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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 27 June 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 27 June 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 27 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 27 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 27 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tonnage of goods has been imported to the UK from Burma through (a) Teesport, (b) Harwich, (c) Felixstowe and (d) London per year on average over the past five years. | | (7696) | 2
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department is seeking to change the accepted definition of sustainability to stress the economic above the environmental dimension. | | (7302) | 3
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will press the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to end the practice of placing economic conditions on aid, loans and debt relief to developing countries. | | (7672) | 4
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to improve EU Member States' targeting of aid to the poorest countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (7673) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) value for money savings consequent on the Gershon review, (b) procurement savings and (c) reduction in civil service posts each Department is expected to make in the fiscal year 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (7710) | 6
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7874) | 7
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will request the resignation of the Chairman of HM Revenue and Customs following the publication of the Adjudicator's Annual Report. | | (7286) | 8
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is in relation to recognising Kashmiris as an ethnic group in the 2011 census. | | (7039) | 9
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mothers in each age cohort from 12 to 19 have given birth in each year since 2000-01. | | (7493) | 10
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Fraud Hotline to the Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs does not extend to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (7146) | 11
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of overpayment of tax credits are being investigated by tax credit offices; how many cases of overpayment have been resolved since the present tax credits were introduced; and how many cases of overpayment are awaiting action. | | (7842) | 12
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Swansea East have received (a) tax credits and (b) child tax credits since each was introduced. | | (7357) | 13
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people over state pension age who were (a) working in low paid jobs, (b) receiving the minimum wage and (c) receiving below the minimum wage in (i) the UK and (ii) each region in each of the last eight years. | | (7682) | 14
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people over state pension age have received working tax credit in the last two years, broken down by region; and what proportion of all childless recipients of working tax credit they represent in each case. | | (7683) | 15
| Mr John McFall (West Dunbartonshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards for (a) child and (b) working tax credit there were in the constituency of West Dunbartonshire in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05; how many awards were (A) underpaid and (B) overpaid at (1) 5th April 2004 and (2) 5th April 2005; and what the total amounts involved were in each case. | | (7526) | 16
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he provides to businesses in England on the legality of Scottish currency. | | (7257) | 17
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been in receipt of an incorrect level of tax credit in Basingstoke; how many of these could not reasonably have been expected to know that a mistake had been made; and if he will make a statement. | | (7325) | 18
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals for legislation under which accountancy firms would be required to declare tax-related convictions when filing tax returns for their clients. | | (7582) | 19
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax avoidance schemes have been withdrawn or otherwise ceased to operate since legislation was brought into force requiring sellers to secure prior clearance from his Department. | | (7583) | 20
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislation to require (a) providers and (b) purchasers of tax avoidance schemes to provide a complete inventory of their schemes to his Department. | | (7584) | 21
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional taxation revenue has been collected as a consequence of the introduction of the requirement for sellers of tax avoidance schemes to register the schemes with his Department. | | (7585) | 22
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax loopholes have been closed since 1997; and how much additional tax revenue that has been generated by such action. | | (7622) | 23
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral statement of 7th June, Official Report, column 1133, on the Finance Bill, what model was used to estimate the VAT gap. | | (7707) | 24
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many accountancy firms have been prosecuted by his Department for selling aggressive tax avoidance schemes since 1997. | | (7708) | 25
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total tax receipts from pension funds has been in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (7644) | 26
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor bodies spent on consultancy projects in each of the last four years for which figures are available. | | (7354) | 27
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs has not yet announced its restructuring plans; and when these plans will be announced. | | (7356) | 28
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department's policy to maintain a physical presence at local inland revenue offices. | | (7359) | 29
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average tax deduction due to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief was in April 1997. | | (7433) | 30
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average inheritance tax paid in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) the UK and (d) each Government Office region has been in each year since 1997. | | (7434) | 31
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff of the Valuation Office Agency will be employed for the purposes of the council tax revaluation in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (7435) | 32
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average (a) stamp duty and (b) inheritance tax in London has been in each year since 1996. | | (7436) | 33
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the sources are of the house sales price data the Valuation Office Agency is using for computer modelling as part of the council tax revaluation process. | | (7586) | 34
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of dwellings will be assessed by the Valuation Office Agency using the automated valuation model during the council tax revaluation in England. | | (7587) | 35
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the specification and technical documentation relating to the automated valuation model used by the Valuation Office Agency for the council tax revaluation. | | (7590) | 36
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the number of appeals which are likely to be made following the council tax revaluation in England. | | (7711) | 37
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the relative performance of the UK by comparison with other EU member states in respect of the Lisbon Score Card measures of (a) innovation, (b) liberalisation, (c) enterprise, (d) employment and social inclusion and (e) sustainable development. | | (7796) | 38
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in tax credits in 2004-05; and how much of that sum was overpayment now being claimed back. | | (7939) | 39
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral statement by the Paymaster General of 22nd June, Official Report, columns 801-814, on tax credit overpayments; if he will take steps to improve the operation of the tax credit offices. | | (7413) | 40
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) undertake an investigation into the workings of the tax credits offices and (b) appoint an official with overall responsiblity for tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (7414) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 41
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what caused the ceiling in Lord Birt's office to collapse; and how much it is estimated the repair will cost. | | (7303) | 42
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the launch of the DirectGov internet portal for Government services. | | (7897) | 43
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7856) | 44
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Government Car Agency plans to replace cars in the ministerial fleet with cars which use alternative fuel technology. | | (7415) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 45
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make it her policy to collect data on magistrates' residency by constituency in order to identify areas where extra recruitment is required. | | (7386) | 46
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the Court of Appeal judges who have been on a serious sexual offence course. | | (7687) | 47
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on how many rape appeals in 2004 there was a tribunal which did not contain a judge who had been on the serious sexual offences seminar. | | (7688) | 48
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how long ago each judge of the Court of Appeal attended a serious sexual offences seminar. | | (7689) | 49
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what training in serious sexual offences is given to Court of Appeal judges who were promoted from the High Court prior to the introduction of the serious sexual offences course for High Court judges. | | (7690) | 50
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which circuit judges who sit in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division have not been on a serious sexual offences training course. | | (7691) | 51
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the contents are of the monthly reports which the Lord Chancellor has been receiving from the coroner of Teesside. | | (7692) | 52
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on what basis the Lord Chancellor will decide whether he requires the Teesside Coroner to continue to send him monthly reports. | | (7693) | 53
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if the Lord Chancellor will require the Teesside Coroner to undergo extra training to ensure that there is no recurrence of delays. | | (7698) | 54
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of solicitors firms ceased performance of their criminal legal aid contracts before the expiry of the contract's term in each of the last five years. | | (7253) | 55
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to reduce the cost of large criminal cases. | | (7254) | 56
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what checks have been undertaken to ensure that the criminal legal aid budget is sufficient to meet human rights requirements. | | (7255) | 57
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to increase the criminal legal aid budget. | | (7256) | 58
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of solicitors firms have refused the offer of civil legal aid contracts in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region. | | [R] (7422) | 59
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of solicitors firms have ceased performance of their (a) immigration legal aid and (b) family legal aid contracts before the expiry of the term of the contract in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region. | | [R] (7423) | 60
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many law firms competed for each civil legal aid contract, on average, in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region. | | [R] (7424) | 61
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the progress of competitive tendering for civil legal aid contracts. | | [R] (7425) | 62
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she has been consulted about the Law Society's Training Framework Review. | | (7521) | 63
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which relevant software suppliers have confirmed that their products will be able to produce EML compliant electoral register data for 1st December 2005 electoral registers; which have said their products will not be able to do so; which have not yet expressed a view; and if she will make a statement. | | (7700) | 64
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on what dates marked registers from the 2005 general election were received; what assessment her Department has made of the arrangements for storing the registers securely before being despatched to the Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (7701) | 65
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the constituencies which have (a) all and (b) part of their marked registers from the 2005 general election missing; and if she will make a statement. | | (7702) | 66
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the EML standard for electoral register data will be in place for the 1st December 2005 electoral registers; and if she will make a statement. | | (7712) | 67
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in her Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if she will make a statement. | | (7857) | 68
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many confiscation orders have been refused by the Crown Courts in each police authority area since they were introduced; and what the total value was. | | (6166) | 69
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what studies her Department has undertaken into the effect of the new legal aid control on the immigration and asylum system. | | (6978) | 70
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many international election monitors were present (a) in polling stations and (b) at counts during the 2005 General Election. | | (7902) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 71
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 895W, on village hall committees, what reports she has received from police and licensing authorities on whether village hall committees have been, or are, carrying on a business without an appropriate licence. | | (7580) | 72
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in her Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if she will make a statement. | | (7858) | 73
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of households affected by restrictive covenants that prevent external satellite dishes on properties; what proportion of these households are unable to obtain digital television via any other means; and if she will make a statement. | | (7971) | 74
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she will take to encourage private sector landlords to upgrade their digital reception systems in the run up to digital switchover; and if she will make a statement. | | (7972) | 75
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her policy to support the use of integrated reception systems to provide digital services in multiple dwelling units; and if she will make a statement. | | (7973) | 76
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to offer incentives to landlords to update communal reception arrangements to integrated reception system standards; and if she will make a statement. | | (7974) | 77
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to implement the undertakings of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in relation to the Gaelic language and if she will ensure that the recommendations of the last Committee of Experts report are adopted. | | (7015) | 78
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she was first informed that her departmental press officer had disseminated a press release on behalf of her husband; and who authorised the press officer to take this action. | | (7293) | 79
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of licensed premises she estimates will seek a variation in their current licence provisions under the new agreements under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (7666) | 80
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pages the form to be completed by pubs to gain renewal of licences under the Licensing Act 2003 comprises. | | (7667) | 81
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to a typical pub of complying with the Licensing Act 2003. | | (7668) | 82
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on delaying the requirement for a new alcohol licence for licensed premises under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (7669) | 83
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many books were borrowed from libraries in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (7475) | 84
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd June, to Question 5146, if she will place in the Library (a) the submission made to the EU Commission on 9th September 2004 and (b) the letter sent to the EU Commission in March. | | (7534) | 85
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate (a) the number of licensed premises and (b) the number of licensed premises serving food in each local authority in England. | | (7492) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 86
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on recruiting civilians for the UK regular forces in each quarter since 2002. | | (7528) | 87
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications there were from civilians to join UK regular forces in (a) commissioned and (b) non-commissioned posts in each quarter since 2002. | | (7529) | 88
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place with the US Administration concerning the use of RAF Menwith Hill in connection with the American Missile Defence System. | | (7812) | 89
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) US Army, (b) US Navy, (c) US Marines, (d) US Airforce, (e) US civilians and (f) US contractors are working at RAF Menwith Hill. | | (7813) | 90
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) GCHQ, (b) Ministry of Defence Police Agency, (c) Ministry of Defence Guarding Service, (d) Royal Air Force and (e) other UK personnel are working at RAF Menwith Hill. | | (7814) | 91
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the planned expansion of facilities at RAF Menwith Hill. | | (7815) | 92
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in the last 12 months the Defence Export Services Organisation has provided information to UK companies about agents; if he will list the companies to which this information was given; and in which countries the agents were based. | | (7664) | 93
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions between April 2004 and December 2004 officials from the Defence Export Services Organisation met BAe Systems to discuss agents in relation to Export Credits Guarantee Department disclosure requirements. | | (7671) | 94
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Export Services Organisation has provided information to BAE Systems on the selection of agents since April 2004. | | (7923) | 95
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7859) | 96
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that the information contained on both sides of First World War medal index cards is digitally stored; and if he will make a statement. | | (7985) | 97
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that digital copies of First World War medal index cards are of good quality; and if he will make a statement. | | (7986) | 98
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what institutions his Department has approached with a view to finding a home for the original First World War medal index cards; and if he will make a statement. | | (7987) | 99
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a decision on whether to retain the original First World War medal index cards; and if he will make a statement. | | (7988) | 100
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from veterans who claim to have been affected by hearing loss as a result of flying in Shackleton planes; and what estimate he has made of the number of veterans who have so far been affected. | | (7724) | 101
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Bowman communications equipment in theatre operations; and if he will make a statement. | | (7888) | 102
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) maintenance and (b) capital costs at the Royal Hospital Haslar in 2003-04; and what the estimate is for each year to 2008. | | (7562) | 103
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects recuperation levels within the RAF to return to pre-Operation Telic levels of readiness. | | (7885) | 104
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of effects on cost of the temporary reduction in the monthly flying hours for RAF fast jet pilots from 17.5 hours to 16.5 hours during 2005-06. | | (7889) | 105
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the staff levels against targets are for RAF (a) aircrew, (b) weapons systems operators, (c) ground crew, (d) technicians and intelligence staff. | | (7890) | 106
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase flying hours for RAF fast jet pilots to 17.5 hours per month. | | (7891) | 107
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times in each year since 1997 the military readiness traffic light reporting system has shown a (a) yellow and (b) red state of readiness for each service. | | (7893) | 108
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many custody suites each of the services operates in Gibraltar; and how often each was used in each of the last three years. | | (7598) | 109
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much current work has been placed by his Department with BAe Systems, broken down by site. | | (7616) | 110
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is of each current contract with BAe Systems. | | (7617) | 111
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is that an honourable Member has waited for a meeting with him to be arranged since his appointment. | | (7618) | 112
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for handing back provinces within Multinational Division (South Central)'s Area of Responsibility to Iraqi security forces' command and control. | | (7604) | 113
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for operational control of areas of Multinational Division (South Central)'s Area of Responsibility once Polish forces withdraw from Iraq. | | (7605) | 114
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for withdrawing UK troops from Iraq. | | (7606) | 115
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the planned reinforcement of UK forces in Afghanistan will begin. | | (7607) | 116
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the additional (a) air forces and (b) ground forces will be based when additional UK forces are deployed in Afghanistan; and in what numbers. | | (7608) | 117
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) aircraft, (b) airmen, (c) soldiers and (d) sailors the UK has in the Kandahar area; and under whose operational command they are. | | (7609) | 118
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits are under training at Catterick Infantry Training Centre (ITC) (a) broken down by divisions of infantry and (b) in each ITC battalion. | | (7610) | 119
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum capacity for recruits is of each Catterick Infantry Training Centre battalion. | | (7611) | 120
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infantry combatant's courses at Catterick Infantry Training Centre have been cancelled over the past 12 months. | | (7612) | 121
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the residential properties his Department's Ministers are entitled to use as part of their duties. | | (6181) | 122
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to dispose of official residential properties. | | (6182) | 123
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the finding of the National Audit Office report Assessing and Reporting Military Readiness, paragraph 2.44, concerning engineering risk and cannibalisation; and how much equipment and of what type in (a) Challenger 2 regiments, (b) AS90 regiments, (c) Warrior battalions and (d) CVR(T) regiments has been damaged during cannibalisation. | | (7547) | 124
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the finding of the National Audit Office report Assessing and Reporting Military Readiness, paragraph 2.39, concerning shortages of essential personnel; what estimate he has made of the extent of these shortages; how many units and of which types, are (a) facing such shortages and (b) under strength; and of how many medical staff his Department is short. | | (7548) | 125
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the finding of the National Audit Office report Assessing and Reporting Military Readiness, paragraph 2.45, concerning the effects of cannibalisation of equipment on the remaining pool of equipment; how many units have been left properly equipped following this process of cannibalisation; and how many (a) tank, (b) CVR(T), (c) AS90 and (d) Warrior units are fully equipped for operations. | | (7549) | 126
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the finding of the National Audit Office report Assessing and Reporting Military Readiness, paragraph 2.22, concerning the land contribution to any Joint Rapid Reaction Force; what land contribution the UK is able to make to such a force; what units are potentially available at the moment in extremis; and what limitations are being imposed by the factors mentioned in the paragraph. | | (7550) | 127
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the report made to Multi-National Division (South East) by the (a) Prisoner of War Registration Unit and (b) Prisoner Monitoring Team at Camp Bucca has been forwarded to his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (7900) | 128
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many representations have been made to UK military authorities in Iraq by prisoners of war of (a) Iraqi and (b) other nationality in relation to rights under article 78 of the third Geneva convention. | | (7901) | 129
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims in respect of Gulf War related illness have been (a) rejected and (b) accepted by the Veterans Agency, Blackpool; and how many claims have been allowed the right of appeal. | | (7396) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 130
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many fire officers have been the victims of offences of violence suffered in the course of their employment in each of the last 20 years. | | (7588) | 131
N | Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of the keyworker housing scheme in Hampshire. | | (5172) | 132
N | Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to allow public service employers greater local discretion in determining who should benefit from the key worker housing scheme. | | (5173) | 133
N | Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of properties built for sale under the keyworker housing scheme that have not yet been sold; and if he will make a statement. | | (5174) | 134
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department plans to conduct an impact assessment of the recent changes in fire cover in the Greater London area; and if he will make a statement. | | (7697) | 135
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the fire stations that have had a fire engine removed in each of the last ten years; to which fire station a fire engine was re-located in each case; and whether a fire engine was replaced at each such station within (i) two years, (ii) three years, (iii) four years, (iv) five years and (v) more than six years. | | (7699) | 136
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7860) | 137
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many attacks have taken place on fire crews in Lancashire in each of the last three years. | | (7654) | 138
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many fire crews have trained for Lancashire Fire Brigade in each of the last three years; and how many are on the waiting list for training. | | (7655) | 139
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will restrict the number of phone masts which are permitted to be erected in a particular area. | | (7300) | 140
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will take steps to limit regional variations in council tax. | | (7301) | 141
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many responses he received to the consultation on the revoking of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2004. | | (6931) | 142
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to revoke the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (6976) | 143
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made in establishing a tripartite committee to discuss local government pensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (7258) | 144
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average (a) Band D and (b) per dwelling council tax bill has been in (i) London and (ii) each London borough in each year since 1997-98. | | (7398) | 145
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average business rate in London has been in each year since 1997. | | (7399) | 146
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many freedom of information requests his Department has received since the introduction of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and how many have been refused. | | (7400) | 147
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the internal guidance produced by his Department for its staff on handling (a) written Parliamentary Question requests, (b) Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests and (c) requests made under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. | | (7401) | 148
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Government's plan for (a) council tax on and (b) planning permission for second homes. | | (7402) | 149
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what changes the Government has made to the eligibility of homeless people for accommodation since May 1997. | | (7403) | 150
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated gross revenue generated in England by reducing the council tax discount on (a) second homes and (b) empty homes was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7404) | 151
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the definition is of a second home for the purposes of setting council tax bills. | | (7405) | 152
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent estimate the Government has made of the level of hidden homelessness in England. | | (7406) | 153
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) year and (b) month's house prices were used to assess property values in the original valuation of properties for council tax in England. | | (7407) | 154
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the timetable was for the original valuation of residential properties for council tax in England. | | (7408) | 155
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the methodology used for the original valuation of properties for council tax in England. | | (7409) | 156
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what changes the Government has made to the methodology for calculating (a) priority homelessness, (b) rough sleeping and (c) homeless in temporary accommodation since May 1997. | | (7410) | 157
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the planning permissions for mobile phone mast sites that have been refused by the local planning authority but were granted on appeal by (a) the Planning Inspectorate and (b) the Secretary of State since the last revision of PPG8. | | (7411) | 158
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to extend local area agreements to lower-tier authorities. | | (7438) | 159
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many mobile phones his Department has (a) lost and (b) reported stolen since its establishment. | | (7439) | 160
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the licensing of houses in multiple occupation on the buy to let housing market. | | (7440) | 161
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria will be used to decide which rental properties in the private sector are subject to licensing for houses in multiple occupation. | | (7441) | 162
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment the Government has made of the regulatory impact of its plans for licensing of houses in multiple occupation. | | (7442) | 163
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the statistical datasets his Department (a) holds and (b) collects containing data at local authority level. | | (7443) | 164
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what extra powers the Government will offer local authorities rated (a) excellent and (b) good in the revised Comprehensive Performance Assessment regime. | | (7444) | 165
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in which Government office building (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Communities and Local Government bases his private office. | | (7445) | 166
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the collection rate for (a) business rates and (b) council tax has been in each local authority in each year since 1996-97. | | (7446) | 167
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the timetable is for capping local authority budgets. | | (7447) | 168
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 879W, on public conveniences, in what year public conveniences first became liable for business rates; and what the average rate on a public convenience was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7494) | 169
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 878W, on house prices, what the average house price for England was in (a) 1993 and (b) 2004. | | (7546) | 170
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the Government plans to allocate for the provision of affordable housing in Devon in each of the next three years. | | (7677) | 171
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice he has received from the Regional Housing Board on the amount of affordable housing needed in Devon (a) at the latest date for which figures are available and (b) over the next 10 years. | | (7678) | 172
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much social housing grant has been allocated in Devon in each of the last five years; and what proportion was in support of section 106 schemes in each year. | | (7679) | 173
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the Housing Corporation has allocated for the provision of affordable housing for each district in Devon in each of the last five years. | | (7680) | 174
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much of the Housing Corporation's affordable housing programme he expects to be allocated to provide affordable housing in the (a) South Hams, (b) Torbay and (c) Teignbridge districts in the next three years. | | (7681) | 175
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was spent per 1,000 population on external communication by each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (7461) | 176
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of local authority employees who have been assaulted at work in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (7468) | 177
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average response time was to an emergency call to the Fire Brigade in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (7473) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 178
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans her Department has to open new academies in Coventry South. | | (7978) | 179
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence her Department has collated on the cost-effectiveness of academies. | | (7979) | 180
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to evaluate the admissions policies of academies. | | (7980) | 181
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on academies' obligations concerning applications from students with special educational needs. | | (7981) | 182
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to ensure transparency and accountability in the admissions processes of academies. | | (7982) | 183
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on teachers' representation on governing boards of academies. | | (7983) | 184
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she has taken to protect teachers' rights in academies; and what further steps are planned. | | (7984) | 185
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she expects the current level of Sure Start provision in Everton to continue. | | (6901) | 186
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in her Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if she will make a statement. | | (7861) | 187
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will ensure fee concessions remain in place for those aged 60 who wish to study in a further education college in Wirral. | | (7511) | 188
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether her Department will fully fund courses for adults at Level 3 in Wirral in 2006-07. | | (7512) | 189
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 6th June, Official Report, column 331W and 21st June, Official Report, column 191W, on City Academies, how many lessons in city academies have been inspected by Ofsted in each year since the first city academy was opened. | | (7940) | 190
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 1012W, on out-of-hours learning, who monitors the extent to which the guidance on homework for school pupils set out in her Department's publication, Homework: Guidance for Primary and Secondary Schools is being followed by schools. | | (7941) | 191
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the proportion of childcare provided by grandparents. | | (7934) | 192
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether schools that have opted out of local authority catering contracts will be eligible for access to the £280 million package to improve school dinners announced by her Department on 30th March. | | (7150) | 193
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost was of the most expensive external foster care placement in each Government Office region in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004. | | (7733) | 194
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were taken into care in each Government Office region in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004; how many of those children were aged under two years; and how many of those aged under two years how many were siblings of a child previously taken into care under the age of two years. | | (7734) | 195
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what restrictions on adopting children apply to people who are overweight. | | (7878) | 196
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people by Government office region were rejected as potential adopters because they were overweight in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004. | | (7879) | 197
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average cost per child of external foster care for local authorities was in each Government office region in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004. | | (7880) | 198
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total expenditure on external foster care by local authorities was in each Government office region in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004. | | (7881) | 199
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were in external foster care of local authorities in each Government office region in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004. | | (7882) | 200
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the local education authorities that have received funds under the Behaviour Improvement Programme; and how much each has received to enable them to tackle pupil behaviour in each year since 1997. | | (7703) | 201
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets have been set for the Behaviour Improvement Programme. | | (7704) | 202
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Government is spending in 2005-06 on behaviour and attendance-related activities and projects. | | (7705) | 203
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools employ police officers (a) through the Safer Schools Partnership and (b) outside the Safer Schools Partnership. | | (7706) | 204
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many modern apprenticeships were taken up in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Chorley in each of the last three years; and how many were not completed. | | (7656) | 205
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Government has allocated to Lancashire Education Authority in 2005-06; and how much of this sum is for school buildings. | | (7657) | 206
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will introduce compulsory religious education in all schools which focuses equally on all the main religions in England. | | (7298) | 207
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes to provision of counselling services for university students has been made to meet the changes in demand arising from broadening access. | | (7500) | 208
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the implications of the withdrawal from the Milton Keynes Academy project of Global Education Management Systems for the Academy's ability to deliver future academy projects. | | (7432) | 209
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many new (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were built in each English county in each of the last eight years. | | (7913) | 210
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the funding per pupil in (a) primary and junior schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) West Sussex, (ii) Kent, (iii) Durham, (iv) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (v) each English county was in each of the last eight years. | | (7914) | 211
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size in (a) primary and junior schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) West Sussex, (ii) Kent, (iii) Durham, (iv) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (v) each English county was in each of the last eight years. | | (7915) | 212
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and junior school teachers, (b) secondary school teachers and (c) classroom assistants there were in (i) West Sussex, (ii) Kent, (iii) Durham and (iv) the East Riding of Yorkshire in each of the last eight years. | | (7916) | 213
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on maintenance and improvement of (a) primary and junior schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) West Sussex, (ii) Kent, (iii) Durham, (iv) East Riding of Yorkshire and (v) each English county in each of the last eight years. | | (7967) | 214
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 491W, on Prison Education, how much has been spent on supporting Open University undergraduate courses for offenders in custody for each year between 2002-03 and 2004-05; and what the projection is for 2005-06. | | (7373) | 215
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 490W, on Prison Education, what the targets are for numbers of offenders acquiring Basic Skills Level qualifications beyond (a) Entry Level, (b) Level 1 and (c) Level 2; and how many offenders acquired these qualifications in each year since 2002. | | (7380) | 216
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the projected number of offenders in custody who will study (a) Open University undergraduate courses and (b) access courses is in 2005-06. | | (7387) | 217
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding has been allocated towards achieving the target of 320,000 apprentices by 2008; and whether she expects the target to be achieved. | | (7392) | 218
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the targets for recruitment to (a) science, (b) mathematics and (c) modern foreign languages teacher training courses were in each year between 1994 and 2004; and what the performance against those targets was in each year. | | (7393) | 219
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many apprenticeships there were in each year between 1994 and 1996. | | (7551) | 220
| Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many arson attacks there were on schools in England in 2004. | | (7355) | 221
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the level of adult literacy in each London borough. | | (7474) | 222
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps will be taken to consult parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) in the national audit of SEN specialist services. | | (7299) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 223
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the legal impediments to the use of depleted gas and oil fields for carbon sequestration purposes. | | (7044) | 224
| Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish statistics on roadside badger deaths in Surrey; and if she will make a statement. | | (7360) | 225
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will use the UK presidency of the European Council to promote responses to the new European Commission Green Paper on energy efficiency. | | (7581) | 226
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the local authorities which responded to the consultation on the London Sewer Rat Joint Working Protocol. | | (7329) | 227
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to establish closer working relationships between London boroughs and water companies in relation to the London Sewer Rat Joint Working Protocol; and if she will make a statement. | | (7332) | 228
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd June to question reference 4851, whether (a) Barnet Council, (b) Thames Water and (c) Three Valleys Water submitted responses to the consultation on the London Sewer Rat Joint Working Protocol. | | (7333) | 229
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 674W, on the Water Resources Treatment and Action Programme, if she will place in the Library her Department's response to the European Commission investigation into UK compliance with the provisions under Article 3(1) and Annex 1A and Articles 5(2), 5(3), 10 and Annex 1B of Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment. | | (7663) | 230
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in her Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if she will make a statement. | | (7862) | 231
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) farmers and (b) contractors have outstanding claims from the 2001 foot and mouth disease outbreak. | | (7658) | 232
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the latest meeting of the International Whaling Commission; and what the Government's position is on the hunting of whales. | | (7659) | 233
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many countries allow the hunting of whales; and how many whales were killed in 2004-05, broken down by species. | | (7660) | 234
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will press Norway to stop commercial whaling. | | (7905) | 235
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she plans to put in place to reduce carbon dioxide output from aircraft entering or leaving the United Kingdom. | | (7416) | 236
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what future works are planned on Canvey Island's flood defences; when they are expected to start; and what the expected cost is. | | (7381) | 237
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Environment Agency has issued on single-storey development in areas susceptible to flooding; and if she will make a statement. | | (7382) | 238
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households have been assisted by the Home Energy Efficiency and Warm Front schemes in the Borough of Dartford in each year since June 2000; and what the average size of grant was in each financial year. | | (7904) | 239
| 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 legislative position in other European countries in respect of the use of wild animals in circuses; and if she will make a statement. | | (7448) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 240
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Oral Answer, of 21st June, Official Report, column 653, on European Union (finances),whether it is his Department's policy that the European Parliament should continue to meet in Strasbourg; and if he will make a statement. | | (6977) | 241
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the social and political situation in Vietnam. | | (6989) | 242
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7863) | 243
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on reports of the destruction of the Baha'i cemetary in Yazd in February and the desecration of a Baha'i corpse; and what assessment his Department has made of the official investigations into these crimes. | | (7943) | 244
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the killing in Burundi in December 2000 during which Charlotte Wilson, a British national, was killed, constitutes a war crime prosecutable via the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement. | | (7754) | 245
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps through (a) the UN, (b) the EU and (c) diplomatic channels to ensure the December 2000 killings in which British national Charlotte Wilson was killed is fully pursued and its perpetrators are brought to justice and are not given any amnesty; and if he will make a statement. | | (7755) | 246
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Israeli government on the timetable for Israeli withdrawals from Gaza. | | (7384) | 247
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Baha'i community in Iran. | | (7527) | 248
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken in response to the recommendation of the Report of the UN Secretary General's High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, A more secure world: Our shared responsibility, that the public should be educated on the consequences of radiological weapons. | | (7371) | 249
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether Israel is fulfilling human rights commitments made to the EU. | | (7374) | 250
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter dated 29th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Y Abbas. | | (7886) | 251
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter dated 19th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mukhtar Ali. | | (7887) | 252
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the Burmese authorities on encouraging increased democracy in Burma; and if he will make a statement. | | (7907) | 253
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking to ensure the security of British citizens working in Nigeria in relation to terrorist threats. | | (7535) | 254
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of human rights in Bangladesh; what recent research he has evaluated on the situation; and what representations he has made to the Bangladeshi authorities on action to prevent human rights abuses. | | (7892) | 255
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government will implement the EU linguistic regime, agreed at the General Affairs Council of 13th June, with respect to any of the UK's languages in addition to English. | | (6979) | 256
| Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the EU3 has made on (a) nuclear co-operation, (b) technological and economic co-operation and (c) security issues during negotiations with the Iran government. | | (7636) | 257
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Birmingham Ladywood on visas dated 21st February regarding a family reunion for Mr B. Sargainell. | | (7970) | 258
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards Israel's plans to build a Gaza sea barrier. | | (7361) | 259
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government provides to the Regional Peace Initiative for Burundi; and if he will make a statement. | | (7362) | 260
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Saudi Arabia regarding democratic reform. | | (7363) | 261
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of India regarding Sikh separatism in the Punjab. | | (7366) | 262
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) his Department has made representations to the Russian Foreign Minister on issues relating to the ratification of Protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. | | (7709) | 263
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the 2005 Annual Human Rights Report will (a) set out the steps which the UK has taken to ensure that human rights are respected by military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan and (b) include a discussion of human rights violations alleged to have been committed by the UK. | | (7922) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 264
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the use of fungal spores in reducing malarial infections. | | (7738) | 265
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to reduce exposure to the brominated flame retardant PBDE; and if she will make a statement on levels of this chemical in the bloodstream. | | (7042) | 266
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the public health implications arising from the presence of acrylamide in foodstuffs, with particular reference to potato crisps. | | (7043) | 267
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made in reducing the difference in breast cancer survival rates between women in the most affluent areas and those in the most deprived areas. | | (7430) | 268
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) intensive care and (b) high dependency beds there were in Enfield in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (7613) | 269
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily cost of (a) an intensive care and (b) a high dependency bed is. | | (7614) | 270
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of (a) intensive care and (b) high dependency care in Enfield was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what percentage this represented of the overall budget for NHS hospital beds in Enfield in that year. | | (7615) | 271
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other NHS staff have been the victims of offences of violence suffered in the course of their employment in each of the last 20 years. | | (7561) | 272
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will provide ringfenced funding for kidney transplants; and if she will make a statement. | | (7648) | 273
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has given to primary care trusts on the ages at which children should receive development reviews. | | (7649) | 274
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many school nurses are employed in (a) East Staffordshire, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England. | | (7650) | 275
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have fully implemented the recommendation that all eligible patients should receive one NHS-funded IVF treatment. | | (7651) | 276
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the decision to allow each eligible patient one NHS-funded IVF treatment on the number of IVF procedures carried out by the NHS. | | (7652) | 277
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS-funded IVF treatments have been carried out in each strategic health authority area in each of the last eight years. | | (7653) | 278
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS acute hospital trusts have financial deficits; and what the deficit is in each case. | | (7012) | 279
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS acute hospital trusts can (a) close beds, (b) close wards and (c) withdraw services without her consent. | | (7013) | 280
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether agency nurses, doctors or technicians who have worked in the NHS in the preceding six months can work for a private diagnostic and treatment centre. | | (7016) | 281
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library the monthly reports she receives from private sector providers. | | (7017) | 282
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions her Department has agreed to waive the requirement on private sector providers that they must not employ staff who have worked in the NHS in the previous six months. | | (7018) | 283
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff at the (a) Whittington Hospital, (b) Royal Free Hospital Hampstead, (c) North Middlesex University Hospital and (d) Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust St. Ann's Hospital have been allocated to the treatment of (i) Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus, (ii) Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphyloccus Aureus, (iii) Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhoea, (iv) Vancomycin-Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus and (v) Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci in each of the last five years; and what proportion of the budget of each hospital was allocated to the treatment of each in each year. | | (7751) | 284
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget was of the (a) Whittington Hospital, (b) Royal Free Hospital Hampstead, (c) North Middlesex University Hospital and (d) Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust St. Ann's Hospital in each of the last five years; and whether each hospital was (i) in deficit and (ii) had a surplus at each year end. | | (7752) | 285
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) administrative staff and (b) temporary staff have been employed at (a) Whittington Hospital, (b) Royal Free Hospital Hampstead, (c) North Middlesex University Hospital and (d) Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust St. Ann's Hospital in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (7761) | 286
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed in each hospital located in the Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust area; and if she will make a statement. | | (7800) | 287
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community pharmacies in each London Borough (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 2000-01; and if she will make a statement. | | (7801) | 288
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list all known strains of MRSA; and if she will make a statement. | | (7802) | 289
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list hospitals which have MRI scanners; and if she will make a statement. | | (7803) | 290
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust area referred urgently with suspected breast cancer waited for more than two weeks for an out-patient appointment in each reporting period since January 2002; and if she will make a statement. | | (7804) | 291
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been taken to assist carers of patients with advanced Alzheimer's disease in Hornsey and Wood Green; and if she will make a statement. | | (7805) | 292
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust area waited more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) 12 months, (e) 15 months, (f) 18 months and (g) 24 months for (i) heart operations, (ii) cancer treatment and (iii) hip replacements in each year since 2000-01; and if she will make a statement. | | (7807) | 293
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners there were in the Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust area in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04; and if she will make a statement. | | (7808) | 294
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of delayed discharge in hospitals located in the Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust area; and if she will make a statement. | | (7809) | 295
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targeted funding hospitals in the Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust area have received for the provision of acute stroke care; and if she will make a statement. | | (7810) | 296
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing vacancies there are in the Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust area; and if she will make a statement. | | (7811) | 297
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in her Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; and at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; and at what cost; and if she will make a statement. | | (7864) | 298
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with hospital trusts on the implementation of its Hospital Travel Costs Scheme Guidance (2003) with reference to the promotion of the Hospital Travel Costs scheme to patients attending hospital for cancer treatment. | | (7938) | 299
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to assess the legality of the guidance given to strategic health authorities concerning the provision of free continuing care since publication of recommendation 15 of the Health Committee Report of 5th April. | | (7742) | 300
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has given to social service departments concerning the regulations issued in 2001 that self-funders cannot be required to sell their homes in their own lifetime since the then Minister's evidence on the subject to the Health Select Committee on 17th March. | | (7743) | 301
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to secure compliance by strategic health authorities with recommendation 17 of the Health Committee Report of 5th April on the assessment of patients with continuing needs before they leave hospital. | | (7744) | 302
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of extra-care tenants died in (a) their extra-care home and (b) in hospital in the last period for which figures are available. | | (7756) | 303
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of residents of nursing and residential care homes died (a) in their care home and (b) in hospital in the last period for which figures are available. | | (7757) | 304
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that the full amount of funding allocated to sexual health reform in the Public Health White Paper is spent on sexual health and HIV services. | | (7758) | 305
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that every (a) sexual health clinic and (b) accident and emergency department offers post-exposure prophylaxis to its users. | | (7759) | 306
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she has taken to secure complaince by strategic health authorities with her Department's guidance recorded in paragraph 151 of the Health Committee report of 5th April concerning assessment for continuing care. | | (7760) | 307
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the nutritional quality of food in care homes. | | (7935) | 308
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent of social isolation of residents in the care home sector. | | (7936) | 309
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of Alzheimer's patients who are being treated with antipsychotic drugs. | | (7937) | 310
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people contracted to work within the NHS are not entitled to (a) sick pay and (b) holiday pay. | | (7601) | 311
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken on the prevalence of the prescription of antibiotics for viral infections. | | (7720) | 312
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Department's policy is on the use of (a) disinfectants and (b) detergents for cleaning, with particular reference to control of hospital infections. | | (7735) | 313
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for an appointment at a drug rehabilitation clinic in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley; and if she will list the clinics available in Lancashire. | | (7595) | 314
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients failed to turn up for (a) general practitioner and (b) hospital appointments in (i) Chorley and (ii) Lancashire in 2004-05. | | (7596) | 315
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have finished training in Lancashire teaching hospitals in each of the last three years. | | (7597) | 316
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care home beds in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley are operated (i) privately and (ii) by local authorities. | | (7624) | 317
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost per week is in of a care home bed in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley; and what the waiting time for a care bed is in (i) Chorley and (ii) Lancashire. | | (7625) | 318
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of agency staff working in the NHS. | | (7626) | 319
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists undertaking NHS work there are in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley South Ribble Primary Care Trust; and if she will list the practices which are taking new patients. | | (7661) | 320
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by Alliance Medical in identifying a suitable site for a scanner in North Durham. | | (7553) | 321
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who Alliance Medical has consulted during their search for an appropriate site for a scanner in North Durham. | | (7554) | 322
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many scans Alliance Medical must conduct over the course of its five year contract to provide scanning services in the NHS. | | (7555) | 323
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been made through the central negligence scheme by patients receiving treatment provided by Alliance Medical. | | (7556) | 324
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what dates have been set for review of Alliance Medical's contract to provide scanning services in the NHS. | | (7557) | 325
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to employ ward sisters to improve cleanliness on hospital wards. | | (7975) | 326
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will introduce legislation to control transfats in food products. | | (7524) | 327
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that food labelling includes details of trans fats. | | (7525) | 328
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will offer a refund equivalent to the standard cost of the appropriate NHS treatment to patients who pay for private dental treatment due to the unavailability of a local NHS dentist. | | (7431) | 329
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of students on medical courses offered by institutions outside the UK who undertook their clinical training in England in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the proportion who subsequently worked in the NHS after qualification. | | (7449) | 330
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department keeps a list of private sector general medical practitioners practising in the UK. | | (7450) | 331
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to include acinetobacter bacteraemia within the mandatory surveillance systems for hospital acquired infection; and if she will make a statement. | | (7451) | 332
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts in England did not meet their enhanced services floor (ESF) in 2004-05; what reasons have been reported to the Department for underspending on enhanced services; and what steps she is taking to ensure primary care trusts achieve their ESF in 2005-06. | | (7452) | 333
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sanctions can be imposed on primary care trusts which underspend against their enhanced services floor. | | (7453) | 334
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to merge primary care trusts; and what (a) discussions she has had and (b) representations she has received on this issue. | | (7454) | 335
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) formal and (b) self-construct general practitioner trainee places have been offered (i) in total and (ii) in each Deanery in England in each year since 1997. | | (7455) | 336
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intermediate care beds there have been in each year since 1997; and in what healthcare settings these beds are provided. | | (7456) | 337
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to address recommendation 2.65 in the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' remuneration, Cmd 6463, published in February, on the provision of additional funding for primary care trusts to meet increased costs arising from the impact on community hospitals of the new General Medical Services contract. | | (7457) | 338
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many radiographers have been employed in the NHS in each year since 1991. | | (7458) | 339
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the change in the number of emergency calls to ambulance services in the last five years. | | (7459) | 340
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Health Direct will be established as a subsidiary of NHS Direct; whether NHS Direct and Health Direct will share the same access points; and if she will make a statement. | | (7477) | 341
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the study into the most appropriate organisational form for NHS Direct outlined in the Department's Implementation Framework for Reconfiguring the DH Arm's Length Bodies, published on 30th November 2004, is complete; and if she will make a statement. | | (7478) | 342
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she expects the call capacity of NHS Direct to reach 16 million calls per year by 2006, as set out in the Department's strategy document Developing NHS Direct, published in April 2003. | | (7479) | 343
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been employed in NHS Direct in each year since 1997-98, broken down by type of occupation. | | (7503) | 344
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for NHS Direct has been in each year since 1997-98; how many calls NHS Direct received in each year; and what the maximum call capacity of NHS Direct was in each year. | | (7504) | 345
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances at (a) walk-in centres and (b) minor injuries units there were in each quarter since September 2002. | | (7505) | 346
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether inspection of sterile services departments forms part of the Healthcare Commission's performance ratings. | | (7506) | 347
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June, Official Report, column 104W, on Infection Surveillance Data, if she will order an independent inquiry into the infection control procedures of all hospitals revealed to have a higher rate of clostridium difficile infection than Stoke Mandeville hospital when these data are published. | | (7522) | 348
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 1244-45, on walk-in health centres, if she will publish the data on which she drew to establish that the cost per consultation in a walk-in-centre is falling relative to the cost per consultation with a GP. | | (7523) | 349
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 123W, on waiting time targets, whether the Department has agreed local delivery plans with strategic health authorities; and if she will make a statement. | | (7563) | 350
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the level of access to specialist assessment and treatment for people with Hepatitis C infection. | | (7817) | 351
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in developing modelling techniques to assist in projecting numbers of patients needing specialist treatment and care for Hepatitis C since the Action Plan for Hepatitis C was published. | | (7818) | 352
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projections have been made for the incidence of Hepatitis C in England. | | (7819) | 353
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will publish the terms of reference of her proposed inquiry into clostridium difficile. | | (7737) | 354
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to drug actions teams on the use of (a) methadone and (b) buprenorphine. | | (6857) | 355
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the per capita funding for primary care trusts in (a) West Sussex, (b) Kent, (c) Durham and (d) the East Riding of Yorkshire was in each of the last five years; what the average for England was for each year; and what estimate has been made of allocations for the next five years. | | (7910) | 356
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general practitioners, (b) consultants, (c) junior doctors, (d) staff grade and (e) associate specialists were employed in NHS hospitals in (i) West Sussex, (ii) Surrey, (iii) Durham, (iv) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (v) each strategic health authority in each of the last eight years. | | (7911) | 357
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses of all grades, (b) junior physiotherapists, (c) senior physiotherapists, (d) diagnostic radiographers, (e) therapeutic radiographers, (f) senior managers, (g) managers and (h) allied health professionals were employed in NHS hospitals in (i) West Sussex, (ii) Surrey, (iii) Durham, (iv) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (v) each strategic health authority in each of the last eight years. | | (7912) | 358
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision will be made for NHS patients wishing not to have their data recorded on the proposed national NHS database. | | (7379) | 359
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what instructions have been issued by Connecting for Health to suppliers to develop stand alone versions of their application which are not reliant on the NHS Data Spine; and for what reasons. | | (7385) | 360
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding the Government has provided for tobacco policy support to (a) local authorities, (b) Government Offices for the Regions and (c) regional chambers in each year since 1997. | | (7510) | 361
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwife vacancies there are in each (a) London primary care trust and (b) London strategic health authority. | | (7463) | 362
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of maternity services at Northwick Park Hospital; and if she will make a statement. | | (7465) | 363
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been received by the NHS Healthcare Commiossion in each (a) London primary care trust and (b) London strategic health authority in the last 12 months. | | (7466) | 364
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances were availalable in the NHS in London in each year since 1997. | | (7470) | 365
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average response time was to an emergency call to the ambulance service in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (7471) | 366
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to make payments to students while on work placements within the NHS. | | (7516) | 367
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the capacity of sexual health clinics; and if she will make a statement. | | (7517) | 368
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has undertaken into the effect of benzen particulates and gases emanating from the fire at Broomfield Tip, Standish, on the health of residents in the vicinity. | | (7289) | 369
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can increase the likelihood of suicide in certain patients; and if she will make a statement. | | (7481) | 370
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the side effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; and if she will make a statement. | | (7482) | 371
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has issued to GPs regarding the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; and if she will make a statement. | | (7483) | 372
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are being taken to reduce the prescribing of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; and if she will make a statement. | | (7484) | 373
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated concerning the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on (i) pregnant women and (ii) unborn foetuses; and if she will make a statement. | | (7485) | 374
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in Hertfordshire have personal dentist service contracts; and if she will make a statement. | | (7486) | 375
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in Hertfordshire have applied for personal dentist service contracts; and if she will make a statement. | | (7487) | 376
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to increase the provision of dentistry services in Hertfordshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (7488) | 377
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase access to NHS dentistry in North Yorkshire; and how many additional places have been made available since 1997. | | (7489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 378
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ask the Sentencing Guidelines Council to (a) create aggravating factors, (b) lengthen jail sentences and (c) increase fines for assaults against public sector workers; and if he will make a statement. | | (7429) | 379
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to deal with race crime. | | (7933) | 380
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the provisions of the Limitation Acts to permit claims from those who have suffered from historic physical and sexual abuse. | | (7418) | 381
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in local government have been the victims of offences of violence suffered in the course of their employment in each of the last 20 years. | | (7560) | 382
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in the railway industry have been the victims of offences of violence suffered in the course of their employment in each of the last 20 years. | | (7589) | 383
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the questions, references (a) 2586 and (b) 2589, tabled by the honourable member for Preseli Pembrokeshire on 3rd June. | | (7295) | 384
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on police campaigns to tackle alcohol-related crime in each year from 1997. | | (7541) | 385
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount of fines imposed on those convicted of selling alcohol to minors was in (a) 1984, (b) 1997 and (c) 2004. | | (7542) | 386
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial assistance was provided by his Department to support the work of organisations dealing with alcohol abuse in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004, broken down by organisation. | | (7544) | 387
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements were made to ensure the safety of the Prime Minister's wife when she visited the US in June; and what the costs were. | | (7536) | 388
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security arrangements have been put in place for the Prime Minister's wife's visit to the Starhill Boutique complex in Kuala Lumpur on 31st July; and what the estimated costs are. | | (7545) | 389
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average clear-up rate for (a) murder, (b) assault and (c) burglary in (i) England and (ii) Wales has been in each year since 2001. | | (7513) | 390
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to define the clearance of a crime for the purposes of reporting statistics on clear-up of offences by police forces in (i) England and (ii) Wales. | | (7514) | 391
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the decision to end grant funding to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service. | | (7647) | 392
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped and issued with a Rec. 61 form by Haringey Borough Police since its inception, broken down by (a) ethnicity and (b) police station. | | (7421) | 393
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7865) | 394
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 755W, on drink-driving, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions for drink-driving resulted in custodial sentences in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police authority. | | (7942) | 395
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of (a) female and (b) male offenders re-offended within 12 months of being released in each year since 1997. | | (7745) | 396
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places have been available in mother and baby units in prisons in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (7746) | 397
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant female offenders have applied for their children to remain with them in prison after birth in each year since 1997. | | (7747) | 398
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many babies have been born to women in prison for non-violent offences in each year since 1997. | | (7748) | 399
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many babies have been born to women in prison in each year since 1997; and how many remained with their mothers in prison in each year. | | (7749) | 400
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of female offenders have not completed community sentences in each year since 1997. | | (7750) | 401
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the inter-ministerial meeting on human trafficking which took place in February; and when he expects the next meeting to take place. | | (7820) | 402
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of (a) female and (b) male offenders have received community penalties in each year since 1997. | | (7821) | 403
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to magistrates in England and Wales in respect of applications for anti-social behaviour orders. | | (7944) | 404
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities in England and Wales in respect of applications for anti-social behaviour orders. | | (7945) | 405
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to police authorities in England and Wales in respect of applications for anti-social behaviour orders. | | (7946) | 406
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were allocated to each local force within the Thames Valley police area in each year since 1997. | | (7041) | 407
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the InnerChange prison programme at HMP Dartmoor. | | (7599) | 408
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce the InnerChange programme in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (7600) | 409
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many weapons have been handed in to police in the High Wycombe area under the recent amnesty; and if he will make a statement. | | (7602) | 410
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Brixton prison initiative launched by Roman Catholic bishops in 2004. | | (7603) | 411
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the prison population has spent time in the care of a local authority. | | (7884) | 412
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will defer the enforced return of Mr Crispen Kulinsi (Home Office ref K1188546) to Malawi pending consideration by his Department of the risks of Mr Kulinsi's further deportation from Malawi to Zimbabwe. | | (7543) | 413
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on whether Zimbabwe is a safe country in which to return asylum seekers. | | (7591) | 414
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that Tafara Nhendu (Home Office reference M116 1492) is not deported to Zimbabwe. | | (7592) | 415
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are on hunger strike in Harmondsworth Detention Centre. | | (7593) | 416
N | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were recorded by the police in which (a) a firearm was alleged to have been used and (b) an identified firearm other than an air weapon was alleged to have been used in (i) England and (ii) Wales from 1994 to 2004 in (A) total and (B) as a percentage of all crimes. | | (7259) | 417
N | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used, broken down by (a) crime and (b) firearm used for England and Wales for each year since 2001. | | (7260) | 418
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter dated 10th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Fanny Garvey. | | (7929) | 419
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter dated 10th May from the Right honourable member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Ms. Zeinab Abdulrahman al-Hashmi. | | (7930) | 420
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter dated 19th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Juliet Kufuor. | | (7931) | 421
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter dated 23rd March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr N. Hussain. | | (7932) | 422
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates have been made of the numbers of children being trafficked into the UK for the purpose of ritual sacrifice. | | (7291) | 423
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to prevent the trafficking of children into the UK for the purpose of ritual sacrifice. | | (7292) | 424
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police regarding the use of police officers from other forces to help police the Live8 concert; and what additional funding his Department will provide to meet these costs. | | (7375) | 425
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which individuals and organisations were consulted in drawing up the criteria for referral to the Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder programme. | | (7989) | 426
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what access to advocacy is provided to people in the Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder programme (a) prior to referral and (b) while on the programme. | | (7990) | 427
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were for the illegal use of ball bearing guns in public places in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7725) | 428
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners who have spent time in care. | | (7294) | 429
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were kidnapped in England and Wales in each of the last three years. | | (7330) | 430
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 491W, on prison education, how many offenders were in custody in each year between 2002-03 and 2004-05. | | (7372) | 431
| Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new asylum claims following unsuccessful first claims were successful in each of the last three years. | | (7665) | 432
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was recovered under the asset recovery scheme in each police authority area for (a) each year since inception and (b) as a cumulative total by descending value. | | (6155) | 433
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent officers have been engaged by each police authority area in asset recovery in each year since the introduction of asset recovery listed in descending order. | | (6165) | 434
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the Letter of 6th April, ref 1064462 from the honourable Member for Birmingham Ladywood. | | (7976) | 435
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the Government has given to (a) local authorities and (b) Local Authorities' Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services, on tackling (i) underage drinking, (ii) solvent abuse and (iii) bogus marriages. | | (7428) | 436
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23rd June, Official Report, columns 47-9WS, on the sectors-based scheme review, if he will publish the evidence on which the decision to terminate the SBS hospitality quota was based; what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision on `Indian restaurants'; and if he will meet urgently representatives of the industry to discuss those effects. | | (7728) | 437
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bus drivers were charged with (a) drink driving, (b) speeding and (c) operating a mobile phone whilst driving in London in each of the last five years. | | (7462) | 438
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homophobic assaults there were in London in each year since 1997. | | (7464) | 439
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects all families who have applied for indefinite leave to remain under the one-off exercise to allow families who have been in the UK for at least three years to stay to be informed of the decision. | | (7469) | 440
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time was to an emergency call to the police in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (7472) | 441
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was recovered in criminal assets by the Metropolitan Police in each year since 1997; and how much was distributed to the Metropolitan Police from criminal assets recovered in each year. | | (7476) | 442
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records are kept in relation to the presence in UK territory, airspace or airports, for transit or for longer temporary periods, of prisoners detained by states other than the UK. | | (7903) | 443
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of current prisoners are repeat offenders. | | (7895) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 444
N | Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on progress with planning for the Visitor Reception Building and its likely impact on Westminster Hall. | | (7499) | 445
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when XML feeds of the Parliamentary website for information, including the Official Report and Early Day Motions, will be made available; and if he will make a statement. | | (7533) | 446
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported amongst House staff in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7867) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 447
| 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 may play in combating malarial infection. | | (7732) | 448
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's policy is on charging user fees for healthcare in developing countries. | | (7674) | 449
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he expects user fees for healthcare in developing countries to be addressed at the G8 Summit. | | (7675) | 450
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the World Bank on charging user fees for healthcare in developing countries. | | (7676) | 451
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the potential danger from asbestos and other materials in the rubble of settlement buildings cleared by Israel in connection with the Gaza disengagement plan; and what sources have offered funding to tackle the problem. | | (7480) | 452
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK is due to pay into the Global Environment Facility in 2005; how much has been contributed to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (7417) | 453
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the UK's recruitment of medical staff from the developing world. | | (7896) | 454
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of progress towards access to education for women in Africa. | | (6985) | 455
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of progress towards access to reproductive education for women in third world countries. | | (6986) | 456
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7866) | 457
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government on waiving the customs duty on all imports deemed to be contributing to the humanitarian aid effort. | | (7730) | 458
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to assist non-governmental organisations, with particular reference to Oxfam, who have been charged customs duties to import four-wheel drive vehicles, necessary to carry supplies to victims of the December tsunami. | | (7731) | 459
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on Latin America's progress towards reaching the millennium development goals by 2015; and if he will make a statement. | | (7364) | 460
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Sri Lanka regarding its decision to impose customs duty on vehicles brought into the country to assist tsunami aid work; and if he will make a statement. | | (7365) | 461
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Civil Society Challenge Fund. | | (7367) | 462
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions his Department has had with the US administration regarding political instability in Colombia. | | (7368) | 463
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made in working with the (a) Inter-American Development Bank and (b) World Bank to improve the access of poor and excluded people in Latin America to (i) local and national markets and (ii) international trade. | | (7369) | 464
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral expenditure has been in each year since 1997 in (i) each country in Latin America and (ii) Latin America; and if he will make a statement. | | (7370) | Questions to the Leader of the House 465
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Leader of the House, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Office in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7868) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 466
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that the police station in Castle Rock is retained. | | (7537) | 467
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated annual running costs are of the recently acquired helicopter for use by the police in Northern Ireland. | | (7538) | 468
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of homes in Northern Ireland which are not fitted with a working smoke alarm; and what steps are being taken to increase the numbers of homes with working smoke alarms. | | (7539) | 469
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have (a) died and (b) suffered injury as a result of house fires where there was a non-working smoke alarm in each of the last five years. | | (7540) | 470
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on the erection of bus shelters in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997; and how much has been spent on (a) repairing and (b) replacing such shelters in each year since 2000. | | (7628) | 471
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce free fares on public transport for everyone aged 60 years and over. | | (7629) | 472
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many speed cameras there are in the North Belfast area; and how much money has been raised in fines from each of them since their installation. | | (7630) | 473
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the impact on Northern Ireland of the London bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (7631) | 474
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people (a) below the age of 18 and (b) over the age of 60 years have been living in fuel-poor households in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (7632) | 475
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what resources have been made available to support sign language in Northern Ireland in each year since 2001. | | (7633) | 476
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on the use of sign language in schools in Northern Ireland. | | (7634) | 477
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what resources have been allocated to help schools and colleges in Northern Ireland employ tutors in the use of sign language. | | (7822) | 478
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been removed from the electoral register in error in each year since 2001; and what investigation took place in each case. | | (7823) | 479
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) nursing homes and (b) residential homes in Northern Ireland charge top-up fees; and what the average top-up fees are in each case. | | (7824) | 480
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to tackle the illegal use of quads and scrambler bikes in Northern Ireland. | | (7825) | 481
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce legislation to give the Police Service of Northern Ireland power of seizure in the case of illegal use of scramblers and quads in Northern Ireland. | | (7826) | 482
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civilians are employed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and in what categories of employment. | | (7827) | 483
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has for the outsourcing of cleaning services in police stations in Northern Ireland. | | (7828) | 484
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many schools in the Belfast Education and Library Board area have had more than five temporary classrooms in each year since 2001. | | (7829) | 485
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many speed cameras have been in place in Northern Ireland in each year since 2001. | | (7830) | 486
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been raised through fines imposed as a result of speeding detected by speed cameras in Northern Ireland in each year since 2001. | | (7831) | 487
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of collecting household rubbish per household in Northern Ireland has been in each year since 1997. | | (7832) | 488
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland are in receipt of pension credit; and what the average amount of pension credit is. | | (7833) | 489
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people appointed to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission have declared their membership of (a) the Communist Party, (b) the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, (c) the Social Democratic and Labour Party, (d) the Ulster Unionist Party, (e) the Democratic Unionist Party, (f) the Alliance Party and (g) Sinn Fein. | | (7834) | 490
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average amount spent by each household in Northern Ireland on electricity was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7835) | 491
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to assist pupils suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in (a) schools and (b) colleges in Northern Ireland. | | (7836) | 492
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have participated in adult education courses in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (7837) | 493
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total funding out of public sources for adult education in Northern Ireland has been in each year since 1997. | | (7838) | 494
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adults in Northern Ireland have been classified as illiterate in each year since 1997. | | (7839) | 495
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many students there have been in colleges of further education in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (7840) | 496
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils resident in the Belfast Education and Library Board area have attended schools outside that area in each year since 2001. | | (7841) | 497
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths attributable to fuel poverty in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (7635) | 498
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been allocated to (a) Business Start Up, (b) Promoting Entrepreneurs and (c) Enterprise Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (7662) | 499
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7869) | 500
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are engaged within the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in combating the counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products; and what plans he has to increase these numbers. | | (7147) | 501
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total expense incurred in policing the (a) 2005 and (b) 2004 Tour of the North Orange march in Belfast was. | | (7148) | 502
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to implement in Northern Ireland those provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relating to non-jury trials; and if he will make a statement. | | (7149) | 503
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable is in possession of a legal opinion relating to the status of 11-1 application forms submitted by Orange Lodges to the Parades Commission with more than one signature in the required box. | | (7192) | 504
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce free rail and bus travel for those with a disability in Northern Ireland; and what discussions he has had with Translink about this matter. | | (7389) | 505
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of women in Northern Ireland are entitled in their own right to a full basic state pension; what measures are being taken to increase this percentage; and if he will make a statement. | | (7390) | 506
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the reasons are for the differences between the figures for Northern Ireland Departmental Administration Costs Limits for 2005-06 published as Table 4 of his Priorities and Budget document 2005 to 2008 and the figures for departmental net administration costs for the same year published in the Northern Ireland Estimates 2005-06. | | (6984) | 507
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the criteria used to determine children's eligibility for free school transport. | | (7670) | 508
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason the draft Local Election (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2005, tabled on 9th June was withdrawn on 16th June; what the (a) substantive and (b) other differences between the order withdrawn and the new one tabled on 16th June were; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (6930) | Questions to the Prime Minister 509
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June ref 3343, what timescale he would expect to be followed for the appointment of the Prime Minister. | | (7388) | 510
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Prime Minister, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Office in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7870) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 511
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7871) | Questions to the Solicitor General 512
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for domestic violence in the jurisdiction of the Teesside combined courts have (a) come to court and (b) resulted in conviction in the last 12 months. | | (7685) | 513
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for rape and sexual offences have (a) been brought to court and (b) resulted in conviction in the jurisdiction of the Teesside combined courts in the last 12 months. | | (7686) | 514
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in the Law Offices in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7876) | 515
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 805W, on advice to Cabinet, on what basis it was disclosed that the Attorney General made an oral presentation to the Cabinet of his advice on the legality of the war in Iraq. | | (7594) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 516
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what commercial services UK Trade and Investment provides to companies in relation to identifying potential agents in export markets. | | (7909) | 517
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer given on 13th June, Official Report, column 68W, on agents, on how many occasions in the previous year UK Trade and Investment provided information to companies about potential agents; if he will list (a) the companies to which information was given and (b) the countries about which the information was given. | | (7924) | 518
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the requests he has received regarding launch investment for the development of the Airbus A350; what assessment he has made of the implications of this project for the UK economy; and if he will make a statement. | | (7297) | 519
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent by Advantage West Midlands in each relevant (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area since 1997. | | (7619) | 520
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been provided by Advantage West Midlands for each regeneration zone in the West Midlands in each year since they were established. | | (7620) | 521
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the projects submitted by the Rover Task Force to (a) Advantage West Midlands and (b) the Government Office of the West Midlands for possible funding; and how much has been requested to support each project. | | (7621) | 522
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on performance in delivery of mail in North London; and if he will make a statement. | | (7806) | 523
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7872) | 524
| Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the percentage of households in Worcester that (a) own a home computer, (b) have access to the internet via a normal telephone line and (c) have access to the internet via broadband. | | (7906) | 525
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the timetable is for the EU sectoral enquiry into European gas and electricity markets. | | (7558) | 526
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he expects the UK to be included in the EU sectoral inquiry into gas and electricity markets. | | (7573) | 527
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to deal with monopsonies and oligopsonies with particular reference to (a) supermarkets, (b) disintermediation and (c) small shops. | | (7727) | 528
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many days' supply of (a) long range, (b) medium range and (c) short range strategic gas reserves there is; and how this figure is calculated. | | (7898) | 529
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the minimum (a) long range, (b) medium range and (c) short range strategic gas reserves available during (i) February and (ii) March were, expressed as (A) a percentage of total potential storage of that type and (B) the number of days' supply at peak demand. | | (7899) | 530
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many health-related claims for compensation from surface workers in the coal industry have been refused. | | (7623) | 531
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims relating to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in coal miners have been refused where the claimant worked more than five years underground. | | (7627) | 532
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on adopting a service to restrict delivery of harmful or unwanted overseas correspondence; and what representations he has received on this matter. | | (7908) | 533
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much unwanted correspondence was withheld from delivery as a result of the co-operation of Royal Mail Holdings plc with the Mail Preference Service (MPS) in the last period for which figures are available; and from how many users of the MPS. | | (7926) | 534
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many users have been registered with the Mail Preference Service in each of the last 10 years. | | (7927) | 535
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers are available to limit the delivery of unwanted or harmful mail sent from (a) within the UK and (b) overseas. | | (7928) | 536
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance the Government has given local authority trading standards departments regarding enforcement of the Weights and Measures Directive. | | (7509) | 537
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many fires have occurred on former colliery spoil heaps since 1980, broken down by (a) former National Coal Board and (b) private tips. | | (7287) | 538
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who is responsible for monitoring the condition of (a) former National Coal Board and (b) private colliery spoil heap. | | (7288) | 539
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the regional economy of the North West following the redundancies announced by Lappett Manufacturing Company Ltd; and what assistance the Government will provide to those who have lost their jobs. | | (7723) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 540
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from the Sustainable Development Commission regarding the sustainability of the Government's aviation policies; and if he will make a statement. | | (7394) | 541
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidelines for the ports industry on preparing proposals to increase port capacity. | | (6896) | 542
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will establish a sequential test for ports planning which takes into account (a) environmental sustainability, (b) regeneration and (c) the impact on the local economy of port development. | | (6897) | 543
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to integrate port development into a sustainable transport strategy for the UK. | | (6898) | 544
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of how much additional port capacity will be required in the UK over the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 years. | | (6899) | 545
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of comparative (a) environmental impact and (b) impact on productivity of port expansion proposals. | | (6900) | 546
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the percentage of container traffic which entered the UK through (a) Harwich, (b) Felixstowe and (c) London which had final destinations north of the M62 and which was transported to those destinations by train. | | (7694) | 547
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the tonnage of container traffic which entered the UK through (a) Harwich, (b) Felixstowe and (c) London which went to destinations north of the M62 by lorry. | | (7695) | 548
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what method his Department uses for calculating congestion. | | (7530) | 549
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what definition of congestion his Department uses. | | (7531) | 550
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received following the recent publication of the report from the Association of Train Operating Companies advocating rail peak pricing; and if he will make a statement. | | (7883) | 551
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to introduce further rail peak pricing. | | (7977) | 552
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce his response to the public inquiry into the second Tyne Tunnel crossing. | | (7419) | 553
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research has been conducted in the last five years into the safety of re-surfaced roads in all weather conditions; and what the key findings were. | | (7568) | 554
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7873) | 555
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish the M40/A40 route management strategy. | | (7040) | 556
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timetable is for publishing accessibility regulations for taxis under Part 5 of the Disabilities Discrimination Act 1995; and if he will make a statement. | | (7559) | 557
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the environmental impact of increasing capacity for air travel. | | (7729) | 558
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the new platforms at Moor Street Station are not being used; and when they will brought into use. | | (7736) | 559
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Strategic Rail Authority on the review of off-peak train services. | | (7296) | 560
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assistance the Government provides to regional airports to establish scheduled services. | | (7358) | 561
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of commuters using London Paddington to Swansea train services since rail privatisation who travel during peak hours. | | (7753) | 562
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce road accidents on the A49 between Ludlow and Shrewsbury. | | (7925) | 563
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects a direct rail link between Thirsk and London to be established; and if he will make a statement. | | (7726) | 564
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on (a) capital projects, (b) maintenance and (c) improvement schemes on (i) motorways and (ii) trunk roads in (A) West Sussex, (B) Kent, (C) Durham, (D) East Riding of Yorkshire and (E) each English county in each of the last eight years. | | (7968) | 565
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 535W on Railways, how many prosecutions there were for trespassing on railways in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (7969) | 566
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when noise levels between Junction 5 and 7 on the M3 were last monitored; and whether there have been changes in the noise levels over time. | | (6980) | 567
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans are in place to reduce the levels of motorway noise for residents living around junctions 5, 6 and 7 of the M3; and when those measures will be completed. | | (6981) | 568
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how plans to reduce the level of motorway noise will be adjusted to take account of changes in traffic flow resulting from increased levels of house building in the South East. | | (6982) | 569
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the Government's house building targets for the South East on (a) traffic flows and (b) consequent noise levels on the M3 between junctions 5 and 7. | | (6983) | 570
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the outcome of the noise hotspots assessment was for the (a) A38 Shobnall Road, (b) A38 Wyggeston, (c) M6 Western Downs, (d) A38 Branston and Ashmole - Branston B - Near A38 Junction and (e) A38 Branston and Ashmole - Branston A - Lichfield Road. | | (7684) | 571
N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding of the new section of the A39 at Camelford; and if he will make a statement. | | (7921) | 572
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Crossrail is exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (7490) | 573
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria were used to decide that the Romford Crossrail Depot Option required a dive-under. | | (7491) | 574
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account has been taken of the likely effects on the (a) incremental net present value and (b) cost benefit ratio of the Crossrail plan if the planned additional trains services from Stansted and Hertford East stations do not proceed. | | (7495) | 575
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the Eurostar Depot at North Pole could accommodate the Crossrail fleet. | | (7496) | 576
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the Westlands Playing Field and adjacent land is returned to its original use when it is no longer required for the Crossrail worksite. | | (7497) | 577
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects the Crossrail maintenance depot in Romford to operate 24 hours a day. | | (7498) | 578
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission a feasibility study into the provision of a new parkway rail station for Canvey Island linking into the Fenchurch Street line at Pitsea. | | (7383) | 579
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what train lines the Government is planning to introduce double-deck trains. | | (7797) | 580
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the existing UK rail network can accommodate double-deck trains. | | (7798) | 581
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of (a) introducing double-deck trains and (b) lengthening platforms and adding extra carriages to trains. | | (7799) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 582
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7875) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 583
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a woman who works for a short time during a year when she is otherwise engaged in fulll-time child care is eligible for continued Home Responsibilities Protection. | | (7331) | 584
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time is for processing new applications for income support; and what the figure is for applications received by the Department's Illford office. | | (7378) | 585
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claimants aged (a) 20 to 29, (b) 30 to 39, (c) 40 to 49 and (d) 50 to 59 years were awarded incapacity benefit in (i) each standard English region, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland in each of the last five years; and what percentage this represented of the population in each age group in each year. | | (7412) | 586
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of council tax benefit that was unclaimed by pensioners in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (7420) | 587
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of providing financial assistance to companies that incur additional insurance costs because they employ disabled people. | | (7518) | 588
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the numbers of disabled people (a) refused employment and (b) dismissed because employers claim that insurance costs are prohibitive. | | (7519) | 589
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of risk assessments undertaken by insurance companies that increase insurance premiums when disabled people are employed. | | (7520) | 590
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures his Department is taking to ensure the equality of women's pensions compared to men's pensions. | | (6987) | 591
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Coventry South (a) received state pension, (b) applied for pension credit and (c) received pension credit in each of the last three years; and what the average pension credit payment was in each year. | | (6988) | 592
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (7877) | 593
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received the National Insurance contracted-out rebate; and what the (a) total value of the rebate and (b) the average value per person of the rebate has been in each of the last five years. | | (7038) | 594
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how long on average awards of (a) disability living allowance and (b) attendance allowance under the special rules for terminal illness lasted in the last year for which figures are available from the date of award to the claimant's death or the termination of the claim. | | (7917) | 595
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration of special rules awards for cancer patients was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (7918) | 596
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the duration of (a) disability living allowance and (b) attendance allowance special rules awards were for each of the last five years, from the date of award to the claimant's death or end of claim; and for how many claimants awards lasted up to (i) one month, (ii) one to two months, (iii) two to three months, (iv) three to four months, (v) four to five months, (vi) five to six months, (vii) six to seven months, (viii) seven to eight months, (i) eight to nine months, (ix) nine to 10 months, (x) 10 to 11 months, (xi) 11 to 12 months and (xii) more than 12 months. | | (7919) | 597
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the duration of (a) disability living allowance and (b) attendance allowance special rules awards made to cancer patients were in each of the last five years, from the date of award to the claimant's death or end of claim; and for how many claimants awards lasted up to (i) one month, (ii) one to two months, (iii) two to three months, (iv) three to four months, (v) four to five months, (vi) five to six months, (vii) six to seven months, (viii) seven to eight months, (ix) eight to nine months, (x) nine to 10 months, (xi) 10 to 11 months, (xii) 11 to 12 months and (xiii) more than 12 months. | | (7920) | 598
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of the maternity grant was for each year between 1995 and 2002. | | (7501) | 599
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many SureStart Maternity grants have been paid to mothers in each age cohort from 12 to 19 in each year since 2000-01; and how many mothers received such a grant in respect of a second or subsequent child in each case. | | (7502) | 600
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of closure of the medical examination centre in Bolton on the residents of Bolton South East constituency. | | (7564) | 601
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what saving will be obtained by closure of the Bolton Medical Examination Centre. | | (7565) | 602
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many redundancies will arise from the closure of the Bolton Medical Examination Centre. | | (7566) | 603
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where those living in the Bolton South East constituency will be sent by his Department for medical examinations following the closure of the Bolton Medical Examination Centre. | | (7567) | 604
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the decison was made to close the Medical Examination Centre in Bolton. | | (7569) | 605
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals were consulted about the decision to close the Medical Examination Centre in Bolton. | | (7570) | 606
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from the Bolton South East parliamentary constituency have been examined at the Bolton Medical Examination Centre in each year since 1997; and how many were examined elsewhere in each year. | | (7571) | 607
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 264W, on pensions, if he will list those representatives of the pensions industry with whom the issue of contracting-out was discussed. | | (7572) | 608
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for disability living allowance were (a) made and (b) rejected in each year since 2001, broken down by nation and region. | | (7014) | 609
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged over 50 years claimed job seeker's allowance in financial years (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04 and (d) 2004-05; how many of these (i) were eligible for New Deal 50 Plus and (ii) participated in New Deal 50 Plus; and what percentage of claimants (A) remained on job seeker's allowance (B) found work (C) moved onto income support and (D) moved onto incapacity benefit in each case. | | (7894) | 610
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on planned changes (a) to increase the minimum financial holdings contained within pension reserves and (b) to prohibit inappropriate use of pension funds. | | (7637) | 611
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the applicability of the Pensions Protection Fund to Dexion pensions holders. | | (7638) | 612
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on plans to modify the cap on support for individuals in collapsed pensions schemes. | | (7639) | 613
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the taxable status of compensatory pensions for Dexion pension holders. | | (7640) | 614
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many company pensions have failed in each year since 1997; how many pension holders were affected; what the nominal pension reserve was in each case; whether withdrawals had been made from each pension fund at the time of the collapse of the business; how much and what proportion of the pension fund remained in each such case; and if he will make a statement. | | (7641) | 615
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on planned state support for the Dexion pension holders. | | (7642) | 616
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension funds have collapsed since 1997. | | (7643) | 617
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the timeframe for action by his Department on support for Dexion pensions holders. | | (7645) | 618
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of business pensions which are at risk because of off-balance sheet budgeting by companies; and if he will make a statement. | | (7646) | 619
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former Dexion (a) workers and (b) retired workers he estimates are principally reliant on state pensions. | | (7721) | 620
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the backdating of compensatory Government payments for Dexion pension holders. | | (7722) | 621
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to uprate pension credit in proportion to average earnings for the length of this Parliament. | | (7532) | 622
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the level of economic inactivity. | | (7552) | 623
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to reform council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (7507) | 624
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made use of Access to Work in each of the past five years. | | (7326) | 625
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Access to Work scheme has been in each of the last five years. | | (7327) | 626
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Department has spent advertising Access to Work in each of the last five years. | | (7328) | 627
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are estimated to be living below the poverty line in each London borough. | | (7467) | 628
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria have been used in deciding the programme of closures of medical examination centres. | | (7515) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 629
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the implementation of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Rights Act 2001 in (a) hospitals and (b) primary care centres in respect of deaf people and people suffering from hearing impairment. | | [Transferred] (7377) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 630
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) timetable for the establishment, (b) remit and (c) membership will be of the proposed Rural Housing Commission. | | [Transferred] (7397) | 631
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to include kilns on the Energy Technology List of the Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (7395) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 632
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the UK Government policy on the US Administration's intention to base weapons in space. | | [Transferred] (7816) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 633
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to local councils of the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | [Transferred] (7508) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 634
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether transitional relief in the council tax revaluation in Wales was subsidised by central government. | | [Transferred] (7437) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 635
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of job vacancies that remained unfilled because of skills shortages in each year between 2001-02 and 2003-04. | | [Transferred] (7391) |
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