Committee on aromatised wine-based drinks met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217869) | 158
| 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 Joint Meetings of Management and/or regulatory Committees in the field of agriculture - promotion of agricultural products met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217870) | 159
| 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 Joint Meetings of Management and/or regulatory Committees in the field of agriculture - agrimonetary questions met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217871) | 160
| 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 Joint Meetings of Management and/or regulatory Committees in the field of agriculture - trade mechanisms met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217872) | 161
| 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 Committee on agricultural structures and rural development met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217873) | 162
| 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 Standing Forestry Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217874) | 163
| 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 the conservations, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217875) | 164
| 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 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee and working party on irregularities met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217881) | 165
| 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 supply of agricutural products to the population of the former Soviet Union met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217882) | 166
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Angola) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217883) | 167
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Argentina) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217884) | 168
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EC-Russia) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217926) | 169
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC-São Tomé and Principe) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217927) | 170
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC-Senegal) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217928) | 171
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC-Seychelles) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217929) | 172
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC-Madagascar) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217932) | 173
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC-Morocco) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217933) | 174
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC-Mauritania) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217934) | 175
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EC-Poland) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217935) | 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Equatorial Guinea) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217936) | 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Mauritius) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217937) | 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Latvia) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217938) | 179
| 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 Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC- Lithuania) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217939) | 180
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has received from the Chairperson of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CORWM) concerning (a) the suspension of Dr Keith Baverstock from the Committee and (b) the current status of Professor David Ball on CORWM; and if she will make a statement on progress made to date by CORWM in meeting its planned timetable. | | (217827) | 181
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by whom her Department was represented at the annual ministerial planning meeting for the United Nations Environment Programme, held in Nairobi, on 21st to 25th February; what issues were on the agenda; what matters were agreed; what papers were submitted to the meeting by the United Kingdom; and if she will place a copy of the final agreement and papers submitted in the Library. | | (217832) | 182
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) local, (b) regional and (c) national targets have been set on levels of incineration of waste. | | (217822) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 183
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) gross and (b) net contributions of each EU member state since 1986. | | (217656) | 184
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are being taken within the Counter-Terrorism Policy Department to optimise systems for the processing of intelligence information; and if he will make a statement. | | (216904) | 185
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the nuclear weapons capability of North Korea; and if he will make a statement. | | (216905) | 186
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with other EU governments about the transfer of Ante Gotovina to the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the former Yugoslavia at The Hague. | | (214717) | 187
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the policy of Syria towards (a) Iraq, (b) the Lebanon and (c) terrorism; and if he will make a statement on UK relations with Syria. | | (217859) | 188
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow Pollok):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February, Official Report, column 1455W, on the European Constitution, under what circumstances the Charter of Fundamental Rights might impact upon Member States when implementing Union Law. | | (218017) | 189
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow Pollok):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) a decision in Parliament and (b) a referendum will be required for the accessions of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey to the EU if the European Constitution is ratified and accession negotiations are successful. | | (218018) | 190
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Turkish Cypriot elections on 20th February. | | (217721) | 191
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the political situation in Togo; and if he will make a statement. | | (217988) | 192
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a copy of the proposed European Constitution for each household in the UK. | | (217677) | 193
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total budget of the Europe Directorate within his Department is in 2004-05; and how many staff work in the Europe Directorate. | | (217953) | 194
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Minister will be attending the meeting to be hosted by Lithuania in March in respect of the future of EU relations with Belarus; and if he will make a statement. | | (217422) | 195
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigations were held following the loss of nuclear material held by Iraq after the first Gulf War; and if he will make a statement. | | (217706) | 196
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigations there have been into the loss of decommissioned nuclear weapons and related material and equipment following South Africa's abandonment of its nuclear weapons programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (217710) | 197
| 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 Joint Council (EEC - Countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217920) | 198
| 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 Joint Committee (EEC - Yemen) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217921) | 199
| 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 Joint Co-operation Committee (EEC - ASEAN) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217922) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 200
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much capital has been spent in (a) York District Hospital and (b) York NHS Hospital Trust in each year since 1992-93; and what the purpose was of each investment worth more than one million pounds made since 1997. | | (217621) | 201
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 7th February, Official Report, columns 1336-7W, on MRI scans, what concerns were raised in the representations he has received; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of Alliance Medical recruiting radiographers from other private providers who then recruit staff from the NHS. | | (217201) | 202
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 7th February, Official Report, columns 1337W, on MRI scans, what funding has been identified to cover additional diagnostic services; and what progress has been made towards the plans for phase two of the independent sector procurement programme. | | (217202) | 203
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 7th February, Official Report, columns 1337W, on MRI scans, what aspects of the contract are monitored; how the information is collected; and if he will publish (a) the data collected to date and (b) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the contract to date. | | (217203) | 204
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent NHS dentists there have been per head of population in each year since 1997; and how many were offering NHS treatment in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year. | | (217204) | 205
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Department's central budgets for (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09 will be published. | | (217205) | 206
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish new guidance on testing and immunisation of healthcare workers for HIV and hepatitis. | | (217428) | 207
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the numbers of NHS staff referred to in his Answer of 15th November 2004, Official Report, column 1171W are (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent; and whether they cover (i) England, (ii) England and Wales and (iii) the UK. | | (217429) | 208
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made over the last two years to the guidance issued to the NHS Counter Fraud Compliance Unit on (a) recovery of incorrectly exempted prescriptions, (b) recovery of incorrectly exempted prescriptions from incapacity benefit claimants, (c) the bringing of cases to the civil courts and (d) the recovery of past debts and costs. | | (218026) | 209
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence the Food Standards Agency has examined concerning the effect of azo dyes other than Sudan I in food. | | (217714) | 210
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will guarantee that all Whitley conditions of employment are protected during the implementation of Agenda for Change. | | (217715) | 211
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to prevent the development of a two tier employment situation in the areas of cleaning, catering and associated services at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. | | (217716) | 212
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has examined concerning (a) the effects of lifetime exposure to sunlight on the risk of melanoma and (b) the effect of sun exposure on survival rates for melanoma. | | (217717) | 213
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has examined concerning the effect of exposure to UV light on the risk of lymphoma. | | (217718) | 214
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has examined concerning the effect of exposure to vitamin D from sunlight in the months immediately after birth on the risk of developing multiple sclerosis. | | (217719) | 215
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to communicate level 1 and 2 recommendations of the Rapid Review Panel to NHS trusts. | | (217865) | 216
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in (a) England and (b) Leicester South conduct regular checks to identify cases of MRSA. | | (217981) | 217
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA have been found in each hospital of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust since 2002. | | (217982) | 218
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many free eye tests for pensioners there have been in Leicester South in each year since 1997. | | (217984) | 219
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to (a) the Leicester Royal Infirmary Accident and Emergency Department and (b) accident and emergency departments in England were found to be directly caused by alcohol consumption in each year since 1997. | | (217987) | 220
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) men and (b) women were classified as obese in each region in each year since 1997. | | (217057) | 221
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average body mass index in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust was in each year since 1997. | | (217058) | 222
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners there were for each 100,000 of population in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust in each year since 1997. | | (217059) | 223
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the European Commission about his plans for a traffic light system for food labelling; what response he has received from the Commission about the proposal; whether he plans to introduce legislation to give effect to the system; and whether he expects legislation on the system to be introduced by the European Commission. | | (217666) | 224
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the adult population was obese in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many individuals that percentage represents in each of those years; how many obese persons he estimates died in each of those years; and how many individual adults became obese in each of those years. | | (217667) | 225
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th February, Official Report, column 1697W, on variant CJD, what monitoring is being undertaken by the Medical Research Council of the effectiveness of pentosan polysulphate in the treatment of variant CJD; and for what reasons pentosan polysulphate has not been included in the Prian-1 trial. | | (218014) | 226
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is taking to prepare for a possible outbreak of avian flu; and if he will make a statement. | | (218016) | 227
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what facilities are available for breast screening of women aged 50 to 64 years in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) East Anglia and (c) other parts of England; and if he will make a statement. | | (217654) | 228
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce an NHS national screening programme for aneurism. | | (217954) | 229
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS takes to encourage women to have regular blood pressure checks. | | (217955) | 230
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Department is taking to raise awareness of the risks of cardiac disease in women. | | (217956) | 231
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's advice is on mobile phone use by under 16s. | | (217699) | 232
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on research programmes on the possible health effects of mobile phone technologies in each of the last five years. | | (217700) | 233
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed in each of the last five years; and how many sufferers were born abroad. | | (217979) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 234
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) thefts, (b) burglaries, (c) robberies, (d) property crimes, (e) violent crimes and (f) all crimes there were in (i) England, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) City of York in each of the last 10 years according to the British Crime Survey. | | (217625) | 235
N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects Mrs Moreton of Carr Bank, Milnthorpe, Cumbria to receive written notification of her immigration status and the return of her passport and other personal documentation as undertaken in letters from the Immigration Minister to the honourable Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale dated 17th November 2004 and 4th February 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (216843) | 236
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the earliest possible release time is of a prisoner convicted of a standard list offence, assuming eligibility for all of the early release schemes, having been sentenced to (a) four months', (b) six months', (c) 10 months', (d) 12 months', (e) 18 months', (f) 24 months', (g) four years', (h) six years' and (i) eight years' detention. | | (217728) | 237
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have (a) started, (b) completed and (c) dropped out of educational courses in prisons in each year since 1997. | | (217729) | 238
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community-based sentences have been breached in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) type of sentence and (b) offence committed. | | (217730) | 239
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much prison capacity he expects to be available in each of the next five years. | | (217731) | 240
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reconviction rates were for community-based sentences in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) type of sentence and (b) offence committed. | | (217732) | 241
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) visual deterrent dogs, (b) guard dogs, (c) police dogs, (d) tracker dogs, (e) anti-terrorist dogs, (f) riot control dogs, (g) explosives detection dogs, (h) explosives and firearms detection dogs, (i) drug detection dogs, (j) cadaver detection dogs, (k) arson detection dogs, (l) anti-hijack dogs and (m) illegal immigrant detection dogs have been employed on Her Majesty's Service in each year since 1997. | | (217741) | 242
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers, (b) tourists and (c) immigrants entering the UK were tested for (i) tuberculosis, (ii) HIV and (iii) hepatitis in each year since 1997; and what proportion tested positive in each case. | | (217742) | 243
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been deported for carrying tuberculosis in each year since 1997. | | (217743) | 244
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is taken if an individual is tested on entry to the UK and found to have tuberculosis. | | (217744) | 245
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed by the Government to test those entering the United Kingdom for tuberculosis; and at which ports of entry they are based. | | (217745) | 246
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Government has set to determine whether to test an individual for tuberculosis. | | (217746) | 247
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to public funds has been of testing people entering the UK for tuberculosis in each year since 1997. | | (217747) | 248
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals against initial decision have been filed by asylum seekers in each year since 1992. | | (217748) | 249
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers have appealed against their initial decision in each year since 1992. | | (217749) | 250
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average sentence length for offenders convicted of (a) rape, (b) robbery, (c) sexual assault, (d) grievous bodily harm, (e) actual bodily harm and (f) violence against the person was in each year since 1997; and how many convictions there were in each case in each of those years. | | (217750) | 251
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average amount of time spent on purposeful activity per week broken down by individual prison has been in each year since 1997. | | (217751) | 252
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of purposeful acitvity in prison he uses. | | (217752) | 253
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have received an educational qualification in each year since 1997. | | (217753) | 254
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the timescale for the introduction of graffiti removal notices under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003. | | (217720) | 255
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) crimes, (b) burglaries, (c) thefts and (d) vehicle-related crimes were reported to the police in Leicester South in each year since 1997. | | (217986) | 256
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee for the Implementation of the Programme of Exchanges, Training and Co-operation Between Law Enforcement Authorities (OISIN) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217815) | 257
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of police force staff based in Milton Keynes was in each year since 1997. | | (217693) | 258
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Royal Prerogative has been used since 1975; and under what circumstances. | | (217977) | 259
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what basis the Royal Prerogative was used in the decision to refuse Martin Mubanga and Feroz Abbasi British passports. | | (217978) | 260
| Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements he plans to put in place for Swedish citizens resident in the UK in relation to identity cards and access to public services. | | (218023) | 261
| Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Danish biometric passport will be an accepted form of identification for Danish citizens in the UK to access public services. | | (218024) | 262
| Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU citizens will be required to (a) register for and (b) use a UK identity card to access public services in England and Wales. | | (218025) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 263
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on agricultural markets in Africa. | | (217420) | Questions to the Leader of the House 264
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to enable the recovery of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards' inquiry costs from the honourable Member concerned where a complaint is upheld; and if he will make a statement. | | (217797) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 265
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed by each of the health trusts covering (a) North Belfast and (b) West Belfast, broken down by (i) gender and (ii) religion and community background. | | (217415) | 266
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what resources are being committed to funding education action zones in North and West Belfast; and from what sources. | | (217416) | 267
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether all projects established under the Children's Fund will continue to receive funding. | | (217600) | 268
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on legal assistance by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in each of the last four years, broken down by section 75 group. | | (217670) | 269
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many requests for assistance were received by the Equality Commission , broken down by section 75 group. | | (217671) | 270
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent in each of the last four years in Government grants to support business in Northern Ireland. | | (217672) | 271
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent in each of the last three years in Government grants to the community and voluntary sector in Northern Ireland. | | (217673) | 272
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by the Equality Commission on legal assistance in each of the last four years; and whether there was (a) an overspend and (b) an underspend against budget in each of those years. | | (217723) | 273
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the Government's proposed changes to the (a) local government pension scheme and (b) retirement age of school teachers; and what assessment was made of the consequent effect upon job prospects for newly qualified teachers. | | (217726) | 274
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the payments and grants made by the Government to each local authority in Northern Ireland to reimburse the costs of supporting asylum seekers in each year from 1996-97. | | (217880) | Questions to the Prime Minister 275
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Prime Minister, from what budget the helicopter he used for his official engagements on 11th February was paid for. | | (217711) | 276
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) matters he discussed and (b) decisions were reached at his breakfast meeting in Brussels with President Bush on 22nd February. | | (217940) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 277
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the payments and grants made by the Government to each local authority in Scotland to reimburse the costs of supporting asylum seekers in each year from 1996-97 to the establishment of the Scottish Executive. | | (217878) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 278
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) wild and (b) farmed caviar was imported into the UK in each of the last five years, broken down by country of origin. | | (217989) | 279
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support her Department will give to the development of a working partnership between developers, investors and the commercial sector to encourage their compliance with EU legislation. | | (217206) | 280
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the annual cost of inspection and enforcement activities carried out by (a) her Department and (b) regulatory bodies and agencies sponsored by her Department was in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2003-04. | | (217779) | 281
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the annual (a) administrative and (b) policy cost of extending maternity pay to (i) nine and (ii) 12 months for (A) small and medium-sized enterprises and (B) large businesses. | | (217780) | 282
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, from which regulations the Small Business Service has pressed for an exemption for small businesses since 2000; and on which occasions an exemption was awarded. | | (217782) | 283
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance has been issued by her Department to advise small and medium-sized businesses on (a) protecting the security of staff and property and (b) contingency plans in the event of a terrorist attack. | | (217804) | 284
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) resource allocation and (b) competition deadlines for the Grants for Research and Development are for each region in 2005-06. | | (217806) | 285
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what payments have been made to the guarantor of the Miners' Pension Scheme and the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme for each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) surplus payments and (b) payments from the investment reserves; and how much is due to be paid to the guarantor in April in each case. | | (217655) | 286
| 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 Committee on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries (autonomous regime) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217834) | 287
| 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 Advisory Committee for implementation of the Community market-access strategy met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217835) | 288
| 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 Committee on the implementation of projects promoting co-operation and commercial relations between the European Union and the industrialised countries of North America, the Far East and Australasia met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217836) | 289
| 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 Committee for the management of generalised preferences met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217837) | 290
| 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 Committee for the harmonisation of credit insurance provisions for transactions with medium- and long-term cover met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217838) | 291
| 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 Co-ordinating Group for the Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use goods met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217839) | 292
| 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 Committee on conformity assessment and surveillance of the telecommunications market met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217885) | 293
| 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 Advisory Committee on medical devices met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217886) | 294
| 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 Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Sector of Cosmetics met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217911) | 295
| 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 Advisory Committee on Protection Against Dumped Imports met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217912) | 296
| 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 Advisory Committee on Protection Against Subsidised Imports met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217913) | 297
| 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 Advisory Committee on Common Rules for Exports of Products met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217914) | 298
| 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 Quota Administration Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217915) | 299
| 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 Advisory Committee on Common Rules for Imports of Products from Third Countries met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217916) | 300
| 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 Advisory Committee on Common Rules for Imports from Certain Third World Countries met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217917) | 301
| 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 Committee on Defence Against Obstacles to Trade Which Affect the Market of the Community or a Non-member Country met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217918) | 302
| 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 Textile Committee (Conventional Regime) met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | (217919) | 303
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effects on exporters of the Support for Exhibitions and Seminars Abroad Scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (217958) | 304
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with representatives of (a) the textile industry, (b) clothing manufacturers and exporters, (c) the Scottish Executive and (d) Scottish Enterprise regarding small and medium-sized enterprises participating in exhibitions and missions in export markets under the Support for Exhibitions and Seminars Abroad Scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (217959) | 305
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies based in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK have received assistance under the Support for Exhibitions and Seminars Abroad Scheme in each year since 1997; and what the average payment was. | | (217960) | 306
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress she has made in implementing the recommendations of the National Radiological Protection Board Report, Mobile Phones and Health 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (217694) | 307
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she has taken (a) to clarify and (b) to make more information available about legal responsibilities and regulations in relation to the installation of microcells and picocells as recommended by the National Radiological Protection Board Report, Mobile Phones and Health 2004. | | (217695) | 308
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the National Radiological Protection Board Report W62. | | (217696) | 309
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will instigate a formal measurement audit of the 2,000 base stations omitted from National Radiological Protection Board Report W62. | | (217697) | 310
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how she intends to help minimise exposure to radio waves of the potentially vulnerable sub-groups identified in the National Radiological Protection Board Report, Mobile Phones and Health 2004. | | (217698) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 311
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much City of York Council has received in (a) block grant and (b) specific grants for transport purposes in each year since it became a unitary authority; and if he will make a statement on investment in public transport in York. | | (217622) | 312
N | Andy Burnham (Leigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make an announcement with regard to the outstanding planning issues related to the Leigh Guided Busway. | | (217060) | 313
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Tiredness Kills signs there are on motorways in England; and where they are located. | | (217713) | 314
| 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 Advisory Committee on Aids to Transport by Rail, Road and Inland Waterway met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217812) | 315
| 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 Advisory Committee for the Application of Legislation on the Development of the Community Railways met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217813) | 316
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to discourage train operating companies from introducing car parking charges where none currently exist. | | (217998) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 317
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) savings limit and (b) disregards in the assessment of council tax benefit have been since 2001; and what assessment he has made of the financial consequences of introducing assessments of savings based on those used in pension credit. | | (218027) | 318
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will issue notifications of basic entitlement to council tax benefit to relevant claimants of pension credit. | | (218028) | 319
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget has been for (a) income support, (b) the disability premium, (c) incapacity benefit and (d) other income-related benefits in each of the past five years. | | (217424) | 320
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list other benefits available to incapacity benefit recipients; and what changes there have been in recipient numbers of each benefit in each of the last five years. | | (217425) | 321
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people left incapacity benefit, broken down by destination, in the last period for which figures are available. | | (217426) | 322
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of income support with disability premium left the benefit, broken down by destination, in the last period for which figures are available. | | (217427) | 323
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of people who entered the New Deal for (a) Young People and (b) Partners have found sustained employment since each programme was launched (i) in total and (ii) broken down by constituency. | | (216944) | 324
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used when disability benefits were last uprated. | | (217712) | 325
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of the review of the local government, health and other public service pension schemes. | | (218013) | 326
| 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 Audit Board of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217887) | 327
| 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 Committee on Information Processing met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217888) | 328
| 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 Committee for Implementation of the Action Programme to Promote Gender Equality met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | (217889) | 329
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the payments and grants made by his Department and its predecessors to each local authority in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland to reimburse the costs of supporting asylum seekers in each year from 1996-97 until the transfer of responsibility to the Home Office. | | (217876) | 330
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland were in receipt of (a) the minimum income guarantee, (b) council tax benefit, (c) jobseeker's allowance and (d) housing benefit in 2002-03. | | (217724) | 331
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-pensioners in Scotland were in receipt of income support in 2002-03. | | (217725) | 332
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People will reply to the letter of 13th December from the honourable Member for Northavon regarding a constituent, Karen Walker. | | (217430) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 333
| Denzil Davies (Llanelli):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many statutory regulatory bodies have been established since 1997. | | [Transferred] (217999) | 334
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the report, Alcohol Policies, produced in 1979 by the Central Policy Review Staff. | | [Transferred] (217727) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 335
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of carers in Leicester South. | | [Transferred] (217985) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 336
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee on the Service in the Member States of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents and Co-operation Between the Courts of the Member States in the Taking of Evidence in Civil or Commercial Matters met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (217814) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 337
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Contact Committee for implementation of the Television without frontiers Directive met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (217951) | 338
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee for the implementation of the training programme for professionals in the European audio-visual programme industry and of the programme to encourage the development, distribution and promotion of European audio-visual works MEDIA II met; when and where these meetings took place; what UK Government expert was present; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (217952) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 339
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there has been conflict between NATO and EU contingency plans for military intervention in the Sudan. | | [Transferred] (217795) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 340
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the payments and grants made by the Government to each local authority in Wales to reimburse the costs of supporting asylum seekers in each year from 1996-97 to the establishment of the Welsh Assembly. | | [Transferred] (217879) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 341
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what investigations the Government has undertaken on the possible involvement of UK (a) individuals and (b) companies in the mismanagement of Iraq reconstruction funds. | | [Transferred] (217903) |
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