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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 23 June 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 23 June 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 23 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 Thursday 23 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 23 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding concerns about money laundering through landlords' use of the insurance premium tax system. | | (6643) | 2
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review previous criminal investigations into cases of fraud by staff working for Customs and Excise; and if he will make a statement. | | (6644) | 3
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (7180) | 4
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths have been recorded in each year since 2001 where (a) clostridium difficile, (b) glycopoptide resistant enterocci, (c) small round structured viruses and (d) Acinetobacter was (i) mentioned on the death certificate and (ii) also the underlying cause of death. | | (7220) | 5
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) remit, (b) timescale and (c) reporting date are for the special study the Office of National Statistics is undertaking with the Health Protection Agency to identify the total number of deaths where clostridium difficile was mentioned on the death certificate. | | (7221) | 6
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public conveniences were recorded on the commercial and industry property database of the Valuation Office Agency in each London borough in each year since 2000. | | (7247) | 7
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what costings of (a) Liberal Democrat and (b) Conservative party policies his Department has (i) undertaken, (ii) co-ordinated in the previous 12 months and (iii) advised upon in the previous 12 months. | | (7000) | 8
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the total amount of financial penalties that have been collected by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for late filing of income tax self assessment returns for each of the last five years for which information is available, broken down by (a) fines, (b) interest charges and (c) other charges; and if he will make a statement. | | (7086) | 9
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of individuals filed their self-assessment returns on time in each of the last five years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (7087) | 10
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the scale of unpaid VAT as a percentage of the theoretical liability for VAT has been in each of the last 10 years for which data are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (7088) | 11
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the illicit market share for (a) cigarettes, (b) spirits and (c) oils in each of the last five years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (7102) | 12
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the underpayment of (a) direct tax and (b) national insurance contributions in each of the last 10 years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (7103) | 13
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) the office space in central London owned or rented on behalf of his Department, (b) the amount of space in each of the locations per full-time equivalent member of staff and (c) the occupancy rates of each; and if he will make a statement. | | (7131) | 14
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7033) | 15
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths in the UK were wholly or partly attributed to methadone in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (6964) | 16
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) churches, (b) religious institutions and (c) sacred places in Northern Ireland have made use of the reduced VAT scheme introduced in the 2004 Budget. | | (7157) | 17
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has further to expand the VAT exemption scheme in Northern Ireland to cover all church buildings. | | (7158) | 18
| Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures the Government is taking to encourage banks to maintain banking services in small rural communities. | | (6943) | 19
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to update his guidance on full cost recovery for voluntary and community sector organisations; and what impact he expects this will have on (a) adult and (b) childrens hospice funding. | | (7075) | 20
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff (a) are, (b) have been and (c) will be (i) employed and (ii) contracted out by the Valuation Office Agency to carry out the council tax revaluation process. | | (7210) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 21
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (7181) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 22
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside her Department. | | (7183) | 23
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average salary of (a) a barrister in first tenancy, (b) a one-year qualified barrister, (c) a trainee solicitor, (d) a newly-qualified solicitor and (e) a one-year qualified solicitor conducting criminal legal aid work in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region. | | [R] (6593) | 24
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will ensure that her Department and its contractor Pickfords Records Management make no greater charge per page for the general election marked register than do local councils for marked registers after local elections. | | (6645) | 25
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will ensure that marked registers remain in the custody of local authorities following future general elections. | | (6646) | 26
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what (a) administrative and (b) legislative steps would need to be taken to ensure that marked registers remain in the custody of local authorities following a general election. | | (6647) | 27
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people were called to jury service in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and what the average length of time served as a juror was in Northern Ireland in each of these years. | | (7168) | 28
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will instruct the Bridgend coroner, Mr Walters, to provide doctors at the Oaktree Surgery in Bridgend with copies of postmortems carried out on their patients. | | (6918) | 29
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of the admissability of post office box addresses in applications for county court judgements. | | (7281) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 30
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside her Department. | | (6951) | 31
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in each constituency in Northern Ireland are in receipt of the free television licence for over-75s. | | (7226) | 32
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7019) | 33
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications have been made to the Gaming Board for casino licences for each quarter since January 2004; what the outcome was of each application; whether applications were subject to separate planning permission applications resulting from a change in use class; and if she will make a statement. | | (6968) | 34
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has held with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister regarding the use class of casinos since 1st November 2004; at what level discussions occurred; when discussions took place; and if she will make a statement. | | (6971) | 35
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what safeguards are in place to ensure that local community sporting initiatives are not adversely affected by the London 2012 Olympic bid. | | (6940) | 36
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was allocated to the Football Foundation by her Department in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) Government region and (b) parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (6941) | 37
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding was allocated to Sports England by her Department in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) Government region and (b) parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (6942) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 38
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his (a) EU and (b) NATO counterparts on assisting the implementation of a no-fly zone over the Darfur region. | | (6903) | 39
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Armed Forces personnel who have resigned since 2003 to join private security companies. | | (6904) | 40
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (7179) | 41
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7029) | 42
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that United States planes flying out of RAF Fairford do not use MK 77 napalm weapons. | | (7275) | 43
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were used when deciding whether to replace the 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borders at Omagh when they conclude their term as the Omagh Resident Battalion in August 2006. | | (7155) | 44
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the UK forces used in support of the recent US Operation Spear in north-western Iraq. | | (6885) | 45
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF Tornadoes were used in support of the recent US Operation Spear in Iraq; and which mark of Tornado was deployed. | | (6886) | 46
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sorties were flown by UK aircraft in support of the recent US Operation Spear in North Western Iraq. | | (6887) | 47
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rules of engagement were for UK forces deployed in support of the recent US Operation Spear in North Western Iraq. | | (6888) | 48
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many joint operations with US forces UK aircraft have been involved since May 2003. | | (6889) | 49
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many munitions were fired by RAF aircraft in support of US forces during their involvement in Operation Spear. | | (6890) | 50
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what events his Department is organising in Gibraltar to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar; and how many ships will visit as part of Trafalgar 200. | | (7201) | 51
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships the Royal Navy can dock at Gibraltar at any one time. | | (7202) | 52
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses work in Gibraltar Naval Hospital. | | (7203) | 53
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's percentage land holding in Gibraltar is, broken down by service use. | | (7204) | 54
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of RAF Gibraltar; and how many and what types of aircraft use the base. | | (7207) | 55
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many other nations' air forces have used RAF Gibraltar in the last three years; and how many and what type of aircraft were involved. | | (7208) | 56
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many naval ships from other countries have docked at Gibraltar in the last three years. | | (7209) | 57
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the recovery of remote-controlled minehunter submarines in respect of (a) retrieval by the Royal Navy and (b) salvage payments to civilians who recover such units. | | (5557) | 58
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many remote-controlled minehunter submarines have been lost by the Royal Navy in each year since 1997; and what the cost has been. | | (5558) | 59
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains the Government's policy that two new aircraft carriers will enter service in 2012 and 2015 respectively; and what (a) minimum and (b) maximum complement of fixed-wing aircraft each will carry. | | (5559) | 60
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) the categories and (b) the numbers in each category of vessels to be constructed by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2015 in support of the future carrier fleet. | | (5560) | 61
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the implications for the tri-service medal office of the proposed changes at RAF Innsworth; and if he will make it his policy to relocate the office to available property belonging to his department in Droitwich Spa. | | (6993) | 62
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female (i) officers and (ii) other ranks have been declared unfit for front line duty in the (A) Army, (B) Royal Navy, (C) Royal Air Force and (D) Royal Marines in each year since 1997. | | (6994) | 63
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel from the armed forces of Uzbekistan have been trained in the United Kingdom in each year since 1997; and where this training took place. | | (6995) | 64
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel have been on training exercises in Uzbekistan in each year since 1997; and what the nature was of those training exercises. | | (6996) | 65
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel have been stationed in Uzbekistan for the purposes of training Uzbek military personnel in each year since 1997; and what the cost was of providing this training. | | (6997) | 66
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to receive the report from the Commandant, concerning the breach of security by a Sun reporter at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. | | (6601) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 67
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (7182) | 68
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7022) | 69
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will require the Standards Board to record the amount of staff time spent on each investigation; and if he will make a statement. | | (7056) | 70
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will require the Standards Board to record the post held by a local government officer making a complaint against a councillor; and if he will make a statement. | | (7057) | 71
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will require the Standards Board to record the political affiliation of (a) a complainant councillor and (b) a respondent councillor, in respect of complaints; and if he will make a statement. | | (7058) | 72
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will require the Standards Board to record the outcome of cases referred to it, by category of complainant; and if he will make a statement. | | (7059) | 73
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his decision to order an environmental impact assessment on Aston Down; and what representations he has received on the matter. | | (6776) | 74
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the bodies in Gloucestershire with whom he has discussed plans for local government reorganisation. | | (6777) | 75
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to ensure that local authorities adopt appropriate practices for delivering home improvements for pensioners to meet their community safety objectives; and what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on this subject. | | (7191) | 76
N | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from the residents of Braeburn Park, Crayford in respect of the planning applications from FM Conway Dartford; and if he will make a statement. | | (6640) | 77
N | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to make a decision on the FM Conway Dartford planning applications. | | (6641) | 78
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost has been in fees paid for assessing local views in the three market renewal areas of Merseyside; which firms were involved; in which areas they operated; and what fees have been paid to each. | | (7078) | 79
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will recommend the abolition of the means testing of parents of disabled children as part of the disabled facilities grant process. | | (7124) | 80
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many choice-based lettings schemes have been established by local authorities in England since 2001, broken down by region. | | (7270) | 81
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the house-building required on Canvey Island to meet his longer term building targets. | | (6891) | 82
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) conditions and (b) costs will be placed on developers for access to strategic flood risk assessments prepared by (i) the Environment Agency and (ii) local planning authorities. | | (6893) | 83
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Thames Gateway Flood Risk Assessment, covering Canvey Island, will be available. | | (7076) | 84
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to delay the need for developers to provide a flood risk assessment for each new development until the Thames Gateway Flood Risk Assessment is available. | | (7077) | 85
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the additional cost to a developer of undertaking a flood risk assessment before building a house. | | (7081) | 86
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many social homes in each local authority in England did not meet the Decent Homes Standard (a) in 1997, (b) in 2001 and (c) on the latest date for which figures are available; how much has been spent on improvements; and what the estimated cost is of bringing all remaining social homes up to the standard. | | (7142) | 87
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many, and what proportion of, (a) privately rented and (b) privately owned homes in each English region do not meet the Decent Homes Standard; and what steps his Department is taking to improve these homes. | | (7143) | 88
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list guidance and advice sent by his Department to local authorities in the last year on homelessness. | | (7145) | 89
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the anticipated cost of (a) the council tax revaluation process and (b) the Lyons review of local government finance is. | | (7171) | 90
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total expenditure on the Starter Homes Initiative was; and how many people were helped to buy a home in each year of its operation. | | (7173) | 91
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total expenditure on the Key Worker Living scheme has been in each year since its inception; how many key workers have benefited from the scheme in each year; and what resources have been allocated to the scheme for future years. | | (7174) | 92
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of fires were caused by accumulations of litter in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (7211) | 93
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of brownfield development in Kenilworth is development of land previously used for dwellings or their gardens. | | (6927) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 94
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress there has been on the commitment in the Child Review 2004 to review the way in which education formulae operate in relation to schools in deprived areas. | | (6780) | 95
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the spending per pupil was in (a) the 10 per cent. least deprived authorities and (b) the 10 per cent. most deprived authorities in (i) 1997, (ii) 2002-03, (iii) 2003-04 and (iv) 2004-05. | | (6781) | 96
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the percentage difference in spending per pupil between the 10 per cent. most deprived authorities and the 10 per cent. least deprived authorities was in (a) 1997, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04 and (d) 2004-05. | | (6782) | 97
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have been victims of offences of violence in the West Chelmsford Parliamentary constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (6599) | 98
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside her Department. | | (7188) | 99
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the spending per pupil was in (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools in (i) 1985 and (ii) in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7213) | 100
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 698W, on school meals, (a) when she expects to decide how best to capture information about schools meals provision and (b) what information about school meals provision is collected by (i) her Department and (ii) other Government departments. | | (7214) | 101
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received about the content of the Level 1 Vocationally Related Qualification in Healthier Catering. | | (7244) | 102
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in (a) what circumstances and (b) in how many cases in the past three years she and her predecessor exercised powers to direct a school to meet school lunch standards. | | (7245) | 103
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time teachers and (b) full-time equivalent teachers and (c) full-time equivalent teaching assistants there were in the London Borough of Sutton in (i) 1985 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available. | | (7246) | 104
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children are attending schools in the London Borough of Sutton in the 2004-05 academic year, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) special school. | | (7248) | 105
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the need for school building maintenance, updated for current price levels for (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) other schools in each London borough, in the last five years. | | (7249) | 106
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how she plans to evaluate the pilot scheme for flexible community-based accommodation for young runaways. | | (7250) | 107
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what costings of (a) Liberal Democrat and (b) Conservative party policies her Department has (i) undertaken, (ii) co-ordinated in the previous 12 months and (iii) advised upon in the previous 12 months. | | (7002) | 108
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the future of the leadership and training grant; and whether she plans to extend the life of the grant. | | (6882) | 109
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assistance her Department is giving to schools in Coventry South constituency to promote good behaviour in the classroom. | | (6132) | 110
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the number of overseas students from EU member states attending university in Coventry South constituency. | | (6133) | 111
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many private schools there are in Coventry South constituency. | | (6134) | 112
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (6998) | 113
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 593W, on special needs tribunals, in how many cases appellants (a) were successful, (b) were unsuccessful, (c) withdrew their cases and (d) settled cases outside tribunal, broken down by local education authority. | | (6965) | 114
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects building to start on the new faith school in Everton. | | (6878) | 115
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what commitments were given in the recent re-organisation of primary schools in Vauxhall and Everton concerning the proposed (a) Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School and (b) faith primary school; and if she will make a statement. | | (6879) | 116
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effect on existing learners of the phasing out of lead and feed arrangements where existing training providers lose their contracts; and what estimate she has made of the number of learners who may be affected. | | (7121) | 117
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the commercial implications of requiring training providers to establish a series of regional contracts before they can be consolidated into a single national contract with regional management arrangements. | | (7122) | 118
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the commercial implications of replacing lead and feed arrangements in the awarding of contracts to training providers through the Learning and Skills Council with regional contracting in 2005-06 for providers already operating on a (a) regional and (b) national basis. | | (7123) | 119
N | Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many faith schools have been established in England since 1997; and how many she expects to be established in the next five years. | | (4052) | 120
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to change provisions for paternity leave. | | (7133) | 121
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research the Government has commissioned on the percentage of fathers who would stay home to look after children if it was financially viable to do so. | | (7134) | 122
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to introduce shared parental leave in the second six months after a child's birth. | | (7135) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 123
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that British Waterways make available surplus land at less than market value for development of affordable housing. | | (7136) | 124
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral statement on 20th June, Official Report, columns 523-540, on the European Council, what estimate she has made of the likely increase in the UK net contribution to the EU budget if the Government's proposals for reform of the Common Agricultural Project are accepted. | | (6779) | 125
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside her Department. | | (7187) | 126
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reported incidents of fly-tipping there were in each (a) local authority and (b) region in the last period for which figures are available; and what costs were incurred in removing fly-tipped waste. | | (7217) | 127
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recycling centres there are in each London borough. | | (7218) | 128
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7021) | 129
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress with the Silkstream Flood Defence scheme, Edgware. | | (7053) | 130
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take sanctions against those cultures who (a) are undertaking and (b) intend to undertake illegal whaling. | | (7273) | 131
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent meeting between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare and the South West National Farmers Union on bovine tuberculosis. | | (7274) | 132
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Gangmaster Licensing Authority to commence operation. | | (7176) | 133
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to extend the provisions of the Gangmaster Licensing Act 2004 to other sectors and industries. | | (7177) | 134
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her latest assessment is of the number of (a) legally operational and (b) illegal gangmaster organisations in the UK. | | (7178) | 135
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 443W, on water meter charges, if she will break down those in receipt of the social tariff in each of the last three years by water company. | | (6729) | 136
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects on sea birds of placing a large wind farm in the Thames Estuary; and if she will make a statement. | | (7011) | 137
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of electrical and electronic waste in the UK was recycled in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7206) | 138
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) current and (b) future level of flood protection necessary for Canvey Island; and if she will make a statement. | | (6892) | 139
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many calls the Environment Agency emergency helpline received in each year since 1997, broken down by the type of problem being reported. | | (7152) | 140
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the rat population of England and Wales in (a) 1997 and (b) 2005. | | (7153) | 141
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential for the recovery of construction and demolition timber as a renewable energy source. | | (7282) | 142
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of construction waste was timber in each of the last five years; what proportion of such timber was segregated for recycling into raw pulp or chipboard in each year; and what proportion of the remaining timber was landfilled in each year. | | (7284) | 143
| Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the welfare conditions of animals used in circuses; and if she will make a statement. | | (7035) | 144
| Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to bring the welfare standards for circus animals up to the same standard as for animals kept in zoos; and if she will make a statement. | | (7036) | 145
| Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many circuses are resident in the UK; which use wild animals; and if she will make a statement. | | (7037) | 146
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on plans to release white tailed sea eagles in the UK; and what assessment has been made of the likely impact of their releases on (a) other wildlife and (b) livestock. | | (7279) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 147
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (6948) | 148
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7032) | 149
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with those conducting the investigations into the Andijan uprising. | | (7272) | 150
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Governor of the British Virgin Islands about the sentence issued by the Court in the case of Luke Noble. | | (6999) | 151
N | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the numeric strength of the Taliban in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Pakistan. | | (6789) | 152
N | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in the search for (a) al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and (b) Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar; and if he will make a statement. | | (6790) | 153
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (6922) | 154
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many new British embassies have been opened since 1997. | | (7009) | 155
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British embassies have been closed since 1997. | | (7010) | 156
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total saving to his Department has been in each year since the British embassies in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador were closed. | | (7034) | 157
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made towards an improvement in the human rights situation in Kashmir. | | (6967) | 158
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in reducing external support for militants in Kashmir. | | (6992) | 159
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received regarding recent (a) investigations and (b) prosecutions of UK companies in connection with corruption overseas. | | (7234) | 160
| Ian Stewart (Eccles):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment the UK embassy in Iran has made of Iranian government policy towards Bahá'ís; what assessment he has made of whether the policies set out in the 1991 memorandum entitled The Bahá'í Question, drafted by the Revolutionary Cultural Council of Iran remain official Government policy in Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (6905) | 161
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues about the effect of increases in visa charges on numbers of applications from overseas students to universities in the United Kingdom. | | (7268) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 162
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the use of public private partnership initiatives to develop clinical drug trials. | | (6955) | 163
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public financial support was provided for the training of domiciliary carers in the last year for which figures are available. | | (6921) | 164
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many domiciliary carers have achieved NVQ Level 2 in care; and what percentage this represents of those required to achieve this under the Care Standards Act 2000. | | (6923) | 165
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) consultants and (d) auxiliary staff have been victims of violence in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area in each of the last 10 years. | | (6600) | 166
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside her Department. | | (6952) | 167
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she will take to ensure that the public are able to compare investment and commissioning decisions of primary care trusts in developing specialist old age mental health services, in accordance with section 2.2.8 of the report, Better Health in Old Age. | | (7195) | 168
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 628W, on domiciliary care, what the timescale is for (a) the work officials are undertaking with outside bodies to consider the recording of adverse events in domiciliary care settings and (b) the review of national minimum standards. | | (7196) | 169
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP vacancies there have been in each of the last five years; and how many applicants there were for each vacancy. | | (7197) | 170
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily number of general and acute beds open overnight bed was in each of the last three years for (i) England and (ii) each NHS trust; and what the bed occupancy rate was. | | (7198) | 171
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons older people under the care of assertive outreach teams cease to receive the service when they reach of the age of 65. | | (7199) | 172
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults were placed in residential care out of area in each of the last five years; and what proportion of state funded adult placements this represented in each year. | | (7200) | 173
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which social services authorities provide meals on wheels (a) cooked ready to eat, (b) frozen, (c) comprised of sandwiches and (d) cooked and chilled. | | (7205) | 174
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health care acquired infections are subject to mandatory reporting; when that reporting commenced; which are not subject to mandatory reporting; and for what reasons. | | (7222) | 175
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 524W, on antibiotics, what the (a) work programme and (b) sub-groups of the Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance are; and what the (i) budgets and (ii) timetables are for each. | | (7223) | 176
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 794W, on the London Ambulance Service, what representations she has received concerning independent ambulances. | | (7251) | 177
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 794W, on the London Ambulance Service, when the guidance on ambulance livery will be issued. | | (7252) | 178
| Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the report of the World Health Organisation in 2002 concerning the findings of the US National Toxicology Programme relating to rates of osteosarcoma amongst young males living in fluoridated areas. | | (7280) | 179
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costings of (a) Liberal Democrat and (b) Conservative party policies her Department has (i) undertaken, (ii) co-ordinated in the previous 12 months and (iii) advised upon in the previous 12 months. | | (7003) | 180
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people studied physiotherapy at university each year since 2002. | | (7285) | 181
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses employed in (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Hartlepool University Hospital and (c) Durham University Hospital were recruited from outside the UK. | | (6880) | 182
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cleaners in (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Hartlepool University Hospital and (c) Durham University Hospital are employed by (i) the NHS and (ii) private contractors. | | (6881) | 183
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many palliative care beds there have been in (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Hartlepool University Hospital and (c) Durham University Hospital in each year since 1997. | | (6883) | 184
N | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in Stoke Mandeville Hospital are available for patients with severe neck trauma; and whether beds are reserved for local patients. | | (6592) | 185
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 302W on the British Pregnancy Advisory Service; when she expects to complete her consideration of the Chief Medical Officer's report on the BPAS. | | (6915) | 186
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7020) | 187
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total number of accident and emergency attendances was for each NHS region for each of the last three years for which records were available. | | (7061) | 188
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those attending accident and emergency departments were not registered with a GP in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS region. | | (7062) | 189
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio between the number of general practitioners to population was for each NHS region in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7063) | 190
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners in practice were aged (a) over 65 and (b) over 70 years in each NHS region in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7064) | 191
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of projected population growth in each London strategic health authority area; what assessment she has made of the likely additional demands on the NHS as a result; what resources she estimates will be needed to meet the projected increased demand; and if she will make a statement. | | (7065) | 192
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the demands made by the transient population in London in the health service; and if she will make a statement. | | (7066) | 193
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of (a) the current and (b) the expected growth in demand for maternity services in London; and if she will make a statement. | | (7067) | 194
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the number of people in each NHS region who are not registered with a GP; and if she will make a statement. | | (7068) | 195
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to re-organise primary care trusts in Gloucestershire. | | (6336) | 196
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with hepatitis C in England in each of the last seven years. | | (7276) | 197
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fibre scan machines used to diagnose hepatitis C there are in England. | | (7277) | 198
N | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will consult on proposals to raise the age of sale for tobacco from 16 years to 18 years as part of the consultation process on the smoke free elements of the Health Improvement and Protection Bill. | | (6642) | 199
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Nationwide Clearing Service records pertaining to individual patients are available to honourable Members. | | (6842) | 200
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the level of abuse of methadone. | | (6963) | 201
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the availability of drugs for patients with moderately severe to severe Alzheimer's disease in Milton Keynes. | | (6974) | 202
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on waiting lists for NHS dentists in Milton Keynes. | | (6975) | 203
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much she expects Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust to overspend in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (7225) | 204
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the reserve powers she holds to take control of (a) primary care trusts, (b) hospital trusts, (c) ambulance trusts, (d) strategic health authorities and (e) mental health trusts; which section of the relevant legislation gives her each such power; under what circumstances each can be activated by her; and if she will make a statement. | | (6649) | 205
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions her reserve powers to take control of (a) primary care trusts, (b) hospital trusts, (c) ambulance trusts, (d) strategic health authorities and (e) mental health trusts have been used; if she will list the institutions involved; and if she will make a statement. | | (6650) | 206
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will provide vouchers to be used for private dental care to people in areas where there is no access to an NHS dentist; and if she will make a statement. | | (6648) | 207
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority received ministerial authority to start the Specialist Cancer Services Review. | | (6686) | 208
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has conducted into NHS patient choice in the provision of primary medical services; and if she will make a statement. | | (6920) | 209
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ist the health-related advertising campaigns commissioned since February 2002, indicating the (a) objectives, (b) start and end dates, (c) media used, (d) criteria used to assess the effectiveness, (e) extent to which effectiveness criteria were met, (f) agency used and (g) cost of each. | | (6726) | 210
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports have been made of adverse reactions to hepatitis B vaccination under the yellow card scheme in each year since the introduction of hepatitis B vaccine. | | (6972) | 211
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government has commissioned research on the likely effects of allowing smoking in pubs where food is not prepared. | | (7128) | 212
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations the Government has received regarding circumstances when smoking does not have a negative effect on public health. | | (7129) | 213
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what penalties the Government is planning to implement to enforce a future ban on smoking in public places. | | (7130) | 214
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many palliative care beds are included in the total allocation of high dependency beds in the NHS. | | (6838) | 215
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily cost per palliative care bed was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (6839) | 216
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many palliative care beds for terminally ill patients there are in the NHS in England. | | (6840) | 217
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost for patients in palliative care beds in England was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what percentage that represents of the overall national budget for NHS hospital beds for that year. | | (6845) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 218
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles were purchased by police forces in England and Wales in the financial years 2001 to 2005; and how many, and what proportion of those were assembled in the UK. | | (6958) | 219
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of fraudulent applications for passports and (b) the number detected in each of the last five years. | | (6946) | 220
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) lost, (b) stolen and (c) unavailable passports in circulation in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (6947) | 221
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (6953) | 222
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each of the last 12 months the average time a passport application took to be processed by the UK Passport Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (6954) | 223
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for lost passports the Passport Agency has received in each of the last five years. | | (6959) | 224
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each constabulary the number of assaults per head of population on (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in each of the last three years. | | (7215) | 225
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costings of (a) Liberal Democrat and (b) Conservative party policies his Department has (i) undertaken, (ii) co-ordinated in the previous 12 months and (iii) advised upon in the previous 12 months. | | (7001) | 226
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been served on people with (a) mental health problems and (b) disabililties. | | (7236) | 227
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the latest figures are for the numbers of occasions on which anti-social behaviour orders have been breached; and when figures will be updated. | | (7237) | 228
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what types of behaviour anti-social behaviour orders have been used; and how many anti-social behaviour orders have been used for each type of behaviour. | | (7238) | 229
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour orders will be evaluated; and what the criteria for the evaluation will be. | | (7239) | 230
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Department has spent on ensuring that his residence has adequate security measures in each of the last three years. | | (6912) | 231
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Department spent on (a) mobile phones, (b) laptop computers and (c) palmtop computers, in each year since 1997. | | (6913) | 232
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on updating the Department's website www.homeoffice.gov.uk since it was established. | | (6914) | 233
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) methodology and (b) sources were used for the calculation of the cost of identity theft in Appendix B of Identity Fraud: A Study, of July 2002. | | (6916) | 234
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many copies of the Identity Cards Scheme DVD have been produced; and at what cost. | | (6925) | 235
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on producing publications in each year since 1997. | | (7006) | 236
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7028) | 237
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, wit which overseas (a) law enforcement agencies and (b) voluntary organisations (i) his Department and (ii) the Metropolitan Police had discussions within the last eight years over tracing Nazi war criminals; and if he will make a statement. | | (6929) | 238
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each London borough police officers, what the (a) establishment, (b) current number in post and (c) number on sickness absence and recuperative duties is; and if he will make a statement. | | (7069) | 239
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each London borough by each rank up to chief inspector, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of police officers are aged (i) over 40, (ii) over 45 and (iii) over 50; and if he will make a statement. | | (7070) | 240
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that performance related pay for superintendents and chief superintendents reflects the (a) demands on, and (b) resources available to, the officer concerned; and if he will make a statement. | | (7071) | 241
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will rank each London borough Metropolitan Police Service by (a) number of officers, (b) number of crimes, (c) number of cases detected and (d) percentage of cases detected. | | (7072) | 242
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure the Metropolitan Police Service in each London borough has sufficient numbers of detectives. | | (7073) | 243
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detectives in each London borough Metropolitan Police Service are in post; at what rank; how many hold (a) temporary, (b) acting and (c) trainees positions; how many have held that rank for less than two years; what the establishment is for each detective rank; and if he will make a statement. | | (7074) | 244
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chief Constable and (b) Police Authority in Gloucestershire regarding structural re-organisation. | | (6386) | 245
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he expects information held on individuals under the proposals in the Identity Cards Bill to be shared with (a) international agencies and (b) other governments. | | (6778) | 246
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) prison and (b) young offenders institutions which (i) offer and (ii) do not offer parenting programmes. | | (6966) | 247
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of illegal gangmaster activity have been (a) detected and (b) successfuly prosecuted in the last five years; and how many migrant workers were involved in each case. | | (7175) | 248
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) agencies and (b) partnerships responsible for the reduction of crime in the Wycombe constituency. | | (6841) | 249
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will allow asylum seekers to work whilst awaiting a decision on their cases. | | (7232) | 250
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reason was for the delay in the reply to the letter dated 29th October 2004 from the honourable Member for North Down in relation to the impact of immigration on security in Northern Ireland. | | (7154) | 251
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the minimum technical requirements are for a biometric passport to conform to the International Civil Aviation Organisation recommendations; and what estimate he has made of (a) the lowest possible total cost of enabling the Passport Service to issue such passports and (b) the unit cost for each such passport issued, broken down by main component. | | (6784) | 252
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a registered person would have the right to see the audit trail of information held on him under Schedule 1, paragraph 9 of the Identity Cards Bill. | | (6785) | 253
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what percentage of persons registered in the National Identity Register he estimates (a) no biometric information and (b) no biometric information other than the face biometric would be recorded, broken down by (i) ethnicity, (ii) socio-economic group, (iii) occupation and (iv) age. | | (6786) | 254
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he expects biometric details of victims of (a) domestic violence, (b) rape and (c) sexual abuse would be removed from the National Identity Register to protect the individual. | | (6787) | 255
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps will be taken to protect victims of (a) domestic violence, (b) rape and (c) sexual abuse from identification by their attackers using the National Identity Register. | | (6788) | 256
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog is of applications for each category of leave to remain in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (6919) | 257
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June, Official Report, columns 157-8W on identity cards, if he will disaggregate the total average annual running costs for supporting users of the on-line verification service via a helpdesk. | | (7227) | 258
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what components are included by the current best estimate of £93 for the unit cost of an adult passport and identity card given in paragraph 22 of the Identity Cards Bill Regulatory Impact Assessment. | | (7228) | 259
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the set-up costs that will be incurred after the first identity cards and biometric passports are issued as referred to in paragraph 19 of the Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Identity Cards Bill. | | (7229) | 260
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on how married people who wish to use both their pre-marriage and post-marriage name will be dealt with under the proposed identity card scheme; and whether it will be possible for them to have two cards. | | (7230) | 261
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a decision has been made on the (a) number and (b) location of centres where biometric information may be collected. | | (7231) | 262
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of an offence under (i) section 141A and (ii) section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what proportion received custodial sentences in each year. | | (6594) | 263
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been (a) charged with, and (b) convicted of offences relating to unlawful (i) marketing of knives and (ii) publications in connection with the marketing of knives under sections 1 and 2 of the Knives Act 1997 in each of the last four years; and what proportion received a custodial sentence in each year. | | (6595) | 264
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of an offence under section 6 of the Offensive Weapons Act 1996 in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what proportion received a custodial sentence in each year. | | (6596) | 265
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons under 18 years have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of offences under (i) section 139A and (ii) section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in each of the last five years; and what proportion received custodial sentences in each year. | | (6597) | 266
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of assault involving domestic violence in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what proportion were given a custodial sentence in each year. | | (6598) | 267
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will inquire into the reasons for the time taken by Devon and Cornwall police to investigate the Surrey police's review of deaths at the Deepcut army barracks; and if he will make a statement. | | (6924) | 268
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Devon and Cornwall constabulary to conclude its investigation into the inquiry by Surrey Police into the four deaths at the Deepcut army barracks between 1995 and 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (7132) | 269
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the cost of security for the G8 Summit at Gleneagles. | | (7235) | 270
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's backlog of cases is for the worker registration scheme for nationals of (a) Poland, (b) Hungary, (c) Slovenia, (d) Slovakia, (e) Czech Republic, (f) Estonia, (g) Latvia, (h) Lithuania, (i) Cyprus and (j) Malta. | | (6907) | 271
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to implement worker registration schemes for nationals of future member states of the European Union. | | (6908) | 272
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has commissioned research into the efficiency of the worker registration scheme; and how many people have registered with the scheme since 1st May 2004, broken down by country. | | (6909) | 273
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the citizenship tests will contain; who will sit them; and what will happen to an applicant who fails the citizenship test. | | (7126) | 274
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has commissioned research into the usefulness of citizenship tests in helping people to settle in the UK. | | (7127) | 275
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) administrative staff there are in the Dyfed Powys Constabulary. | | (7265) | 276
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) the Dyfed Powys Constabulary and (b) the Ceredigion Constituency in each year since their introduction. | | (7269) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 277
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance he plans to give to Mozambique to establish (a) river and (b) coastal transport to improve its transport infrastructure; and if he will make a statement. | | (6730) | 278
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has invested in research into the role fungal spores can play in combating infection. | | (6956) | 279
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (7185) | 280
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7024) | 281
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what provision the Government has made to continue aid missions in countries without British embassies. | | (7007) | 282
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on his Department's involvement in education projects in the (a) Great Lakes and (b) Horn of Africa regions. | | (6935) | 283
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has provided to the government of Iraq in developing (a) running water, (b) sanitation (c) electricity and (d) gas services. | | (6936) | 284
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions have taken place with the government of Chile about redevelopment assistance following the earthquake in the northern Andean region. | | (6937) | 285
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. | | (6938) | 286
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what bilateral and multilateral discussions have taken place regarding debt relief for (a) Bolivia, (b) Guyana, (c) Honduras, (d) Lao People's Democratic Republic and (e) Nicaragua. | | (6939) | 287
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Everything But Arms agreement in facilitating fairer trading conditions with developing countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (7233) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 288
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (7189) | 289
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7027) | 290
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria were applied in the selection of members of the Human Rights Commission in Northern Ireland. | | (7089) | 291
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) community, (b) religious and (c) political background is of the new appointees to the Human Rights Commission in Northern Ireland. | | (7090) | 292
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) salary, (b) allowances and (c) other expenses payable to the Chairperson of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is; how many days per week the Chairperson is expected to spend on Commission business; what secretarial and research facilities are made available to (i) the Chairperson and (ii) the members of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; and what allocation has been made for these costs. | | (7091) | 293
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted following public order disturbances in North Belfast since 1st January. | | (7092) | 294
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners given early release under the terms of the Belfast Agreement have been returned to prison; and for what reasons. | | (7093) | 295
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been made to each of the Northern Ireland Government Departments since the introduction of the legislation. | | (7094) | 296
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultations he has on the appointment of a person to represent Northern Ireland on the Big Lottery Fund. | | (7095) | 297
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultations he has had on the composition of the Committee to advise on devolved expenditure under the Big Lottery Fund. | | (7096) | 298
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the benefits to Northern Ireland so far of the 2012 Olympic bid. | | (7097) | 299
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on (a) recovering and (b) disposing of abandoned vehicles in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (7098) | 300
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what activities and meetings are planned to take place in Northern Ireland in connection with the UK presidency of the European Union. | | (7099) | 301
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that communities from a Protestant and Unionist background receive a fair share of EU Peace funds. | | (7100) | 302
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total revenue from (a) the regional rates and (b) district rates in Northern Ireland was in each year since 2001. | | (7101) | 303
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will apply equality impact assessments to the recently announced changes in expenditure by the education and library boards, with particular reference to funding for English as an additional language support. | | (7048) | 304
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will initiate an independent review of whether tennis as a sport in Northern Ireland is best promoted and developed under its current affiliation to Tennis Ireland. | | (7049) | 305
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department took to mark Carers Week 2005. | | (7050) | 306
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total number of respondents was to the recent equality impact assessment of the governance arrangements at Stranmillis University College; and how many of these (a) supported and (b) opposed removing the transferor's representatives from the governing body. | | (7051) | 307
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether funding for the expansion of out-of-school provision in Northern Ireland was included in the recent announcement by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills. | | (7052) | 308
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance is provided by his Department to Bombardier's C Series programme. | | (7055) | 309
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce free personal and nursing care for those with dementia in Northern Ireland. | | (7125) | 310
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what strategy is being pursued by the Chief Pharmacist in combating the counterfeiting of (a) medical and (b) veterinary pharmaceutical products in Northern Ireland | | (7137) | 311
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what financial assistance his Department will provide to farmers in Northern Ireland to build new slurry tanks following implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive. | | (7138) | 312
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many typist manager's posts there are in each Police Service Northern Ireland District Command area; and how many posts are expected to be required in future. | | (7139) | 313
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been awarded compensation by his Department since the ban on fishing with mobile gear in Strangford Lough came into force; and what has been the total cost of this compensation. | | (7140) | 314
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria were used by his Department when awarding compensation following the ban on fishing with mobile gear in Strangford Lough. | | (7141) | 315
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent research has been conducted by his Department to compare the severity of sentencing in Northern Ireland courts with those in England and Wales for similar offences; and if he will make a statement. | | (7156) | 316
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what research has been carried out by his Department into the change in the level of non-reporting of crime in Northern Ireland in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (7159) | 317
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the recorded level of crime involving commercial premises in each Belfast police district in each of the past five years with reference to (a) burglary, (b) robbery, (c) armed robbery, (d) theft and (e) shoplifting. | | (7160) | 318
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have died in house fires in Northern Ireland (a) in each month so far in 2005 and (b) in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (7161) | 319
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to extend the Translink Metro system to other parts of Northern Ireland. | | (7162) | 320
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Health and Safety officials are employed in each health and safety district in Northern Ireland broken down by rank; and what the equivalent figures were in each of the last five years. | | (7163) | 321
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) planned and (b) unannounced health and safety inspections were carried out in each health and safety district in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (7164) | 322
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the recently-announced Lottery funding for sport in Northern Ireland has been earmarked to develop tennis. | | (7165) | 323
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Trading Standards officers were employed in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years, broken down by rank. | | (7166) | 324
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Trading Standards offences were recorded in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years; and how many people were prosecuted as a result. | | (7167) | 325
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to make Velcade available on the NHS in Northern Ireland; and for what reasons it has not been available to date. | | (7169) | 326
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average time taken for firearm certificate applications to be processed was in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (7170) | Questions to the Prime Minister 327
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit Bermuda. | | (7144) | 328
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 259, what steps the Government is taking to prevent nuisance automated phone calls. | | (7224) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 329
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7026) | Questions to the Solicitor General 330
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to his Answer of 7th June, Official Report, column 456W, on theft, how many young people subject to the diversion scheme did not re-offend in each of the last three years. | | (7219) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 331
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will use his powers to cap charges for access to the national grid for generators in the Highlands and Islands. | | (7278) | 332
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (6949) | 333
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are being taken to encourage the use of renewable energy in Coventry South. | | (6944) | 334
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7023) | 335
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to curb the growth of unsolicited postal applications for credit cards. | | (6962) | 336
N | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to protect vulnerable people from loan sharks. | | (6524) | 337
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department expects to agree compensation for miners who were engaged in salvage work at Firbeck colliery for less than six weeks in 1968. | | (6727) | 338
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications of the proposed transfer of miners' compensation claims by the UDM from AMS Law Solicitors to Moss Solicitors in February. | | (7263) | 339
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons his Department signed an agreement in 1999 on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with the Union of Democratic Mineworkers following the signing of the January 1999 agreement on vibration white finger with Vendside Ltd. | | (7267) | 340
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the Office of Fair Trading's provisional view on exclusive wholesale territories for supplies of newspapers and magazines; and what steps the Department is taking to ensure that supplies to small retailers are protected. | | (6917) | 341
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he plans to implement the Office of Fair Trading's recommendation to end wholesaler territories for newspaper and magazine distribution; and if he will make a statement. | | (7084) | 342
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the number of smaller news and magazine retailers that would close if the current system of exclusive wholesaler territories is ended; and if he will make a statement. | | (7085) | 343
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he is taking to support newly emerging renewable technologies other than onshore wind farms. | | (6906) | 344
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices were in operation in (a) Wales and (b) Ceredigion in each of the last 10 years. | | (7264) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 345
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of likely container port demand in the UK. | | (6783) | 346
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the change in volume of container traffic which is likely to arise from the current applications for port expansion in the South of England. | | (6877) | 347
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (7186) | 348
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to evaluate the effects his Department's report Smarter Choices: Changing the Way we Travel and Making Smarter Choice Work and Making Car Sharing and Car Clubs Work have had on the development of car clubs and car sharing. | | (7190) | 349
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to assess the extent of illegal use of mini-motorbikes on (a) public roads and (b) public spaces. | | (7243) | 350
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what costings of (a) Liberal Democrat and (b) Conservative party policies his Department has (i) undertaken, (ii) co-ordinated in the previous 12 months and (iii) advised upon in the previous 12 months. | | (7004) | 351
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what distribution formula is proposed for the free bus travel scheme for over 60s from April 2006; and what indicative allocations have been set for each local authority for 2006-07. | | (6385) | 352
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents occurred in each year between 1984 and 2004 on the A40 road between Carmarthen and St Clears. | | (6910) | 353
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents occurred in each year between 1984 and 2004 on the A40 road between St Clears and Haverfordwest. | | (6911) | 354
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what central funding has been allocated to Durham County Council roads budget in each year since 1997. | | (6884) | 355
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7030) | 356
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the report from the Association of Train Operating Companies advocating a congestion charge for the railways at peak hours. | | (7054) | 357
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact on air displays of the proposed increase in fees for an Article 70 display permission; and if he will make a statement. | | (7060) | 358
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of drivers who have never taken a driving test. | | (7240) | 359
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road bridges there are over railway lines in the Stroud constituency; and how many of these have additional measures of protection. | | (7241) | 360
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) rail bridges and (b) embankments there are over roads in the Stroud constituency; and what measures have been put in place to improve safety around them. | | (7242) | 361
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for tests was at each Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency driving test centre in the last year for which figures are available, ranked in order. | | (7104) | 362
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for the future of sleeper train services in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (7105) | 363
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operational police officers were employed by the British Transport Police in each year since 1997. | | (7106) | 364
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints his Department received concerning each train operating company in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7107) | 365
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 20 speed camera sites have generated the largest income from fines. | | (7108) | 366
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fixed speed cameras have been installed in the last six months. | | (7109) | 367
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review statutory speed limits on UK roads. | | (7110) | 368
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of speed cameras are non-operational at a given time. | | (7111) | 369
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras are installed on roads. | | (7112) | 370
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money his Department has spent on preparatory work on light rail projects in (a) Manchester, (b) Liverpool, (c) Leeds and (d) Portsmouth. | | (7113) | 371
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities underspent on their road maintenance budgets in the last financial year; and by how much in each case. | | (7114) | 372
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many community rail line designations have been made so far. | | (7115) | 373
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of new railway line he expects to be built in the next 12 months. | | (7116) | 374
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the railway industry about the construction of increased capacity at pinch points on the network. | | (7117) | 375
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Mersey Tram scheme to proceed. | | (7118) | 376
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which light rail schemes his Department expects to be completed and in operation by 2010. | | (7119) | 377
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of his departmental budget was spent on light rail in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (7120) | 378
| Meg Hillier (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress there has been towards a higher frequency train service on the North London line. | | (6926) | 379
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average increase was in long distance fares charged by each of the rail franchise holders operating in England between 2004 and 2005. | | (6945) | 380
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd May, Official Report, column 9W, on the EU Driver Licensing Committee, when he expects a decision to be taken in relation to revisions to the medical standards set out in Annex III to European Directive 91/439/EEC. | | (6731) | 381
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what constraints exist on an increase in passenger capacity on the Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness rail line; and if he will make a statement. | | (7083) | 382
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what options for financial protection of travellers have been the subject of discussion between his Department and the Civil Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the proposed timetable for consultation on the preferred option. | | (7266) | 383
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent studies his Department has (a) carried out and (b) evaluated into the viability of introducing passenger community rail services on a seasonal basis. | | (6973) | 384
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central funding Kent County Council has received for its roads budget in each year since 1997. | | (6728) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 385
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (7184) | 386
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7025) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 387
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Dudley North and (b) Dudley as a whole are in receipt of the pension credit; how much they receive on average; how many people he estimates are eligible; and what steps are (i) in train and (ii) planned to encourage those who are not claiming pension credit to do so. | | (6957) | 388
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the national insurance contributions towards a basic state pension of a person who cares for an elderly or a sick relative for less than 35 hours per week but because of their caring responsibilities cannot work. | | (7212) | 389
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001-02; and for each year on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. | | (6950) | 390
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) effects of the Access to Work scheme. | | (7079) | 391
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent in each of the last five years promoting Access to Work. | | (7080) | 392
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to bring appointeeships in line with the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. | | (7082) | 393
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what costings of (a) Liberal Democrat and (b) Conservative party policies his Department has (i) undertaken, (ii) co-ordinated in the previous 12 months and (iii) advised upon in the previous 12 months. | | (7005) | 394
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external consultants. | | (7031) | 395
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will raise the lower earnings level at which council tax benefit starts to fall below the maximum to the level of the income tax personal allowance; and if he will estimate the cost of making such a change. | | (7271) | 396
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments have been made for adverse reactions to vaccines for (a) hepatitis B, (b) polio, (c) MMR, (d) tetanus and (e) influenza in each of the last 10 years. | | (6928) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 397
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals against council tax banding have been received in each year since 1997; and how many properties were moved down (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three or more bands following successful appeals. | | [Transferred] (7151) | 398
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost of an appeal against council tax banding has been in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (7172) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 399
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to implement a change in the use class of casinos; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (6969) | 400
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what consultation his Department has undertaken since 1st November 2004 on the use class of casinos; which organisations were consulted; on what dates that consultation occurred; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (6970) | 401
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list areas for which flood risk assessment data is assessed as being necessary; and which of these data are available to developers. | | [Transferred] (6894) | 402
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had with (a) planning authorities and (b) the Environment Agency on the preparation of flood risk assessment data. | | [Transferred] (6895) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 403
N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letters of 16th March and 31st January from the honourable Member for Malden and East Chelmsford to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State regarding Ms Marisa Namprom. | | [Transferred] (6651) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 404
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons his Department plans to withdraw funding for the Scrap It campaign. | | [Transferred] (7216) | 405
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to lay an order before Parliament implementing section 2 gating orders under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. | | [Transferred] (7283) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 406
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been invested in (a) fossil fuel projects and (b) renewable energy projects by the (i) World Bank Group, (ii) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, (iii) European Investment Bank, (iv) Asian Development Bank, (v) African Development Bank and (vi) Inter American Development Bank in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (6837) | 407
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government has committed to the (a) World Bank Group, (b) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, (c) European Investment Bank, (d) Asian Development Bank, (e) African Development Bank and (f) Inter American Development Bank in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) subscribed funds, (ii) unsubscribed funds and (iii) sums paid in capital. | | [Transferred] (6843) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 408
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce measures to limit interest rates charged to the poorest borrowers. | | [Transferred] (6960) | 409
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he plans to take to tackle the growth in consumer credit card debt. | | [Transferred] (6961) |
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