Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2004 - 05
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 14 March 2005

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 14 March 2005
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 14 March 2005

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 14 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 14 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 14 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

1
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Office's policy is on the wearing of the Kirpan by Sikh employees.

(221665)

2
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people employed by the Civil Service state their religion as Sikh.

(221666)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

3
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will exempt the student bursary for nurses and midwives from tax; and if he will make a statement.

(222139)

4
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of exempting the student bursary for nurses and midwives from tax.

(222141)

5
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests for guidance on the Income and Corporation Tax Act 1988 section 577A, concerning tax deductibility on bribes and special commissions, have been received by (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) the Inland Revenue's Head Office since April 2004.

(221698)

6
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax the Inland Revenue's Oil Taxation Office has collected on (a) signature bonuses, (b) consultancy fees and (c) special commissions on overseas business by UK companies since April 2004.

(221699)

7
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax the Inland Revenue's Large Business Office has collected on (a) consultancy fees, (b) special commissions and (c) entertainment expenses for overseas business by UK companies since April 2004.

(221700)

8
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties the Inland Revenue has issued for claims on expenditure that are disallowed under section 577A of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 since April 2004; and what the total value of these penalties is.

(221701)

9
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reports of (a) evidence of overseas bribery and (b) suspicions of overseas bribery have been passed to the Inland Revenue's Special Compliance Office since April 2004.

(221702)

10
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reports of suspected bribery have been passed by the Inland Revenue to law enforcement agencies under the gateway provided by section 19 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

(221703)

11
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths from MRSA there have been in (a) Lancashire, (b) the Ribble Valley and (c) each hospital in Lancashire in each of the last five years.

(221988)

12
N Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March, Official Report, column 1519W, on stamp duty, if he will estimate the revenue impact for the UK; for what reasons a reliable estimate cannot be made for countries and regions of the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(221394)

13
N Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue raised (a) in total and (b) within each stamp duty band in (i) Scotland and (ii) the UK.

(221395)

14
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases where a TC846 has been returned requesting the Inland Revenue to reconsider its decision to recover tax credits had the earnings of one of the partners been omitted from the tax credit award in (a) 2003-04 and (b) the current tax year.

(221097)

15
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases where a tax credit case has been calculated and paid out manually has the claimant been overpaid as a result of the computer system automatically sending out any arrears due.

(221098)

16
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credits payments have been calculated and paid manually in each month in the current tax year.

(221127)

17
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths have occurred in each of the last 10 years in which death certificates cited Dothiepan as a possible cause.

(221628)

18
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have died due to cancer in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.

(222144)

19
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the national debt per head of population was in real terms in (a) 1996 and (b) 2004.

(221924)

20
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of youth unemployment in Tamworth was in 2004.

(221930)

21
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will reply to the letter dated 1st February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Carl Walker.

(221910)

22
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average age of women at first childbirth was in each of the last 10 years.

(222059)

23
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) perinatal and (b) infant mortality rates were in each of the last 10 years.

(222060)

24
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the latest figure is for the level of net taxes and social security contributions as a proportion of gross domestic product; and if he will make a statement.

(221586)

25
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the statistics relating to tax credits, which, since 1997 (a) are no longer collected by his Department and (b) have had the way in which the figures are compiled changed.

(221795)

26
Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) annuities and (b) pensions are still paid from public funds to the descendants of any individuals who through particular public service were granted exceptional perpetual annuity or pension payments.

(221921)

27
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax can be reclaimed by people aged (a) between 16 and 64, (b) between 65 and 74 and (c) over 75 years, when contributing to stakeholder pensions; and if he will make a statement.

(221688)

28
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct the Tax Credit Office to reply to the letter of 28th January from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent, Mr A. Palla of Peterhead, passed to it by Inland Revenue Scotland.

(221621)

29
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct the Tax Credit Office to reply to the letter of 7th December 2004 from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent, Mr. E. Mustoe of Fraserburgh.

(221622)

30
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new jobs have been created in (a) Aberdeenshire Unitary Authority Area, (b) Gordon constituency and (c) Banff and Buchan constituency in each year since 1999.

(222061)

31
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of unemployment was in Aberdeenshire Unitary Authority Area in each year since 1999 broken down by age group.

(222062)

32
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list ministerial directions that his Department has been notified of since 30th October 2003.

(221878)

33
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the Ministry of Defence's (a) December 2003, (b) July 2004 and (c) December 2004 progress reports produced under the Risk Management Assessment Framework.

(221879)

34
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change to business tax receipts in 2005-06 arising from the business rates revaluation in England.

(221864)

35
N Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his proposals for excluding tax on the associated gifts made in double trust schemes.

(221189)

36
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to impose VAT on sponsorship payments from those entering runners in the London Marathon; and if he will make a statement.

(222119)

37
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of (a) the size of the private equity industry and (b) its contribution to the UK economy.

(222088)

38
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of employees and (b) the proportion of the private sector workforce employed in (i) the private equity industry and (ii) companies financed by the private equity industry.

(222089)

39
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he intends to differentiate between private equity houses working in collaboration, and non-collaborating private investors as part of the recent changes to (a) transfer pricing rules and (b) loan relationship rules.

(222090)

40
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on recent changes to (a) transfer pricing rules and (b) loan relationship rules.

(222095)

41
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions took place with the private equity industry prior to the recent changes to (a) transfer pricing rules and (b) loan relationship rules.

(222096)

42
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the private equity industry regarding recent changes to (a) transfer pricing rules and (b) loan relationship rules.

(222121)

43
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the changes in tax revenue which will result from recent changes to (a) transfer pricing rules and (b) loan relationship rules.

(222125)

44
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent changes to (a) transfer pricing rules and (b) loan relationship rules on (i) the private equity industry and (ii) the City of London.

(222127)

45
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women with disabilities were in employment in the UK on the latest date for which figures are available.

(221604)

46
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of past advice on tax credits that he has received from the Social Security Advisory Committee.

(221766)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

47
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps he has taken to co-ordinate Government policy in relation to subsidy to (a) airports, (b) ports and (c) passenger ferries across the UK; what his objectives were; and what the outcome of his action was.

(221409)

48
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps he has taken to co-ordinate government policy on whether government-funded agencies compete to attract jobs from less wealthy parts of the UK.

(221564)

Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs

49
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow Pollok):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether UK rules on spending during the EU referendum period will apply to spending in the UK by the UK Representation of the European Commission.

(221569)

50
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) magistrates and (b) county courts there have been in each of the last 20 years.

(221406)

51
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the nature is of the training for immigration adjudicators organised and facilitated by senior judicial members of the Immigration Appellate Authority.

(221783)

52
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the Department's policy is on the wearing of the Kirpan by Sikh employees.

(221667)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

53
N Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the provisions contained in the Gambling Bill do not adversely affect weekly lotteries operated by the hospice movement.

(221716)

54
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the external reviews that have been undertaken into (a) the United Kingdom Institute of Sport and (b) the English Institute of Sport; and if she will place a copy of each report in the Library.

(222157)

55
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to create regional broadcasting councils for the BBC; whether they are to be based on the Government Offices for the Regions regional structure; and if she will make a statement.

(221762)

56
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):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 Tamworth constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to her Department's policies since 1997.

(221929)

57
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the letter dated 3rd February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Colin Brierley.

(221911)

58
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants have been paid by her Department to each National Museum in the last eight years; and what grants are planned for 2005-06.

(222043)

59
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of running the Television Licensing Authority was in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

(221592)

60
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the running costs of the Television Licensing Authority are deducted from the total revenue derived from the television licence; and if she will make a statement.

(221593)

61
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what arrangements have been put in place for major sporting events to obtain a licence under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003.

(221353)

62
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions have taken place between her Department, Ofcom and ITV on maintaining regional news and current affairs programmes in the North West.

(222150)

63
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what penalties Ofcom can impose on ITV for failing to maintain Charter undertakings.

(222151)

64
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions have taken place between her Department and Ofcom regarding ITV's performance.

(222152)

65
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions have taken place between her Department and Ofcom on the (a) quantity and (b) quality of ITV news and current affairs programming in the North West.

(222153)

66
Pete Wishart (North Tayside):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the benefit to children of learning to play musical instruments of (a) existing and (b) planned programmes funded by her Department designed to encourage children to begin or continue playing; and if she will make a statement.

(222057)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

67
Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his priorities are for the forthcoming Nuclear Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May.

(221640)

68
N Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the training centre for the Scottish infantry soldiers is to be located.

(221612)

69
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what time the Royal Navy first learned about the alert from the Breton trawler Bugaled Breizh on 15th January 2004.

(221495)

70
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps were taken by (a) the Royal Navy and (b) other nations' military involved to broadcast a warning about (i) anti submarine and (ii) other warfare training exercises in the vicinity at the time of the sinking of the Bugaled Breizh on 15th January 2004; and on which days between 14th and 31st January 2004 military exercises took place in this part of the English Channel.

(221496)

71
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) UK and (b) other nations' submarines returned to (i) Plymouth and (ii) other ports (A) for technical reasons and (B) due to damage sustained to the vessel in the days after the sinking of the Bugaled Breizh on 15th January 2004.

(221497)

72
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department has satellite records of the area of the sinking of the Bugaled Breizh at 12.33 GMT on 15th January 2004.

(221498)

73
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the itinerary was of each (a) UK and (b) other nations' submarine within UK territorial waters south of the Cornish coast on 15th January 2004.

(221499)

74
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the letter about the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers which was sent to him by the honourable Member for Chesham and Amersham on 8th December 2004.

(221880)

75
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are serving in (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Afghanistan, (c) East Timor and (d) the Falkland Islands, broken down by (i) rank and (ii) regiment.

(221641)

76
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the stock levels of uniforms for (a) jungle use, (b) winter warfare, (c) general use and (d) desert deployment are.

(221642)

77
N Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the performance against target in the most recent period for which figures are available was for the issuing of each medal issued by the Army Medal Office; and what his most recent assessment of the total number of applications for each medal awaiting processing is.

(221284)

78
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on recruitment to the RAF.

(221587)

79
N Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment has been taken from Royal Navy warships in port in the last year to make up for deficiencies on ships that are on operational deployment; how many ships have been involved; and if he will make a statement.

(221345)

80
N Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose is of the Maritime Coherence Baseline concept; when it will be implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(221346)

81
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many grants have been made under the Heroes Return scheme to (a) organisations and (b) individuals in Banff & Buchan; and if he will give details of the amounts of the grants.

(222018)

82
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deaths of (a) serving soldiers and (b) his Department's personnel have been attributable to (i) cancer and (ii) leukaemia in each of the last 20 years.

(222019)

83
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deaths of (a) former soldiers and (b) his Department's personnel have been attributable to (i) cancer and (ii) leukaemia in each of the last 20 years.

(222020)

84
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rates of incidence of (a) cancer and (b) leukaemia in (i) serving soldiers and (ii) his Department's personnel in each of the last 20 years.

(222021)

85
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of depleted uranium shells on (a) current and (b) former (i) personnel of his Department and (ii) soldiers; and if he will make a statement.

(222022)

86
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Government is undertaking research into the miniaturisation of nuclear warheads.

(222052)

87
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles are available exclusively to transport nuclear materials related to the United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme.

(222053)

88
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the transportation by air of nuclear materials related to the United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme.

(222054)

89
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which nations he has assessed as having the capacity to launch a nuclear strike against United Kingdom military bases; and which United Kingdom bases are in range of each nation's weapons.

(222055)

90
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on Government policy on the (a) deployment and (b) targeting of United Kingdom nuclear warheads.

(222056)

91
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the grant-in-aid for the (a) Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (b) Ghurkha Welfare Scheme, (c) Welfare Council, (d) Victoria/George Cross, (e) Royal British Legion - Polish Ex-Servicemen and (f) Royal British Legion - War Graves was for financial years 1997-98 to 2003-04.

(221976)

92
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the grant-in-aid for the (a) Scott Polar Research Institute, (b) Air Training Corps, (c) Atlantic Council, (d) Skill Force and (e) Millennium String-Pearls was for financial years 1997-98 to 2003-04.

(221977)

93
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the grant-in-aid for the (a) Royal Navy Sports Board, (b) Army Sports Board, (c) Royal Air Force Sports Board, (d) Association of Royal Navy/Royal Marine Families and (e) Army Families Federation was for financial years 1997-98 to 2003-04.

(221978)

94
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library his Department's resource account codes for financial years 2001-02 to 2003-04.

(221979)

95
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a description of 2004-05 resource account codes (a) GXXWA0 and (b) LM003.

(221980)

96
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the titles of the in-house publications and newsletters which are produced for the staff of his Department, including non-departmental public bodies and agencies.

(221981)

97
Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether DARA, Fixed Wing St Athan, have confirmed their intention to participate in the competitive tender process to become a manpower service provider to BAe Systems for the (a) Tornado CMV and (b) Harrier Jump programmes.

(221708)

98
N Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will define what is meant by (a) normal support and (b) reduced support for Royal Navy ships.

(221396)

99
N Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy ships are on the list for disposal.

(221397)

100
N Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what efficiency savings have been made against fleet activity in the Royal Navy for each of the last seven years.

(221398)

101
N Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the level of naval spares.

(221584)

102
N Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which naval vessels spares are being taken.

(221585)

103
N Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 1342W, on near air misses, if he will instruct the Royal Air Force to cease flying over Strensham Heliport until he has had the opportunity to assess the findings of his investigations into the near air misses on 14th December 2004 and 9th February 2005.

(221678)

104
N Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the effects upon the UK defence industry of the proposal to lift the EU embargo on arms sales to China.

(221401)

105
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the wearing of the Kirpan by Sikh employees.

(221668)

106
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken by the Government to comply with the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

(221694)

107
N Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list countries to which members of the British armed forces were deployed to give military training and advice during the period 2001 to 2004.

(221191)

108
N Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list countries whose armed forces received military training and advice in the United Kingdom during the period 2001 to 2004.

(221193)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

109
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the real terms (a) percentage and (b) cash changes in total external support to (i) Westminister City Council and (ii) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea were in each year between 1992-93 and 2005-06.

(221614)

110
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to issue his proposals for a revised measurement of overcrowding.

(221632)

111
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average response time of the fire and rescue service to 999 calls was in (a) Hartlepool and (b) England and Wales in each year since 1997.

(221990)

112
N Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the budget of each Regional Assembly was in each of the last three years; what the administrative costs were in each year; and what the costs were of the other functions co-ordinated by the secretariat of each Assembly in each year.

(221270)

113
N Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many mobile phone masts have been erected (a) within school grounds and (b) within 100 metres of school grounds in Leicester in each year since 1997.

(221204)

114
N Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) the average percentage change in rateable value is from the 2000 rating lists in Selby and York and (b) the average percentage change in liability will be as a result of revaluation before reliefs are applied in Selby and York following the revaluation of business rates from April 2005.

(221505)

115
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) private, (b) public sector key worker, (c) private sector key worker and (d) social housing homes are to be built on each of the redundant NHS sites now controlled by his Department.

(222042)

116
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his plans are for funding the Supporting People Programme over the next five years.

(222047)

117
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of changes to the way funds are allocated to Supporting People from a historically based allocation formula to a needs based one on the level of support housing units provided in West Sussex.

(222048)

118
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people currently benefit from Supporting People in West Sussex.

(222049)

119
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost has been of financing the South East England Regional Assembly in each of the last five years.

(222050)

120
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will amend building regulations to encourage use of photovoltaic cells.

(221594)

121
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will remove or reduce the requirement on residential boat owners to pay the full amount of council tax.

(221560)

122
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his statement of 3rd March, Official Report, column 358WH, if he will publish the evidence he has received from local authorities indicating that the separation of management and strategic function is delivering better services to tenants in social housing.

(221629)

123
Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the propriety of councillors commenting on proposals for changes in highway regulations in advance of decisions being taken.

(221520)

124
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what circumstances sports facilities may be included in section 106 agreements.

(221352)

125
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Department's policy is on the wearing of the Kirpan by Sikh employees.

(221669)

126
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the employment of people over the age of 65 by local authorities.

(221906)

127
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to increase the number of trees in London; and whether, he has met (a) the Mayor, (b) the London boroughs and (c) his Department's ministers to discuss this.

(221945)

128
N Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much financial assistance his Department has provided to the City of Liverpool in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(221192)

129
N Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the official visits made to Merseyside by ministers in his Department between 1st January 2004 and 28th February, broken down by (a) date, (b) location and (c) the ministers concerned.

(221194)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

130
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in primary schools in the Ribble Valley were in classes of 31 or more in each year since 1996-97.

(221984)

131
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils in Ribble Valley left school with no qualifications in 2004.

(221985)

132
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding per pupil was allocated for (a) primary and (b) secondary school education in Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(221989)

133
N Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils continued in post-16 education in Leicester in each year since 1997.

(221207)

134
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many free part-time nursery education places were available in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 2004-05.

(221590)

135
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time equivalent regular teachers there were in maintained schools in September 2004.

(221591)

136
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total per pupil funding in the Plymouth Local Education Authority area was in (a) 1999 and (b) 2004-05.

(221607)

137
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total expenditure on the Sure Start scheme has been in Tamworth in each year since the scheme has been in operation.

(221938)

138
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much schools in Tamworth have received under the New Deal for Schools.

(221939)

139
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding has been made available for computers for schools in Tamworth since 1997.

(221940)

140
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Tamworth constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to her Deprtment's policies since 1997.

(221941)

141
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Tamworth have broadband internet access.

(221942)

142
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) training and (b) resources are available to educational professionals dealing with young people with experience of self-harm; and what definition of self-harm the Department uses.

(221576)

143
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in the Early Intervention pilots; what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of the pilots; and if she will make a statement on the future use of Early Intervention programmes in resolving family disputes relating to children.

(221869)

144
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her latest estimate is of the cost of (a) establishing and (b) maintaining the databases of children established by the Children Act 2004.

(222033)

145
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the role of the new Children's Commissioner for England will be in (a) setting up and (b) monitoring the children's databases established by the Children Act 2004.

(222034)

146
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many contested adoptions have taken place in each of the last 10 years.

(222035)

147
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many care proceedings have been terminated after court proceedings have been initiated with the child in question remaining with the birth parent in each of the last 10 years.

(222036)

148
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) remit and (b) salary will be of the new Children's Commissioner for England.

(222044)

149
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what data she intends to include on the databases of children established by the Children's Act 2004.

(222045)

150
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many responses she has received to her consultation on the databases provision of the Children's Act 2004; and if she will publish them.

(222046)

151
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she has taken to improve the line of accountability of social services departments placing looked after children out of area since the passage of the Children Act 2004.

(222068)

152
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many private children's homes have been registered to operate in each of the last eight years; and how many have closed during that time.

(222069)

153
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what work remunerated from public funds has been undertaken by Professor Sir Roy Meadow in the last two years.

(222070)

154
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the statistics relating to (a) childcare and (b) looked after children and children in care, which, since 1997 (i) are no longer collected by her Department and (ii) have had the way in which the figures are compiled changed.

(221796)

155
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support the Government provided for non-school playgrounds in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04; and what future funding allocations have been made.

(221351)

156
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Government plans to teach black male pupils in separate classes in an effort to improve their GCSE results.

(221598)

157
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets were set as part of the Government's strategy to make the education system more inclusive; and whether those targets have been achieved.

(221599)

158
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to assist under-achieving pupils in schools in England.

(221600)

159
N Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding her Department has provided to the Liverpool Local Education Authority in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(221190)

160
Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many places there were at medical schools in each year since 1997; and how many applications there were in each of those years.

(221627)

161
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much Business Link Kent has charged for administering the Education Business links in the county in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05.

(221121)

162
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the budget for Education Business Link in Kent is for 2004-05; and what she expects it to be in 2005-06.

(221122)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

163
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the voyages since 1st January 2002 on which (a) her officials and (b) agency officials were present and witnessed dolphin by-catches in trawling nets; and what (i) documentary evidence was assembled, including photographs and videos and (ii) written reports were subsequently produced.

(221562)

164
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans (a) to sign and (b) to ratify the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals.

(221674)

165
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Countryside Stewardship payments for 2004 have been paid.

(221799)

166
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many previously paid invoices for (a) direct compensation and (b) associated activities connected with the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease are being re-investigated.

(221943)

167
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many ongoing claims and invoices for work connected with the 2001 foot and mouth disease outbreak have not been settled by her Department.

(221944)

168
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the (a) dairy payment and (b) additional dairy payment are being redistributed to all farmers entitled to the single farm payment; and whether she plans to reconsider the decision to make such payments.

[R] (221948)

169
N Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she plans to take to address concerns about potential health risks from irradiated material to people living near Sandside Bay, Caithness.

(221739)

170
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average rental price of farmland in each (a) Welsh and (b) English county was in each of the last five years.

(221327)

171
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average compensation payments paid in each region of England and Wales were in each month from February to October 2001 for (a) sheep and (b) cattle.

(221328)

172
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of (a) inaccurate valuations, (b) deliberate spreading of infection and (c) claims for work not undertaken in all completed prosecutions instituted against individuals and companies for fraudulent claims arising from the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic.

(221407)

173
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the difference in total payments of compensation paid for (a) sheep and (b) cattle in the foot and mouth epidemic would have been if the amount paid per animal had remained the same as the amount paid per animal in February 2001.

(221408)

174
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to Question reference 218475 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222106)

175
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to Question reference 218366 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222107)

176
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to Question reference 218367 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222108)

177
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to Question reference 218326 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222109)

178
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to Question reference 218455 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222110)

179
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to discuss REACH during its EU Presidency; and if she will make a statement.

(221788)

180
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Environment Council on 10th March; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.

(221922)

181
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will urge the withdrawal of EU subsidies to farmers in EU member states to grow tobacco.

(221644)

182
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on farmgate prices paid to farmers for supply of (a) dairy produce, (b) meat and (c) fruit and vegetables.

(221690)

183
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to discuss ways of using more locally grown produce for school meals.

(221691)

184
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of the Fallen Stock Collection Service in Lancashire; and how many farmers are using the scheme.

(221692)

185
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department is giving to poultry farmers on avian influenza.

(221693)

186
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for protecting the marine environment.

(221923)

187
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many criminal prosecutions for crimes against wildlife in England and Wales were completed in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004.

(221950)

188
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on alleviating fuel poverty in the boroughs of (a) Southend-on-Sea and (b) Thurrock in each year from 1995 to 2004.

(221955)

189
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of farm holdings in England in each year from 1990 to 2004.

(221956)

190
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed (a) full time and (b) part time in agriculture in England in each year from 1990 to 2004.

(221957)

191
N Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many plants there are in the UK producing biodiesel or bioethanol using UK farmed and produced raw materials as their feedstock; what the production capacity of each is; and what new plants plan to commence production of biofuels in the UK in the next five years.

(221341)

192
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been carried out to investigate possible links between emissions from landfill and hazardous waste sites and health problems, with particular reference to birth defects; and if she will make a statement.

(221625)

193
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she has issued to officials on carrying out risk assessments before applying the Animal By-Product Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 to Intermediary Plants.

(221870)

194
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Animal By-Product Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 require slaughterhouse waste to be handled in an enclosed space.

(221871)

195
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of how many farmers will (a) gain and (b) lose from the redistribution of the dairy premium to be made under the Single Farm Payment Scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(221324)

196
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on EU rules regarding the importing of meat from China.

(221326)

197
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of publishing the original NIREX list of potential sites' suitability for the burial of nuclear waste.

(222083)

198
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to review low level radioactive waste management policy.

(222126)

199
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the wearing of the Kirpan by Sikh employees.

(221673)

200
Pete Wishart (North Tayside):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many kilometres of greenways there are in England; how many greenways and similar projects are planned; and if she will make a statement.

(222058)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

201
N Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Chinese authorities on why people were detained on 7th March by the Chinese authorities; and if he will make a statement.

(221317)

202
N Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on (a) the number and (b) the age of people detained by the Chinese authorities on 7th March in Tiananmen Square; and if he will make a statement.

(221451)

203
N Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what special restrictions are in place on the issue of visas to visitors from Ukraine.

(221286)

204
N Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether commemorations are planned in August to mark the 60th anniversary of nuclear explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

(221646)

205
N Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department received from the Government of Bangladesh concerning the perpetrators of the attempted assassination of the British High Commissioner in Sylhet in 2004.

(221647)

206
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Myanmar about the conditions of the Karen people of Myanmar in refugee camps on the Thai border.

(221705)

207
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance has been given by (a) the Government and (b) the EU to the Northern Cyprus Administration in each of the last three years; and for what projects.

(221545)

208
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Turkish Cypriots and (b) Turkish settlers living in Northern Cyprus who work in the Republic of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.

(221546)

209
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Turkish-Cypriot Administration on the number of private properties built in each of the last three years in Northern Cyprus which were purchased by foreign nationals who are neither Greek or Turkish Cypriot; and if he will make a statement.

(221547)

210
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of properties in Northern Cyprus legally owned by Greek Cypriots which are occupied by Turkish settlers from mainland Turkey; and if he will make a statement.

(221550)

211
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the last population survey took place in Northern Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.

(221551)

212
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Turkish Cypriots born in Cyprus and (b) Turkish settlers he estimates there are in Northern Cyprus; what percentage each represents of the total population; and if he will make a statement.

(221552)

213
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Turkish troops are stationed in Northern Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.

(221553)

214
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a minister from his Department has visited the closed area of Famagusta; and if he will make a statement.

(221557)

215
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on the policy of the Turkish-Cypriot Administration in Northern Cyprus on maintaining in good condition the properties that Turkish settlers now live in but to which Greek Cypriots claim ownership; and if he will make a statement.

(221571)

216
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the areas of Northern Cyprus that (a) the British High Commissioner to Cyprus and (b) senior officials at the High Commission have visited in the last 12 months.

(221572)

217
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Turkish-Cypriot Administration in Northern Cyprus on its policies to protect and develop the environment.

(221573)

218
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed with the Turkish-Cypriot Administration in Northern Cyprus its policy on bringing the closed area of Famagusta into use.

(221574)

219
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Turkish-Cypriot Administration on its policy on Greek Cypriots who wish to return to live in Northern Cyprus being able to do so; and if he will make a statement.

(221575)

220
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what inspections are made by British officials of the passengers on US ships and aircraft making use of Diego Garcia.

(221342)

221
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British officials are in permanent residence in Diego Garcia; and what their responsibilities are.

(221343)

222
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he receives from British officials on the use made by US forces and officials of facilities on Diego Garcia.

(221344)

223
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow Pollok):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to issue further guidance on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe which provides analysis and comparison of the existing treaties and the new Treaty, as referred to by the Prime Minister on 4th May 2004, Official Report, column 1456W.

(221570)

224
N Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March, Official Report, column 1575W, on the Attorney-General (Iraq Advice), whether he had a role other than in its framing, drafting and drawing up in the Parliamentary Answer given by the Attorney General on 17th March 2003 on Iraq.

(221611)

225
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK delegation's position on Cuba will be at the forcoming UN Human Rights Commission.

(221789)

226
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March, Official Report, column 1578W, on Israel, whether he has made representations to the Israeli authorities about the Citizenship and Entrance to Israel law since it was extended on 31st January.

(221689)

227
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 1st February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Sohail Khalid Dar.

(221913)

228
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 7th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M.R. Svei.

(221914)

229
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date Her Majesty's High Commission, Islamabad, sent the papers on the application for settlement of Mrs S., wife of Mr I.U.R., of Aylesbury (ISB/750278) to the Independent Appeal Authority.

(221714)

230
Mr Iain Luke (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Ukranian Ambassador on sales of arms to Burma.

(222142)

231
N Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 1380W, on the European Constitution, if he will bring forward proposals for a mechanism to give the Scottish Parliament and other devolved bodies a role under this protocol regarding measures that are (a) devolved and (b) wholly or largely relating to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland; if he will make it his policy to allow devolved bodies, singularly or collectively, to determine one of the UK votes in these circumstances; and what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the operation of the protocol.

(221399)

232
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 25th January from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding Darfur, reference: 1 85889/05.

(221619)

233
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 3rd February from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding Miss S. Watson of Abu Dhabi.

(221620)

234
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the progress being made in Saudi Arabia in introducing elements of democracy; and if he will make a statement.

(221595)

235
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the new power-sharing constitution in Burundi.

(221596)

236
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the legitimacy of the first round of parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan; and if he will make a statement.

(221605)

237
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the Egyptian President's request to Parliament to amend article 76 of the Egyptian constitution to allow multiple candidates in September's Presidential polls; and if he will make a statement.

(221606)

238
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Indian Government on the UN Convention Against Torture.

(221671)

239
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the wearing of the Kirpan by Sikh employees.

(221672)

240
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how often the former Director General of the Punjabi Police, Mr K. P. S. Gill, has visited the UK since 1995; and what the duration of each visit was.

(221697)

241
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Indian government concerning the recent violent attacks on members of the Sikh community of Chattisgarh.

(221709)

242
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he included the text of the full advice from the Attorney General on the war in Iraq with the correspondence he sent to his ministerial colleagues in advance of the debate on 18th March 2003.

(221821)

243
Mr Michael Trend (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the presidential elections in Moldova; and whether he has assessed this as a free and fair campaign and vote.

(221515)

244
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what programme points, other than the summit with European Union foreign ministers in Newport in September, have been confirmed for the UK's EU Presidency agenda.

(221601)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

245
N Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Northumbria Ambulance Trust about the withdrawal of the Great North Air Ambulance Service based at Blyth.

(221285)

246
N Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which areas receive additional funding for out-of-hours general practitioner services on account of their rural character.

(221287)

247
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation his Department carries out of the efficacy of fitness programmes for patients referred at primary care level by the NHS.

(221645)

248
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines or regulations govern the purchase of office equipment by NHS hospitals.

(222136)

249
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions there were no intensive care beds available on the intensive care bed register in each NHS region in each year since 1997.

(222137)

250
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of deaths caused by alcohol in each year since 1997, broken down by age and gender.

(222138)

251
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) intensive care beds, (b) high dependency beds and (c) total critical care beds there have been in the NHS in each year since 1997; and what plans he has to increase the number of such beds.

(222143)

252
Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) evaluated concerning a possible link between hepatitis B vaccine and the development of autoimmune rheumatoid diseases; and if he will make a statement.

(221609)

253
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days of respite care were available in each London borough in each year from 1997 to 2004.

(221643)

254
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for those diagnosed with suspected cancer within the North Somerset Primary Care Trust area to see a specialist following an initial GP referral was in the last period for which figures are available.

(221874)

255
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with suspected cancer within the North Somerset Primary Care Trust area in each of the last two years; and how many were able to see a specialist within two weeks of a GP referral.

(221875)

256
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies have (a) survived and (b) been born alive following abortion since 1991.

(221741)

257
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private abortion clinics have been closed down following inspection since 1991.

(221742)

258
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action is taken when private abortion clinics do not meet national standards.

(221743)

259
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the British Pregnancy Advisory Service Clinic in Leamington Spa was most recently inspected.

(221744)

260
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how frequently private abortion clinics are inspected.

(221745)

261
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department to issue its report on the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.

(221746)

262
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the national abortion statistics for 2003 contain less detailed information than in the previous five years.

(221747)

263
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methods are used to record incidences where babies (a) survive abortion and (b) are born alive following abortion.

(221961)

264
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendation by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence that Reminyl, Aricept and Exelon should not be provided free on the NHS to patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

(221757)

265
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alcohol-related emergency cases there were in hospitals in Lancashire in the last period for which figures are available.

(221986)

266
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trained medical doctors have been employed in mental health facilities in Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(222084)

267
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS funding has been allocated to children's hospices in Lancashire in each year since 1997; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of the total children's hospice funding that represented in each year.

(222085)

268
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children's hospices there are in the Ribble Valley; and how many of them receive (a) a proportion of their funding and (b) the majority of their funding through the NHS.

(222086)

269
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children's hospices in the Ribble Valley receive less than 10 per cent. of their core funding from the NHS.

(222087)

270
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have taken place in the price to the NHS of drugs produced by (a) GlaxoSmithKline and (b) other pharmaceutical companies in each of the last seven years.

(221750)

271
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the decision to terminate access to Treatment Notes on the National Electronic Library for Health in May 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(221863)

272
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to Question reference 218474 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222111)

273
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to Question reference 218756 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222112)

274
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to Question reference 218757 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222113)

275
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to Question reference 218753 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222114)

276
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to Question reference 218327 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222115)

277
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to Question reference 218457 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222116)

278
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will announce the topics for its health technology assessment programme for the 11th wave; and whether it will include adjuvant use of taxotere.

(221787)

279
N Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to the Leicester Royal Infirmary Accident and Emergency Department were found to be related to alcohol consumption in each year since 1997.

(221205)

280
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time in hospitals in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) the UK has been in each year since 1997.

(221958)

281
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have been employed by the NHS in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) the UK in each year since 1997.

(221959)

282
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have been employed by the NHS in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) England in each year since 1997.

(222145)

283
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England and Wales using health food supplements.

(221951)

284
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were performed at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex in each year from 1990 to 2004.

(221952)

285
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many in-patients were treated at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex in each year from 1990 to 2004.

(221953)

286
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times for patients undergoing cataract operations at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex were in each year from 1990 to 2004.

(221954)

287
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Tamworth constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(221936)

288
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have received treatment for drug abuse in Tamworth in the last 12 months.

(221937)

289
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition of self-harm is used by NHS Direct; how many calls NHS Direct received in the last year for which figures are available relating to self-harm; what advice is given by NHS Direct to callers deemed to be self-harming; and whether NHS Direct holds a database of local self-help groups to provide to callers.

(221577)

290
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) training and (b) resources are available to NHS staff dealing with young people with experience of self-harm.

(221578)

291
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd March, Official Report, column 1229W, on mental health care, if his Department will contact all NHS trusts to ask whether they (a) supplement the income of and (b) provide goods in kind for people in hospital for more than a year.

(221717)

292
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the cost-sharing agreement in ensuring the provision of therapies for people with multiple sclerosis; and what assessment he has made of whether a similar model could be applied in the provision of treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

(221868)

293
N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department decided that data collected for MRSA rates under the mandatory surveillance system should be published every six months; on what date this decision was made; what representations he received from (a) NHS organisations and (b) other interested bodies in support of publishing data under the mandatory surveillance system at six monthly intervals; if he will publish all data collected under the mandatory surveillance system since April 2001 for intervals of six months; and what plans he has to publish data under the mandatory surveillance system at intervals of three months.

(221348)

294
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of (a) providing free sight tests for all, (b) meeting the cost of all prescription charges and (c) meeting the cost of all charges for dental care; and what estimate has been made of the additional cost to the NHS of meeting the charges only for those currently ineligible in each case.

(221808)

295
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent (a) optometrists, (b) dispensing opticians and (c) opthalmic opticians there have been in England in each year since 1997.

(221809)

296
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population which is visually impaired in (a) one eye and (b) both eyes; and what assessment he has made of likely future changes in these proportions.

(221810)

297
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average salary of (a) medical consultants, (b) junior doctors and (c) nurses has been in each year since 1997.

(221814)

298
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring dispensing opticians within the scope of NHS regulation; if he will change General Ophthalmic Services regulations to allow optometrists and ophthalmic opticians to refer patients directly to hospital eye services; what plans he has to amend section 24 of the Opticians Act 1989 to allow professionals other than ophthalmic opticians, optometrists and registered medical practitioners to conduct sight tests; for what reasons dispensing opticians are not paid for the general ophthalmic services they supply; and if he will make a statement on the progress of his review of the General Ophthalmic Service.

(221960)

299
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the charity Sane following withdrawal of funding for 2004-05 concerning the effects of this withdrawal on the organisation.

(221991)

300
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the service provided by Saneline.

(221992)

301
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department decided to withhold payments on its contract with Sane to provide the Saneline service in 2004-05; and for what reason the decision was taken.

(221993)

302
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether his Department has fulfilled the undertakings and requirements of the compact on relations between government and the voluntary and community sector in its relations with Sane.

(221994)

303
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost is of providing a digital hearing aid on the NHS including (a) assessment, (b) fitting, (c) follow-up and (d) purchase of the aid.

(221995)

304
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) assessment, (b) fitting and (c) follow-up costs for a (i) digital hearing aid and (ii) an analogue hearing aid are.

(221996)

305
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to include the performance of neo-natal care in key indicators of hospital standards.

(221998)

306
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual energy bill has been at NHS hospitals in each of the last 10 years.

(221999)

307
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve the energy efficiency of NHS hospitals.

(222000)

308
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been sectioned at Springfield Mental Hospital, Tooting, in each of the last 10 years.

(222001)

309
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients subject to sectioning at Springfield Mental Hospital, Tooting have committed acts of violence outside the hospital in each of the last 10 years whilst subject to those sections.

(222002)

310
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations have been cancelled at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in the 2004-05 financial year.

(222010)

311
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what deficit is projected for the Great Ormond Street Hospital in the 2004-05 financial year.

(222011)

312
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations took place at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in each of the last 10 years.

(222012)

313
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA infection have been recorded at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in each of the last 10 years.

(222013)

314
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the salaries are of the eight regional directors of the National Institute for Mental Health, England (NIMHE); what the cost is of running NIMHE; and how many people have been employed by NIMHE in each year since its inception.

(222014)

315
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to whom the National Institute for Mental Health, England is accountable.

(222015)

316
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the purpose was of the recent trip by National Institute for Mental Health, England staff members to Australia and the Far East; how many members of staff were involved; what their air travel arrangements were; and how much the visit cost.

(222016)

317
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the neo-natal special care units which are operational; and how many cots are available in each.

(222024)

318
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age is of neo-natal nurses; and what assessment he has made of the effect on neo-natal care of early retirements of such nurses over the next 10 years.

(222025)

319
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals with neo-natal units (a) offer free on-site accommodation for parents and (b) make accommodation available but charge for it.

(222026)

320
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the nurse to baby ratio is in each neo-natal unit in NHS hospitals.

(222027)

321
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of electromagnetic hypersensitivity on people's health.

(222037)

322
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor drugs are approved by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence for use by children.

(222038)

323
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice has been issued by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency about the use of selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors by children.

(222039)

324
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has for expanding the availability of cognitive behavioural therapies for patients with mental illness.

(222040)

325
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of mental health patients presenting at accident and emergency departments over the last eight years; and if he will make a statement.

(222041)

326
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) whole time equivalent and (b) head count specialist neo-natal (i) nurses and (ii) doctors have been employed in the NHS in each of the last 10 years.

(222063)

327
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) neonatal intensive care units and (b) high dependency care neo-natal units, which are operational; and how many cots are available in each.

(222064)

328
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average stay of babies in (a) special care, (b) high dependency and (c) intensive neo-natal units was in the last period for which figures are available.

(222080)

329
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his plans are for funding neo-natal care over the next five years.

(222081)

330
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential health effects on infant children exposed to toxic waste from former steelworks; and if he will make a statement.

(221877)

331
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what instructions he has issued to primary care trusts and hospital trusts on complying with the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations on the use of paluvizumab to immunise premature babies against respiratory syncytial virus.

(221962)

332
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts and hospital trusts have put in place a respiratory syncytial virus preventative treatment programme in compliance with the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisations.

(222149)

333
Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the individual cost to the NHS is of (a) assessment, (b) fitting and (c) follow-up in providing a digital hearing aid.

(222030)

334
N Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his officials last met to discuss developments in the Paddington Health Campus project; and who was present at the meeting.

(221516)

335
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed as suffering from food poisoning in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(221685)

336
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the principal cause of food poisoning in England was in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(221686)

337
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact on health of the use of antibiotics on farms; and if he will make a statement.

(221687)

338
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the wearing of the Kirpan by Sikh employees.

(221670)

339
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for patients diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in (a) the East Midlands and (b) England.

(222128)

340
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to increase awareness of myasthenia gravis amongst NHS health professionals.

(222129)

341
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to increase the number of NHS (a) nurses and (b) consultants qualified to diagnose and treat myasthenia gravis.

(222130)

342
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA have been identified in hospitals within Greater London, broken down by National Health Service trust, in each year since March 2003.

(221946)

343
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average general practitioner list size was in Greater London, broken down by primary care trust or health authority, in each of the last 10 years.

(221947)

344
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation has been made of the performance of the unit processing student grant applications for postgraduate courses in terms of (a) accuracy of information given, (b) quality and speed of responses to telephone calls and (c) quality and speed of responses to written communications.

(221597)

345
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for increased provision of sexual health services.

(221822)

346
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are covenants relating to land owned by the National Health Service on the Frenchay Hospital site which restrict the use of that land; and if he will make a statement.

(221404)

347
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by North Bristol NHS Trust; and how many members of staff are employed in each role within the Trust.

(221405)

348
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from what percentage of Harefield Hospital's catchment area for cardiothoracic NHS inpatients, inpatients will be drawn for the new hospital on the Paddington Basin Health campus; and when its facilities will be available for them.

(221681)

349
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has consulted HM Treasury on the increase in land acquisition costs over those published in the public consultation document on the Paddington Basin Health campus project and for which budget provision had been made.

(221682)

350
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome has been of negotiations between Pearcroft Ltd and his Department on the Paddington Basin Health campus.

(221683)

351
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what hospital facilities are to be combined on the Paddington Health Campus site; and what the change is in the number of beds to be available at the site in comparison to the number offered at the locations which the new hospital is to replace.

(221715)

352
N Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investment in improved cardiothoracic facilities at Harefield Hospital he proposes to cover the unavailability of the planned new heart hospital at the Paddington Basin Health Campus.

(221731)

353
N Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome has been of negotiations between Multiplex Limited and his Department concerning the Paddington Basin Health Campus.

(221732)

354
N Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money in total (a) his Department and (b) relevant NHS trusts will be devoting to the Paddington Health Campus in each financial year from 2005-06 to 2007-08.

(221733)

355
N Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role he expects that the Paddington Development Corporation will play in the NHS Paddington Basin Health Campus project.

(221755)

356
N Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he deems that sufficient land is available to the NHS for the completion of the Paddington Basin Health Campus in its entirety.

(221756)

357
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional financial support he plans to give to the Kent Autistic Trust from April.

(221124)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

358
Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the Government's policy to consider claims for asylum from member states of the Council of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the claims of (a) Natalia Chernyshera, (b) Dmitri Maruev and (c) Aleksandr Gorbachev from Russia.

(221905)

359
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated staffing requirement for each of the regional offender managers is.

(221579)

360
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where each regional offender manager will be based; and if he will make a statement.

(221580)

361
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work has been undertaken to identify possible office sites for each of the regional offender managers; and if he will make a statement.

(221581)

362
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated annual cost is for the operation of each of the regional offender managers' offices; and if he will make a statement.

(221582)

363
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated annual cost is for the operation of the Office of the National Offender Manager; and if he will make a statement.

(221583)

364
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for roadside drug testing; and what assessment he has made of the (a) value and (b) effectiveness of such tests.

(221704)

365
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Turkish Cypriots have been granted (a) an entry visa and (b) a work voucher for entry into the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.

(221548)

366
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dogs are used for the purposes of securing the UK's borders.

(221862)

367
N Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will increase the proportion of funding for C-FAR derived from Criminal Justice Service sources; and if he will implement the concept of full cost recovery in support of C-FAR's work.

(221748)

368
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on recent incidents of prisoners absconding from HMP Prescoed; whether any of them were sex offenders; whether each has been recaptured; and whether any committed offences while out of prison.

(221876)

369
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) injuries and (b) deaths have been reported as a direct result of airgun incidents in each of the last eight years.

(221784)

370
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact reclassification of cannabis has had on (a) England and Wales and (b) the Ribble Valley.

(221982)

371
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Ribble Valley and Fulwood constituency, the effects of changes to his departmental policy since 1997 on the constituency.

(221997)

372
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question reference 213124 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222118)

373
N Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of all recorded violence against the person in Leicester involved no injury in each year since 1999-2000.

(221206)

374
N Mr Parmjit Singh Gill (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of violent crime recorded in Leicester was categorised as (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences and (c) robbery, in each year since 1999-2000.

(221211)

375
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent investigations have been carried out by the Immigration Service into whether Romanians have illegally entered the EU through the Republic of Ireland and then travelled on to Northern Ireland.

(221786)

376
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been allocated for CCTV cameras in Tamworth since 1997.

(221928)

377
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March, Official Report, column 1098W, on cycling, if he will make it his policy to record centrally how many cyclists involved in road accidents were reported as cycling without lights.

(221684)

378
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January, Official Report, columns 368-9W, on transsexual prisoners when his Department will publish guidelines on the treatment of transsexual prisoners.

(221975)

379
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 20th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Saira Ahmed.

(221907)

380
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 19th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Juliet Kufvor.

(221908)

381
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 2nd February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Waheeda Ahmed.

(221909)

382
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters dated 24th and 25th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Madeline Crolla and Ms Vanessa Lees, transferred from the Department of Constitutional Affairs.

(221912)

383
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 20th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr KH Osman.

(221915)

384
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 31st January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Abubeker M Zukrya.

(221916)

385
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 14th December 2004 from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Anney Guha Roy.

(221917)

386
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 10th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Malik Lalendra Fernando.

(221918)

387
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 7th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Musonza.

(221919)

388
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will provide a substantive reply to the letter of 22nd December 2004 from the honourable Member for Aylesbury about the case of Mr A.K. (references K516836 and B179/5) which his Department acknowledged on 13th January.

(221347)

389
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions have been issued to Sussex Police regarding procedures for making complaints about the operation of the new Tetra system.

(222031)

390
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent (i) police officers and (ii) civilian staff have been employed by Sussex Police in each of the last 10 years.

(222032)

391
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the security services have the ability to read the content of text messages sent by mobile telecommunications devices belonging to private individuals.

(221718)

392
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of translation services was for each police force in each of the last three years.

(221561)

393
Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of migrant labour admitted to the UK was employed (a) by outsourcing companies, (b) by employment agencies, (c) by gangmasters, (d) in agriculture, (e) in catering and (f) in the care system in the last year for which figures are available.

(221521)

394
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of ticketing arrangements for UK football fans to attend the 2006 World Cup; and if he will make a statement.

(221349)

395
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from (a) the German Football Association, (b) the Football Association, (c) the European Commission and (d) FIFA on the ticketing arrangements for UK football fans for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

(221350)

396
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to senior caseworkers in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to help them provide support and advice to junior officials.

(221781)

397
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nature is of the training in the assessment of asylum claims which is provided to asylum caseworkers.

(221782)

398
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department plans to undertake further research on the situation in the countries of origin of lesbian and gay people making asylum claims.

(221804)

399
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what mechanisms organisations outside the Government may challenge the accuracy of information in his Department's Country Information and Policy Unit reports.

(221805)

400
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to officials dealing with asylum applications regarding the grounds for granting refugee status to applicants who have fled persecution because of their homosexuality.

(221806)

401
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to ensure the quality and accuracy of information in the Country Information and Policy Unit's report on Algeria.

(221807)

402
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances homosexual people from Jamaica applying for asylum in the UK would be returned to their country of origin.

(221815)

403
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK security agencies will process the request submitted by the Scottish Parliament for a security pass for Mr Ryan McQuigg.

(222017)

404
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Milton Keynes were supported by Government funding in each of the last 10 years.

(221872)

405
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on the wearing of the Kirpan by Sikh employees.

(221664)

406
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to police authorities which will be required to organise additional security for G8 summit events.

(221695)

407
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police constabularies have a race and diversity policy or strategy.

(221865)

408
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is planning to change the discipline system for police officers who have acted in a discriminatory way.

(221866)

409
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methods are used in the national assessment process aimed at preventing racists from joining the police force.

(221867)

410
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 25th February from the honourable Member for Northavon regarding a visa application by a constituent, Mr. Swaine.

(221403)

411
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Charity Commission last examined the membership of the Queenborough Fisheries Trust.

(221123)

412
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Charity Commission last examined the criteria for appointments to the board of trustees of the Queenborough Fisheries Trust.

(221187)

Questions to the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission

413
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will estimate the total financial cost of repairing damage caused to House buildings by emissions from motor vehicles on the parliamentary estate in each of the last five years.

(222074)

414
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many House passes have been held in each year since 1975, broken down by House department.

(222075)

415
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 15th December 2004, Official Report, column 1142W, on water usage, what volume of water he estimates has been saved from the water conservation measures implemented by the House authorities in each year since such measures were implemented.

(222076)

416
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many honourable Members use (a) rail, (b) bus, (c) bicycle, (d) car, (e) aeroplane and (f) foot as their predominant means of transport to the parliamentary estate.

(222091)

417
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps have been taken to encourage (a) honourable Members and (b) staff of the House to travel to the parliamentary estate other than by private motor vehicle.

(222092)

418
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many cycle parking places are provided for the use of honourable Members and staff of the House of Commons estate; and what plans there are to increase the number of cycle parking places available.

(222093)

419
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reasons members of the public are prevented from parking their bicycles on the parliamentary estate; and if he will provide secure parking places on the parliamentary estate for such a purpose.

(222094)

420
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January, Official Report, column 247W, on bottled water, what the names and addresses are of suppliers of bottled water to the Refreshment Department; and what estimate has been made of the number of (a) lorry journeys and (b) lorry miles generated by these companies in order to meet orders placed by the Refreshment Department in each year.

(222154)

421
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January, Official Report, columns 247-8W, on catering food waste, if he will estimate the (a) weight and (b) percentage of food purchased which is (i) disposed of by the Refreshment Department in the general refuse and (ii) re-used for human consumption on an average working day.

(222155)

422
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January, Official Report, columns 247-8W, on catering food waste, what discussions have been held with charitable organisations on the possibility of donating food to such organisations since 1997; and what progress has been made since 25th January in reaching an agreement with such organisations to donate food which otherwise would be disposed of by the Refreshment Department.

(222156)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

423
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the (a) British Government and (b) European Union has given to the Karen People of Myanmar in Thai refugee camps.

(221706)

424
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January, Official Report, column 55W, on HIV/AIDS, what proportion of the money for HIV and AIDS orphans and vulnerable children spent through his Department's African country programmes will take the form of budget support to governments; and how it will be monitored.

(221639)

425
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January, Official Report, column 55W on HIV/AIDS, how the spending of funds for HIV and AIDS orphans and vulnerable children through his Department's African country programmes will be monitored.

(221648)

426
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10th February, Official Report, column 1639W, on HIV/AIDS (Children) which sub-Saharan African countries have drawn up national orphans and vulnerable children action plans.

(221655)

427
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13th January, Official Report, column 623W, which sub-Saharan African countries have developed national action plans for orphans and vulnerable children.

(221658)

428
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support he is giving to the Microbicide Development Programme; what support he expects to give to the Programme after 2006; what steps he is taking to encourage other countries to offer similar levels of support; and if he will make a statement.

(221813)

429
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid has been contributed by the UK Government to relief and reconstruction work in the Maldives since the tsunami disaster.

(222065)

430
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) financial support and (b) transport facilities the UK Government has provided to ship relief supplies to the Maldives following the tsunami disaster.

(222066)

431
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is giving to the development and provision of (a) microbicides and (b) other HIV-prevention methods in his Department's aid programmes to the developing world.

(221650)

432
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of steps taken by the Indian government to ensure tsunami relief aid reaches the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

(221816)

433
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will commission research on the impact of the separation barrier in Palestine on availability of (a) water and (b) arable land to Palestinians.

(221823)

434
Mr Michael Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Lord's Resistance Army operating in Sudan and Uganda on (a) the human rights of the Ugandan population and (b) the stability of Uganda's government; and if he will make a statement.

(222023)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

435
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements the South Eastern Education and Library Board made to educate a child at a private school as a consequence of a false sexual abuse allegation by the pupil against a teacher; whether a grant was paid to (a) the family and (b) a school; what the consequences were for the teacher who was falsely accused; whether the Department of Education or the Board have taken steps to rehabilitate the teacher; whether he will be paid compensation; and if he will make a statement.

(221824)

436
N David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date waste licensing powers will be transferred from local authorities to the Environment and Heritage Service.

(221615)

437
N David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date the railway carriages were relocated within Crosshill Quarry in Crumlin, County Antrim.

(221616)

438
N David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the source was of the asbestos which was recently discovered in soil and water tests at Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin, County Antrim.

(221617)

439
N David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any release of asbestos at Crosshill Quarry was notified by the site operator to (a) the Health and Safety Executive, (b) the Environment and Heritage Service and (c) Antrim Borough Council.

(221618)

440
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the likely size of the independently financed secondary school sector after the ending of academic selection between primary and secondary schools in the Province.

(221768)

441
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, why primary school profiles being tested in the Province exclude academic ability and potential.

(221769)

442
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) parents' groups, (b) principals of secondary and grammar schools and (c) principals of primary schools he has met since the publication of the Burns Report to discuss selection procedures for transfer between primary and secondary schools in the Province.

(221770)

443
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will reintroduce performance league tables for the secondary school sector in the Province.

(221771)

444
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what name will be used to describe grammar schools after the end of academic selection between the primary and secondary sector in the Province.

(221772)

445
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is of implementing the Costello Report in years (a) one, (b) two and (c) three after the ending of academic selection between primary and secondary schools in the Province.

(221773)

446
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is to date of the (a) Burns Report and (b) Costello Report and what the cost is of accompanying consultation exercises linked to each report.

(221774)

447
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the present consultation process on admissions criteria between primary and secondary schools is restricted to parents who have access to a computer.

(221775)

448
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the honourable Member for Dudley South, will meet the honourable Member for East Londonderry to discuss the financial implications of the range of cultural matters in Northern Ireland that have been communicated to him by the honourable Member for East Londonderry.

(221402)

449
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people applying to join the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) categorised as (a) Protestants, (b) Roman Catholics and (c) non-determined (i) have been regarded as suitably qualified, (ii) were suitably qualified but were unsuccessful and (iii) have been successfully recruited to the PSNI since its establishment.

(221680)

450
N Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of (a) female and (b) male pensioners in Northern Ireland are in receipt of the full basic state pension.

(221500)

451
N Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of (a) female and (b) male pensioners in Northern Ireland are in receipt of pension credit.

(221501)

452
N Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on which date (a) the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) was first consulted about the draft Public Processions (Amendment) Northern Ireland Order 2005 and (b) the Department received a response from the NIHRC.

(221502)

453
N Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the response from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission to the draft Public Processions (Amendment) Northern Ireland Order 2005.

(221503)

454
N Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what comparative studies have been carried out by his Department into the proposed water charging system for Northern Ireland and those operated in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(221504)

455
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what Police Service of Northern Ireland investigations are ongoing into young children acting as street sellers in central and south Belfast; how many arrests have been made in connection with this problem; and what efforts are being made to prosecute those who have organised such activities.

(221785)

456
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedures will be followed in replacing the outgoing Chief Executive of the Human Rights Commission; and if he will make a statement.

(221949)

457
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether locum doctors in Northern Ireland are able to join the Health and Personal Social Services superannuation scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(221518)

458
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of operations carried out privately on behalf of the NHS in Northern Ireland was in each of the past four years, broken down by health board.

(221519)

459
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new business start-ups have been recorded by Invest NI in the Strangford constituency in each of the last five years.

(222071)

460
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans Invest NI have to market Newtownards as a preferred location for future inward investment; and if he will make a statement.

(222072)

461
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions have taken place between the local enterprise agency, Invest NI and Ards Borough Council regarding inward investment in the Newtownards area.

(222073)

462
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to reduce waiting lists for surgery at the Ulster Hospital.

(222077)

463
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to reduce waiting times for category 3 patients at the accident and emergency unit at the Ulster Hospital.

(222078)

464
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning personnel are employed in the Downpatrick Regional Planning Office; how many planning personnel are responsible for planning matters in (a) the Ards Borough Council area and (b) the Castlereagh Borough Council area; and whether he plans to increase the resources available to the Northern Ireland Planning Service.

(222079)

465
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning submissions the Downpatrick Regional Planning Office received from the Ards Borough Council area in the last (a) 12 months, (b) 24 months, (c) 36 months and (d) 48 months.

(222105)

466
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether improvements to (a) the A24 road between Belfast and Carryduff and (b) the A7 road between Carryduff and Saintfield are planned over the next two years.

(222122)

467
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has to improve (a) the Portaferry Road between Newtownards and Portaferry over the next two years and (b) traffic management in Newtownards to alleviate traffic congestion at peak times.

(222123)

468
Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has for the old Comber railway line between Belfast and Comber; and if he will make a statement.

(222124)

Questions to the Prime Minister

469
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 9th March to the honourable Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Official Report, column 1516, to whom he was referring in his reference to others.

(221811)

470
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Prime Minister, what response he has made to the Civil Service Commissioners following the Commissioners' response to the consultation on the draft Civil Service Bill on management relationships between Mr Jonathan Powell and civil servants.

(221812)

471
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the oral Answer given to the honourable Member for Linlothgow on 9th March, Official Report, column 1514, in what form the oral report given by the Attorney General was recorded in the notes of the Cabinet meeting; and when these notes were made available to the full Cabinet.

(221920)

472
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Prime Minister, when the Attorney General first gave him his advice on the case for war; and in what form.

(221613)

473
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, when he received a letter from Sakue Shimohira on behalf of the Association for the Bereaved Families of the Atomic Bomb Dead in Nagasaki; and what response he has made.

(221735)

474
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, how many pages constituted the legal opinion provided to Cabinet setting out the Attorney General's advice on the legality of military action against Iraq in March 2003.

(221740)

475
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the advice he received from the Attorney General regarding the war in Iraq discussed in Cabinet on 17th March 2003 was placed before any other ministerial committee.

(221817)

476
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Attorney General attended the whole of the meeting of the Cabinet on 17th March 2003.

(221818)

477
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Cabinet meeting on 17th March 2003 discussed any business other than the advice of the Attorney General regarding war with Iraq.

(221819)

478
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Prime Minister, if he wil publish the Cabinet Office guidelines on the conduct of Cabinet and Ministerial Committee business.

(221820)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

479
N Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government intends to implement the findings of the Graham Review relating to the future of the Small Firms Loan Guarantee.

(221316)

480
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the reliability of instruments used to measure plutonium levels in drums at Sellafield; and what the maximum factor of error is relative to the estimated level present which it is accepted can occur.

(221565)

481
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many inspections of the MOX facility at Sellafield have been carried out by Euratom since 1st May 1997; on what dates; and on which occasions Euratom expressed concerns about the operation of this facility.

(221566)

482
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many drums of plutonium-contaminated processing waste are held at Sellafield; and what the (a) maximum and (b) average plutonium content of each drum is.

(221567)

483
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will extend permitted development status to the installation of small scale renewables by householders, subject to adequate controls to ensure no or minimal visual intrusion; if she will include this measure in the draft microgeneration strategy due to be published pursuant to section 82 of the Energy Act; and if she will make a statement.

(221568)

484
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on which dates since 1st May 1997, Euratom Safeguard and accountancy treaties have been breached on the Sellafield site; and in what ways the treaties were breached in each case.

(221675)

485
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many prosecutions of BNFL have occurred since 1st May 1997excluding ongoing cases; on what date; and for what offence.

(221676)

486
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on advice given by Euratom inspectors to BNFL in respect of the weighing of cans of plutonium nitrate at Sellafield.

(221677)

487
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the occasions on which sections of uranium nuclear reactor fuel rods have been discovered outside the area where special nuclear materials are required to be held, with particular reference to Pelham House, Calderbridge.

(221679)

488
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place in the Library material she has (a) requested and (b) received relating to the operation of the Export Control Organisation and private sector involvement in delivering the Organisation's services.

(221711)

489
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place in the Library material she has (a) requested and (b) received from the Export Control Organisation relating to efficiency savings.

(221712)

490
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which (a) services and (b) operational areas of the Export Control Organisation have been assessed for potential outsourcing to the private sector; and if she will make a statement.

(221713)

491
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) discussions and (b) meetings (i) she, (ii) other Ministers in the Department, (iii) officials in the Department and (iv) staff of the Export Control Organisation have held with industry or representatives from industry relating to the future of the Export Control Organisation and private sector involvement in delivering some of that Organisation's services.

(221734)

492
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place in the Library copies of written representations (a) made by her Department to and (b) received by her Department from (i) representatives from industry and (ii) others relating to the future of the Export Control Organisation and private sector involvement in delivering some of that Organisation's services.

(221736)

493
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effect of her Department's Solar photovoltaics Major Demonstration Programme on private sector investment in the UK solar photovoltaic industry.

(220502)

494
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government will respond to the Office of Fair Trading's announcement of provisional conclusions on newspaper and magazine distribution.

(221903)

495
Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Office of Fair Trading will publish its draft advisory opinion on its provisional conclusions on newspaper and magazine distribution.

(221904)

496
Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value of exports (a) from Northern Cyprus to the United Kingdom and (b) from the UK to Northern Cyprus was in each of the last three years.

(221549)

497
Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she is taking to co-operate with those in the microgeneration industry on the removal of (a) network connection requirements, (b) metering requirements, (c) impediments to access to renewables obligation certificates and (d) other regulatory barriers for domestic consumers wishing to install microgeneration.

(222097)

498
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices have closed in Ribble Valley since 1997.

(221983)

499
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many business start-ups were registered in Lancashire in each year for which records for unitary authorities are available.

(221987)

500
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 13th January, Official Report, column 630W, on supermarkets, what discussions she has had with the Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading concerning the timetable for the publication of its report into the auditing of supermarket-supplier contracts announced in its report into the Supermarket Code of Practice in February 2004.

(221659)

501
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to Question reference 208807 from the honourable Member for St Ives.

(222117)

502
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of reports on tidal lagoon electricity generation made available to her Department by WS Atkins and AEA Technology.

(221790)

503
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representation she has received on the proposal for tidal lagoon electricity generation in Swansea Bay.

(221791)

504
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons tidal lagoon projects were not included for support under the proposed Marine Renewables Development Fund.

(221792)

505
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial support is being given by the Government to companies that have demonstrated an interest in tidal lagoon electricity generation as a contribution to the Government's renewables objectives.

(221793)

506
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the potential generating capacity of tidal lagoons in UK offshore waters.

(221794)

507
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses have registered for VAT in Tamworth in each year since 1997.

(221926)

508
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the statistics relating to maternity pay, which, since 1997 (a) are no longer collected by her Department and (b) have had the way in which the figures are compiled changed.

(221798)

509
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the recent price shock on the spot market for gas in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

(221554)

510
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact that the large sudden rise in gas spot prices will have on the UK's manufacturing base; and if she will make a statement.

(221556)

511
N Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many biomass power plants have been built in England under the Renewables Obligation Order 2002.

(221188)

512
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry will reply to the letter dated 26th January from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding her constituent, Mr. E. Martin of Fraserburgh.

(221623)

513
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter dated 14th December 2004 from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding her constituent, Mr. J. McGee of Peterhead.

(221624)

514
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 1713W, on solar photovoltaics, how many projects were included in the 2004 Photovoltaic Demonstration Programme; and what plans she has (a) to promote and (b) to extend the programme.

(221738)

515
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the cost to public funds of extending broadband to every home in the UK.

(221563)

516
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many megawatts of installed capacity of wind power have been (a) applied for and (b) approved in each of the last five years in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales.

(221696)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

517
Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers have used (a) Bramley, (b) Burley Park and (c) Headingley rail stations in each year since 1987.

(221965)

518
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce the contribution that aircraft make to greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement.

(221749)

519
N Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government intends to respond to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's Report entitled Aircraft in Flight; and if he will make a statement.

(221400)

520
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been made available to improve disabled access transport services in Tamworth.

(221927)

521
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of air traffic movements at Heathrow is; and when such movements are expected to reach the cap set for Heathrow of 480,000 movements.

(221626)

522
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the final scheme for compensation for blight associated with any future development of Heathrow Airport to be published.

(221630)

523
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further work is to be undertaken to assess the economic impact of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

(221631)

524
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements have been made to ensure the openness and transparency of the workings of Project Heathrow, with particular reference to the dissemination of information on this initiative to (a) residents of communities living near Heathrow and (b) their elected representatives.

(221649)

525
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact the decision in the case of the judicial review of the Government's proposals for airport expansion has had on the proposals for a third runway at Heathrow.

(221651)

526
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the latest assessment is of the terminal facilities which would be required if a third runway were to be constructed at Heathrow.

(221652)

527
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what process would need to be pursued (a) to amend and (b) to delete the environmental mitigation measures on airport operations at Heathrow under the Cranford Agreement.

(221653)

528
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action is planned by the Government when the capped level of 480,000 air traffic movements has been reached at Heathrow Airport.

(221654)

529
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for companies operating light railways of (a) the new safety regime for light railways proposed by the Health and Safety Executive and (b) the European Urban Rail Directive; and what estimate he has made of the cost to light rail operating companies of meeting each of these safety provisions.

(221710)

530
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance the Department has issued on Operation Stack in Kent.

(221589)

531
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) BAA and (b) other airport companies about improving (i) the facilities and (ii) cleanliness at UK airports; and if he will make a statement.

(221325)

532
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the eligibility of sufferers of myasthenia gravis for the Blue Badge scheme.

(222131)

533
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to announce the final funding arrangements for Crossrail.

(221656)

534
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the building work on the Crossrail scheme to start.

(221657)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

535
Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Leeds West receive council tax benefit; and what the total amount of such benefit was in the last year for which figures are available.

(221963)

536
Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid to pensioners in Leeds West as a result of increases in the state pension since 1997.

(221964)

537
Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in pension credit to pensioners in Leeds West; how much of this is savings credit; and how many people have benefited.

(221966)

538
Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the City of York have (a) enrolled on and (b) found work through each of the Government's New Deal programmes.

(221737)

539
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he takes to collate reports made to Ministers by Government departments of incidents of deaths or serious injury arising from activities of Departments which are subject to Crown immunity; and how many such reports have been made in each of the past 10 years.

(221559)

540
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Plymouth, Sutton, (b) Plymouth, Devonport and (c) South West Devon received pension credit in the latest month for which figures are available.

(221608)

541
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have found work through New Deal programmes in Plymouth since 1997, broken down by (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for over 25s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents.

(221610)

542
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women were in receipt of state retirement pension in the Tamworth constituency in (i) 1999 and (ii) 2004; what each is as a percentage of the Tamworth population; and what percentage of the population of England are in receipt of state retirement pension.

(221925)

543
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Tamworth constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(221931)

544
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with children in Tamworth have been in receipt of income support for more than one year.

(221932)

545
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Tamworth receive attendance allowance.

(221933)

546
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Tamworth have received (a) full and (b) partial grants from the Access to Work programme in each year since its introduction.

(221934)

547
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in receipt of winter fuel payments in Tamworth in 2004-05.

(221935)

548
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the statistics relating to maternity pay, which, since 1997 (a) are no longer collected by his Department and (b) have had the way in which the figures are compiled changed.

(221797)

549
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of his Department's advertising campaign to inform small businesses of the adjustments required for disabled access under the Disabilities Discrimination Act 1995 was.

(221558)

550
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance will be available to members of the Albert Fisher Group Pension Scheme under the recently announced financial assistance scheme; and what assistance is available to members not covered by these provisions.

(221588)

551
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what levels of benefit fraud have been detected in Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber in each of the last three years.

(222082)

552
Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much it costs to run the Benefits Fraud hotline in each of the last three years; and how many calls it received in each year.

(222120)

553
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the benefit entitlements are for people under pensionable age who are diagnosed as suffering from myasthenia gravis.

(222140)

554
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women were living in poverty on the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by women of (a) Asian, (b) black, (c) white and (d) other ethnic groups.

(221602)

555
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly income of single (a) female and (b) male pensioners was in the latest period for which figures are available.

(221603)

556
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals and (b) households are in receipt of (i) guarantee credit only, (ii) savings credit only and (iii) both guarantee and savings credit.

(221517)

557
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 1397W, on pension credit, if he will estimate the savings credit take-up rate for (a) those who are entitled to both guarantee credit and savings credit and (b) those who are entitled only to savings credit.

(221555)

558
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the last date was for benefit payments covered by the last pension book issued before they were withdrawn.

(221763)

559
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many phone calls have been made by the Pension Service informing pensioners of pension credit in each month since October 2003.

(221764)

560
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest date is on which the last benefit payment might be made from a pensioner's passbook.

(221765)

561
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what day the last pension book was issued.

(221767)

562
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency, having been invited to explore the possibility that they may be eligible for pension credit through an unsolicited call from the Pension Service or other agency for which his Department is responsible (a) went on to make a successful application for pension credit and (b) did not go on to make a successful application for pension credit.

(221776)

563
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency have received telephone calls since September 2003 from the Pension Service or other agencies for which his Department is responsible, inviting them to explore the possibility that they may be eligible for pension credit.

(221777)

564
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls the Pension Service has made since September 2004 to invite pensioners to explore the possibility that they may be eligible for pension credit (a) after 6.30 pm on weekdays and (b) at weekends; and to which parliamentary constituencies those calls were made.

(221778)

565
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency have since October 2004 received (a) telephone calls and (b) letters from the Pension Service or other agencies for which his Department is responsible, inviting them to explore the possibility that they may be eligible for pension credit.

(221779)

566
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used by (a) the Pension Service and (b) other agencies for which his Department has responsibility to identify and approach people who have not appled for pension credit but might be eligible for it.

(221780)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

567
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what work has been undertaken by the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate to improve the care of looked after children placed in private children's homes out of the area of the responsible authority.

[Transferred] (222067)

568
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parents have taken part in the Family Resolutions Pilot Project to date; and how many have accepted mediation services as part of the project.

[Transferred] (221881)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

569
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representation he has received on his proposals for a remedial action notice within new food hygiene regulations; in what circumstances he would expect it to be used instead of the Emergency Prohibition Notice; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (221873)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

570
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for the sale of alcohol to under 18 year olds there have been in each year since 2000, broken down by local authority; and what guidance he gives to local authorities on the conduct of investigations into, and prosecutions for, such offences.

[Transferred] (221707)

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