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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 15 June 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 15 June 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 15 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 Wednesday 15 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 15 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) commission payments and (b) consultancy fees paid by companies operating overseas are tax deductible under Inland Revenue rules. | | (4885) | 2
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients of tax credits are being pursued for repayments as a result of overpayment of tax credits in (a) Hertsmere and (b) Hertfordshire. | | (4848) | 3
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the cost-effectiveness of IR35. | | (4854) | 4
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-pensioner families in (a) the London Borough of Haringey and (b) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency were recipients of tax credits in each of the last three years; how many have been identified as having received overpayments; and if he will make a statement. | | (4800) | 5
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents and carers in (a) the London Borough of Haringey and (b) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency have been issued with Child Trust Fund vouchers; what the total value is of the vouchers issued up to 30th April; and if he will make a statement. | | (4801) | 6
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the parents and carers in (a) the London Borough of Haringey and (b) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency who received Child Trust Fund vouchers by 30th April he estimates have set up relevant savings accounts with them; and if he will make a statement. | | (4802) | 7
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Civil Service posts have been transferred from London to deprived areas of the South East in the past 12 months; how many posts are under consideration for such transfer; and if he will make a statement. | | (3930) | 8
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contribution per capita of each member state of the European Union is to the total EU budget in the last year for which figures are available; and what the per capita receipts from disbursement of EU funds were in each country. | | (4858) | 9
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many false national insurance records have been found in each year since 2000. | | (4896) | 10
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the inflation rate has been in each year since the creation of the council tax. | | (4953) | 11
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many primary school age children there are expected to be in Tamworth in each of the next five academic years. | | (4940) | 12
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value has been of the (a) gross contribution to the European Union budget and (b) net contribution after receiving subsidies and structural funds of (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) France and (iii) Germany expressed as (A) a percentage of the gross national product and (B) per head of population in each year since 1995. | | (4964) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 13
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the timescale is for public consultation on the details of the role of independent mental capacity advocates. | | (4775) | 14
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has for public awareness campaigns to raise awareness of the codes of practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 amongst the general public. | | (4810) | 15
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has (a) made to and (b) received from the voluntary sector on disseminating information about the Mental Capacity Act 2005 codes of practice to family members and carers of incapacitated individuals. | | (4811) | 16
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what mechanisms her Department will introduce to monitor compliance with the Codes of Practice laid out in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with regard to (a) lasting powers of attorney donees, (b) court appointed deputies and (c) independent mental capacity advocates. | | (4852) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 17
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the former defence base at Potton Island, near Southend, is used for; whether consideration has been given for its release for a non-military purpose; what assessment has been made of impediments to a non-military use arising from his Department's use of the land; and if he will make a statement. | | (5007) | 18
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has held concerning the deployment of UK troops outside the Basra area; and if he will make a statement. | | (5012) | 19
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the status of terrorist suspects held on military bases in Diego Garcia. | | (4827) | 20
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects British troops to return to the UK when the British area of responsibility in Iraq is ready to hand over to Iraqi forces if the US area of responsibility is not ready for handover. | | (4828) | 21
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the training schemes available to members of overseas armed forces (a) at his Department's establishments in the UK and (b) given by members of the UK armed forces overseas. | | (4812) | 22
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. | | (5009) | 23
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future requirements for UK forces in the Falklands. | | (5010) | 24
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average periods of service have been performed by members of the armed forces in the Falklands since 1981. | | (5011) | 25
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will allow an in-house bid for his Department's work at the base in Gibraltar. | | (5056) | 26
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the value of his Department's equipment (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last five years, broken down by service. | | (5057) | 27
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last occasion was on which (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) officials from his Department discussed the Wassenaar Arrangement with (i) Ministers and (ii) officials at the Department of Trade and Industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (4876) | 28
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department was not permitted to make an in-house bid for the Defence Training Review. | | (4711) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 29
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the number of people eligible for the disabled facilities grant who are deterred from applying because of the means testing of claims. | | (4161) | 30
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects the Disabled Facilities Grant Review Group to publish its report. | | (4162) | 31
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the take-up of the disabled facilities grant since the introduction of means-testing. | | (4163) | 32
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many firemen have been hospitalised following assaults whilst on active duty in each of the last five years. | | (4886) | 33
| Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the net cost change that will ensue from the proposed Regional Fire Control Centre for South East England. | | (4932) | 34
| Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set a maximum level of fees to be levied by local authorities in respect of charges for applications under the high hedges provisions of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003. | | (4933) | 35
| Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the total cost of establishing the proposed regional Fire Control Centre for South-East England. | | (4934) | 36
| Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the sites shortlisted for the proposed regional fire control centres. | | (4935) | 37
| Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultancy and (b) other fees relating to the proposed regional fire control centres. | | (4936) | 38
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many attacks there have been on fire officers in each of the last five years, broken down by brigade; how many people have been successfully prosecuted for carrying out such attacks; how many prosecutions are ongoing; and if he will make a statement. | | (4159) | 39
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people in (a) the London Borough of Haringey and (b) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency he estimates will be eligible for his Department's extended home ownership programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (4803) | 40
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many public toilets were available in each (a) unitary and (b) district council area on 1st January (i) 2000, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003 and (iv) 2004. | | (4829) | 41
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the allocation from the Safer Stronger Communities Fund to each local authority in England is for financial year 2005-06, in terms of (a) total amount and (b) amount per capita, broken down by each element of the Fund. | | (4857) | 42
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the target increase in local tax take from Government was in each year since the creation of the council tax; and what the actual increase in local tax take as implemented by local authorities was. | | (4952) | 43
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many diploma courses for home inspectors are in operation; and how many people are training on them. | | (4855) | 44
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what date he expects to implement those parts of the Housing Act 2004 relating to home information packs; and if he will make a statement. | | (4856) | 45
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total capital spending allocation was for housing between 1997 and 2004; and if he will break down the payments by scheme. | | (4188) | 46
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what payments have been made by the Government as investment in affordable housing in England, broken down by scheme in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (4189) | 47
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to reform the Disabled Facilities Grant for (a) disabled children and (b) disabled adults. | | (4840) | 48
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to publish the conclusions of the review of the Disabled Facilities Grant; what research has been commissioned as part of the review; and whether the research will be made public. | | (4841) | 49
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations his Department has received from (a) landlord and (b) tenants' organisations on houses in multiple occupation licensing fees; and what response his Department has made. | | (4872) | 50
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department made for regulatory impact assessment purposes of the amount which would be raised by houses in multiple occupation licensing fees; what his Department's latest estimate is of that figure; and how each figure was calculated. | | (4873) | 51
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what arrangements his Department has planned for ensuring houses in multiple occupation licence fees set by local authorities only recover costs; and when such arrangements will be in place. | | (4874) | 52
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he was offered the free use of a Toyata Prius motor car; and what his response was. | | (4710) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 53
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the special schools in England, broken down by (a) geographical area and (b) specialisation. | | (4671) | 54
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Government's audit of special schools began; and when it is expected to conclude. | | (4760) | 55
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what account will be taken of the views of parents in the Government's audit of special schools. | | (4761) | 56
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will impose a moratorium on the closure of special schools until the Government's audit has been completed. | | (4762) | 57
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the review of provision of special schools will take evidence from (a) Baroness Warnock and (b) other experts. | | (4763) | 58
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who will conduct the Government's audit of special schools; what the terms of reference are; and if she will make a statement. | | (4764) | 59
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what legal powers are available to the Student Loans Company to obtain repayments of loans in respect of top-up fees from graduates from EU member states working outside the UK; what estimate she has made of the likely total value of such loans in each year; and if she will make a statement. | | (4830) | 60
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the proportion of graduates from English universities from EU member states who went to work outside the UK following graduation in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (4847) | 61
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many EU students commenced courses at English universities in each year since 1997, broken down by Member State; and how much was paid by them in tuition fees in each of those years. | | (4849) | 62
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from EU member states applied for entry to English universities in 2004-05; and how many were offered a place, broken down by EU Member State. | | (4850) | 63
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have been the victims of offences of violence in each of the last 10 years. | | (4946) | 64
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what sex education information her Department has distributed to secondary school pupils; and if she will make a statement. | | (4798) | 65
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers were assaulted by pupils in each London borough in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement. | | (4804) | 66
| Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the F40 Group Pupil Entitlement Model of funding; and if she will make a statement. | | (4831) | 67
| Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects a decision to be made on extending full university status to University College Worcester. | | (4842) | 68
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidelines accompany the Framework for Teaching Mathematics: Reception to Year 6 document. | | (5001) | 69
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the teaching of grammar in the English curriculum of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. | | (5006) | 70
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June, Official Report, column 335W, on freedom of speech, what measures she is taking to ensure that the governing body of the School of Oriental and African Studies is fulfilling its duties in this regard. | | (5008) | 71
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 6th June, Official Report, column 331W and 13th June (ref 3259), on city academies, what proportion of lessons in city academies that have been examined by Ofsted were setted. | | (5015) | 72
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 477W, on school meals, whether she plans to develop a level 2 qualification. | | (5016) | 73
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 477W, on school meals, what procedures are in place to monitor whether she needs to use her statutory powers to issue a directive to a school that is failing to meet current nutritional standards. | | (5017) | 74
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 477W, on school meals, which public body is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the regulations to which she refers. | | (5018) | 75
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 477W, on school meals, how many directions she has issued to schools that have failed to meet the current nutritional standard, in each year since the current nutritional standards came into force. | | (5019) | 76
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 478W, on school meals, what the annual budget is of (a) the School Food Trust and (b) the School Meals Review Panel. | | (5020) | 77
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 477W, on school meals, how many schools provide (a) vegetables and (b) fruit on a majority of school days. | | (5021) | 78
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 477W, on school meals, when the School Meals Review Panel will begin the examination of other food and drink sold on school premises. | | (5022) | 79
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June, Ref 4022, regarding home-school agreements, if she will request from Ofsted the number of schools that have drawn up home-school agreements. | | (5023) | 80
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June, Ref 3029, regarding the Key Stage 3 English test, if she will place in the Library the marking guidelines for that test. | | (5024) | 81
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 13th June, Ref 3578 and 3580, regarding the independent review of the role of synthetic phonics, when she will announce the names of the people who will work alongside Mr Jim Rose in conducting the review. | | (5025) | 82
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 13th June, Ref 3581, what proportion of the £220 million funding grant to transform school meals is intended for (a) food ingredients and (b) re-training of school catering staff. | | (5026) | 83
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what capital funding is available to schools for 2006-07; and how much of that funding is accounted for by (a) devolved capital expenditure, (b) Building Schools for the Future funding and (c) specific capital programmes. | | (4863) | 84
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which Building Schools for the Future projects will include building for the special schools sector; whether each will provide (a) new buildings and (b) improvements to existing buildings; what the cost will be of each such project; and in which wave of Building Schools for the Future they will occur. | | (4864) | 85
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost is of projects under waves 1 to 3 of the Building Schools for the Future programme for the special schools sector. | | (4865) | 86
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing accessible facilities for pupils with disabilities in mainstream schools under the Building Schools for the Future programme. | | (4866) | 87
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 7th June, Official Report, columns 472W, on bullying, what the (a) membership, (b) funding for 2005-06 from her Department and (c) terms of reference are of the (i) Youth Crime Programme Board, (ii) Crime Reduction Delivery Board, (iii) Penalty Notices for Disorder operational working group, (iv) Prolific and Other Priority Offenders Programme Board and (v) Safer Schools Partnership steering group; what work each has commissioned; and how often each has met since being established. | | (4898) | 88
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what data schools are required to collect on incidents of bullying. | | (4899) | 89
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints about the handling of bullying in schools have been received by (a) local education authorities and (b) her Department in each of the last five years. | | (4901) | 90
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research she has evaluated on the prevalence of bullying. | | (4902) | 91
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Behaviour Improvement Programme on (a) behaviour, (b) bullying, (c) anti-social behaviour, (d) attendance and (e) truancy. | | (4903) | 92
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the progress of the Change for Children Programme; and what assessment she has made of its effectiveness in improving behaviour in schools. | | (4904) | 93
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 7th June, Official Report, columns 468-9W, on action zones (pupil achievement), what assessment she has made of the research to which she refers. | | (4905) | 94
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance her Department has produced for building special schools under the Building Schools for the Future programme. | | (4911) | 95
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether special schools to be built under the Building Schools for the Future programme will include special schools for (a) primary level, (b) joint primary and secondary level, (c) secondary level, (d) secondary level with post-16 provision and (e) post-16 level. | | (4912) | 96
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions she has had with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on the (a) future and (b) rigour of A levels. | | (4913) | 97
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 472W, on bullying and anti-social behaviour, if she will list the (a) published research and (b) statistics to which she refers. | | (5032) | 98
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 472W, on bullying, what cross-departmental initiatives have been put in place to tackle (a) bullying, (b) low level disruptive behaviour and (c) truancy; and what assessment she has made of their effectiveness. | | (5033) | 99
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 482W, if she will make a statement on the progress towards reaching the Public Service Agreement target to which she refers; and how this is measured. | | (5034) | 100
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 476W, on pupil behaviour, when she expects to (a) collect and (b) publish the first figures on attendance at pupil referral units. | | (5050) | 101
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, columns 475-6W, on pupil behaviour, what the process is for collection of information on attendance from local education authorities for (a) maintained schools, (b) independent schools and (c) pupil referral units. | | (5051) | 102
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 472W, on bullying, what the (a) membership, (b) funding for 2005-06, (c) terms of reference and (d) date of the last meeting of the Change for Children Programme Board are; what work it has commissioned; and how often it has met since it was established. | | (5052) | 103
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the effectiveness of On Track and (b) its incorporation into the Children's Fund within the Every Child Matters strategy. | | (5053) | 104
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support her Department has provided for parenting programmes in 2005-06; and what parenting programmes her Department has funded in each local education authority area. | | (5054) | 105
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, columns 475-6W, on pupil behaviour, when she intends (a) to ask and (b) to require local education authorities to publish figures on attendance at pupil referral units. | | (5055) | 106
| David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) the total amount of debt incurred by UK students studying at English universities, (b) the mean amount of such debt and (c) the median amount of such debt was for each year since 1996; and what estimate she has made of these figures for each year until 2010. | | (5005) | 107
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total amount of capital costs contributed by sponsors was to each city academy; and what proportion of the total capital costs this represents in each case. | | (4768) | 108
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the decision not to include city academies in the two-tier workforce regulations was taken; and what representations were received (a) from trade unions and (b) from other bodies prior to this decision. | | (4769) | 109
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which companies are part of the Partnerships for Schools advisory body; how many of those companies are also advising local authorities on projects; and which companies are part of consortia bidding for projects. | | (4770) | 110
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had on improving the skills of those who work in school kitchens; and whether she intends to issue guidance to local authorities on this matter. | | (4771) | 111
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in each city academy are entitled to free school meals; how many pupils in schools which formed the basis of each new academy were entitled to free school meals; and what proportion of the school's intake each figure represents in each case. | | (4772) | 112
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils in each city academy are resident (a) in the ward in which the school is situated, (b) in neighbouring wards, (c) elsewhere within the local authority area and (d) outside that local authority. | | (4773) | 113
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy that contracts entered into by city academies should be subject to competitive tendering; and if she will make a statement. | | (4774) | 114
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimates her Department had made, of the number of likely participants prior to the setting up of the Family Resolutions Project. | | (4686) | 115
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the estimated costs of running the Family Resolutions Project are. | | (4687) | 116
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parents have taken part in the Family Resolutions Pilot Project to date; and how many have accepted mediation services as part of the project. | | (4688) | 117
| Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on proposed changes to the National Literacy Strategy. | | (4765) | 118
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects the Higher Education Funding Council to announce additional funding for the Open University to compensate for the effects of the new funding regime on part-time undergraduate students. | | (4839) | 119
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether parts of the course content for GCSE qualifications in (a) home economics and (b) design technology are replicated in the course content for the GCSE in food technology. | | (4844) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 120
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the sites where nuclear waste is kept. | | (4880) | 121
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's plans for the long-term storage of nuclear waste. | | (4881) | 122
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the progress of the review of the London Sewer Rat Joint Working Protocol; and what she expects the outcome to be. | | (4851) | 123
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will issue best practice guidelines to local authorities on their duty under S2(1)(a) of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 with reference to (a) the (i) nature and (ii) frequency of inspections required by the Act and (b) the training and qualifications of inspectors; and if she will make a statement. | | (4853) | 124
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to the National Bee Unit health programme in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (4805) | 125
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the impact of the small hive beetle on the UK's bee population; and if she will make a statement. | | (4806) | 126
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the National Bee Unit health programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (4807) | 127
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much carbon was emitted in (a) 1990 and (b) 2004 from international aviation which (i) landed and (ii) took off from the UK. | | (4882) | 128
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much carbon was emitted in the UK in (a) 1990 and (b) 2004 (i) excluding and (ii) including international aviation. | | (4883) | 129
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that badgers killed in road accidents in North Yorkshire are tested to see whether they are free of tuberculosis. | | (4868) | 130
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that animals from tuberculosis-infected areas are tested before being moved into non-infected areas, with particular reference to Yorkshire; what tests will take place; who will fund them; and if she will make a statement. | | (4869) | 131
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to allow (a) land owners and (b) land occupiers to test badger setts humanely to ensure they are tuberculosis free. | | (4870) | 132
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure areas, with particular reference to North Yorkshire, remain tuberculosis free in their cattle population. | | (4871) | 133
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to promote (a) best practice and (b) observance of the law in relation to snaring. | | (4836) | 134
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) reports have been received on, (b) prosecutions have been brought and (c) convictions have been secured for (i) the setting of an illegal snare, (ii) killing through snaring and (iii) taking a protected species through snaring in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (4843) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 135
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans are being developed (a) to return the displaced people of Darfur to their homes and (b) to provide them with security. | | (4923) | 136
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is towards the application made by Belarus to the UN Sanctions Committee seeking permission to sell arms to Sudan. | | (4924) | 137
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement the UN Security Council's resolution of 30th July 2004 to disarm the Janjaweed militia. | | (4925) | 138
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the number of African Union troops required to secure Darfur; and how many there are at present. | | (4926) | 139
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to implement the UN Security Council resolution of 29th March to freeze the assets and restrict the travel movements of the architects of the genocide in Darfur. | | (4927) | 140
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office regarding Sudanese refugees facing torture in Sudan. | | (4931) | 141
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that the Janjaweed have operated with impunity and in close co-ordination with the forces of the government of Sudan. | | (4969) | 142
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the first indictments to be handed down to the alleged perpetrators identified by the International Criminal Court on war crimes in Darfur. | | (4970) | 143
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Arab League about the killing of African Muslims in Darfur. | | (4971) | 144
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to establish a no-fly zone over Darfur. | | (4972) | 145
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the estimate made by the UN's Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs of the numbers of people that would die every month in Darfur if insecurity led to humanitarian organisations suspending their operations there. | | (4992) | 146
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria he used to decide whether the situation in Darfur constituted genocide. | | (5029) | 147
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the oral statement of 6th June, Official Report, column 1005, on the EU Constitutional Treaty, if he will list the articles of the Maastricht Treaty under which the European Defence Agency was established; and what the basis was for his statement that the European Defence Agency is not in the EU Constitutional Treaty, with particular reference to Article I-41(3) of that Treaty. | | (4975) | 148
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the Tanzanian government in relation to ensuring peaceful, fair and transparent elections to both Tanzanian assemblies in October. | | (4349) | 149
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the government in Cote D'Ivoire in relation to (a) respecting its commitments fully to implement the provisions of the Pretoria Agreement and (b) ensuring the elections in October are free from intimidation, fair and transparent. | | (4350) | 150
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo concerning (a) the constitutional reform process, (b) the next phase of the transition arrangements and (c) ensuring that the forthcoming referendum, presidential and legislative elections are transparent, free and fair. | | (4351) | 151
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Uganda concerning (a) the proposed constitutional reforms dealing with removing limits on multi-party politics and presidential terms and (b) ensuring that the forthcoming referendum, presidential and legislative elections are transparent, free and fair. | | (4352) | 152
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the UK signed the 1995 Estonia Agreement preventing exploration of the wreck of the Baltic Ferry, Estonia; and if he will make a statement. | | (4878) | 153
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy that the creation of a European Armaments Agency, as proposed in the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, could be agreed without ratification of the Treaty. | | (4892) | 154
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those Articles of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe whose provisions could be implemented under existing EU treaties. | | (4893) | 155
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy that the creation of a President of the EU, as proposed in the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, could be agreed without ratification of the Treaty. | | (4894) | 156
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which international organisation is funding the airlift of African Union troops into Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (5002) | 157
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on its decision to re-introduce the death penalty. | | (5047) | 158
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the two sides involved in the Darfur crisis to clarify which countries should be involved in the mediation process. | | (5048) | 159
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the government of Sudan to end its suspension of the Khartoum Monitor. | | (5049) | 160
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received a report from the UK High Commission in Sierra Leone relating to the work of that country's anti-corruption commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (3931) | 161
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission as soon as it is made available to him; and if he will make a statement. | | (3932) | 162
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the UN Security Council's recommendation to extend the mandate of peace-keeping forces in Cyprus. | | (4979) | 163
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the nuclear weapons capability of North Korea; and if he will make a statement. | | (4980) | 164
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Spanish authorities on the date for commencement of the trial of the two Venuzuelan nationals accused of the murder of the constitutents of the honourable Member for Clwyd South, Tony and Linda O'Malley, in March 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (4981) | 165
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the population displacement caused by violence in south-western Colombia. | | (4983) | 166
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the outbreaks of violence in eastern villages of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (4984) | 167
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the killing of civilians in the western Côte d'Ivoire town of Duékoué. | | (4985) | 168
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the forced deportations of Uzbek asylum seekers by the Kyrgyz Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (4986) | 169
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Ethiopian government on recent events in Addis Ababa; and if he will make a statement. | | (5013) | 170
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of recent events in Addis Ababa; and if he will make a statement. | | (5014) | 171
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list Sir David Manning's engagements for 6th June. | | (4891) | 172
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department received honours in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours List; and at what rank of honour. | | (4937) | 173
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply in full to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes of 6th April regarding Kit Marshall of Thurlestone and his detainment at Miami Airport in January. | | (4713) | 174
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects UK veterans of the campaign in Malaysia between 1957 and 1966 to be able to receive the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal awarded by the present Malaysian administration to all Commonwealth veterans of that campaign. | | (5000) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 175
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned on the health effects of energy-from-waste incinerators. | | (4160) | 176
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the (a) Healthcare Commission and (b) Commission for Social Care Inspection will play in monitoring compliance with the codes of practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. | | (4809) | 177
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) other NHS employees have been the victims of offences of violence at work in each of the last 10 years. | | (4943) | 178
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mean waiting time in days from the time of diagnosis by consultant to hospital admission for treatment was for (a) cancer of the brain, (b) cancer of the prostate, (c) cancer of the ovary and (d) cancer of the liver in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 2003-04. | | (4938) | 179
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Coventry South are receiving NHS fully-funded continuing care. | | (3802) | 180
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department plans to ensure that quality affordable medicines will be available to people with (a) Alzheimer's and (b) dementia. | | (3803) | 181
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the adequacy of provision of NHS dentists in Bournemouth East. | | (4826) | 182
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attacks there have been on ambulance officers and paramedics in each of the last five years, broken down by health authority; how many people have been successfully prosecuted for carrying out such attacks; how many prosecutions are ongoing; and if she will make a statement. | | (4158) | 183
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned on the (a) physical causes and (b) treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; how much public funding has been spent on such research in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (4794) | 184
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent NHS dentists have been employed in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (4799) | 185
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sums the Department has allocated to the National Society for Epilepsy in each of the last 10 years; and what the reasons for the payments were in each case. | | (4813) | 186
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in each year since its inception. | | (4833) | 187
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time has been for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to issue guidance on cancer treatments once they have been licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each year since 2000. | | (4834) | 188
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department issues to NHS trusts relating to the provision of treatment (a) prior to and (b) during a National Institute for Clinical Excellence appraisal. | | (4835) | 189
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 527W, on food labelling/supplements, whether she plans to meet representatives of the health food sector prior to the ruling of the European Court of Justice in relation to the Food Supplements Directive. | | (4906) | 190
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she next expects to meet Commissioner Kyprianou; what plans she has to discuss with the Commissioner the objectives of the United Kingdom for the future regulation of food supplements; and if she will make a statement. | | (4907) | 191
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 527W, on food labelling/supplements, whether the preservation of consumer choice remains one of her objectives for the future regulation of food supplements. | | (4908) | 192
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to publish the updated version of the regulatory impact assessment of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal products Directive. | | (4909) | 193
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the outbreak of clostridium difficile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire. | | (4977) | 194
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has commissioned regarding the outbreak of clostridium difficile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire. | | (4978) | 195
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from Roche relating to the licensing of herceptin for non-terminal breast cancer patients. | | (4825) | 196
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will intervene in the licensing process to ensure that herceptin is rapidly approved for NHS treatment in all breast cancer cases. | | (4837) | 197
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of breast cancer patients who would benefit from herceptin but for whom it cannot be prescribed until the product is licensed for non-terminal patients. | | (4838) | 198
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what categories of people it is planned to give access to free testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS; and whether those not resident in the UK will be given such access. | | (3744) | 199
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the funding per capita was for each primary care trust in England in 2004-05; what the budgeted funding per capita is for each trust in 2005-06; and what the average figure for all trusts is for each year. | | (4916) | 200
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial deficits were (a) at the end of the last financial year and (b) for the most recent period for which figures are available of (i) the East Sussex Hospitals Trust, (ii) the Eastbourne Downs Primary Care Trust and (iii) the County Healthcare Trust. | | (4965) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 201
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June, Official Report, column 244W, on Sexual Offences Act 2003, what data will be collected to evaluate the effectiveness of the Act. | | (4766) | 202
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) reported incidents and (b) judicial disposals of (i) violent crime, (ii) car crime, (iii) robbery and (iv) burglary there were in each of the last three years for each London Borough; and what the percentage change in each case was in each year. | | (4776) | 203
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam concerning his constituent Mr Sebastian John D'Souza, dated 18th May, ref D'Souza/180505/Stonecot/by. | | (4917) | 204
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the new charge for renewal of visas on the number of overseas students attending university in the UK. | | (4814) | 205
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers are located in Wirral South constituency. | | (4815) | 206
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contractual relationship is entered into when a local authority funds additional police officers; and whether funding is (a) on the basis of full cost recovery and (b) is guaranteed for a fixed period. | | (5030) | 207
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has approved the contract to be signed between Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucestershire Police Authority to meet the new administration's commitment to the employment of 60 new police officers. | | (5031) | 208
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) injuries and (b) fatalities associated with (i) BB and (ii) air guns have occurred in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (4156) | 209
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attacks there have been on police officers in each of the last five years, broken down by police authority; how many people have been successfully prosecuted for carrying out such attacks; how many prosecutions are ongoing; and if he will make a statement. | | (4157) | 210
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of automatic face recognition technology; and if he will make a statement. | | (4796) | 211
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in the London Borough of Haringey on 31st March; how many there were on 31st March (a) 2000 and (b) 1995; and if he will make a statement. | | (4808) | 212
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has asked members of the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs whether they have (a) previously used cannabis and (b) advocated liberalisation of the laws governing the use of cannabis. | | (4862) | 213
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he has restricted the investigation of the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs into only the stronger varieties of cannabis. | | (4867) | 214
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the business case for the establishment of the National Offender Management Service. | | (4966) | 215
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the risk assessment commissioned by the National Probation Directorate in March. | | (4967) | 216
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the risk assessment commissioned by the National Probation Directorate in March concluded (a) that the risk of a loss of key skills resulting in the inadequate supervision of offenders was high, (b) that the risk of the e-mail IT system failing to deliver the benefits of a joined up criminal justice system was very high and (c) that the risk of inadequate supervision of cases leading to high profile media attention and unmanageable policy making was high. | | (4968) | 217
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the (a) Youth Crime Programme Board, (b) Crime Reduction Delivery Board, (c) Penalty Notices for Disorder Operational Working Group, (d) Prolific and Other Priority Offenders Programme Board and (e) Safer Schools Partnership Steering Group has received from (i) his Department and (ii) the Youth Justice Board for 2005-06. | | (4900) | 218
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to provide residential sex offender treatment programmes in the community following the closure of the Wolvercote clinic; and if he will make a statement. | | (4993) | 219
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to target probation resources at (a) high risk and (b) very high risk offenders. | | (4994) | 220
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training new police officers receive in (a) typing and (b) IT skills. | | (4995) | 221
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force in England and Wales were assaulted in each of the last five years. | | (4996) | 222
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to inform local social services when a control order is imposed on an individual. | | (4997) | 223
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the project to make it possible for victims of crime to track the progress of their case online was initiated; what stage the project has reached; whether it is on schedule; and what the latest estimate of the cost of the project is. | | (4998) | 224
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places are available in probation hostels in England and Wales; and how many were occupied by high risk offenders on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (5004) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 225
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects to complete the arrangements for the UK mortality survey in Darfur; and what his most recent estimate is of the number of people who have died each day on average in Darfur. | | (4928) | 226
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) malnutrition and (b) risks to personal health of the displaced people of Darfur. | | (4929) | 227
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his latest estimate is of the number of people dependent on food aid in Darfur; what the figure was in June 2004; and what his latest assessment is of whether sufficient food is in place to enable those who are dependent on food aid to survive the rainy season. | | (4930) | 228
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the government of Sudan concerning Mr Kofi Annan's complaint that the mainly Sudanese humanitarian aid workers in Darfur face constant harassment and interference. | | (4999) | 229
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the merits of the United Nations Development Programme human poverty index as a measure of poverty; and what account is taken of the human poverty index in the allocation of UK aid to Africa. | | (4973) | 230
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on progress in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in the Sudan; whether the timetable is being adhered to; what pressure he is bringing to bear on parties to ensure that deadlines are adhered to; and how the UK has monitored progress since the departure of the UK special envoy. | | (5003) | 231
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in the Narino region of Colombia. | | (4982) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 232
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public funding has been provided to Northern Ireland groups dealing with senior citizens' issues in Northern Ireland to attend a Pensioners' Parliament in the United Kingdom in the last five years. | | (4887) | 233
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the earliest date is by which he expects to be able to end the 50:50 recruitment procedure for entry into the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | | (4832) | Questions to the Prime Minister 234
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a concise guide, in each official language of the European Union, to British proposals for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, indicating the benefits in each EU member state to (a) consumers, (b) taxpayers, (c) small farms, (d) the environment (e) animal welfare and (f) the benefits of reform to developing countries. | | (4797) | 235
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Prime Minister, what the outcome was of his recent meeting with President Bush regarding the G8 summit. | | (3801) | Questions to the Solicitor General 236
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will make a statement on prosecutions of domestic violence homicide cases. | | (4879) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 237
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason the leak of radioactive material from the Thorp Plant in August 2004 was not noticed until April 2005; how much radioactive material escaped during this period; and if he will make a statement. | | (4877) | 238
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the future of the Solar Grants Programme operated by the Energy Savings Trust; how much funding remains to be allocated from the programme; how many applications are outstanding; and if he will make a statement. | | (4795) | 239
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many nuclear transport ships are owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; and what the specifications of each are. | | (3121) | 240
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when British Nuclear Fuels informed his Department that it planned to send consignments of plutonium to (a) French MOX plutonium nuclear fuel manufacturers Cogema and (b) Belgian MOX manufacturers Belgonucleaire; what details and when, of the proposed security arrangements for these plutonium transports were made available to (i) his Department and (ii) the Office of Civil Nuclear Security; when this was made available; and who will be responsible for funding for the implementation of the security arrangements for these shipments. | | (3123) | 241
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the cost of meeting the renewables obligation per tonne of carbon dioxide saved under the 2010 renewables target. | | (4954) | 242
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the quantity of carbon dioxide emissions that would be saved by successful attainment of the 2010 renewables target; and what proportion of total (a) UK and (b) world carbon dioxide emissions the quantity saved would constitute. | | (4955) | 243
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's latest estimate is of the annual rise of carbon dioxide emissions (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) globally. | | (4956) | 244
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's latest estimate is of the reduction in global temperature increase that would be achieved from successful attainment of the Government's 2010 renewables target. | | (4957) | 245
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantity of carbon dioxide he estimates will be saved per mega watt hour of electricity generated from (a) wind and (b) landfill gas for each year until 2010. | | (4958) | 246
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's 2010 target for renewable electricity is; which sources of generation are eligible to constitute that target; and whether the target refers to (a) total electricity generated and (b) amount supplied to final consumers. | | (4959) | 247
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of dispatchable electricity generation constituting the United Kingdom's electrical power portfolio he estimates will be obsolete by the year 2020; and what steps he is taking to encourage its replacement. | | (4960) | 248
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of capacity credit is assigned by his Department to non-dispatchable renewables in 2020. | | (4961) | 249
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the projected electrical generation fleet in 2020 that will be (a) gas-fired, (b) coal-fired, (c) nuclear powered, (d) oil fired and (e) powered by other sources. | | (4962) | 250
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what capacity of combined cycle gas turbines has been contracted for the period 2004-05 to 2010-2011; and what percentage he estimates will be commissioned by 2012. | | (4963) | 251
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what policy changes have have been made in the past year to the UK's application of the Wassenaar Arrangement; and if he will make a statement. | | (4875) | 252
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) how many and (b) which regional development agencies have given grants towards promoting, setting up or sustaining a television channel or channels; and whether he was consulted about such use of public money. | | (3741) | 253
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has issued guidance to regional development agencies concerning their use of public money. | | (3742) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 254
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) railway employees, (b) bus drivers and conductors and (c) taxi drivers have been the victims of offences of violence in each of the last 10 years. | | (4944) | 255
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he commissioned his research on road charging; what the cost was of the research; whether he announced the commissioning of the research at the time it was commissioned; when he made his decisions about the use that would be made of the research; and if he will make a statement. | | (4974) | 256
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of forecast consumption of hydrocarbons by international aviation for (a) 2005, (b) 2010, (c) 2015, (d) 2020, (e) 2025 and (f) 2030; and how much carbon he estimates will be emitted as a result in each case. | | (5027) | 257
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the consumption of hydrocarbons within the air transport sector in England was in each five year period since 1990. | | (5028) | 258
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the future of the Night Riviera sleeping service from Paddington to Penzance. | | (4976) | 259
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria he uses to determine whether a particular stretch of motorway should have fencing installed alongside the carriageway; how many miles of motorway in England and Wales have met such criteria; and how many miles of fencing have been erected to date. | | (3743) | 260
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that account is taken of (a) the quality of the rolling stock, (b) the reliability of the engines to be used and (c) the speed of the journeys in evaluating the franchise bids from each operator for the Westcountry rail franchise. | | (4947) | 261
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that account is taken of the number of trains that can maintain a realistic and punctual daily timetable in evaluating the franchise bids from each operator for the Westcountry rail franchise. | | (4948) | 262
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation he has carried out with business leaders in Devon and Cornwall in assessing whether the night sleeper between London and Penzance should be included in the franchise documents for the Westcountry franchise; what research he has conducted into the effect of the withdrawal of the Westcountry sleeper on the economy of Devon and Cornwall; and if he will make a statement. | | (4949) | 263
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to remove the requirement for the night sleeper rail services to Edinburgh and Glasgow in the next round of tender bids. | | (4950) | 264
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include in his rail tender documents for the South West a requirement to include the night sleeper service to and from Penzance; if he will provide a financial credit for those companies offering this service in their franchise bid; and if he will make a statement. | | (4951) | 265
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government will announce its decision on the funding of the revised South Hampshire Light Rail Scheme. | | (4712) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 266
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentre staff have been the victims of offences of violence in each year for the last 10 years. | | (4945) | 267
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the pensions regulator has inherited all the functions and duties previously undertaken by the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority and the Occupational Pensions Board. | | (4777) | 268
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances the Pensions Regulator may refuse to respond to correspondence from a member of the public. | | (4778) | 269
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances under pension credit legislation, pensioners will receive an award of £1.20 for each extra pound of qualifying income; what criteria were used in setting the amount; and whether those potentially entitled to the £1.20 award will be informed of this. | | (3122) | 270
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to assist parents with care who are pursuing maintenance claims through the Child Support Agency against non-resident parents who work abroad. | | (4939) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 271
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will increase the resources available for detecting imports of illegal meat. | | [Transferred] (4816) | 272
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are taken by her Department to detect illegal bush meat imported through British ports and airports; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (4817) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 273
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which organisations he has identified as competitors to UK Visas; and whether they are required to meet public service agreement targets. | | [Transferred] (4767) |
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