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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 22 March 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 22 March 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 22 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 Tuesday 22 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 22 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the increase in revenue to the Exchequer of the introduction of a 49 per cent. rate of income tax on all incomes in excess of £100,000 for (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08, (d) 2008-09 and (e) 2009-10. | | (223263) | 2
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the reduction in stamp duty yield from residential property which would result from raising the threshold at which one per cent. stamp duty starts from £120,000 to £150,000. | | (223264) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths from MRSA there have been in Coventry in each of the last five years. | | (222947) | 4
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many transactions there were of residential property sales between (a) £60,000 and £120,000 and (b) £250,000 and £500,000 in Greater London in each of the last five full financial years; and how much stamp duty was raised from them in each year. | | (223593) | 5
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the aspects of his Budget which extend to Northern Ireland. | | (223268) | 6
N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many universities do not comply with Customs and Excise's preferred partial exemption method for VAT. | | (219536) | 7
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their homes in the last year for which figures are available. | | (223564) | 8
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the additional £400 million defence spending announced in his Budget statement of 16th March is (a) a provision for the cost of operations and (b) an addition to the Ministry of Defence's Request for Resources 1. | | (223404) | 9
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Ministry of Defence's departmental expenditure limit is for 2005-06. | | (223405) | 10
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Ministry of Defence's near cash departmental expenditure limit is for 2005-06. | | (223406) | 11
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the difference between the figures given for the special reserve provision in paragraph A137, page 202 and in table C13, page 261 of the Budget 2005 (HC 372). | | (223407) | 12
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the difference between the figures given for the Ministry of Defence's reserve budget in Spending Review 2004 (Cm 6237) and the Budget 2005 (HC 372). | | (223408) | 13
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the levels of long-term (a) adult and (b) youth employment in Pudsey in the last 10 years. | | (223521) | 14
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of local he uses in his proposals for providing free local bus travel for pensioners; whether he has costed the extension of this provision to ferries plying between points within the United Kingdom; and whether his proposals will apply to nations for which local transport is a devolved matter. | | (223306) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 15
N | Andy Burnham (Leigh):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in how many cases legal aid has been awarded to challenge a planning decision made by a Secretary of State in each year since 2000. | | (223410) | 16
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, with which external consultancy companies contracts are held by his Department. | | (222944) | 17
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the cost of providing legal aid for immigration and asylum cases was in 2004 in Coventry. | | (222945) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 18
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent changes to licensing legislation on small licensed hotels and guest houses, with particular reference to costs. | | (223477) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 19
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the members of the National Defence Industries Council; and who the employer is in each case. | | (223512) | 20
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd February, Official Report, column 652W, on the Defence Export Services Organisation, which Ministers attended the Defence Export Services Organisation Symposium on 9th March. | | (223513) | 21
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has decided to dispose of the First World War medal index cards; and if he will make a statement. | | (223557) | 22
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost of keeping the First World War medal index cards is; and if he will make a statement. | | (223558) | 23
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of delaying the withdrawal from service of HMS (a) Superb and (b) Trafalgar; and if he will make a statement. | | (223528) | 24
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March, Official Report, column 1992, on the Naval Shipbuilding Implementation Study, if he will list the members of the Naval Shipbuilding Implementation Study. | | (223546) | 25
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March, Official Report, columns 1995-6W, on surface combatants, if he will list the members of the Surface Ships Support Study. | | (223563) | 26
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March, Official Report, column 414W, on the Royal Navy, what the acronym STOROB stands for. | | (223582) | 27
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March, Official Report, column 414W, on the Royal Navy, how many Royal Navy ships are (a) in upkeep, (b) reducing in readiness towards upkeep and (c) reducing in readiness towards disposal. | | (223583) | 28
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March, Official Report, column 414W, on the Royal Navy, how many Royal Navy ships are in a state of readiness for the Joint Rapid Reaction Force. | | (223584) | 29
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March, Official Report, column 30W, on Naval Sector Strategy Study, whether any members of the Naval Sector Strategy Study are members of the armed forces. | | (223588) | 30
N | Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will carry out a study of the health of veterans of the British Nuclear Test Programme. | | (223378) | 31
N | Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a health study has been carried out by the Government since 1975 on veterans of the British Nuclear Test Programme. | | (223379) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 32
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) capital and (b) running costs were of his stand at the Ideal Home Exhibition. | | (223594) | 33
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding each local authority in London will receive from the Homelessness Directorate in 2005-06 to support local homelessness strategies. | | (223579) | 34
| Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the funding available to support the Tower Hamlets Homelessness Strategy in 2005-06. | | (223580) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 35
N | Peter Bradley (Wrekin, The):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what level of (a) tuition fees and (b) bursaries and grants for students are proposed by each higher education institution in England from 2006. | | (223409) | 36
N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will reply to Question 215722, tabled on 7th February to the honourable Member for Bromley and Chislehurst. | | (223341) | 37
N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what choice of systems software schools had in production of the 2005 pupil level annual school census data. | | [R] (223343) | 38
N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the possible effects on school pupils' health and safety of inaccuracies and unreliability of school attendance data. | | [R] (223344) | 39
N | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received relating to the potential use of the former Pelham Infant School, Immingham, North East Lincolnshire as a children's centre. | | (223480) | 40
N | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the sale of the former Pelham Infant School, Immingham, North East Lincolnshire. | | (223481) | 41
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to move the management of the Local Network Fund from the voluntary to the statutory sector. | | (223003) | 42
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she will take to ensure that voluntary and community groups in Devon have equality of access to the Local Network Fund after 1st April 2006. | | (223004) | 43
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what safeguards are in place to ensure that children's trust funds previously earmarked for the Local Network Fund are not reallocated to other programmes from April 2006. | | (223005) | 44
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she will take to ensure there is consistency in the delivery of the Local Network Fund during the 2006 to 2008 transition period. | | (223006) | 45
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact in Leeds of moving Learning and Skills Council funding to (a) Basic Skills and (b) the National Employer Training Programme on (i) the funding of courses for adults at Level 3, (ii) fee concessions for students aged over 60 years wishing to study at further education colleges and (iii) the level of fees for courses above Level 2. | | (223527) | 46
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of funding per pupil in Leeds was in each year since 1992. | | (223567) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 47
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage (a) retailers and (b) manufacturers to reduce the amount of plastic waste produced in the UK. | | (223539) | 48
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) departments, (b) agencies and (c) public bodies she expects will be affected by the proposed merger of English Nature, the Rural Development Service and the Countryside Agency. | | (223529) | 49
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs which will be lost in the Grantham and Stamford constituency following the proposed merger of English Nature, the Rural Development Service and the Countryside Agency. | | (223530) | 50
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the merger of English Nature, the Rural Development Service and the Countryside Agency on (a) the services they provide and (b) the general public. | | (223545) | 51
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what matters were (a) discussed and (b) agreed at the special joint meeting of G8 Environment and Development Ministers in Derby on 16-17th March; if she will (i) post on the departmental website and (ii) place in the Library copies of (A) papers submitted and (B) the final declaration of the meeting; and if she will make a statement. | | (223581) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 52
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that Ministers and officials from the British Virgin Islands are advised of legislative initiatives from the European Commission or Parliament which may impact on the British Virgin Islands. | | (223346) | 53
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress his Department has made on the negotiated compensation package between the UK Government and the British Virgin Islands government. | | (223347) | 54
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the number of Iraqi civilians killed in the conflict since coalition forces entered Iraq; and what estimate he has made of the number of Iraqi civilians killed by the regime of Saddam Hussein. | | (223479) | 55
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received a copy of the Lacey Report on the conduct of officials in his Office in the case of Mr Peter Dun, a former employee of the Diplomatic Service. | | (223592) | 56
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many companies have been invited to tender for (a) interpretation and translation services and (b) interpretation equipment provision for EU presidency meetings hosted by the UK; and what the value of each tender is. | | (223063) | 57
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many companies were invited to tender for (a) interpretation and translation services and (b) provision of interpretation equipment at meetings of the G8 to be hosted by the UK. | | (223064) | 58
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian authorities to encourage them to co-operate with international human rights organisations. | | (223562) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 59
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's plans are regarding the compilation and publication of the KT23 figures on chiropody; and if he will make a statement. | | (223308) | 60
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total number of people means tested for their personal care in January 2004 (a) who are now receiving free NHS continuing care and (b) who will receive free NHS continuing care in each of the next five years. | | (223253) | 61
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were contracted for in each of his Department's contracts with independent sector firms to provide NHS operations; how many operations have been completed under each contract; and how many operations have been paid for but were not completed within the contracted timescale. | | (223254) | 62
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives were employed by the NHS in the last year for which figures are available. | | (222946) | 63
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects of mobile phones on the under-fives. | | (223589) | 64
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding he has made available for research into asthma and related conditions in each year since 1997. | | (223590) | 65
N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been charged by the NHS in each of the last five years to non-UK and non-EU (a) nationals and (b) embassies. | | (223454) | 66
N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of NHS patients treated in the last year for which figures are available were (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals. | | (223455) | 67
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) total and (b) individual current recurrent deficit for (i) NHS hospital trusts and (ii) NHS primary care trusts is. | | (223555) | 68
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total projected cost is of private finance initiative projects which have reached Strategic Outline Case or beyond. | | (223569) | 69
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value is of private finance initiative projects granted approval by his Department since 1997. | | (223571) | 70
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research carried out for his Department by Warwick University in connection with its calculations of the Market Forces Factor Adjustment as it affects hospitals in Lancashire and Greater Manchester. | | (223402) | 71
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the differences were between the methodology of the Market Forces Adjustment Factor for (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; what effect this has had on the allocation of funds to the hospital trusts in Blackpool and Preston; for what reasons Blackpool and Preston have different allocations; and when the trusts received details of their 2005-06 allocations using the revised Market Forces Adjustment Factor. | | (223403) | 72
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) budget and (b) expenditure of the Commission for Social Care Inspection was in each of the last two years. | | (223548) | 73
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes in inspection fees the Commission for Social Care Inspection has made since it was established. | | (223549) | 74
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the responsibilities of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) which are not due to be merged into the Healthcare Commission in the proposals announced with the Budget; what estimate he has made of the likely change in (a) costs and (b) jobs arising from the merger; what the duties of staff employed by the CSCI are; and which duties are likely to be merged into the Healthcare Commission. | | (223550) | 75
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast expenditure against budget for South West London and St George's NHS Trust is in 2004-05. | | (223551) | 76
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding he allocated to the South West London and St George's NHS Trust for (a) Agenda for Change and (b) the new consultant contract; and what the Trust's estimate is of the actual cost. | | (223552) | 77
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specialist services provided by the South West London and St George's NHS Trust are due to be ended. | | (223553) | 78
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the managerial posts advertised for the South West London and St George's NHS Trust in the last 12 months, broken down by salary range offered. | | (223554) | 79
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the Children's Commissioner for England will play in improving children's health services; and what information sources will be available to the Commissioner to assess children's health services. | | (223559) | 80
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical and (b) non-medical staff were employed by (i) East Devon Primary Care Trust, (ii) Mid Devon Primary Care Trust, (iii) North Devon Primary Care Trust, (iv) South Hams and West Devon Primary Care Trust, (v) Plymouth Primary Care Trust, (vi) Torbay Primary Care Trust, (vii) Teignbridge Primary Care Trust, (viii) Exeter Primary Care Trust, (ix) North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, (x) Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust, (xi) South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, (xii) Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, (xiii) Devon Partnership NHS Trust, (xiv) South West Peninsula Strategic Health Authority and (xv) Westcountry Ambulance Services NHS Trust in each year since 2001. | | (223307) | 81
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expenditure of the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust, and its successor trust, was on mental health services in each year since 1992. | | (223520) | 82
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust and its successor trust in each year since 1992, broken down by staff group. | | (223522) | 83
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health patients have been treated as (a) inpatients and (b) outpatients by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust and its successor trust in each year since 1992. | | (223525) | 84
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Pudsey constituency, the effects of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on Pudsey constituency. | | (223568) | 85
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients he estimates would be affected by the implementation of the recommendation by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence that Reminyl, Aricept and Exelon should not be prescribed to NHS patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. | | (223572) | 86
| Pete Wishart (North Tayside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely change in incidence in UK citizens of (a) Dengue Fever, (b) malaria and (c) meningitis arising from climate change; and if he will make a statement. | | (223544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 87
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what options other than the creation of the National Offender Management Service were assessed for the possible future structure of prison and probation services. | | (223523) | 88
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria will be used to assess whether the National Offender Management Service will provide value for money. | | (223524) | 89
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the licensing of door supervisors under the Private Security Industry Act 2001 to be completed in (a) the North East and (b) London; and if he will make a statement. | | (223494) | 90
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to respond fully to the letter from the honourable Member for Birkenhead of 21st December 2004 about his constituent Mr Calvin Zola Makongo; and if he will meet the family and Mr Makongo's employers. | | (223252) | 91
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the security agencies which advised the Government that control orders were necessary to control international terrorism, broken down by date on which the advice was given. | | (223345) | 92
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many copies of Neighbourhood Policy - Your Police, Your Community, Our Commitment (a) have been printed, (b) have been distributed to date and (c) have been distributed unsolicited; and what the costs to date are of (i) design, (ii) printing and (iii) distribution. | | (223267) | 93
N | David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North dated 16th February regarding a constituent, ref M4496/5. | | (223342) | 94
| Pete Wishart (North Tayside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the skills advisory body announced as part of the Home Office strategy for asylum and immigration in Controlling our Borders: making migration work for Britain, is expected to be set up; whether it will have statutory Scottish representation; and if he will make a statement. | | (223540) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 95
N | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is giving to the government of Kyrgyzstan to help it establish a framework for dealing with mentally ill patients in psychiatric institutions. | | (223201) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 96
N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many representations he has received concerning the development proposal for Lir Integrated Primary School in Ballycastle. | | (223200) | 97
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in relation to the extension to Northern Ireland of the new National Sports Foundation. | | (223269) | 98
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 1653W, on cannabis, how many of those arrested for (a) possession and (b) sale of cannabis in each police district command unit area in Northern Ireland since its reclassification were prosecuted. | | (223305) | Questions to the Solicitor General 99
N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Solicitor General, what procedures (a) Government departments and agencies and (b) local authorities with independent prosecuting authority for particular criminal offences use to forward details of convictions, cautions and intelligence on possible criminals to (i) the Criminal Records Bureau and (ii) the Police National Computer; what amendments to these procedures are proposed in relation to the National Intelligence Database; and if she will make a statement. | | (223002) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 100
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of passive selling of magazines following proposals by the Office of Fair Trading to change the way in which magazines are distributed in the UK. | | (223533) | 101
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she has commissioned an independent assessment of the analysis by the Office of Fair Trading of the UK newspaper and supply chain. | | (223547) | 102
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the likely effect of passive selling on (a) the competitiveness of small independent newsagents and (b) consumer choice. | | (223556) | 103
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on relevant organisations of the changes proposed by the Office of Fair Trading relating to the newspaper supply chain. | | (223560) | 104
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the proposals by the Office of Fair Trading to change the UK supply chain for newspapers and magazines on delivery charges to (a) small independent and (b) larger retailers. | | (223570) | 105
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will suspend her Department's handling agreement with the Union of Democratic Mineworkers subsidiary company Vendside while concerns raised about financial irregularities are investigated. | | (223380) | 106
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to protect consumers from the fitting of faulty gas appliances. | | (223531) | 107
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance she has issued to the gas supply industry on steps to reduce the level of deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the home. | | (223532) | 108
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what role the Support for Exhibitions and Seminars Abroad Scheme plays in providing (a) practical and (b) financial assistance for developing global sales. | | (223561) | 109
| Pete Wishart (North Tayside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations her Department has had with outside organisations about the best way to dispose of plutonium waste. | | (223541) | 110
| Pete Wishart (North Tayside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans her Department has for dealing with the plutonium stockpile; and if she will make a statement. | | (223542) | 111
| Pete Wishart (North Tayside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department has allocated to security measures to protect (a) nuclear power stations and (b) plutonium stores in each of the last five years; what budget has been allocated for each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (223543) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 112
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pensioners in Morecambe and Lunesdale he expects will benefit from free bus transport. | | (223475) | 113
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the A65 Quality Bus scheme submitted by Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive; and when he expects to make a decision on funding for the scheme. | | (223526) | 114
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average distance cycled per person in each year since 1980. | | (223591) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 115
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to change training programmes on offer through Jobcentre Plus in Dorset. | | (223065) | 116
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he expects that clients due to start in the week beginning 14th March programmes for self-employment training in Dorset funded by JobcentrePlus will be able to complete their training; and if he will make a statement. | | (223265) | 117
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy that programmes of self-employment training supported by JobcentrePlus are promoted equally in all counties in the South West Region; and if he will make a statement. | | (223266) | 118
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Perth of 10th March, Official Report, column 2021W, on Unemployment Programme, if he will provide the figures for the (a) New Deal for Lone Parents, (b) New Deal for 25 Plus or long-term unemployed, (c) New Deal for Partners and (d) New Deal for Disabled People for each year since 1997. | | (223066) | 119
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions have been made in the Government's medium-term forecasts in his Department's benefit expenditure tables with regard to the number of invalidity benefit claimants returning to work through the (a) the New Deal for Disabled People and (b) Pathways to Work in relation to (i) the number of recipients of invalidity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income support and (ii) expenditure from 2003-04 to 2007-08 on invalidity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income support for sick and disabled people. | | (223381) | 120
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to undertake national advertising television campaigns to alert people to the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. | | (223519) | 121
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the home. | | (223565) | 122
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the action it plans to take to reduce the number of deaths caused by carbon monoxide in the home. | | (223566) | 123
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Morecambe and Lunesdale received the winter fuel allowance in winter 2004-05. | | (223476) | 124
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Morecambe and Lunesdale he expects will benefit from the £200 council tax assistance. | | (223478) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 125
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time judicial appointments have been made to the Appeal Service and its predecessors in each year since 1975, broken down by gender. | | [Transferred] (223067) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 126
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the University of Warwick has played in determining the formula for calculating future receipts of the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Hospital Trust. | | [Question Unstarred] (223092) | 127
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the recommendation of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence not to use donepezil (Aricept) in the treatment of mild to moderate cases of Alzheimer's disease. | | [Question Unstarred] (223094) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 128
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he had with the United States Administration on the proposed nomination by President Bush of Mr Paul Wolfowitz for the post of President of the World Bank; and what the Government's policy on the nomination of Mr Wolfowitz to this post is. | | [Transferred] (223578) |
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