THURSDAY 30 JUNE Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer *1 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): What recent representations he has received on the operation of the tax credits system. | (8140) | *2 | Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will make a statement on the accuracy of his Department's forecasting of borrowing. | (8141) | *3 | John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement on the operation of tax credits. | (8142) | *4 | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): What assessment he has made of the effect of the level of taxation on the state of the economy. | (8143) | *5 | Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): What proposal he intends to put to the G8 summit in Gleneagles for an international finance facility for immunisation; and if he will make a statement. | (8144) | *6 | Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): If he will make a statement on the proposals to reduce global poverty to be made at the G8 summit. | (8145) | *7 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): What progress is being made towards ending the debt owed by the world's poorest countries. | (8146) | *8 | Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): If he will make a statement on his plans for cancellation of debt in the world's poorest countries under the UK's presidency of the G8. | (8147) | *9 | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): If he will make a statement on the effects of levels of employment on the UK economy. | (8148) | *10 | Norman Baker (Lewes): What recent discussions his Department has had with other departments on sustainable development. | (8149) | *11 | Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): What discussions he has had with other finance ministers on meeting the 2015 targets for reducing world poverty. | (8150) | *12 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): What steps he is taking to encourage industry to increase support for research and development. | (8151) | *13 | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): What assessment he has made of the performance of the European single currency. | (8152) | *14 | Anne Main (St Albans): How much money was raised from National Insurance contributions in 2004-05. | (8153) | *15 | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What recent representations he has received regarding the operation of the tax credit system. | (8154) | *16 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What progress he has made towards the target of eradicating child poverty within a generation; and what further action he intends to take in furtherance of meeting this target. | (8155) | *17 | Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): If he will make a statement on his proposals for debt relief at the G8 summit. | (8156) | *18 | Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The): What changes he expects in the level of Government net borrowing in the next five years. | (8157) | *19 | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): If he will make a statement on shared appreciation mortgages. | (8158) | *20 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): How much tax was raised from stamp duty in the (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2004-05 financial year. | (8159) | *21 | Mr Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington): If he will make a statement on his economic objectives for the Gleneagles summit. | (8160) | *22 | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What his latest estimate is of the value of the foreign currency reserves of the UK. | (8161) | *23 | Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): What progress is being made towards 100 per cent. multilateral debt relief. | (8162) | *24 | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): How much in overpayment of (a) working tax credit and (b) working family tax credit is owed to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. | (8163) | *25 | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): If he will simplify the tax credits system so that it can be explained to applicants in significantly fewer pages of guidance notes than at present. | (8164) | Questions for Written Answer Notices given between Friday 27 May and Friday 3 June 1 N | Kitty Ussher (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if her Department will provide funding to relocate Burnley College. | (2596) | 2 N | Kitty Ussher (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the capital costs of building new (a) schools that offer A-levels under the Building Schools for the Future programme and (b) colleges that predominantly serve 16 to 19 year olds was financed by her Department in the last year for which figures are available. | (2599) | Notices given on Tuesday 21 June 1 N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he or his officials have had with the United States about the future withdrawal of troops from Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | (6933) | 2 N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has for the further deployment of British troops to Afghanistan. | (6934) | 3 N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of offences under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 for carrying a replica or imitation firearm, broken down by (a) year and (b) police authority; and what the average sentence given for this offence was. | (6902) | Notices given on Thursday 23 June 1 N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of how many deaths, in each Government Office Region, alcohol was the primary cause in each of the last five years. | (7966) | 2 N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus, (b) Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphyloccus Aureus, (c) Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhoea, (d) Vancomycin-Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus and (e) Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci have been recorded in each hospital in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | (7765) | Notices given on Friday 24 June 1 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths in which the primary cause was (a) alcohol and (b) illegal drugs there were in (i) Stroud and (ii) Gloucestershire in each of the last five years. | (8001) | 2 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to (a) foundation trusts and (b) Monitor on the funding trusts should make available (i) to encourage membership, recruitment and retention and (ii) to communicate with their electorates. | [R] (8114) | 3 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Deputy Prime Minister on the merits of linking re-organisation of primary care trusts with that of local government re-organisation. | (8115) | 4 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much financial support his Department made available to organisations which use time banking as a means of encouraging and rewarding volunteering in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | (8000) | Notices given on Monday 27 June 1 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from Customs and Excise in the last 10 years regarding cases of alleged fraud by insurance companies using the Insurance Premium Tax. | (8250) | 2 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on investigations into possible cases of fraud by insurance companies using the Insurance Premium Tax. | (8251) | 3 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect the closure of Ryscar House, Blackpool will have on the number and accuracy of working tax and child tax credit awards. | (8498) | 4 N | Mr Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of what total managed expenditure between 1999 and 2000 and 2007-08 would have been had spending been increased by 2.5 per cent. per annum in real terms. | (8351) | 5 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legal advice he has received in relation to recovery of overpaid tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | (8604) | 6 N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effect is on (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals access to benefits conditional on payment of National Insurance contributions of their employer's decision to register offshore. | (8555) | 7 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will increase remuneration for civil legal aid lawyers. | (8350) | 8 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent per elector on voter registration for each local authority area in the UK in descending order for the last year in which figures are available. | (8556) | 9 N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects the licensing scheme for houses in multiple occupation to come into force; and when he expects to announce his decisions on the outcome of the consultation on licensing in the private sector. | (8648) | 10 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effect of falling birth rates in the UK on the funding that is required for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. | (8249) | 11 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many further education colleges in England have received (a) a reduction in their funding for 2005-06 and (b) a percentage increase in their funding of less than three per cent.. | (8499) | 12 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many local education authorities in England have received a reduced further education funding allocation in the 2005-06 settlement. | (8500) | 13 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria is used to assess the functional literacy and numeracy of school leavers. | (8465) | 14 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the differences in (a) assessment, (b) teaching and (c) content between the proposed tests of functional numeracy and literacy for school leavers and GCSEs in English and mathematics. | (8466) | 15 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what pilot initiatives her Department has set up to test the teaching of functional skills in maths and English at GCSE level. | (8467) | 16 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of educational maintenance allowances in increasing (a) participation and (b) attainment in (i) school sixth forms, (ii) sixth form colleges and (iii) colleges of further education. | (8468) | 17 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools did not have a school bullying policy in place in 2004-05. | (8469) | 18 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether schools are under an obligation to regularly review their school bullying policy. | (8470) | 19 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department has taken regarding post-qualification application to university for undergraduate courses. | (8471) | 20 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consideration she has given to making module grades of A level students available to universities as a interim measure before moving to a system of post-qualification application to university. | (8472) | 21 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the use of aptitude tests for university admissions. | (8473) | 22 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the assessment burden at A and AS level. | (8474) | 23 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June, Official Report, column 184W, on academies, what role her Department plays in determining the sites of new academies. | (8475) | 24 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June, Official Report, column 184W, on academies, how parental demand is taken into account prior to the decision to site new academies. | (8476) | 25 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department is taking to clarify the rules concerning admissions to academies for children with special educational needs. | (8477) | 26 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of city academies of independent provision within the state sector, with particular reference to their role as examples. | (8478) | 27 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 471W, on bullying, if she will list the items of research to which she refers. | (8479) | 28 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 471W, on bullying, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Make the Difference series of ministerial conference on bullying in schools. | (8480) | 29 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 362W, on post-16 education, what action her Department will take to encourage private sector providers of vocational learning to come forward through competitions. | (8481) | 30 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 368W, on sixth forms, when the guidance to which she refers will be published. | (8482) | 31 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, columns 368W and 220W, who the national and local stakeholders are, in addition to the Learning and Skills Council and local education authorities. | (8483) | 32 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 368W, on sixth forms, if she will make a statement on the outcome of these discussions to which she refers. | (8484) | 33 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 360W, on new school provision, what criteria her Department will use to distribute the additional money to which she refers. | (8485) | 34 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 360W, on new school provision, from which organisations her Department has received representations. | (8486) | 35 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) state boarding schools there are and (b) pupils educated at state boarding schools there were in the last year for which figures are available. | (8487) | 36 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of building repairs for state boarding schools in the last year for which figures are available. | (8488) | 37 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 357W, on key stage learning, when the review of the Key Stage 3 curriculum will commence; and when it will report. | (8489) | 38 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 357W, on key stage learning, who will be leading the review of the Key Stage 3 curriculum. | (8490) | 39 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 357W, on key stage learning, whether a report will be published following the review of the Key Stage 3 curriculum. | (8491) | 40 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 357W, on the Leadership Group on Behaviour and Discipline, what was the costs of the group's meeting in each year since it was established; and how often the group met. | (8492) | 41 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list proposals she has received from learning and skills councils relating to school sixth forms referring to (a) closure, (b) reorganisation and (c) opening in each year since councils' powers were introduced. | (8493) | 42 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list reviews of examination standards undertaken by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority since its establishment. | (8494) | 43 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what role local education authorities play in deciding (a) whether new academies are to open and (b) the site of new academies. | (8495) | 44 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 492W, on building schools for the future (BSF), how much money has been set aside within the BSF budget for special schools. | (8496) | 45 N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what memoranda of understanding have been issued to address (a) issues arising from children in Wales appealing to the Children's Commissioner for Wales on non-devolved matters and (b) cross-border issues. | (8256) | 46 N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what memoranda of understanding have been issued to ensure effective communication between the Children's Commissioner for England and the Children's Commissioner for Wales. | (8257) | 47 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the treatment of funds collected under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | (8605) | 48 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration has been given to requiring manufacturers to display information on all product packaging relating to the environmental impact of the packaging used, with particular reference to non-recyclable material. | (8606) | 49 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the landfill site at Beddingham has been refused a licence to operate by the Environment Agency. | (8607) | 50 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the level of penalties that will have been collected after Year One of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | (8608) | 51 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the annual budget of the Bee Health Progamme is being reduced by 20 per cent. | (8347) | 52 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the threat of the varroa mite and other parasites to the UK bee population; and if she will make a statement. | (8348) | 53 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the increased costs to beekeepers resulting from adoption of the EC Directive 2004/28 regarding the supply of veterinary products and inspections; and what discussions she has had with British beekeepers on this matter. | (8349) | 54 N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what circumstances a buyer's licence can be withdrawn from a UK fish merchant. | (8557) | 55 N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of diagnostic scans in the NHS were carried out by private healthcare companies in the last year for which figures are available. | (8258) | 56 N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for payment of utility bills incurred by Alliance Medical for the site it occupies in Middlesbrough. | (8259) | 57 N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for health and safety assessment of the site occupied by Alliance Medical in Middlesbrough. | (8260) | 58 N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations have been made to the Department of Health by (a) Chief Executive and (b) chairs of strategic health authorities on the role of Alliance Medical in the NHS. | (8261) | 59 N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations have been made to the Department of Health by primary care trusts on the role of Alliance Medical in the NHS. | (8262) | 60 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will publish her response to the pre-legislative security committee on the draft Mental Health Bill. | (8345) | 61 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will publish the final version of the Mental Health Bill. | (8346) | 62 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the enhanced disclosure application for Mr Thomas Maguire will be completed. | (8263) | 63 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the grounds were for an order for deportation made against Anastancia Zulu, a Zimbabwean national detained at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, on 14th June. | (8502) | 64 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the investigation into the complaints made by Angeline Bure, Ashley S Tshabangu and Anastancia Zulu, Zimbabwean nationals, against the escort service RSI in relation to the execution of a deportation order on 1st May has been completed. | (8503) | 65 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he received notification of a complaint by Angeline Bure, Ashley S Tshabangu and Anastancia Zulu, Zimbabwean nationals, about the escort service RSI in relation to the execution of a deportation order to Zimbabwe on 1st May. | (8504) | 66 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received concerning the conduct of escort services for asylum detainees to and from Yarl's Wood and Oakington detention centres. | (8505) | 67 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in the last six months escorted detainees from Yarl's Wood Detention Centre have refused to board aircraft in pursuance of a deportation order and been returned to Yarl's Wood; and if he will make a statement. | (8506) | 68 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will grant indefinite leave to remain to asylum seekers proven to have come to the UK from Zimbabwe and held in UK detention centres awaiting deportation. | (8252) | 69 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, by county force for England and Wales, the number of police officers that will be seconded to cover the G8 conference in Scotland. | (8253) | 70 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will state the cost of training English and Welsh police officers in Scottish law prior to the policing of the G8 conference. | (8254) | 71 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will bear the policing costs of the G8 conference. | (8255) | 72 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter dated 1st June from the honourable Member for Woking concerning Mr Ahmed (references A581078/3 and PO7892/04). | (8372) | 73 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to public funds, including Lottery funding, in the last five years of (a) Volunteering England, (b) the Institute of Volunteering Research, (c) Future Builders, (d) ChangeUp, (e) the Active Community Unit, (f) Community Service Volunteers, (g) the Experience Corps, (h) the Youth Action Network, (i) Millennium Volunteers and (j) Corporate Challenge; and in each case what targets or outcomes have been set as a condition of funding; and what information he has on their progress in meeting those targets. | (8501) | 74 N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he has taken in each of the last four years to promote the sale of Harris tweed and Harris tweed products in (a) Europe, (b) the US and (c) other international markets. | (8553) | 75 N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the (a) money and (b) hours of time expended in the promotion of Harris tweed by his Department. | (8554) | 76 N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities in England subsidise the running of bus services. | (8603) | 77 N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make an announcement on the proposed Supertram scheme in Leeds; and if he will make a statement. | (8382) | 78 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people declared part-time earnings while claiming incapacity benefit in each of the last five years. | (8497) | 79 N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes there are to an individual's employment rights if their employer moves from registering staff in the UK to registration (a) offshore within the EU, (b) offshore outside the EU and (c) in Guernsey; and if he will make a statement. | (8552) |
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