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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 7 March 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 7 March 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 7 March 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 Monday 7 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 7 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what enquiries he has made into payments made to the Right honourable Member for Sheffield, Brightside, for speeches and consultancy services, by a firm which has been involved in major commercial dealings with the Department for Education and Skills; and if he will make a statement. | | (220564) | 2
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) sacked in each year since 2001 for gross professional misconduct; and in which department each was employed. | | (220237) | 3
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) sacked in each year since 2001 under suspicion of breaching the Official Secrets Act 1989; and in which department each was employed. | | (220238) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 4
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of making student loan repayments for graduates tax-deductible. | | (220919) | 5
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role his Department is taking in international attempts to facilitate economic regeneration in Palestine. | | (219693) | 6
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a specific tax credit for volunteers during the year of the volunteer. | | (220085) | 7
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many of the cases in 2004-05 where the Inland Revenue contacted childcare providers to verify the details that had been provided by the claimant, the childcare element of child tax credit was (a) reduced and (b) stopped. | | (220242) | 8
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will issue final regulations and guidance notes on implementation of legislation on pre-owned assets. | | (220827) | 9
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) purpose and (b) functions of his Department's (i) local government team, (ii) housing and urban team and (iii) devolved countries and regions team are; and how many civil servants are employed in each. | | (220907) | 10
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely increase in the population of the UK as a result of immigration in all forms over the next 30 years. | | (219750) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 11
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will undertake research to assess what the implications would be of the introduction of a minimum turn-out threshold for the referendum on the Constitutional Treaty for the European Union. | | (220715) | 12
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what measures he is taking against legal advisers facilitating unfounded claims for (a) asylum and (b) applications for work permits. | | (219840) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 13
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what priorities she has set for lottery funding. | | (220835) | 14
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to amend the criteria for lottery awards to ensure that poorer areas receive a higher level of award. | | (220836) | 15
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Coventry South constituency, the effects in the constituency of changes to her Department's policies since 1997. | | (219820) | 16
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many candidates applied for the post of Chair of UK Sport; how many were interviewed; and what criteria were used to select the appointee. | | (220560) | 17
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who interviewed the candidates for Chair of UK Sport; and what role she played in the appointment. | | (220561) | 18
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Chair of UK Sport is allowed to hold other public appointments; and what rules govern her conduct. | | (220562) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 19
N | Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what medical testing is available for veterans claiming Gulf War-related illnesses. | | (220490) | 20
N | Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims of Gulf War-related illnesses are waiting to be processed. | | (220491) | 21
N | Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans who have had claims of Gulf War-related illnesses refused have appealed against the decision; and what the success rate has been. | | (220492) | 22
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions took place between the military authorities in the UK and their counterparts in (a) Russia, (b) France and (c) China before the military action in Iraq of 2003 concerning the interruption of the Oil for Food programme. | | (220758) | 23
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military advice his Department is offering to the new government of East Timor. | | (220852) | 24
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January, Official Report, column 729W, on cluster munitions, whether any foreign-owned company has (a) manufactured cluster munitions in and (b) exported cluster munitions from the UK since 1998. | | (220806) | 25
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are made for parents of service personnel who have died (a) whilst on active service abroad and (b) whilst stationed at overseas barracks to visit the sites of the deaths. | | (220802) | 26
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Medium Versatile Surface Combatant and its relationship to the Future Surface Combatant programme. | | (220568) | 27
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members are of the Surface Ship Support Study; what its terms of reference are; and when it will report. | | (220569) | 28
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members are of the Submarine Acquisition Study; what its terms of reference are; and when it will report. | | (220570) | 29
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members are of the Naval Sector Strategy Study; what its terms of reference are; and when it will report. | | (220571) | 30
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members are of the UK Naval Shipbuilding Implementation Study; what its terms of reference are; and when it will report. | | (220572) | 31
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to match military tanker capacity to defence requirements. | | (220828) | 32
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work is being undertaken in Vice Chief of Defence Staff Medium Workstrands; and if he will make a statement. | | (220832) | 33
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on trade between UK and US companies in the defence section of the aerospace industry. | | (220363) | 34
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for providing a deep maintenance facility at RAC Leuchars for the Tornado F3. | | (220837) | 35
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of the contracted task raised against the Harrier Post Design Services Contract. | | (220838) | 36
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the depth support maintenance will be undertaken by (a) RAF personnel and (b) BAE Systems personnel at RAF Marham when Tornado GR4s are rolled forward. | | (220839) | 37
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to extend the in-service life of the Jaguar. | | (220840) | 38
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of current work on the Harrier GR7 to GR9 conversion and majors is being undertaken at (a) RAF Cottesmore and (b) BAE Warton; and at what cost. | | (220841) | 39
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the crisis manning requirement is for the Tornado GR4; and how this number is arrived at. | | (220842) | 40
| Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of work on the Harrier GR7 to GR9 conversion and majors was previously scheduled to be undertaken by the Defence Aviation Repair Agency. | | (220844) | 41
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with his EU counterparts regarding the EU proposals for lifting the ban on arms sales to China; and if he will make a statement. | | (220928) | 42
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department's officials had with US Department of Defense officials regarding the EU proposals for lifting the ban on arms sales to China; and if he will make a statement. | | (220929) | 43
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) sacked from employment by his Department in each year since 2001 under suspicion of breaching the Official Secrets Act 1989. | | (220236) | 44
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) sacked from employment by his Department in each year since 2001 for gross professional misconduct. | | (220239) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 45
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out the terms of reference of the research study being carried out by his Department into car parking provision consistent with policies on sustainable residential environments; when the research project began; and when he expects it to be concluded. | | (220847) | 46
N | Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he expects anti-social behaviour legislation relating to high hedges to be implemented before Easter. | | (219694) | 47
N | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities in England have decided their stock options appraisal in favour of (a) stock transfer, (b) arm's length management organisation, (c) private finance initiative and (d) stock retention by the council; how many homes each authority has in each case; which authorities have yet to advise his Office of their intentions; and how many homes they own in each case. | | (220451) | 48
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if his Department will bring forward proposals to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of disabled facilities grant application systems. | | (220709) | 49
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many applications were made for disabled facilities grants in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by region; and how many of those applications were successful, broken down by region. | | (220710) | 50
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether mortgage payments are taken into account when assessment is made of disabled facilities grant applications. | | (220711) | 51
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to increase the maximum level of disabled facilities grant. | | (220712) | 52
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average time taken was for consideration of applications made for disabled facilities grants in each region in the last period for which figures are available. | | (220713) | 53
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the abolition of the means testing of disabled facilities grant applications in Northern Ireland. | | (220714) | 54
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will make a statement on the Government's criteria for capping for 2005-06. | | (220768) | 55
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the reasons are for the change in timescale for implementing the provisions of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 on high hedges; and if he will make a statement. | | (220773) | 56
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the expected timescale and procedure for capping local authorities will be in 2005-06; and when he expects that any revised bills would be issued. | | (220887) | 57
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has held with the Scottish Executive on council tax revaluation in Scotland. | | (220908) | 58
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had with the National Assembly for Wales Government on council tax revaluation in Wales. | | (220909) | 59
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hemsworth constituency, the effects of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on Hemsworth constituency. | | (220858) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 60
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that additional childcare places will expand the provision of childcare within and for Muslim communities in a culturally sensitive way. | | (220805) | 61
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Coventry South constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to her Department's policies since 1997. | | (219821) | 62
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the funding gap is between school sixth forms and further education colleges; and what plans her Department has to reduce the funding spending gap. | | (219897) | 63
N | Alan Howarth (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding was provided to support the new Oxford Directory of National Biography project; at what stage; and through what channels. | | (220501) | 64
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the time that local education authorities and promoters will need to plan and implement proposals for replacement secondary schools resulting from the proposal in the Education Bill to include replacement secondary schools in the secondary school competition arrangements; and what assessment she has made of whether there will be an increase in pressures on staff, parents and pupils subject to the competition procedures while undergoing school reorganisation. | | (220890) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 65
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring of (a) fish stocks and (b) other marine wildlife occurs in parts of UK waters where harmful cargoes are known to have been lost overboard. | | (220600) | 66
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd March, Official Report, column 1169W, on Foot and Mouth, how any animals vaccinated following a future outbreak would be treated subsequently. | | (220707) | 67
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Coventry South constituency, the effects in Coventry South of changes to her Department's policies since 1997. | | (219691) | 68
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has in respect of single farm payments for those who had historic commoners' rights on the basis of the number of animals grazed over recent years, with particular reference to those who are classed as commoners, but who have chosen not to graze animals for a considerable period of time. | | (219819) | 69
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the merits of re-introduction of reactive culling of badgers to eradicate bovine TB. | | (220271) | 70
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to respond to farmers who have applied to the Rural Payments Agency for environmental stewardship scheme support, but who have yet to be included on the Rural Land Registry or have maps returned. | | (220272) | 71
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which applications to her Department for funding under the EU Life Directive have been (a) successful, (b) unsuccessful and (c) received but are yet to be determined; and what grants were awarded to each successful project. | | (220759) | 72
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent approval given by the European Commission for the marketing of two GM maize varieties. | | (220820) | 73
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the amendments made to the open general licence for shooting of pest species. | | (220905) | 74
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons negotiations on the application to opt out of phase one of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme have been linked with those on the National Allocation Plan. | | (220718) | 75
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons industries subject to the requirements of the National Allocation Plan are not exempt from the requirements of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | | (220720) | 76
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she has taken to ensure that a complete and definitive list of those installations wishing to opt out of phase one of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is available; who she has consulted in compiling such a list; and when she expects the list to be available. | | (220721) | 77
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she wil list the consistency guidelines produced by the Planning Inspectorate that relate to rights of way and definition map orders; how they may be amended; and who monitors their accuracy. | | (220471) | 78
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who was consulted by her Department prior to the publication of the orders varying the terms of a general shooting licence with respect to the shooting of pests. | | (220456) | 79
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th January, Official Report, column 933W, on agriculture, on what basis the decision was made that 20 per cent. of the budget of the National Bee Unit should be reduced from 2008; and what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the proposed reduction on the UK beekeeping industry. | | (220455) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 80
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Iraqi administration that it makes it a condition sine qua non that there be a determination by the UN about the legality of the use of force against Iraq before any person is accused of having committed crimes in Iraq. | | (220811) | 81
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iraqi administration on establishing the impartiality of judges operating in Iraq where the identity of the judge is not revealed. | | (220812) | 82
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account was taken of Article 64 of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the appointment of the Iraqi Special Tribunal. | | (220813) | 83
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the position of the Government is on the acceptance by the Government of Canada of the principle that the issue of the legality of the Iraq war should be brought before the International Court of Justice. | | (220814) | 84
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Tariq Aziz has been allowed to see the evidence against him since his arrest. | | (220815) | 85
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what access Saddam Hussein has had to the alleged evidence against him. | | (220816) | 86
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has had from ISNAD, the body formed to co-ordinate the efforts aimed at ensuring respect for the law in Iraq, about the (a) legitimacy and (b) legality of the Iraqi Special Tribunal. | | (220817) | 87
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times lawyers representing Saddam Hussein have met their client since 16th December 2004. | | (220818) | 88
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many lawyers chosen by Saddam Hussein have been able to meet him in confidence, as required by international law, since his arrest. | | (220819) | 89
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will press the UN Security Council to refer the situation in the Sudan, including Darfur, to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in accordance with Article 13(b) of the Rome Statute. | | (220778) | 90
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the attack on UN peacekeepers in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and what additional help the British Government plans to offer in support of peace-keeping activities there. | | (220270) | 91
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department gave evidence to the Volcker investigation into the Iraq Oil for Food scandal. | | (220823) | 92
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the governments of (a) France, (b) Russia and (c) China on (i) the Volcker investigation into the UN Oil for Food programme and (ii) the illegal movements of oil from Iraq prior to the invasion. | | (220824) | 93
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigations his Department is undertaking into (a) the Iraq Oil for Food scandal and (b) illegal oil movements from that country prior to and following the invasion in 2003. | | (220825) | 94
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British companies were implicated in (a) the Iraq oil for food scandal and (b) illegal oil movements from Iraq prior to the invasion in 2003. | | (220927) | 95
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors determined his Department's selection of Lahore and Gujarat for inclusion in the itinerary of his 2005 South Asia tour; and what the cost was of including those destinations in the tour. | | (220566) | 96
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what rules apply to the conduct of Ministers in the selection of foreign destinations for ministerial visits. | | (220567) | 97
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on the UK Muslim community of the scheduling of Ministerial visits to Lahore and Gujarat. | | (220605) | 98
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on the UK Muslim community of his policy in relation to Iraq. | | (220606) | 99
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who in his Department took the decision to include Lahore and Gujarat in the itinerary of his recent visit to South Asia. | | (220607) | 100
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he held with Ministers in EU member states about the lifting of the arms embargo with China; and if he will make a statement. | | (220360) | 101
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with the US Administration on the lifting of the EU's arms embargo on China; what the US's position was; and if he will make a statement. | | (220361) | 102
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government held with representatives of the aerospace industry before the agreement by the EU to lift the arms embargo on China, with particular reference to the impact of the lifting of the embargo on the potential of the industry to do business with companies in the United States; and if he will make a statement. | | (220362) | 103
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants were suspended or sacked from employment by his Department under suspicion of breaching the Official Secrets Act 1989 in each year since 2001. | | (220240) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 104
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Advertising Standards Agency on implementing in food advertising the recommendations of the Health Select Committee Report on Obesity. | | (220797) | 105
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with fast food companies on the promotion of healthy eating. | | (220798) | 106
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of including the calorific content on the labelling of alcoholic products. | | (220799) | 107
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Food Standards Agency have had with the food and drinks industry in response to the recommendations in the Health Select Committee Report on Obesity. | | (220800) | 108
N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation he has made of the Appleby Report on the National Service Framework for Mental Health - 5 years on, with particular reference to variations in access to atypical anti-psychotic drugs. | | (220469) | 109
N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action is being taken by his Department to encourage implementation of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines on the use of atypical anti-psychotics in schizophrenia; when full implementation will be achieved; and how implementation will be measured. | | (220470) | 110
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his written evidence to the Health Select Committee of 24th January, whether all strategic health authorities in England have completed and cleared their pre-April 2004 backlog of cases where individuals were wrongly assessed to pay for continuing care. | | (220454) | 111
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a national strategy for the diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma; and if he will make a statement. | | (219770) | 112
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines are available to NHS staff on the treatment of mesothelioma. | | (219771) | 113
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's timetable is for providing digital hearing aids to those diagnosed to be in need of them. | | (220708) | 114
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Coventry South constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997. | | (219822) | 115
N | Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS per patient is for each contract placed by the NHS with private sector diagnostic and treatment centres; and against what NHS comparator each was assessed. | | (220339) | 116
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to table statutory instruments which will permit strategic health authorities to hold a local ballot on fluoridation. | | (220888) | 117
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which strategic health authorities have expressed an interest in fluoridating their water supply. | | (220889) | 118
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) insect-borne diseases and (ii) Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement. | | (220808) | 119
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatment protocols are available to NHS patients suffering from (a) insect-borne diseases and (b) Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement. | | (220809) | 120
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay of an elderly person in a care home was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (220803) | 121
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment was made, before the decision to commission Alliance Medical Ltd to conduct CT and MRI scans on behalf of the County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust of existing capacity of the Trust's own CT and MRI scanners. | | (220788) | 122
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MRI and CT scans have been carried out by Alliance Medical Ltd on behalf of the County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust; and at what cost. | | (220789) | 123
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the contract between the NHS and Alliance Medical Ltd for CT and MRI scans was signed; and who undertook negotiations on behalf of the NHS. | | (220831) | 124
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how long the NHS contract with Alliance Medical Ltd will run; and what the total value of the contract is. | | (220833) | 125
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the decision was taken to site the Alliance Medicals mobile scanner at James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough rather than at University Hospital, North Durham; and who took the decision. | | (220843) | 126
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the capital and revenue costs of Patient Archiving and Communications systems will be met by (a) the Department of Health and (b) the National Programme for IT. | | (220756) | 127
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the trusts listed in the National Programme for IT deployment plans as intending to deploy hospital and clinical administration systems by the end of March have fully implemented basic Patient Archiving and Communication systems for all users throughout each trust. | | (220757) | 128
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates his Department has made of the capital and revenue costs of Patient Archiving and Communication systems for each NHS Trust in England and Wales over the next 10 years. | | (220769) | 129
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trusts in each of the clusters of the NHS National Programme for IT he expects will have implemented and begun to use patient administration systems that form the first release of the common reference solution delivered by local service providers by the end of March. | | (220859) | 130
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department will pay to fund the capital and revenue costs of the cluster data stores to be provided by local service providers as part of their picture archiving and communications contract with the Department. | | (220861) | 131
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many changes there have been to the original specifications of the NHS data spine. | | (220862) | 132
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Atos Origin has been paid to date for the development and provision of the full choose and book system; and what monthly payment is currently being made to the company. | | (220863) | 133
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trusts in each of the clusters of the NHS National Programme for IT have signed off full trust business cases to take picture archiving and communications systems from their local service provider. | | (220864) | 134
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trusts in each of the clusters of the NHS National Programme for IT he expects will have implemented and begun to use the patient administration systems that form the first release of common reference solution delivered by local service providers by the end of December. | | (220865) | 135
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government's target remains that choose and book will be implemented across England by the end of 2005. | | (220866) | 136
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government is still working towards the target that picture archiving and communications systems should be (a) 80 per cent. implemented across the NHS in England by the end of 2006 and (b) 100 per cent. implemented by the end of 2007. | | (220867) | 137
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer by the Minister of State for Health, Official Report, 1st March, column 1090W, on telephone numbers, if he will make a further statement on the use of national or premium rate numbers by National Health Service organisations. | | (220791) | 138
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of administering the processing of HC1 forms for students. | | (220821) | 139
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the combined cost in a year of exempting all students from charges for prescription, dental care and eye tests. | | (220830) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 140
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers his Department has to limit the availability of anti-Semitic information on the internet. | | (220086) | 141
N | Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Pub Watch and (b) Shop Watch scheme in Workington; and what measures he plans to take to strengthen each scheme. | | (220453) | 142
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what levels of drug use in prisons have been in each of the last five years. | | (220920) | 143
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government has introduced to combat drug use in prisons. | | (220921) | 144
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of how the introduction of the National Offender Management Service will affect levels of drug use in prisons. | | (220922) | 145
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how levels of cannabis use have changed since the declassification of the drug to class C; and if he will make a statement. | | (220923) | 146
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of prisoner rehabilitation programmes. | | (220924) | 147
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the re-offending rates for (a) individuals who participated in rehabilitation programmes and (b) individuals who did not participate in rehabilitation programmes during their time in prison have been in each year since 1997. | | (220925) | 148
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rehabilitation programmes are available in prisons. | | (220926) | 149
N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of mistaken identity in relation to cases brought to prosecution he has been informed of in each of the last five years. | | (220340) | 150
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of (a) the effectiveness of Radio Frequency Identification projects and (b) their implications for (i) privacy and (ii) civil liberties. | | (220770) | 151
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he gives to police authorities on the type of behaviour which merits the placing of an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO); and what steps he takes to ensure consistency across different police authorities in their attitude towards ASBOs. | | (220364) | 152
| Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers (a) were investigated between 27th January and 10th February 2003 and (b) have been investigated since 10th February 2003 for offences related to alleged intended or actual employment of illegal workers or facilitation of illegal immigration or other immigration-related offences (i) under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, (ii) under the Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002 and (iii) under other legislation; how many were prosecuted; how many were convicted; and what the (A) minimum, (B) average and (C) maximum sentences imposed were, broken down by offence. | | (220877) | 153
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for cycling on the pavement there have been in (a) the London Borough of Enfield, (b) Greater London and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (220829) | 154
N | Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is taken following a verdict by a coroner in England and Wales of unlawful killing in respect of a death of a UK national overseas. | | (220357) | 155
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will instruct the Security Industry Authority to make licence application forms readily available to door supervisor candidates and via their approved training provider. | | (220792) | 156
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will temporarily suspend the conditionality clause covering the exemption under sub-paragraph (4) (b) of section 4 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001, pending the establishment of the approved contractor scheme. | | (220793) | 157
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an approved contractor scheme under the Private Security Industry Act 2001 has been established. | | (220794) | 158
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his policy that a person whose application to the Security Industry Authority for a licence to work as a security doorperson has not yet been considered may work as a doorperson pending that consideration. | | (220795) | 159
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will delay further implementation of the provisions of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 until existing applicants have completed their training and registration and have been licensed as security door staff. | | (220796) | 160
N | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many prisons the population was in excess of the certified normal accommodation on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (219839) | 161
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made for (a) possession and (b) supply of (i) cannabis and (ii) class A drugs in the last two years. | | (220848) | 162
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made for (a) possession and (b) supply of (i) cannabis and (ii) class A drugs in London in each month since January 2004. | | (220849) | 163
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the resources saved from the reclassification of cannabis; to what extent savings have been reallocated to the policing of (a) dealing and (b) tackling misuse of class A drugs; and if he will make a statement. | | (220850) | 164
N | Phil Sawford (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of police officers per 1000 population in England and Wales is in each police authority. | | (220395) | 165
N | Phil Sawford (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in England and Wales are receiving funding (a) above the formula funding level, (b) at the formula funding level and (c) below the formula funding level; and what action he is taking to ensure that all forces receive funding in line with the formula. | | (220396) | 166
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to respond to the letter from the honourable Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 14th December 2004 regarding the resourcing of the Connexions Service. | | (220917) | 167
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of physical or racial abuse at the immigration centres were reported to his Department in 2004. | | (220897) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 168
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to provide assistance to disabled children in Iraq, with particular reference to children disabled by recent military action. | | (220807) | 169
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding he has provided for CAMFED International projects in the last five years; and what funding he plans to provide for those projects. | | (220717) | 170
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to expand the use of proven effective drug combinations for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria treatment in developing countries. | | (220771) | 171
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Govan):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he takes to ensure that all aid from the UK, including that distributed via multilateral donors, is fully aligned with the priorities of recipient countries. | | (220772) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 172
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much inward investment there has been in Strangford during the last four years; how many new businesses have opened in this period; and what plans Invest Northern Ireland have to promote further investment in the area. | | (220752) | 173
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department work on the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan and the Newtownards area plans; and what progress has been made in reducing time taken to consider planning applications in Strangford. | | (220753) | 174
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has to reintroduce social security payments to fishermen who are unable to go to sea in Northern Ireland; how many fishermen benefited from these benefits in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (220754) | 175
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what compensation has been offered to date to fishermen in Northern Ireland who have been required to tie up in accordance with recent restrictions imposed on days at sea. | | (220755) | 176
N | David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent estimate is of (a) the size of the trade in illegal drugs in the Province and (b) the amount of money received from that activity by (i) the Provisional IRA, (ii) the INLA, (iii) the Official IRA, (iv) the UDA, (v) the UVF and (vi) other criminal gangs in the last three years. | | (220563) | 177
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Chief Constable of Police in Northern Ireland on the possible involvement of the Provisional IRA in the murders of (a) Mr McCartney in Belfast and (b) Mr McGinley in Londonderry. | | (220452) | 178
| Mr John Hume (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) recurrent and (b) capital expenditure funding provided to each Northern Ireland education and library boards was in each year since 1995. | | (220906) | 179
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how proposed Government pension scheme changes will impact on pension scheme members in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (219816) | 180
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total investment by Invest Northern Ireland in each Northern Ireland parliamentary constituency was in each of the last five years. | | (219817) | 181
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total Northern Ireland Tourist Board investment in each Northern Ireland parliamentary constituency was in each of the last five years. | | (219818) | 182
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) guidelines and (b) restrictions are laid down for each grade of the Northern Ireland Civil Service in relation to (i) membership of a political party, (ii) holding office within a political party and (iii) other political activity. | | (220088) | Questions to the Prime Minister 183
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 23rd February, Official Report, column 302, on intercept evidence, when he saw the advice received by the Leader of the Opposition when he was Home Secretary. | | (220241) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 184
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the way in which women from (a) ethnic minority groups and (b) faith groups have been affected by Government policy aimed at increasing labour market participation of (i) women and (ii) mothers. | | (220853) | 185
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research her Department has commissioned on (a) entry to and (b) progression of black and ethnic minority women in the workplace. | | (220854) | 186
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to assist black and ethnic minority women's (a) entry to and (b) progression in the workplace. | | (220855) | 187
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the role of Government departments and agencies in delivering a targeted system of support to black and ethnic minority women in the workplace. | | (220856) | 188
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of factors affecting (a) entry to the labour market, (b) progression within the labour market and (c) re-entry into the labour market after pregnancy by women from ethnic minority groups. | | (220857) | 189
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the number of black and ethnic minority women who believe that they are working below their potential, with particular reference to black and ethnic minority women who (a) are working in jobs where they have less of a role in staff management or supervision than they did in previous jobs and (b) made more use of higher qualifications or higher skills levels in previous jobs; and what estimate she has made of the economic cost of black and ethnic minority women working below their potential in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (220930) | 190
N | Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Manchester, Withington, dated 22nd November 2004, on behalf of a constituent Mr Dave Bush, which was originally sent to the Lord Chancellor and forwarded to her Department. | | (220500) | 191
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions since 5th November 2004 (a) the Export Credits Guarantee Department has accepted an applicant's request not to provide the name and address of an agent when proceeding with an application and (b) applicants have asked the ECGD to proceed with an application without providing the name and address of an agent or intermediary. | | (220896) | 192
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 10th February, Official Report, columns 1801-2W, on vehicle pricing, what steps she is taking to encourage competition in the car industry as a means of bringing prices of new cars in line with the EU. | | (220918) | 193
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Coventry South constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to her Department's policy since 1997. | | (219535) | 194
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much funding, and in what form, is being provided by the Government to assist trade associations and other industry representative bodies in addressing barriers to distributed generation, in pursuit of the goal to achieve 10 per cent. of electricity and 10gW of combined heat and power to be supplied by renewable sources. | | (220822) | 195
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria have been used to define (a) urban and (b) rural sub-post offices. | | (220716) | 196
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ask Post Office Ltd to reconsider its decision to close the sub-post offices in (a) Hurcott Road, Kidderminster, Wyre Forest, (b) Sutton Road, Kidderminster, Wyre Forest, (c) Calder Road, Stourport, Wyre Forest, (d) Lister Road, Kidderminster, Wyre Forest, (e) Belmont, Stonecot Hill, Oldfields Road, Ewell Road, Angel Hill and Church Hill Road in Sutton and Cheam and (f) Furnace Fields in Pine Tree Road, Bedworth. | | (220774) | 197
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ask Post Office Ltd to reconsider its decision to close (a) five post offices in north-west Leeds, (b) seven post offices in Harrow, (c) the sub-post office at (i) Aldershot Road and (ii) Madrid Road, Guildford, (d) six post offices in Weymouth, (e) Tildesley Road post office on the Ashburton estate in Putney, (f) three post offices in Pudsey and (g) five post offices in Worcester. | | (220775) | 198
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ask Post Office Ltd to reconsider its decision to close the sub-post offices at (a) Clifton Road, Maida Vale, London, (b) Formosa Street, London, (c) Sutherland Avenue, London, (d) Furnace Fields, Bedworth, (e) Clifton Street, South Swindon, (f) Oxford Road, North Swindon, (g) Ferndale, North Swindon, (h) Duffield Road, Derby, (i) Duffield Road, Darley, Abbey, Derby, (j) Nottingham Road, Spondon, Derby, (k) Rooseveldt Avenue, Chaddesden, Derby, (l) St Barnabas, Stables Street, Mackworth, Derby, (m) Scarborough Rise, Derwent Heights, Derby, (n) Uttoxter Old Road, Mackworth, Derby, (o) Fulham Palace Road, London, (p) Brackenbury Road, London and (q) Dukes Avenue, Richmond, London. | | (220776) | 199
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) criteria she has used and (b) research she has commissioned in order to assess the effects on the economy of reforms made by her Department to the Support for Exhibitions and Seminars Abroad scheme. | | (220559) | 200
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will commission research into the (a) reasons for and (b) level of unavoidable miscellaneous charges made by banks, with particular reference to (i) survey fees, (ii) booking fees, (iii) arrangement fees, (iv) higher lending charges fees and (v) sealing of deeds fees; and if she will make a statement. | | (220777) | 201
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on provision of post office services in Amington ward in Tamworth. | | (220790) | 202
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the small firms productivity growth referred to in Public Service Agreement Target 6 of her Department's Business Plan 2005-8 is measured; and what small firms productivity growth was in each year between 1984 and 2004 on the basis of this measurement. | | (220697) | 203
| Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department's estimate of the number of full-time equivalent jobs in the UK solar PV sector is in the last year for which information is available; and if she will make a statement. | | (220904) | 204
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to ensure the economic partnership agreements between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries give appropriate priority to development in those countries; and what representations she has made to the European Commission on the subject. | | (220898) | 205
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the appropriate level of regional integration which African, Caribbean and Pacific countries should reach before committing to economic partnership agreements with the EU; and what representations she has made to the European Commission on the subject. | | (220899) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 206
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the dangerous or harmful cargoes known to have been lost overboard in UK waters since 1st January 1990 which are not thought to have been recovered. | | (220601) | 207
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the packages containing dangerous or harmful goods found in UK waters since 1st January 1997, broken down by (a) date, (b) source, (c) nature of the incident giving rise to the deposit of the package in the waters and (d) location. | | (220602) | 208
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reporting requirements there are in respect of the loss overboard (a) within UK waters and (b) from UK registered vessels of dangerous or harmful goods. | | (220603) | 209
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents there have been since 1st May 1997 of (a) anthrax and (b) other goods of military origin being washed up on UK shores, broken down by (i) date of reporting, (ii) nature and volume of the material and (iii) origin and retrieval points of the material. | | (220604) | 210
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation the Government conducted with organisations or interests other than motorcycle users and manufacturers prior to publishing its recent motor cycling strategy; and what responses it received. | | (220846) | 211
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's motor cycling strategy, with particular reference to the proposal to amend the Government's guidance on bus lanes, on levels of use of powered two wheelers; and what assessment he has made of the consequent effects of any changes in levels on (a) the Government's objectives to encourage increased walking, cycling and public transport use, (b) the safety of pedestrians and cyclists, (c) overall road safety, (d) pollutant emissions and (e) noise emissions. | | (220851) | 212
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent data are for levels of emissions, expressed (a) per person/km and (b) per vehicle/km, of (i) carbon monoxide, (ii) benzene, (iii) methane, (iv) other volatile organic compounds, (v) 1.3 butadeine and (vi) particulates from (A) cars and (B) powered two-wheeled vehicles in the UK. | | (220868) | 213
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when an evaluation was last carried out of the need for traffic light controls at Junction 14 of the M5; who was consulted on the results; and whether the results were published. | | (220902) | 214
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the operation of the newly-installed traffic lights at Junction 14 of the M5. | | (220903) | 215
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central government funding was provided to London Underground in each financial year between 1997-98 and 2004-05 (a) at current prices and (b) at constant prices, separately identifying amounts provided for the Jubilee Line Extension. | | (220698) | 216
N | Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will determine the bid for the upgrading of phases 1 and 2 of Manchester's Metrolink. | | (220394) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 217
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Ethnic Minority Employment Taskforce has had with the Equal Opportunities Commission on ensuring that research for the taskforce identifies issues specific to women's employment. | | (220801) | 218
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Equal Opportunities Commission on commissioning research into the factors affecting ethnic minority women entering and re-entering the labour market. | | (220834) | 219
N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the private sector contractors supplying services relating to the intensive activity period pilot scheme for those aged between 50 and 59 years, broken down by jobcentre office areas. | | (220468) | 220
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Coventry South constituency, the effects in Coventry South of changes to his Department's policies since 1997. | | (219692) | 221
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outcome was of the Employment and Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 3rd March; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. | | (220826) | 222
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 28th February, Official Report, column 628, on the Financial Assistance Scheme, how many of the pension schemes to be covered by the Financial Assistance Scheme provided some indexation of post-retirement benefits to scheme members. | | (220359) | 223
| Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the Child Support Agency to impose a penalty on absent parents who fail to disclose their income and employee details. | | (220845) | 224
| Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will give the Child Support Agency (CSA) powers to make it mandatory for absent parents to instruct the CSA of their new employee details when they change employment. | | (220860) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 225
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many courts were held each week at Chorley Magistrates Court in each month in 2004. | | [Transferred] (220891) | 226
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many cases were transferred from Chorley Magistrates Court to other courts in 2004; and for what reasons. | | [Transferred] (220892) | 227
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court cases have been heard outside Chorley since 1st January where the defendant resided in the Chorley constituency. | | [Transferred] (220893) | 228
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance he issues on the appropriate number of clerks to run a fully operational magistrates' court. | | [Transferred] (220894) | 229
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many clerks are working in magistrates' courts in South Lancashire. | | [Transferred] (220895) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 230
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the role of the provision of culturally sensitive childcare in facilitating Muslim women's ability to work outside the home. | | [Transferred] (220804) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 231
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sub-groups have been set up to the Soil Guideline Values Taskforce; when she expects them to report to the Taskforce; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (220900) | 232
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the aims of the Soil Guideline Values Taskforce are; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (220901) | 233
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with local councils regarding contaminated land and the Soil Guideline Values Taskforce; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (220914) | 234
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she has given local councils regarding dealing with (a) contaminated land and (b) contaminated residential land with regard to the Soil Guideline Values Taskforce; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (220915) | 235
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Soil Guidelines Values Taskforce to report; whether its report will be publicly available; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (220916) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 236
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the awarding of an honorary knighthood to the American former head of IBM. | | [Transferred] (220565) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 237
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the competitiveness of British industry in comparison to its European competitors. | | [Transferred] (220719) | 238
N | David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the estimated number of people employed in call centres in the UK is; and what percentage of the work force that figure represents. | | [Transferred] (220358) |
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