|
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 6 June 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 6 June 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 6 June 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 6 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 6 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from economic forecasting organisations concerning prospects for the UK economy over the next five years. | | (1992) | 2
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK will pay debt service to the International Monetary Fund on behalf of the world's poorest countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (1723) | 3
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he will prioritise cancellation of Iraq's debt and that of other heavily indebted poor countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (1724) | 4
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the increased aid pledged by EU member states will be delivered (a) bilaterally, (b) via the EU, (c) via the World Bank, (d) via the UN AIDS Fund and (e) via other multilateral agencies; and if he will make a statement. | | (1725) | 5
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to other G8 and Paris Club Nations to pay 10 per cent. of the debt service owed by highly indebted poor countries to the World Bank and African Development Bank. | | (2139) | 6
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the (a) International Monetary Fund, (b) World Bank and (c) regional development banks to cancel debt owed to them by the world's poorest countries and to revalue gold reserves to finance cancellation; and if he will make a statement. | | (2140) | 7
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the net UK contribution to the EU budget in each of the next 10 financial years if the UK rebate (a) remains in its current form and (b) is frozen at the current level. | | (1900) | 8
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what EU legislation was implemented by (a) the measure IR35 (National Insurance: Service Provision through Intermediaries) in October 1999, (b) the Tax Credits Act 1999 and Accompanying Regulations (Working Families Tax Credit), (c) the Aggregates Levy (General) Regulations 2002 and (d) the Child Trust Funds Act 2004. | | (1711) | 9
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement about the efficiency of processing of tax credits claims in the past two months. | | (1623) | 10
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax returns were threatened with determination by the Inland Revenue in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004. | | (1874) | 11
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether changes are planned to the access for narrowboat owners to red diesel; and if he will make a statement. | | (1983) | 12
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the granting of inheritance tax relief on land and public access to that land. | | (1745) | 13
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK citizens living abroad are in receipt of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit. | | (2019) | 14
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many live entries there are on the national insurance database; and what proportion of the entries he estimates are false. | | (1847) | 15
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his recently-announced shared-ownership scheme to help first time buyers who have been priced out of the housing market will extend to Northern Ireland. | | (2201) | 16
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by his Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1642) | 17
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's gross contribution to the EU will be for the years 2004 to 2008 (a) including and (b) excluding the UK abatement. | | (1643) | 18
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role he expects the civil registration service to play in the issuing of identity cards. | | (1607) | 19
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-pensioner families in Birmingham were recipients of tax credits in the last three years; and how many have been identified as having received overpayments. | | (1877) | 20
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of Child Trust Fund vouchers sent out to date; how many vouchers he estimates have not been claimed; how many vouchers have been used to establish Child Trust Fund accounts; and if he will make a statement. | | (1310) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library all internal Inland Revenue audit recommendations relating to tax credits for the last four years. | | (1620) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of identity fraud associated with the new tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (2076) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of (a) male and (b) female life expectancy for people aged 65 years in (i) 2010, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2030, (iv) 2040, (v) 2050 and (vi) 2060. | | (2108) | 24
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on levels of fuel duty and their impact on the competitiveness of UK road hauliers. | | (2120) | 25
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many primary school age children there are expected to be in North East Lincolnshire in each of the next five academic years. | | (2041) | 26
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many live births there have been in North East Lincolnshire in each of the past 10 years. | | (2042) | 27
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many persons are taxed on the basis of incomes of over £1 million a year before allowances; and how many were taxed at that level on that basis in each of the last 10 years. | | (1601) | 28
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the National Debt is. | | (2220) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 29
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what tenders have been issued by the Central Office of Information on behalf of the (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) Department for Constitutional Affairs concerning communications activity relating to EU matters. | | (2102) | 30
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what plans there are to refurbish Numbers (a) 10 and (b) 11 Downing Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (1309) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 31
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent legal advisers facilitating unfounded claims for (a) asylum and (b) applications for work permits. | | (1860) | 32
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what monitoring is carried out of the proportion of applications to admit previous sexual history in rape trials under the provision of section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, which are successful. | | (1579) | 33
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to introduce part-time salaried judicial posts in the Crown Court. | | (1580) | 34
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of rape trials were heard by Recorders of the Crown Court in the last year for which figures are available. | | (1581) | 35
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) judges (a) undergo continuation training on sexual offences and (b) receive further training on sexual offences after attending the serious sexual offences course on first appointment to the High Court. | | (1582) | 36
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to introduce fixed-term judicial appointments in (a) the Crown Court and (b) the High Court. | | (1584) | 37
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to improve the judicial career opportunities for district judges. | | (1586) | 38
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether judges who were promoted from the High Court to the Court of Appeal prior to the introduction of the serious sexual offences course for High Court judges are given similar training before being allowed to hear rape appeals. | | (1587) | 39
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will ensure that an Appeal Court judge who hears a rape appeal undergoes training in serious sexual offences. | | (1588) | 40
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will ensure that a court of appeal judge who may hear a rape appeal but has not been on the serious sexual offences course is obliged to attend such a course. | | (1589) | 41
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, under what arrangements (a) the College of Arms and (b) other applicants receive copies of personal information from closed decennial census returns; and if she will take steps to extend those arrangements to allow personal information to be exceptionally released from the 1911 and 1921 censuses for Ordsall Hall, Retford, Nottinghamshire. | | (1844) | 42
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on (a) 100-year decennial census closure and (b) the Public Records Act Instrument No. 12 (1966); and what the basis is for the Government's policy that the 1911 and 1921 Census returns for Ordsall Hall, Retford, Nottinghamshire shall continue to be closed to inspection for 100 years. | | (1845) | 43
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the UK courts have tested Government policy on withholding personal information from the decennial censuses from being inspected before the records are 100 years old. | | (1846) | 44
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the presentation of judgments in Immigration Appeals Tribunal cases is such that, when it determines that an application has no merit, the basis on which the Tribunal has considered the case as having no merit and the fact that the determination does not necessarily reflect the merits that the case may have but which fall outside the Tribunal's remit, are made clear; and if she will make a statement. | | (2069) | 45
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what action the Government intends to take on recommendations made by the Electoral Commission on the conduct of the North East Regional Assembly referendum; and if she will make a statement. | | (2053) | 46
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislation to allow a recount to be held in a nationwide referendum; and if she will make a statement. | | (1262) | 47
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will publish the guidelines to returning officers for holding recounts in parliamentary elections. | | (1263) | 48
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what restrictions there are on campaign spending by (a) Northern Ireland political parties and (b) Northern Ireland-based registered third parties in (i) UK-wide referendums and (ii) Northern Ireland-only referendums. | | (1264) | 49
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans her Department has to change the statutory eligibility requirements for judicial office. | | (1755) | 50
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the provision of legal aid for domestic violence cases. | | (1756) | 51
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many magistrates' courts have closed in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (1757) | 52
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the provision of legal advice services to travellers funded by the Department. | | (1758) | 53
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent representations she has received on reform of the House of Lords. | | (1759) | 54
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many trials in the Crown Court lasted for a duration of nine months or more in each of the last 10 years. | | (1760) | 55
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the 2006 local elections will be conducted by all-postal ballots. | | (1761) | 56
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions Ministers have had with the Home Office regarding the future conduct of trials in terrorism cases. | | (1762) | 57
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how and when her Department will respond to the recommendations made in the Electoral Commission's report, Securing the Vote. | | (1763) | 58
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on her plans to reform the length and cost of trials in Crown courts. | | (1764) | 59
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what appointment procedure will be used to appoint the next Lord Chief Justice. | | (1765) | 60
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made to date in establishing Middlesex Guildhall as the venue for the new Supreme Court. | | (1766) | 61
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's plans to reform the powers of the House of Lords. | | (1767) | 62
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for civil legal aid. | | (1768) | 63
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions Ministers have held over the last 12 months with the Electoral Commission regarding individual voter registration. | | (1769) | 64
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 since January. | | (1770) | 65
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's plans to establish community justice facilities in Salford. | | (1772) | 66
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Community Justice Centre in Liverpool. | | (1773) | 67
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by her Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1658) | 68
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much funding for legal aid the Department and its predecessor provided in each year since 1997. | | (1980) | 69
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Legal Services Commission intends to carry out a pilot test of its consultation proposals regarding the introduction of price competitive tendering to the criminal legal aid system. | | (1797) | 70
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment has been made of the likely impact of proposals to introduce price competitive tendering to the criminal legal aid system on (a) small solicitors firms, (b) black and ethnic minority communities and (c) socially excluded and vulnerable members of the community. | | (1798) | 71
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the quality of (a) civil aid service and (b) criminal aid service available to local communities is not reduced as a result of the Legal Services Commission's proposals to introduce price competitive tendering to the legal aid system. | | (1799) | 72
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans the Department has to extend the introduction of price competitive tendering to the criminal legal aid system outside London. | | (1800) | 73
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 24th May, Official Report, column 86W, on judicial appointments, how many of the appointments were (a) women, (b) black and (c) Asian in each category. | | (1801) | 74
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many legal aid firms she has visited since her appointment. | | (1802) | 75
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to visit a law centre. | | (1803) | 76
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the current backlog of cases at the Immigration Tribunal is. | | (1804) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 77
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Department plans to provide for (a) Gaelic language broadcasting in Scotland and (b) Welsh language broadcasting in Wales in financial years (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08. | | (1585) | 78
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the 10 parliamentary constituencies which received least in awards from Lottery sources in each year since 2000. | | (2103) | 79
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects (a) Channel 5 and (b) Freeview television to be available throughout Rossendale and Darwen. | | (1775) | 80
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) rape crisis organisations and (b) other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence received funding from Lottery sources in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003 and (iv) 2004. | | (1550) | 81
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was granted from Lottery sources to (a) individual rape crisis organisations and (b) other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence in each year since 2001. | | (1551) | 82
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department's Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme extends to Northern Ireland. | | (2260) | 83
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by her Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1659) | 84
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to encourage volunteers in sport. | | (1715) | 85
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money her Department used to fund the celebration of the last (a) St George's Day, (b) St Patrick's Day and (c) European Day. | | (2186) | 86
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in reviewing the licence fee costs for amateur sports clubs; and if she will make a statement. | | (1456) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 87
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made towards the establishment of a fund to assist the widows and dependants of Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers in Northern Ireland who lost their lives in the service of the community; and if he will make a statement. | | (1453) | 88
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent support has been offered to the African Union Force in Darfur with (a) logistics and (b) equipment; and what British military personnel are supporting this deployment. | | (1634) | 89
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on recruitment rates to the armed forces. | | (1778) | 90
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future location of the Royal Green Jackets regiment. | | (1865) | 91
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what precautions his Department takes to ensure that life-expired ordnance transported by rail and road to Shoeburyness for demolition is not exposed to the possibility of detonation by terrorist or other criminal attack. | | (1351) | 92
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the destruction of life-expired ordnance at Shoeburyness by QinetiQ will not detonate explosives contained within the SS Montgomery sunk in the Thames Estuary. | | (1352) | 93
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the destination of HMS Turbulent following departure from Devonport was on 16th January 2004. | | (2117) | 94
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) UK and (b) other nations' vessels were involved in the Thursday war military exercise in the English Channel on 15th January 2004. | | (2118) | 95
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions HRH Prince Andrew has used his Department's vehicles, vessels and planes for private use in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004; and at what cost. | | (2048) | 96
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether private security firms and personnel are employed in the (a) management and (b) running of prisons and detention centres under the control of the UK in Iraq. | | (2049) | 97
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel have been (a) deployed and (b) seconded to (i) Guantanamo Bay, (ii) Guam and (iii) Diego Garcia since 1997, and for what purpose; and if he will make a statement. | | (2050) | 98
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims in respect of Gulf War related illness have been (a) rejected and (b) accepted by the Veterans Agency office in Blackpool; and how many claims have been allowed the right of appeal. | | (2052) | 99
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been considered by the Army Board from soldiers who are serving, or who have served, at (a) Deepcut Barracks and (b) ITC Catterick since 1997; and how many of these complaints related to issues of bullying or harrassment. | | (2055) | 100
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what circumstances have led to the proposed publication of the Government files on the sinking of the Belgrano in 1982. | | (2056) | 101
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those sites in England and Wales within his responsibility which have been identified as surplus to requirements; what plans have been identified as to their possible future use; what consultative process will be followed in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (2059) | 102
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for International Development and (b) others, about improving the effectiveness of MOD assets in assisting with natural disasters around the world in the light of the experience gained from the recent tsunami; and if he will make a statement. | | (2060) | 103
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the complaints under Army redress procedures upheld or partially upheld between 1997 and 2003 related to issues of bullying or harassment; and how many (a) officers, (b) non-commissioned officers and (c) private soldiers were disciplined as a result. | | (2061) | 104
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Class 2 Royal Irish Regiment warrant officers (a) applied for and (b) took part in promotion boards in each of then past five years, broken down by (i) gender and (ii) religion; and how many of these applications were (A) successful and (B) rejected. | | (2184) | 105
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by his Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1648) | 106
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the deployment of the joint strike fighter aircraft in the RAF. | | (2119) | 107
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the fighting strength of the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Airforce has been in each year since 1992. | | (2185) | 108
N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Government intends to resume military assistance to Nepal. | | (1595) | 109
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received about Scotia Graphics of Coventry regarding the company's performance in delivering photographs to the families of soldiers who have been on passing-out parades; and if he will make a statement. | | (1893) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 110
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the Royal Institute of British Architects' proposals for Better Neighbourhoods - Designing for Sustainability; and if he will make a statement. | | (1731) | 111
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward proposals for penalties against those who rely on retrospective planning approvals. | | (2133) | 112
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice he has provided to London boroughs on housing allocations policies in respect of single people. | | (2146) | 113
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people were on the housing need list in each London borough on the last date for which figures are available; how many new lettings there were in each such borough in 2004-05; and how many new dwellings are expected to become available for new tenancies in 2005-06. | | (2247) | 114
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much investment there has been in (a) new council-owned dwellings and (b) housing association dwellings in each London borough in each year since 1997; and how much such investment is planned for 2005-06. | | (2248) | 115
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many affordable homes have been (a) started and (b) completed in the last three years in the District of Easington Council area. | | (1592) | 116
| Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) minimum, (b) average and (c) maximum public capital cost per (i) shared ownership property and (ii) social rented home was in each region in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (1684) | 117
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people were rescued alive by the fire service (a) from fires, (b) from fires in dwellings and (c) having been trapped or injured by industrial machinery in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (1632) | 118
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) railway and (b) aircraft accidents were attended by the fire service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (1633) | 119
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what consultation has been undertaken with (a) individual fire and rescue authorities,(b) fire brigades and (c) the Fire Brigades Union to ascertain their preferred solution to the Firelink procurement competition. | | (2147) | 120
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what evaluation has been carried out of the number of additional masts that would be required by the two bids for the Firelink procurement competition; and whether this will be taken into account in determining the outcome of the competition. | | (2148) | 121
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to consult (a) fire authorities and (b) local government organisations prior to determining the locations of the proposed regional control rooms for fire and civil defence purposes. | | (1594) | 122
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many public toilets there were on a given date in each year between 1990 and 2004, broken down by Government Office Region. | | (1618) | 123
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of the development he has planned for the South East is on flood plains. | | (1848) | 124
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made towards the implementation of the provisions of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002; and on what date he expects the regulations to come into force. | | (1863) | 125
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which of the sites released for new housing under the proposals announced on 25th May are in (a) Greater London and (b) the constituency of Ruislip - Northwood; and which of the latter are on green belt land. | | (2152) | 126
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in each of the last two quarters how many families applying to local authorities for housing were found to be intentionally homeless. | | (2166) | 127
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many families with children are being accommodated in bed and breakfast hostels. | | (2167) | 128
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many affordable housing units built or procured through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme and Challenge Fund were (a) mixed funded social rented housing, (b) temporary social rented housing, (c) homebuy general market purchase, (d) homebuy general new build, (e) mixed funded low cost home ownership for sale, (f) miscellaneous works to RSL stock, (g) reimprovements to rented RSL stock, (h) works only rehabilitation of rented RSL stock, (i) works only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (j) intermediate rent for key workers, (k) homebuy market purchase for key workers, (l) homebuy new build for key workers and (m) mixed funded sale for key workers in the West Midlands Region in each year since 1997-98; and how much was spent on each category in each year. | | (1843) | 129
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much capital funding was provided to Stafford Borough Council in the form of (a) capital grant and (b) borrowing permissions out of the estates action programme for regeneration works on the Highfields Estate in Stafford; and what conditions were attached, with particular reference to the neighbourhood office on the estate. | | (1978) | 130
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the costs to the Exchequer in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09 of recently-announced plans to assist homebuyers through shared equity plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (1308) | 131
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many lift rescues were carried out by the Fire Service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (2063) | 132
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many road accidents involving the rescue of a person or persons were carried out by the Fire Service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (2064) | 133
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people were rescued or led to safety at chemical or fuel spills or leaks or suspected chemical or fuel spills or leaks by the Fire Service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (2065) | 134
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many chemical or fuel spills or leaks or suspected chemical or fuel spills or leaks were attended by the Fire Service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (2066) | 135
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many incidents were attended by the Fire Service which required standby or precautionary action in a potentially hazardous situation in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (2067) | 136
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will (a) relax the criteria for 106 agreements to enable local authorities greater discretion and (b) require developers of smaller developments in an area to contribute to a common 106 type fund. | | (1696) | 137
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the local authorities that have been given an extension to the deadline of July to complete their stock options process. | | (1746) | 138
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities in England have decided their stock options appraisal in favour of (a) stock transfer, (b) arm's length management organisation, (c) private finance initiative and (d) stock retention by the council; how many homes each authority has; which authorities have yet to advise his Office of their intentions; and how many homes they own in each case. | | (1747) | 139
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the local authorities which have set up arm's length management organisations; what the performance rating of each is; and how much each has received in financial support. | | (1748) | 140
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the performance requirements for registered social landlords to receive gap funding have been changed in the last 12 months; and whether the requirement that they achieve two stars remains. | | (1749) | 141
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to implement his plans to allow councils to resume building of council housing. | | (1750) | 142
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to publish his review of the future of arm's length management organisations; and if he will list those who participated in the review. | | (1751) | 143
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many registered social landlords have taken over council housing; if he will list those which (a) have been put under supervision by the Housing Corporation, (b) have been the subject of mergers or takeovers and (c) have broken (i) rent guarantees and (ii) Housing Corporation rent guidelines. | | (1752) | 144
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many hectares of green belt land there were in (a) Hertfordshire, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Norfolk and (f) Suffolk in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004. | | (2306) | 145
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many houses his Department has planned should be built in (a) Essex and (b) London Borough of Havering. | | (2222) | 146
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much each local authority in England plans to charge individuals to investigate high hedges complaints under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003. | | (1622) | 147
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many affordable homes have been (a) started and (b) completed in each of the last three years in (i) the Plymouth Unitary Authority area, (ii) the Torbay Unitary Authority area and (ii) the Devon County Council area; and how much public funding has been made available to each for affordable housing projects in each of the last three years. | | (1552) | 148
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list sites released for new housing under the proposals which he announced on 25th May. | | (1611) | 149
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which of the sites released for new housing under the proposals announced on 25th May are in (a) Greater London and (b) the constituency of Chipping Barnet; and which of the latter are on green belt land. | | (1612) | 150
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people who live within the Swale Borough Council area have (a) applied for funding and been successful, (b) applied and been refused funding and (c) applied and been put on a waiting list under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. | | (1454) | 151
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding for housing Swale Borough Council has received in each financial year since the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 came into force. | | (1455) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 152
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much Government funding is being allocated to improve school meals; when this funding will become available; how it will be apportioned; what assessment has been made of current contractual arrangements entered into between local education authorities and suppliers of school meals; and if she will make a statement. | | (1523) | 153
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Government's estimate is of the number of children being brought up by grandparents because the children's parents have drug addiction problems. | | (1718) | 154
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much will be made available to schools in Leeds to improve school meals over the next three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (1728) | 155
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research she has commissioned on the effects of matching teaching methods to the degree of deafness on the academic achievements of deaf and hard of hearing pupils. | | (2071) | 156
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research she has commissioned on academic achievements of deaf and hard of hearing pupils in (a) mainstream schools and (b) special schools and units. | | (2072) | 157
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of students obtaining three or more A grades at A-level were from (a) grammar schools, (b) state schools and (c) independent schools in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of students obtaining such grades in (i) mathematics, (ii) foreign languages and (iii) sciences were from each kind of school in each year. | | (1738) | 158
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research she has collated into the performance of gifted pupils at state schools with particular reference to the performance of children in Key Stage 2 tests. | | (1739) | 159
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of students admitted to university to read (a) mathematics, (b) sciences and (c) modern foreign languages were from (i) grammar schools, (ii) state schools and (iii) independent schools in each of the last 10 years. | | (1740) | 160
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assistance the Department provides in Coventry to promote a well-trained and skilled workforce. | | (1055) | 161
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what EU legislation was implemented by the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2000. | | (1712) | 162
| Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the expenditure per secondary school pupil was in (a) each inner London local education authority and (b) Southampton local education authority in each year since 1997. | | (1697) | 163
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many university departments have closed in each year since 1997, broken down by subject. | | (1621) | 164
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her Department's policy is on freedom of speech in universities. | | (1782) | 165
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to involve private and voluntary sector day nurseries in (a) children's centres and (b) extended schools. | | (1811) | 166
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many second phase Sure Start's children's centres are planned in each local authority during 2006-08; and how much funding will be provided to each local authority for this purpose. | | (1812) | 167
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list those invited to attend the seminar on international studies of attainment on 4th July. | | (1979) | 168
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will conduct an assessment of levels of anti-semitism in English universities. | | (2020) | 169
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she has met Sue Blackwell of Birmingham University in an official capacity. | | (2021) | 170
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Hertsmere of 23rd May, Official Report, column 5W, on Academic Boycott (Israel), what mechanisms the Government has used to make clear its opposition to academic boycotts; and whether these have included discussions with individual academics. | | (2022) | 171
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the new vocational qualification for school caterers. | | (2083) | 172
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the members of the School Food Trust. | | (2084) | 173
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools currently participate in the Healthy Schools Programme. | | (2085) | 174
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of schools provide drinking water to pupils. | | (2086) | 175
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools meet current nutritional standards for school meals at lunch time. | | (2087) | 176
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of schools provide vegetables and/or fruit on most days; and if she will make a statement. | | (2088) | 177
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress she has made in preparing legislation extending new nutritional based standards to cover food across the school day. | | (2089) | 178
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the members of the School Meals Review Panel. | | (2090) | 179
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements she has made to fund School Improvement Partners. | | (1624) | 180
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has for link advisers to schools. | | (1625) | 181
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to ensure that every school child has the opportunity to experience out-of-classroom learning in the natural environment. | | (2023) | 182
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will issue guidance in out-of-classroom education as part of the National Curriculum. | | (2024) | 183
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will commission research into the merits of out-of-classroom education. | | (2025) | 184
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will discuss with the Teacher Training Agency incorporating into (a) initial teacher training courses and (b) continuing professional development programmes training on education outside the classroom. | | (2026) | 185
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the risk assessment system for school trips. | | (2027) | 186
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on secondary schools on special measures in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. | | (2092) | 187
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to visit Hammersmith and Fulham. | | (2093) | 188
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children are attending schools in Hammersmith and Fulham in the 2004-05 academic year, broken down by postcode district. | | (2095) | 189
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on her policy on exclusions in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. | | (1617) | 190
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the future of the Leading Edge Schools programme. | | (1449) | 191
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the incidence of bullying in schools that makes use of mobile phone technology, with particular reference to happy slapping. | | (2202) | 192
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been issued by her Department to schools in relation to mobile phone use by children. | | (2203) | 193
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of links between social exclusion and the behavioural problems of children and young people. | | (2204) | 194
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of links between social exclusion and the behavioural problems of children in early years education. | | (2205) | 195
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance her Department has produced to deal with (a) bullying of early years pupils and (b) bullying issues that arise in the infant age group. | | (2206) | 196
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been issued by her Department on the use of a no blame approach to bullying. | | (2207) | 197
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the no blame approach on (a) bullying and (b) the experience of the victim. | | (2208) | 198
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the escalation of bullying into other forms of anti-social behaviour. | | (2209) | 199
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which anti-bullying groups her Department supports financially; and what the level of that support was in 2004. | | (2210) | 200
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which voluntary and community sector organisations the Department included in discussions in formulation of its school anti-bullying policies. | | (2211) | 201
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the link between bullying and (a) truancy, (b) exclusions, (c) participation in (i) further and (ii) higher education and (d) the incidence of self-harm and suicide in each of the last five years. | | (2212) | 202
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list departmental programmes aimed at combating bullying; what the cost of each programme is expected to be over its lifetime; and if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of each. | | (2213) | 203
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost of hosting the regional and national conferences on bullying was; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of regional and national conferences hosted by her Department on combating bullying in terms of spreading best practice. | | (2214) | 204
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which cross-departmental working groups attended by her Department deal with issues affecting bullying and anti-social behaviour; and which other departments are involved in each case. | | (2307) | 205
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for which programmes under Every Child Matters a reduction in crime rates is a specified objective. | | (2308) | 206
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding her Department is providing for the National SureStart Month 2005. | | (2309) | 207
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effect of parenting orders on pupil behaviour. | | (2310) | 208
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effect of acceptable behaviour contracts on pupil behaviour. | | (2311) | 209
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research her Department has conducted into children with early psychopathic tendencies and their predisposition to antisocial behaviour. | | (2312) | 210
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evaluation has been carried out on the impact of (a) education action zones and (b) excellence in cities action zones on (i) social or economic disadvantage in the area, (ii) levels of pupil achievement, (iii) unauthorised absence and (iv) exclusion. | | (2313) | 211
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what independent research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on education action zones and excellence in cities action zones. | | (2314) | 212
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of links between low levels of literacy and (a) bullying, (b) poor behaviour and (c) truancy. | | (2315) | 213
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of children subject to (a) fixed-term and (b) permanent exclusions in the last five years were looked-after children. | | (2316) | 214
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what strategies her Department has introduced for looked-after children who display (a) poor behaviour in school and (b) anti-social behaviour. | | (2318) | 215
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support her Department will provide to local authorities to support them in their duty under the Children Act 2004 to promote the educational achievement of looked-after children. | | (2319) | 216
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will encourage registration by children with behavioural difficulties at both a school and a pupil referral unit to enable such children get specialist support for behavioural difficulties. | | (2320) | 217
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she plans to publish attendance figures at pupil referral units. | | (2321) | 218
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost of the Tomlinson Inquiry into 14 to 19 Education was. | | (2323) | 219
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by her Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1646) | 220
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to make student loans available to people aged over 54 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (1609) | 221
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of foster placements ended in adoption in each year since 1997. | | (1686) | 222
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in identifying and resolving collection difficulties to enable the Government to work towards the collection of data relating to the number of registered foster carers. | | (2200) | 223
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many looked-after children there are, broken down by local authority; and how many and what proportion of looked-after children experienced three or more placement moves in each year for which figures are available, broken down by local authority. | | (2274) | 224
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school playing fields have been sold, and for what reasons, in each year since 2001. | | (1734) | 225
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children received the Government's target of two hours' school sport each week in the last period for which figures are available; and how this figure is calculated. | | (1735) | 226
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much of the £750 million pledged to school sport has been (a) committed and (b) spent. | | (1736) | 227
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to tackle drug abuse in English secondary schools; and if she will make a statement. | | (2115) | 228
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers in secondary schools have been assaulted by students since 1997. | | (2219) | 229
N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when (a) Lewisham Local Education Authority and (b) schools in Lewisham are expected to receive extra funding to improve school meals. | | (1596) | 230
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will respond to the letter of 15th April from the honourable Member for West Worcestershire. | | (2051) | 231
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the per capita pupil funding in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) Cheshire and (ii) England (A) is in 2005-06 and (B) has been in each of the last eight years; what assessment she has made of the differences between the figures; and if she will make a statement. | | (1753) | 232
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to reduce the difference between the national average per capita pupil funding in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools and that in Cheshire. | | (1754) | 233
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average spending per meal per pupil for school meals was in (a) England and (b) Hartlepool in the last period for which figures are available. | | (1816) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 234
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what EU legislation was implemented by (a) the Groundwater Regulations 1998, (b) the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000, (c) the Biocidal Products Regulations 2001, (d) the Processed Animal Proteins (England) Regulations 2001, (e) the Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Order 2001, (f) the Animal By-Products Regulations 2003 and (g) the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003. | | (1708) | 235
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Independent Scientific Group on its conclusion that there was nothing to learn from the Republic of Ireland's study on bovine tuberculosis. | | (1669) | 236
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has evaluated on the effects of the consumption of genetically modified maize MON 863 on the health of (a) rats and (b) humans. | | (2011) | 237
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were in receipt of the social tariff for water meter charges in each of the last three years. | | (1774) | 238
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the application of the Waste Incineration Directive to tallow; and if she will make a statement. | | (1864) | 239
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by her Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1657) | 240
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she plans to make available to proprietors of livery stables to assist them in complying with the provisions of the Waste Management Licensing (England and Wales) (Amendment and Related Provisions) Regulations 2005. | | (1635) | 241
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many horse passports have been issued since the introduction of the scheme. | | (1600) | 242
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to make an announcement about the possible transfer of shared and lateral drains to local water companies; and if she will make a statement. | | (1577) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 243
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts within the EU regarding support for the African Union mission in Darfur. | | (1687) | 244
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the need for a peace-enforcement mandate for the African Union mission in Darfur. | | (1688) | 245
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the NATO Secretary General regarding support for the African Union mission in Darfur. | | (1689) | 246
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received on the level of political intimidation employed by Zanu PF during the March parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe. | | (1691) | 247
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospect of achieving sustainable progress towards democracy in Zimbabwe. | | (1692) | 248
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received advocating re-engagement with the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe. | | (1693) | 249
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the maintenance and expansion of sanctions against the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe. | | (1694) | 250
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the freedom and fairness of the March parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe. | | (1695) | 251
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the Government's priorities for the UK presidency of the EU. | | (1897) | 252
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements the Government, as holders of the EU's presidency, plans to make to mark the beginning of negotiations on Turkey's accession to the EU. | | (1898) | 253
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from his Department's officials on changes to the constitution in Egypt requiring potential candidates for the presidency to be supported by 300 elected officials from both houses of parliament and local councils; what representations have been made by his Department to the Egyptian government on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (2057) | 254
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the arrangements are for UK diplomatic representation in Madagascar; and what plans he has to change these arrangements. | | (2144) | 255
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for a referendum to be held on the future of the Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement. | | (2145) | 256
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects a new Senior Special Envoy to Sudan to be appointed to support the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and Darfur Peace Process. | | (1638) | 257
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Eastern Sudan; and what role the UK Government is playing in reducing tensions in that region. | | (1639) | 258
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent killing of internally-displaced people in the Soba Aradi camp in Khartoum; and what measures are being taken by (a) the Government and (b) international agencies to (i) protect the human rights of internally-displaced people in Khartoum and (ii) prevent their forcible relocation. | | (1640) | 259
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress on implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. | | (1641) | 260
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Vietnam about the (a) trials of (i) Reverend Quang and (ii) Mr Thach and (b) the imprisonment of Ms Le Thi Hony; and if he will make a statement. | | (1984) | 261
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Eritrea about the freedom of Christians to practise their faith. | | (1985) | 262
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the European Strategy Committee has met; and whether further meetings are planned. | | (1649) | 263
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of documents in the register of the European Council is fully accessible to the public. | | (1650) | 264
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the qualified majority voting rules set out in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe on the UK's power to block the adoption of legislation. | | (1651) | 265
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what decisions the European Council has taken by (a) vote, (b) majority vote and (c) qualified majority vote in each of the last 10 years. | | (1652) | 266
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the procedure by which Parliament will assess whether EU legislation complies with the subsidiarity principle. | | (1653) | 267
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the procedure is by which Parliament would approve a decision to move from unanimity to qualified majority voting under the procedures in Articles III-422.1, III-234, III-269.3, Article I-55.4, Article III-210.3, I-40.7 and Article III-300.3 of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe. | | (1654) | 268
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the operation of Articles (a) III-422.1, (b) III-234, (c) III-269.3, (d) I-55.4, (e) III-210.3, (f) I-40.7 and (g) III-300.3 of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe. | | (1655) | 269
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the UK legislation that has partly or wholly implemented EU legislation in each year since 1997. | | (1656) | 270
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the budget for 2004-05 for public-facing activities has been spent to date, broken down by activity; and what future activities are planned. | | (1805) | 271
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what level the budget for public-facing activity for 2005-06 has been set, broken down by activity, and what sums have been allocated to each (a) activity and (b) budget line. | | (1806) | 272
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the budget allocation for the Presidency Unit is for 2005-06, broken down by (a) activity and (b) budget line. | | (1807) | 273
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the job descriptions are of the members of staff within the Presidency Unit; and what the projected staff budget for financial year 2005-06 is. | | (1808) | 274
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the estimated spending on the UK Presidency of the EU is, broken down by activity; and how much has been spent to date. | | (1809) | 275
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the estimated spending on official meetings from the budget for UK Presidency of the EU is, including the Gymnich and European Councils. | | (1810) | 276
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter to him dated 18th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Iqbal. | | (2125) | 277
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter to him dated 14th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Hina Khalid. | | (2126) | 278
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter to him dated 7th March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mehwish Saeed. | | (2127) | 279
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter to him dated 15th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs S. Siddique. | | (2130) | 280
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter to him dated 7th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M. R. Sufi. | | (2131) | 281
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter to him dated 3rd March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Z. Khanum. | | (2132) | 282
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what stage the initial appeal against refusal for a settlement visa for Kean Antonio Robert Andrews, reference KGN 83103 has reached; and if he will make a statement. | | (2073) | 283
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value of the opium crop in Afghanistan was in each of the last five years. | | (1866) | 284
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much financial assistance was provided to Afghanistan in each of the last five years. | | (1867) | 285
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the situation in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (1868) | 286
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent meeting in Addis Ababa hosted by the United Nations Secretary General to discuss Darfur. | | (1869) | 287
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the level of textile imports from China since January 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (1870) | 288
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Zimbabwe concerning the recent arrests of street traders in (a) Harare and (b) other Zimbabwean cities; and if he will make a statement. | | (2028) | 289
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Zimbabwe on land reform in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (2029) | 290
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his officials were first informed of the recent arrests of street traders in (a) Harare and (b) other Zimbabwean cities; and if he will make a statement. | | (2031) | 291
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his European Union partners concerning the recent arrests of street traders in (a) Harare and (b) other Zimbabwean cities; and if he will make a statement. | | (2032) | 292
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Zimbabwean Government on Operation Drive Out Rubbish; and if he will make a statement. | | (2033) | 293
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the South African Government on Operation Drive Out Rubbish in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (2034) | 294
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his European Union partners on Operation Drive Out Rubbish in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (2035) | 295
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with African countries on Operation Drive Out Rubbish in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (2036) | 296
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his officials were first informed of (a) Operation Drive Out Rubbish and (b) other attempts by the Zimbabwean Government to demolish homes which it deemed unauthorised. | | (2038) | 297
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of South Africa concerning the recent arrests of street traders in (a) Harare and (b) other Zimbabwean cities; and if he will make a statement. | | (2039) | 298
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the views the United Kingdom will advance at the forthcoming United Nations conference on the future status of Kosovo. | | (1236) | 299
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures have been taken since the EU-Russian Summit on 10th May to agree road maps to advance collaboration on the four agreed common spaces; and if he will make a statement. | | (1237) | 300
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the UK representatives at the meeting of the EU-Israel Association Committee on 14th April were; and what the official position of each is. | | (1793) | 301
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals were agreed at the meeting on 14th April for sub-committees under the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and what arrangements have been made for monitoring human rights issues. | | (1794) | 302
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the organisations and individuals who presented evidence to the EU-Israel Association Committee on 14th April on human rights within Israel and the Occupied Territories. | | (1795) | 303
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make available to Parliament the formal proposals on sub-committees of the EU-Israel Association Committee before they are submitted to the Council of Ministers for adoption. | | (1796) | 304
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the formal proposals on sub-committees of the EU-Israel Association Committee to be decided by the Council. | | (1996) | 305
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the imprisonment of the former Member of Parliament in Zimbabwe, Mr Roy Bennett. | | (1665) | 306
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the conditions in which the former Member of Parliament in Zimbabwe, Mr Roy Bennett. | | (1666) | 307
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government has made to (a) the Zimbabwean Government, (b) the African Commission on Human and People's Rights and (c) the international community concerning the imprisonment of the former Member of Parliament in Zimbabwe, Mr Roy Bennett. | | (1667) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 308
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change in funding has been determined for Leeds primary care trusts for 2006 to 2008. | | (2116) | 309
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will (a) set a maximum wait and (b) publish standards for levels of diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis C; and if she will make a statement. | | (1462) | 310
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her officials have had with the Scottish Executive concerning differentials in the rate of diagnosis of hepatitis C in Scotland and England; and if she will make a statement | | (1463) | 311
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what benchmarks the effectiveness of her Department's hepatitis C awareness campaign will be assessed; and if she will make a statement. | | (1464) | 312
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the trends in rates of infection of hepatitis C amongst injectors in the last three years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (1838) | 313
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to ensure that patients from different areas of the country have equal access to treatments for hepatitis C; and if she will make a statement. | | (1839) | 314
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the hepatitis C awareness campaign in the most recent year for which figures are available; how much she has allocated to the campaign for future years; and if she will make a statement. | | (1840) | 315
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in West Chelmsford constituency who were receiving domiciliary care in 1997-98; and how many were receiving domiciliary care in West Chelmsford constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (2288) | 316
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will require the Royal London and Barts NHS Trust to report to her (a) why the London Air Ambulance Service is advertising for charitable donations, (b) what the cost was of the London Air Ambulance service in each of the last three years, (c) how many helicopters the service has, (d) how many staff are required to man the service and (e) whether the service operates 24 hours a day; and if she will make a statement. | | (2046) | 317
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths caused by overdose of illegal drugs. | | (1053) | 318
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many yellow card reports have been recorded in relation to the drug Flixotide in the treatment of asthma in each of the last five years. | | (1817) | 319
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths have been recorded as caused by high doses of the drug Flixotide to treat asthma in each of the past five years. | | (1818) | 320
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for Flixotide have been provided in each of the last five years to (a) children and (b) adults for the treatment of asthma. | | (1819) | 321
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the safety of Flixotide in the treatment of asthma; and if she will make a statement. | | (1820) | 322
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has commissioned on the effects of genetically modified food on human health in each of the past eight years for which records are available. | | (2012) | 323
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she received on the effects of GM maize MON 863 on human health prior to (a) 29th November 2004 and (b) 19th May 2005. | | (2016) | 324
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to enable the drugs (a) Lutein and (b) Zeaxanthin to be made available on prescription; and if she will make a statement. | | (1986) | 325
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list those sites in England and Wales, within her responsibility, which have been identified as surplus to requirements; what plans have been identified as their possible future use; what consultative process will be followed in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (2058) | 326
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to introduce a fast track National Institute for Clinical Excellence appraisal process to ensure cancer patients no longer have to wait for long periods before those treatments have been appraised. | | (2043) | 327
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to reduce the time it takes for National Institute for Clinical Excellence to appraise treatments that have shown to be safe and effective in clinical trials and licensed for use in the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (2044) | 328
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to reduce the time it takes for National Institute for Clinical Excellence to appraise vital cancer treatments; and if she will make a statement. | | (2045) | 329
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to update facilities at Charing Cross Hospital. | | (2098) | 330
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to update facilities at Hammersmith Hospital. | | (2101) | 331
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the consequences for cancer patients of the delays to the scheduled appraisal programme for 2006 of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (1997) | 332
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has insufficient funds to carry out its scheduled appraisal programme for 2006. | | (1998) | 333
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she will give to commissioning authorities on the continued use and funding of licensed cancer drugs affected by the delay in their appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (1999) | 334
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has examined on whether there is a link between keeping a working mobile phone in a breast pocket and cardiac rhythm dysfunction; and if she will make a statement. | | (1614) | 335
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what bodies for administering health services covering the Birmingham area have been (a) created and (b) abolished since 1985. | | (1837) | 336
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been prescribed Ritalin in each of the past 10 years. | | (1569) | 337
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice has been issued to (a) general practitioners and (b) consultants on the prescribing of Ritalin to children. | | (1570) | 338
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific training is provided to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in treating and caring for those with dementia. | | (2179) | 339
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have contracted the Panton-Valentine leukocidin superbug in each of the last five years; and how many went on to make a full recovery. | | (2258) | 340
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to raise awareness of cases of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin superbug amongst (a) the public and (b) doctors and other healthcare professionals. | | (2259) | 341
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical negligence claims were made against NHS bodies in each year since 1996. | | (1353) | 342
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much compensation NHS bodies paid in respect of clinical negligence claims in each year since 1996. | | (1354) | 343
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS trusts paid in respect of legal fees in clinical negligence cases in each year since 1996. | | (1355) | 344
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the running costs of the Paddington Health campus project have been on (a) a monthly basis and (b) a cumulative basis since its inception. | | (2149) | 345
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cumulative costs of external consultants providing advice on the Paddington Health Campus project are. | | (2151) | 346
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the timetable and process to reach a conclusion on the viability of the Paddington Health Campus project, in the light of the resolution by the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust not to recommend the addendum to the outline business case for approval by the strategic health authority. | | (2153) | 347
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average cost of a scan conducted by Alliance Medical Ltd on behalf of the County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust during the five year life of the contract; what methodology was used to calculate the average cost; and if she will make a statement. | | (2030) | 348
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the contracts awarded to Alliance Medical to provide services for the NHS. | | (2233) | 349
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to which countries Alliance Medical send scan results produced under its NHS contract to be assessed. | | (2251) | 350
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority about the role of Alliance Medical in the NHS; and if she will make a statement. | | (2252) | 351
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors were taken into consideration when determining whether Alliance Medical should provide scanning services in the NHS. | | (2253) | 352
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average amount of time is that a patient has waited for the results of a scan undertaken by Alliance Medical. | | (2254) | 353
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inappropriate referrals to patient advisory and liaison services there were in the last period for which figures are available; how she plans to ensure that consumers of health services who are not satisfied with the treatment they receive know to whom they should complain; and what help is available in making such complaints. | | (1608) | 354
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the screening of all women diagnosed with breast cancer for HER2 positivity to be routine across the NHS. | | (2074) | 355
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 119W, on Health Service Expenditure, what the total hospital expenditure alone was in each year since 1996-97 in (a) nominal terms and (b) real terms. | | (2250) | 356
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to publish data collected under the mandatory surveillance system for (a) Clostridium-associated diarrhoea, (b) glycopoptide resistant enterococci and (c) orthopaedic surgical site infection; and whether she will be publishing this data for intervals of six months. | | (2277) | 357
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is her policy to reduce bed occupancy levels in NHS trusts to 82 per cent. | | (2278) | 358
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she intends to begin the review of general ophthalmic services. | | (2279) | 359
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department will restart negotiations with the British Dental Association on the new General Dental Services contract. | | (2280) | 360
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will publish for consultation the Department's review of dental patient charges. | | (2281) | 361
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the progress being made in developing a national framework for the assessment of NHS continuing care; whether the framework will constitute a single, universal set of national eligibility criteria for access to NHS continuing care; what representations she has received on whether the current eligibility criteria are weighted towards physical needs, as opposed to mental health or psychological need; whether the national framework will include a national standard assessment methodology; and whether she expects that the national framework will integrate the system for assessing NHS continuing care with the system for assessing NHS-funded nursing care. | | (2282) | 362
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the cost in England of providing (a) free personal care and (b) free long-term care in each year until 2015. | | (2283) | 363
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all local authorities in England are using the single assessment process for assessing older people's needs, as outlined in the National Service Framework for Older People. | | (2284) | 364
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that patients with continuing needs are offered assessments for NHS continuing care; and what steps she is taking to ensure that assessments for NHS continuing care are carried out before assessments for NHS funded nursing care. | | (2285) | 365
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that the potential savings available to residents of care homes deemed eligible for either NHS continuing care or NHS-funded nursing care are reflected in reduced care home fees. | | (2286) | 366
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prescriptions in the United Kingdom are filled with a parallel traded product. | | (2287) | 367
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accredited specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation there have been in each of the last 20 years; how many such specialists there were per 100,000 of the population in each of those years; and what evidence she has evaluated on proportions per 100,000 of population in (a) other EU countries and (b) other G7 countries. | | (1619) | 368
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if her officials will discuss with the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health its data collection on hepatitis C in Scotland; and if she will make a statement. | | (1701) | 369
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to introduce proactive screening of at risk groups for hepatitis C. | | (1702) | 370
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to screen all prisoners on reception into prison for (a) hepatitis B and (b) hepatitis C. | | (1703) | 371
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the trend in numbers of cases of decompensated cirrhosis. | | (1704) | 372
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned on the rates of hepatitis C infection in prisons; and what measures she is taking to tackle the disease in prisons. | | (1705) | 373
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account has been taken in resource planning of the trends in incidence of hepatitis C, with particular reference to demand for liver transplants. | | (1706) | 374
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of dental practices in Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust were able to offer an emergency dental appointment within 24 hours in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (1637) | 375
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent temporary staff have been employed at (a) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital Gobowen, (b) the Royal Hospital, Shrewsbury and (c) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford in each of the last five years. | | (2234) | 376
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent administrative staff have been employed at (a) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (c) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in the last five years. | | (2236) | 377
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA there have been at (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (c) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen in each of the last five years, in people aged over 65 years. | | (2237) | 378
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA there have been at (a) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (c) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in each of the last five years, in people aged under 18 years. | | (2238) | 379
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA there have been at (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (c) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen in each of the last five years. | | (2239) | 380
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff at (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (c) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen have been dedicated to the treatment of MRSA in each of the last five years. | | (2240) | 381
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the budget of the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen has been dedicated to the treatment of MRSA in each of the last five years. | | (2241) | 382
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget deficit has been of (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford in each of the last five years. | | (2242) | 383
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) budget and (b) budget deficit of the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen has been in each of the last five years. | | (2244) | 384
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of the (a) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford has been in each of the last five years. | | (2245) | 385
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the budget of the (a) Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (b) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has been dedicated to the treatment of MRSA in each of the last five years. | | (2246) | 386
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in England were obese (a) in 1997 and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (1737) | 387
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with doctors about the use of Reminyl, Aricept and Exelan for treating Alzheimer's disease; and if she will make a statement. | | (1305) | 388
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which drugs are available for prescribing to treat the effects of Alzheimer's disease; and if she will make a statement. | | (1306) | 389
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Reminyl, Aricept and Exelen are available on free prescription for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; what plans she has to change the availability on free prescription of those drugs; and if she will make a statement. | | (1636) | 390
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the success rate of births using IVF has been in each year since 1997. | | (2199) | 391
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on the provision of IVF treatment in each year since 1997. | | (2218) | 392
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to combat the use of illegal meats in restaurants. | | (2221) | 393
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the Draper Report on childhood cancer and electromagnetic field exposures from power lines to be published; what assessment she has made of the data on which the findings are based; and if she will make a statement. | | (2017) | 394
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government plans to implement the Committee on Science and Technology's recommendation in its report on human reproductive technologies and the law that there be a joint committee of both Houses set up to consider the scientific, medical and social changes in relation to abortion that have taken place since 1967. | | (1602) | 395
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors are employed in non-standard or trust grade posts in each NHS trust in England. | | (1605) | 396
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to provide Group B streptococcus testing on the NHS near the end of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement. | | (1822) | 397
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department has given to health care professionals on Group B streptococcus testing during pregnancy. | | (1823) | 398
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has conducted into Group B streptococcus testing during pregnancy. | | (1824) | 399
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she plans to give to primary care trusts on the commissioning of services from pharmacists to secure a common protocol to be followed. | | (2077) | 400
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take to ensure that patients may choose the pharmacy nominated to receive the electronic transfers of their prescriptions. | | (2091) | 401
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners were diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis in the last year for which figures are available. | | (1828) | 402
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged between 11 and 15 years have been admitted to hospital owing to alcohol-related problems in each year since 1997. | | (2134) | 403
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the 48 hour access targets for general practitioners on availability of pre-booked routine appointments; what plans she has to revise those targets; and if she will make a statement. | | (2135) | 404
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) accident and emergency department attendances and (b) hospital admissions in England with a hot-weather related primary diagnosis, including sunburn, there have been in each year since 1997, broken down by age. | | (2154) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 405
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when, and at what cost to public funds the National Firearms Register became operational; and if he will make a statement. | | (1583) | 406
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been employed in the Probation Service in (a) Essex and (b) Southend in each year since 2000. | | (2136) | 407
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of the Probation Service in (a) Southend and (b) Essex was in each year since 2000. | | (2137) | 408
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been made with Leeds residents since October 2003. | | (1717) | 409
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dispersal orders have been made in Leeds since January 2004. | | (1719) | 410
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's estimate is of the proportion of crimes committed which are reported to the police; and if he will make a statement. | | (1720) | 411
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of males in Leeds aged 40 or younger had a criminal record in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (1721) | 412
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the maximum length of prison sentence that can be passed by a magistrate; and if he will make a statement. | | (1722) | 413
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles have been confiscated as a result of anti-social behaviour in (a) Leeds and (b) Leeds West since police were given powers to do so. | | (1727) | 414
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of crime was categorised as violent in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (1732) | 415
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which age group in Leeds had the highest rate of offending in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (1733) | 416
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances asylum seekers have been given permission to work since 2000; and whether those with medical or nursing skills have been favoured when applications by asylum seekers to work in the UK have been answered. | | (2150) | 417
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for drink-driving resulted in custodial sentences in 2003, broken down by police authority. | | (2292) | 418
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) traffic enforcement officers, (b) traffic wardens and (c) council parking attendants have been operating in each police authority area in each year since 2002-03. | | (2293) | 419
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been fined under the offence of using a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving; how many people have contested the fines; and what revenue has been raised through fines, broken down by (a) month and (b) police authority region. | | (2294) | 420
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions which have resulted in custodial sentences there have been for (a) drink-driving and (b) other motoring offences in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) type and (ii) gender; and what each figure represents as a percentage of the total number of convictions resulting in custodial sentences. | | (2295) | 421
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what investigations his Department has conducted into the role of Mr Mohammed Meguerba in the alleged ricin case of Kamel Bourgass and his associates; and if he will make a statement. | | (2068) | 422
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account he takes of determinations by the Immigration Appeals Tribunal that a case has no merit when he is required to reconsider that case on grounds wider than those on which the Tribunal has considered it. | | (2070) | 423
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) parenting contracts, (b) parenting orders, (c) acceptable behaviour contracts and (d) anti-social behaviour orders were issued in each local authority area in County Durham in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004. | | (1591) | 424
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of identity cards on the operation of human rights legislation. | | (1054) | 425
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what EU legislation was implemented by (a) the Data Protection Act 1998, (b) the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, (c) the Disability Discrimination (Providers of Services) (Adjustments from 1999 of Premises) Regulations 2001, (d) the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and (d) the Money Laundering Regulations 2003. | | (1707) | 426
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what statistical basis his statement on 23rd May, Official Report, column 432, on the delivery of the Airwave scheme, was founded. | | (2175) | 427
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has completed his assessment of the McFarland Report on the performance and structure of the Police Information Technology Organisation; and when he intends to make a statement. | | (2176) | 428
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to publish a summary of the McFarland Report on the performance and structure of the Police Information Technology Organisation. | | (2177) | 429
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an evaluation of the performance of the Airwave radio communications network has been carried out. | | (2178) | 430
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to visit Hammersmith and Fulham. | | (2097) | 431
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham; and how many there were in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. | | (2100) | 432
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has conducted into alternatives to jury trial. | | (1771) | 433
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in police custody have occurred in each police authority in each year since 1990; and in how many cases the person who died was considered to be suffering from a mental illness. | | (1616) | 434
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what obstacles there are to the retention of biometric data on the police national computer database. | | (1790) | 435
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to end the practice of detaining asylum seekers in prisons in Nothern Ireland. | | (2223) | 436
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were detained in prisons in Northern Ireland in each of the past three years; what the average period of detention in each case was; and from which country each asylum seeker orginated. | | (2224) | 437
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) parenting contracts, (b) parenting orders, (c) other voluntary parenting interventions, (d) acceptable behaviour contracts and (e) anti-social behaviour orders were issued in (i) each local authority area in Hampshire, (ii) Portsmouth and (iii) Southampton in (A) 2003 and (B) 2004. | | (1311) | 438
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the research conducted for his Department in 2002 by Stephen Scott on anti-social behaviour. | | (2215) | 439
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many excluded children were arrested during school hours in each of the last five years. | | (2216) | 440
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children subject to anti-social behaviour orders had been permanently excluded from school. | | (2217) | 441
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by his Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1645) | 442
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will seek to apply section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to all statutory agencies. | | (1610) | 443
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of recording, matching and storing face, fingerprint and iris biometric information for biometric passports; and what methodology he used in making this estimate. | | (1783) | 444
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing online verification to validate identity cards and other identity enquiries from user organisations; and what methodology was used to calculate the cost. | | (1784) | 445
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of the additional central IT infrastructure for providing online verification of identity for user organisations; and what methodology was used to calculate the cost. | | (1785) | 446
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the user organisations for online identity enquiries with which his Department is having discussions; and if he will list (a) other potential users and (b) the locations where he envisages online enquiry facilities (i) with and (ii) without the ability to check a person's biometric data which will be available (A) for Government use and (B) for use by other organisations. | | (1786) | 447
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to publish his Department's appraisal of the biometrics technology for identity cards and the cost-benefits analysis of the introduction of identity cards prior to the Second Reading of the Identity Cards Bill. | | (2075) | 448
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 22nd March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Timothy Feist. | | (2122) | 449
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 22nd April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Nisar Ahmed. | | (2123) | 450
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 29th March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Mollan Orlando Bell. | | (2124) | 451
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 4th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Hassan Nadir Rashid. | | (2128) | 452
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 7th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Jamal Mohammed Bin Omar Al Ridal. | | (2129) | 453
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had concerning the operation of the Kent County Council Act 2001; whether he has consulted with persons or bodies representing traders in secondhand car parts, known as autojumblers on the operation of the Act; and if he will make a statement. | | (1631) | 454
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will impose restrictions on the sale of cross-bows and swords. | | (1662) | 455
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which day staff from Porton Down alerted (a) the police and (b) ministers about the error that had been made in statements issued that ricin had been found in the flat occupied by Kamel Bourgass; and what action was taken by (i) the police and (ii) ministers when it was found that an error had been made. | | (1304) | 456
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research on the costs and benefits of the Identity Cards scheme, referred to in his Oral Answer of 23rd May, Official Report, column 412. | | (1267) | 457
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances female prison officers are expected to search male prisoners; and if he will make a statement. | | (1872) | 458
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals his Department has made against tribunal decisions which have compensated female prison officers for having been made to search male prisoners in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (1873) | 459
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle identity theft; and if he will make a statement. | | (2143) | 460
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with serious criminal records have been granted a licence by the Security Industry Authority once the five-year period has elapsed after the date of their last offence. | | (1603) | 461
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will seek to increase (a) police and (b) council powers to confiscate off-road bicycles and quad bikes that are ridden illegally on private land, common land or public roads; and if he will make a statement. | | (1575) | 462
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will seek to strengthen the law relating to preventing off-road bicycles and quad bikes ridden illegally on private land, common land or public roads. | | (1576) | 463
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has conducted on how many economic migrants will be required over each of the next five years to meet demand for workers in (a) the private and (b) the public sector; and what estimate he has made of the number of such migrants who will be required in each case. | | (1578) | 464
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what administrative fee an individual will be charged in order to receive an identity card under proposals to introduce a national identity card system. | | (1613) | 465
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many groups (a) were nominated for and (b) received The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service; and how many represented ethnic minority groups in each case. | | (1991) | 466
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will break down by ethnicity the number of children received into (a) prison service custody, (b) secure training centres and (c) local authority secure children's homes in each of the last five years. | | (1826) | 467
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison staff were diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis in the last year for which figures are available; and how many staff died from the disease. | | (1827) | 468
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will break down by ethnicity the number of people who have been given anti-social behaviour orders. | | (1829) | 469
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people remanded into custody were given community penalties in each of the last five years. | | (1830) | 470
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted but unsentenced people remanded into custody were given a custodial sentence in each of the last five years. | | (1831) | 471
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people remanded into custody were given a custodial sentence in each of the last five years. | | (1832) | 472
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition he uses of a persistent and priority offender; and what guidance has been given to local authorities. | | (1833) | 473
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women at New Hall Prison have been represented by a solicitor at an adjudication hearing in each of the last five years; and how many women have been awarded additional days in each case. | | (1834) | 474
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary rates are for regional offender managers; and whether they have been awarded salary increases in the last financial year. | | (1835) | 475
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people remanded into custody in each of the last five years were (a) acquitted and (b) had cases which were not proceeded with. | | (1836) | 476
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure that police forces are trained to deal with cases of identity theft from mobile telephones. | | (1261) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 477
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department's alternative livelihoods programme in Afghanistan has made in the last six months; and if he will make a statement. | | (2141) | 478
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the World Food Programme ahead of the visit to Zimbabwe by its Director. | | (1690) | 479
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria need to be met by the Government of Zimbabwe before the Government will accept a request for assistance with food aid to Zimbabwe. | | (1821) | 480
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the costs of the administration of his Department's offices overseas in the last year for which figures are available. | | (1590) | 481
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by his Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1660) | 482
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what foreign aid has been given by the UK to Botswana since 1997. | | (2273) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 483
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the clear-up rate was for (a) domestic burglaries, (b) vehicle crimes and (c) assaults in (i) North Belfast and (ii) Northern Ireland in each year since 2001. | | (1981) | 484
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many places in secure accommodation are available for children at risk in Northern Ireland; what estimate he has made of the requirement for such places; and if he will make a statement. | | (1982) | 485
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been warned about their security as a result of the ongoing investigation into alleged criminal and terrorist activities by two members of staff at the Northern Ireland Police Fund. | | (1450) | 486
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in the investigation into alleged criminal and terrorist activities by two members of staff at the Northern Ireland Police Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (1451) | 487
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to consult on the introduction of legislation in Northern Ireland to deal with problems associated with high hedges. | | (1452) | 488
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what requirements there are on Northern Ireland political parties to publish information on donations; and if he will make a statement. | | (1265) | 489
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what target is set by his Department in relation to the weekly allocation of time for sport in schools in Northern Ireland; and what percentage of schools in each education and library board area currently meet that target. | | (2158) | 490
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultations took place between his Department and the Equality Commission before the introduction of anti-social behaviour orders in Northern Ireland. | | (2168) | 491
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people (a) retired from and (b) were medically retired from the then Royal Ulster Constabulary in 2001; what the (i) average age and (ii) average length of service of those retirees was; and if he will list the equivalent figures so far for 2005 from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | | (2180) | 492
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding for higher education colleges was made available by his Department in each education and library board area in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years; and how much was made available for the North Down and Ards Institute. | | (2181) | 493
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of glaucoma in Northern Ireland; and how many people in Northern Ireland have suffered blindness as a result of glaucoma in each of the past five years. | | (2182) | 494
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the steps he is taking to tackle race hate crime in Northern Ireland. | | (2183) | 495
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, of all the recorded gun crime in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, how many offences were carried out using (a) legally and (b) illegally held firearms; and if he will make a statement. | | (2188) | 496
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the adult population in Northern Ireland own their own homes; and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last five years. | | (2189) | 497
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on house prices in Northern Ireland. | | (2190) | 498
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps have been taken by his Department to help first-time home buyers in Northern Ireland. | | (2191) | 499
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to reform the postal voting system in Northern Ireland. | | (2192) | 500
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many paramilitary-style attacks were carried out in each month of 2005; how many of these can be attributable to (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican paramilitaries; and how many people have been prosecuted as a result. | | (2193) | 501
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the seventh British-Irish summit held on the Isle of Man on 20th May. | | (2194) | 502
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the ownership of Lough Neagh. | | (2195) | 503
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the 250 largest payments made through the Common Agricultural Policy to farms or enterprises in Northern Ireland for 2003-04, broken down by (a) recipients and (b) amounts received. | | (2196) | 504
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance is issued to teachers by his Department as to whether and when it is justifiable for a member of teaching staff to raise their voice when dealing with an unruly pupil or student. | | (2197) | 505
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent consultations have been carried out by his Department in relation to the development of renewable energy sources, particularly (a) wind, (b) water and (c) nuclear energy, in Northern Ireland. | | (2198) | 506
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he is taking to reduce the waiting time for MOT testing at driver and vehicle test centres in Northern Ireland. | | (2225) | 507
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the current average waiting time is for MOT inspections in each vehicle testing agency site in Northern Ireland. | | (2226) | 508
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consideration has been given by his Department to the transport links required to serve the new National Stadium for Northern Ireland. | | (2227) | 509
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average length of time taken to process appeals against a decision of non-entitlement to incapacity benefit was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (2228) | 510
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were diagnosed as being HIV positive (a) to date in 2005, (b) in 2000, (c) in 1995 and (d) in 1990. | | (2229) | 511
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action is being taken by his Department to close the gap between those achieving the highest and lowest levels of academic attainment in Northern Ireland. | | (2230) | 512
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps he has taken to raise awareness of prostate cancer amongst men in Northern Ireland; and how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in Northern Ireland in each of the past three years. | | (2231) | 513
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what specific training is provided to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in treating and caring for those with dementia. | | (2232) | 514
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was allocated by his Department to promote and develop tennis as a sport in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. | | (2255) | 515
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how he expects front line hospital services to be affected as a result of his Department's proposal to reduce overtime by hospital consultants in Northern Ireland. | | (2261) | 516
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the British Medical Association and other interested parties in relation to his Department's proposal to cut overtime by hospital consultants in Northern Ireland. | | (2262) | 517
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were designated as homeless in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the provision for homeless people in Northern Ireland. | | (2263) | 518
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 116W, whether each pro-forma letter received by his Department in relation to the Costello Report is treated as a single letter of support or opposition. | | (2264) | 519
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the recent assessment by the Northern Ireland Equality Commission of the legality of the use of anti-social behaviour orders in Northern Ireland. | | (2265) | 520
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) injuries and (b) fatalities associated with air guns have occurred in each district police command area in each year since their formation; and what prosecutions have occurred as a result. | | (2266) | 521
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide details of the application to Northern Ireland of the legislative programme outlined in the Gracious Speech; and what discussions have taken place between him and his Cabinet colleagues in relation to its application to Northern Ireland. | | (2267) | 522
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks there have been on the emergency services in Northern Ireland, broken down by service, in each of the past 12 months; and (a) how many people have been successfully prosecuted for carrying out these attacks and (b) how many prosecutions are ongoing. | | (2269) | 523
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria were used when allocating the recently announced £3 million from the Government's Local Community Fund to aid the regeneration of deprived areas in Northern Ireland. | | (2271) | 524
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many families in Northern Ireland have benefited from the abolition of the means-testing of parents of disabled children as part of the disabled facilities grants process since the abolition took place. | | (2272) | 525
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is the policy of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to ensure a neutral working environment. | | (2003) | 526
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of whether there is a neutral working environment in the Northern Ireland Prison Service. | | (2004) | 527
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been taken to ensure a neutral working environment in the Northern Ireland Prison Service. | | (2005) | 528
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is the policy of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to promote equality of opportunity in the awarding of public contracts. | | (2006) | 529
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action is being taken by the Department to review funding levels in the education system. | | (2010) | 530
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many doctors are employed in non-standard or trust grade posts in each NHS trust in Northern Ireland. | | (1606) | Questions to the Prime Minister 531
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Colombian government on drugs and related armed violence. | | (1056) | 532
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet representatives from churches and non-government organisations at their forthcoming lobby to Make Poverty History in advance of the Gleneagles summit of the G8. | | (2047) | 533
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Prime Minister, whether John Scarlett had discussions with the Iraq Survey Group on the drafting of the reports of their findings. | | (1780) | 534
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he was given copies of internal Foreign Office briefing material on the legality of the war in Iraq before the commencement of hostilities. | | (1457) | 535
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, what representations the Government has received from members of the United States Congress in connection with the authenticity of a document purported to be a Cabinet Memorandum dated 23rd July 2002. | | (1458) | 536
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Government has instituted an inquiry into the leaking of a document purported to be a Cabinet memorandum dated 23rd July 2002. | | (1459) | 537
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will undertake to hold a referendum in the UK on UK accession to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for the European Union if the French vote no in their referendum. | | (2187) | Questions to the Solicitor General 538
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Solicitor General, what the policy of the Crown Prosecution Service is relating to the prosecution for first offences of theft from the person; and if he will make a statement. | | (1615) | Questions to the honourable Member representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 539
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the honourable Member representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether a Government response to the Commission's report on the conduct of the referendum on the North East Regional Assembly is expected. | | (2054) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 540
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on manufacturing output. | | (1855) | 541
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from (a) representatives of industry and (b) others following the recent European Parliament report proposing changes to the draft European Computer Implemented Inventions Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (1460) | 542
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of levels of inward investment into the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (1461) | 543
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has established who leaked the paper arguing the case for nuclear energy, drafted by Joan MacNaughton and which appeared in the press at the time of his appointment; and if he will make a statement. | | (1522) | 544
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure that officials in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are invited to comment on policy advice he receives from his officials on energy matters; and if he will ensure that such comments are made available to him on a regular basis. | | (1524) | 545
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the recent Appeal Court ruling in the case of Maguire v Harland and Wolff that no compensation is owed to a former shipyard worker whose wife died of cancer contracted by secondary exposure to asbestos dust; and if he will make a statement. | | (1716) | 546
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what EU legislation was implemented by (a) the Employment Relations Bill 1999, (b) the Working Time Regulations 1999, (c) the Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, (d) the Transnational Information Consultation of Employees Regulation 1999, (e) the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, (f) the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (g) the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill: Parts 1 and 3, (h) the Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2001, (i) the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and (j) the Undertakings on Supermarket Supplier Relations (Code of Practice). | | (1709) | 547
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what EU legislation was implemented by (a) the Industrial Training Levy (Construction Board) Order 2002, (b) the Employment Act 2002, (c) the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002, (d) the Flexible Working (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2002, (e) the Dangerous Substances and Explosives Atmospheres Regulations 2002, (f) the Sale and Supply of Goods Consumer Regulations 2002, (g) the Additives for Use in Animal Nutrition (England) Regulations 2003, (h) the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2003, (i) the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2003, (j) the Employment Relations Bill and (k) the Consumer Credit Regulations 2004. | | (1710) | 548
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ask the National Audit Office to conduct an investigation into the Export Credits Guarantee Department's decision to underwrite the Alvis armoured vehicle and Hawk deals with Indonesia, with particular reference to the role of agents. | | (1668) | 549
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with British Nuclear Fuels about the court action being taken against Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf GmbH. | | (1685) | 550
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of inward investment within the EU has been received by (a) the UK, (b) France and (c) Germany in each of the last five years. | | (1644) | 551
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by his Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1647) | 552
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many potential threats as defined by the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 have occurred at each licensed nuclear installation since 1st January 2004. | | (2081) | 553
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the future costs of ensuring the secure status of (a) nuclear installations to the end of their decommissioning and (b) nuclear materials until they are no longer useable in a malevolent fashion; and what measures have been put in place to ensure such future security. | | (2082) | 554
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assess the merits of extending British Summer Time in England and Wales so that it remains in force all year. | | (1627) | 555
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations have been received on British Summer Time by his office during the past five years; and how many of these were in favour of continuing British Summer Time throughout the year. | | (1628) | 556
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, columns 113-4W in Yorkshire and the Humber, what the distribution of (a) national funds and (b) EU funds were to (i) North Yorkshire, (ii) East Yorkshire, (iii) South Yorkshire and (iv) West Yorkshire in each of the last three years. | | (1792) | 557
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the future of the Acordis factory in North East Lincolnshire. | | (2040) | 558
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what legal advice was sought over the implications of the undated UDM letter, reference CNW/REG/VWF, faxed to his Department on 24th May by the honourable Member for Bassetlaw, when the letter was first seen by his Department. | | (1481) | 559
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department received the letter from the Union of Democratic Mineworkers, reference cnw/reg/vwf; and what response was made to the letter. | | (1777) | 560
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on progress made to date in introducing a minimum payments scheme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claims by former miners and their families. | | (1597) | 561
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the process by which deadlines are set for correspondence handling by Capita as contractors in handling coal health claims. | | (1598) | 562
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of analyses prepared for his Department of the number of deceased mineworkers' damages claims for (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) Derbyshire and (c) Leicestershire; and if he will make a statement. | | (1990) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 563
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras there are in Southend West; and how much money was raised in fines for each of them in each of the last three years. | | (2138) | 564
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring forward a national ports strategy. | | (1572) | 565
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the volume of container traffic which will enter the UK through east coast ports over the next three years. | | (1573) | 566
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his assessment is of the potential for container-based exports from east coast ports over the next three years. | | (1574) | 567
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of container traffic entering the UK through (a) Harwich, (b) Felixstowe and (c) London which had its final destination in the Midlands in the last period for which figures are available. | | (1894) | 568
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made for the average time taken for a fully laden container ship arriving at the coast at (a) Harwich, (b) Felixstowe, (c) London and (d) Teesport being completely unloaded in the last period for which figures are available. | | (1895) | 569
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of container traffic which entered the UK through (a) Harwich, (b) Felixstowe and (c) London which had final destinations north of the M62 in the last period for which figures are available. | | (1896) | 570
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have died on train lines in each year since 1990; and how many of them were suicides. | | (1730) | 571
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a Sustainable Development Appraisal was undertaken prior to publication of The Future of Transport White Paper. | | (1238) | 572
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken into the impact on the number of car journeys of car clubs. | | (1671) | 573
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken into the (a) trends in and (b) development of formal car-sharing through online systems. | | (1672) | 574
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the location of each high occupancy vehicle lane is; how long each lane is; and what new lanes are planned. | | (1673) | 575
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has conducted into car-sharing schemes; if he will place copies of research findings in the Library; and what plans his Department has to provide guidance for local transport plans relating to car-sharing schemes. | | (1674) | 576
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of car-sharing within schools as a means of reducing congestion associated with the school run. | | (1675) | 577
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has collated on the effectiveness of high occupancy vehicle lanes. | | (1676) | 578
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been given by his Department, and its predecessors, in each year since 1997 towards the (a) development and (b) promotion of (i) car clubs, (ii) car sharing and (iii) the Carplus scheme. | | (1677) | 579
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the total reduction in vehicle kilometres that would result from a (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. increase in average vehicle occupancy. | | (1678) | 580
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been made available to local authorities to promote (a) car sharing, (b) car clubs and (c) education programmes to promote walking and cycling in each year since 1997. | | (1781) | 581
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the target in the Ten Year Plan for Transport on quieter road surfaces remains a Government target. | | (2169) | 582
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) new and (b) expansions of existing park and ride facilities are proposed in the most recent annual progress reports. | | (2170) | 583
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Quiet Lanes Regulations to be published. | | (2171) | 584
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many crimes have been committed at stations that meet secure station status since 31st October 2004. | | (2172) | 585
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations with secure station status have subsequently had their designation removed since 6th December 2004; and which stations have been designated secure stations under the secure station scheme since that date. | | (2173) | 586
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras have operated since 6th December 2004, broken down by (a) region and (b) class of road. | | (2174) | 587
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) direct and (b) indirect financial backing his Department has provided to Future Heathrow. | | (2289) | 588
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons he attended the launch of Future Heathrow. | | (2290) | 589
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the recent occasions on which (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) officials of the Department have met Clive Soley on Departmental business. | | (2291) | 590
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage change in road traffic volumes over 2005 figures by (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020. | | (2296) | 591
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) passengers in excess of capacity and (b) total number of passengers figure was (i) for each London commuting service train operator and (ii) in total, broken down into (A) a.m. peak and (B) p.m. peak figures measured in the annual survey in 2004; and how many peak passengers into London there were for (1) a.m. peak periods, (2) p.m. peak periods and (3) in total for each London commuting service train operator. | | (2297) | 592
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) income was derived from and (b) expenditure was incurred by each local authority on parking in financial years (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05, broken down by (A) charges and (B) penalties. | | (2298) | 593
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average 24 hour traffic volume has been in each month since January at the (a) Norton Canes to A34 Great Wyrley, (b) Shenstone to Chasetown and (c) Wishaw to A38 automatic traffic counters on the M6 toll road on (i) Mondays to Fridays, (ii) Saturdays and (iii) Sundays. | | (2299) | 594
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average 24 hour traffic volume at the (a) J3-J4E, (b) J4A-J5, (c) J9-J10, (d) J10-J10A, (e) J10A-J11, (f) J12-J13, (g) J6-J7 and (h) J9-J10 automatic traffic counters on the M6 on (i) Mondays to Fridays, (ii) Saturdays and (iii) Sundays has been in each month since January. | | (2300) | 595
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average 24 hour traffic volume at the (a) J6-J7 and (b) J9-J10 automatic traffic counters on the M42 on (i) Mondays to Fridays, (ii) Saturdays and (iii) Sundays has been in each month since January. | | (2301) | 596
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the nature of the relationship between his Department and Future Heathrow. | | (2322) | 597
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what EU legislation was implemented by (a) the Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, (b) the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, (c) the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 (Composition and Content), (d) the Motor Fuel (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and (e) the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004. | | (1714) | 598
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has commissioned on the effectiveness of (a) pelican and (b) puffin crossings. | | (1791) | 599
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what communication activities are planned in relation to the policy areas covered by his Department during the UK Presidency of the EU; and what budget has been allocated for these activities. | | (1661) | 600
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to upgrade rail freight between the east coast ports and the Midlands of England. | | (1260) | 601
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many convictions were obtained by safety camera vans operating outside the conspicuity guidelines in (a) Barnsley, (b) Rotherham, (c) Doncaster and (d) the Pogmoor district of Barnsley in 2004-05; and how much revenue was raised in fines from these convictions. | | (1680) | 602
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many days in 2004-05 safety camera vans operated in (a) Barnsley, (b) Rotherham, (c) Doncaster and (d) the Pogmoor district of Barnsley. | | (1681) | 603
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the revenue from fines levied as a result of the activities of the South Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership were in (a) Barnsley, (b) Rotherham, (c) Doncaster and (d) the Pogmoor district of Barnsley in each year since the partnership was established. | | (1682) | 604
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the areas in which the South Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership operates. | | (1683) | 605
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a mass evacuation of a train took place on 16th May near Burton-upon-Trent; what investigations are being carried out into this incident; whether rolling stock failure was a cause of the incident; what assessment he has made of the safety implications of the incident; and if he will make a statement. | | (1480) | 606
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the likely effects of continuing British Summer Time throughout the year on the number of road accidents in England and Wales. | | (1626) | 607
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what use (a) is being made and (b) is planned for solar-powered devices on, over or under the road network; whether trials of such equipment are scheduled; and if he will make a statement. | | (1629) | 608
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a 50 mph speed limit has been imposed for the first few yards of the northbound carriageway of the M1 motorway. | | (1630) | 609
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd May, Official Report, column 11W, how many Crossrail trains per hour are planned to operate on the (a) Great Western Main Line and (b) Great Eastern Main Line (i) during peak hours, (ii) between peak hours and (iii) in the evenings; what forecast he has made of how much capacity, in terms of trains per hour, will remain for other passenger and freight trains during these periods; what the existing capacity is during these periods; and how these numbers compare with existing numbers of trains operated. | | (2104) | 610
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the maximum number of Crossrail trains per hour is for which priority powers are being sought in the Crossrail Bill. | | (2105) | 611
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much capacity, in terms of trains per hour, will remain for passenger and freight trains, other than Crossrail trains, if the maximum permitted number of Crossrail trains are operated; and what estimate he has made of changes to journey times for other passenger and freight trains on these routes if the maximum number of Crossrail trains are operated. | | (2106) | 612
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the change in punctuality levels on the railways between 1998 and 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (1670) | 613
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Vision Zero project. | | (1825) | 614
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving (a) injury and (b) loss of life (i) have taken place in each year since the installation of speed cameras and (ii) took place in each of the five years before the installation of speed cameras at the site of each fixed speed camera on the Isle of Wight. | | (1448) | 615
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints his Department has received about the One train-operating company. | | (2302) | 616
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the transport consequences of Babergh District Council's Development Plan. | | (2303) | 617
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints he has received regarding poor consultation procedures for aircraft flight-path changes. | | (2304) | 618
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, against what criteria the performance of the One train operating company will be assessed when deciding whether or not to renew its franchise. | | (2305) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 619
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single claimants aged (a) less than 25 years and (b) 25 years and older are in receipt of (i) disability premium, (ii) enhanced disability premium and (iii) severe disability premium. | | (1987) | 620
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward further measures to restore pensions lost through scheme wind-ups. | | (1776) | 621
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the pilot of in-work credit to lone parents seeking work in Leeds; and if he will make a statement. | | (1729) | 622
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions he has drawn from the recent pilot in Wales of a new operating model for the Social Fund. | | (2142) | 623
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit payment in each London borough has been in each of the past five years. | | (2249) | 624
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the problems with the Child Support Agency computer system to be resolved. | | (1593) | 625
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what EU legislation was implemented by (a) the Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulation 2000, (b) the Occupational Pension Schemes (Minimum Funding Requirement and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 and (c) the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up and Deficiency on Winding Up etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. | | (1713) | 626
| Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of including members of the APW (Eastleigh) pension scheme in the Financial Assistance Scheme. | | (1698) | 627
| Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of including in the Financial Assistance Scheme all schemes which were wound up between May 2004 and April 2005 whose parent companies are still solvent. | | (1699) | 628
| Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of members of pension schemes which were wound up between May 2004 and April 2005 and whose parent companies are still solvent. | | (1700) | 629
| Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of members of pension schemes which were wound up between May 2004 and April 2005. | | (1841) | 630
| Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representations he has received regarding the eligibility of pension schemes which were wound up after May 2004 and before April 2005 for the Financial Assistance Scheme, broken down by scheme; and what response he made to the representations. | | (1842) | 631
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time for an appeal by a claimant against a decision on non-entitlement to incapacity benefit to be heard was in each of the last 10 years. | | (1266) | 632
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK citizens living abroad are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. | | (2037) | 633
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the planned Pensions Commission Experts Conference on 21st June. | | (1307) | 634
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of staff in the Department, broken down by agency or body within the Departmental budget, in each year from 1996-97 to 2008-09 (planned); and if he will make a statement. | | (1571) | 635
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the (a) administrative and (b) total costs in a year of (i) the winter fuel payment, (ii) free television licences for the over 75s, (iii) the pensioner Christmas bonus and (iv) the age-related pension top-up at age 80; and if he will make a statement. | | (1599) | 636
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parents with care, (b) non-resident parents and (c) children included in Child Support Agency maintenance assessments there are in each parliamentary constituency; what proportion of each group are new scheme cases, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and what proportion of parents with care receive income support or jobseeker's allowance, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (1988) | 637
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been agreed in relation to the (a) accuracy and (b) quality of data and management information supplied by EDS in response to the internal audit recommendation of 2004-05; and what led to the recommendation. | | (1989) | 638
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the members of the Child Support Agency's management board since 2001; when each became a member; and what the reasons for each leaving the board were. | | (1993) | 639
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases have been stuck in the new Child Support Agency computer system each month since it was introduced; what the average time taken until first payment for stuck cases is in each month; and in what proportion of stuck cases (a) assessments and (b) first payments have been made. | | (1994) | 640
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed in each Child Support Agency business unit; how many are assigned to (a) front end functions, (b) enforcement and (c) complaints; and what proportion of Agency staff each represents. | | (1995) | 641
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions payments have been made under the authority of the Chief Executive or the Deputy Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency but without their personal written authorisation; how much these payments have amounted to; for what reasons they were made; and if he will make a statement. | | (2009) | 642
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition the Child Support Agency uses of the term sensitive case; how many cases the Sensitive Case Team has dealt with in each year since its establishment; how many times unauthorised access to sensitive cases has been detected; and how many checks have been made on sensitive cases. | | (2013) | 643
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of increasing the basic state pension to the level of the Guarantee Credit, linking that level to the growth of average earnings, abolishing the winter heating allowance and pensioner means-tested benefits, and introducing these charges for all pensioners aged over (a) 65, (b) 67, (c) 70 and (d) 75 years in each year from 2005-06 to 2050-51. | | (2062) | 644
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which employment programmes have had a cost benefit analysis produced; and if he will place copies in the Library. | | (2078) | 645
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the cost of the return to work credit within the Pathways to Work pilots in each month since its introduction; and what proportion of people who have found work through Pathways to Work have received the credit. | | (2079) | 646
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of benefit fraud he estimates to be due to identity fraud, broken down by benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (2080) | 647
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on incapacity benefit in the Pathways to Work pilot areas have refused to engage with the job-search and support staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (2107) | 648
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) started claiming the state retirement pension, (b) were refused full state pension entitlement because they claimed the pension outside the time limit, (c) appealed against the decision to refuse them full state pension because they had claimed the pension outside the time limits and (d) were successful in their appeals in each year since 1997. | | (1679) | 649
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set up a review of the policy of paying state pensions to UK citizens living abroad in some countries and not to others; and if he will make a statement. | | (2096) | 650
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received about the Complaints Panel that investigates complaints about the Health and Safety Executive; how many investigations the Panel has looked at in the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (2099) | 651
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether publicly-funded mobility cars may be provided for people over the age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (1871) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 652
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list EU directives and regulations that the British Government is seeking (a) to repeal and (b) to amend in the pursuit of its policy of deregulation. | | [Transferred] (1899) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 653
N | John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people have changed their name by deed poll in each year since 1997; what estimate she has made of the number of people who changed their name without registering the change by deed poll in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (2094) | 654
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will introduce a two tier system for local land charges for (a) local authorities and (b) private companies. | | [Transferred] (1779) | 655
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ability of councils to fund the maintenance and provision of access to information with particular reference to local land charges; and whether she has considered allowing councils to increase their charges for the provision of such information. | | [Transferred] (1787) | 656
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of councils increasing their charges for access to information; and if she will support an increase from the existing £11 fee to one of £60. | | [Transferred] (1788) | 657
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will take steps to include the consideration of changes to local land charges in the Office of Fair Trading's ongoing market study. | | [Transferred] (1789) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 658
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the conception rate per 1,000 women (a) aged under 18 and (b) aged 16 to 18 has been in each year since 1997 in (i) England and (ii) Wales; what targets she has attached to teenage conception rates; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (2276) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 659
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what precautionary measures have been put in place to prevent the spread of the avian influenza virus H5N1 to the United Kingdom. | | [Transferred] (2270) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 660
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase funding for drug and alcohol rehabilitation in (a) Leeds West, (b) Leeds and (c) West Yorkshire. | | [Transferred] (1726) | 661
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her latest estimate is of the gross (a) gain and (b) loss to the UK economy of parallel trade in pharmaceuticals; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (2275) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 662
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship ceremonies have taken place in Northern Ireland since their introduction; how many people have become British subjects as a result; and whether citizenship ceremonies taking place in Northern Ireland follow the same format as those taking place elsewhere in the UK. | | [Transferred] (2268) | 663
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of children subject to (a) anti-social behaviour orders and (b) acceptable behaviour contracts were looked-after children. | | [Transferred] (2317) | 664
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many traffic wardens there are in the East Midlands region. | | [Transferred] (2014) | 665
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken to ensure that adequate numbers of traffic wardens are recruited in Leicestershire. | | [Transferred] (2015) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 666
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of distributing 2005 election communications via the Royal Mail in Northern Ireland. | | [Transferred] (2256) | 667
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total costs were of the 2005 (a) local council and (b) Westminster elections in Northern Ireland. | | [Transferred] (2257) | 668
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will explain what steps he will take to ensure that the Asthma Charter is put into practice so that the health and wellbeing of people with asthma in Northern Ireland is improved. | | [Transferred] (1892) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 669
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action is being taken to (a) contain the radioactive leakage at the Sellafield site and (b) protect (i) the workers at the site and (ii) the environment. | | [Transferred] (2007) | 670
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the discovery on 19th April at the Sellafield site of the 20 tonne leakage of radioactive uranium and plutonium. | | [Transferred] (2008) |
|
