|
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 29 June 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 29 June 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 29 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 29 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 29 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding allegations of fraud by insurance companies using the insurance premium tax. | | (7964) | 2
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths have been recorded where (a) clostridium difficile associated disease, (b) MRSA, (c) vancomycin resistant enterococci, (d) multi-resistant acinetobacter spp and (e) penicillin resistant streptococcus pneumoniae was mentioned on the death certificate in each year since 2001; and in how many cases it was also the underlying cause of death. | | (8229) | 3
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many carers were recorded by the 2001 Census, broken down by (a) under 18 years, (b) 18 to 64 years, (c) 65 to 74 years, (d) 75 years and over and (e) age not known in each London borough. | | (8429) | 4
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the suspension of debt servicing agreed by the G7 for the 18 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) who have reached their HIPC Initiative Completion Points (a) has been implemented and (b) is subject to ratification by international financial institutions. | | (8593) | 5
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total value of the G7 debt relief initiative in 2005 for the 18 countries qualifying. | | (8643) | 6
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that funds from G8 aid budgets should not be used as part of debt relief arrangements. | | (8644) | 7
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria will be used to determine levels of good governance allowing the implementation of debt relief in developing countries. | | (8645) | 8
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further progress he expects to be made on aid and debt relief for developing countries at the G8 Gleneagles summit. | | (8646) | 9
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce the level of conditionality within the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. | | (8647) | 10
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the status of the HM Revenue and Customs office in Haverfordwest; and if he will make a statement on what changes he expects to make to the numbers of jobs in the office. | | (8191) | 11
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reorganise local offices following the merger of HM Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the expected change in numbers employed. | | (8192) | 12
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net change in the numbers of jobs in HM Revenue and Customs in Wales will be following reorganisation of local offices. | | (8193) | 13
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will revise the operation of tax credits complaints procedures so that individual case officers within HM Revenue and Customs are assigned to each case. | | (8184) | 14
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to HM Revenue and Customs of processing appeals and complaints regarding the tax credits system was in 2004-05. | | (8185) | 15
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data the Office for National Statistics (a) collects and (b) publishes on the anti-social behaviour of (i) children and (ii) adults at a (A) ward and (B) neighbourhood level. | | (8371) | 16
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of tax credit overpayment was in the 2003-04 financial year in Peterborough constituency. | | (8444) | 17
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission research into the effects of making tax credit awards for fixed periods; and if he will make a statement. | | (8563) | 18
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many compensation payments have been made by HM Revenue and Customs for tax credit problems in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05 and (d) 2005-06 to date; what the total value is of such payments for each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (8564) | 19
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the total cost of administering tax credits in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (8565) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in HM Revenue and Customs to handle (a) tax credit complaints, (b) telephone calls about tax credits and (c) compensation for HM Revenue and Custom's errors relating to tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (8566) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the number of tax credit (a) overpayments and (b) underpayments in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (8567) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates in 2005 new instructions on tax credit (a) overpayments and (b) administration were given to HM Revenue and Customs; what the changes were in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (8568) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the total amount of tax credits overpaid in 2003-04 has so far been recovered; and if he will make a statement. | | (8569) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit payments have been made to the wrong bank account; and if he will make a statement. | | (8570) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in the administration of tax credits for each quarter from 2003 Q1 to 2005 Q2; and if he will make a statement. | | (8571) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit awards were made in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05 to households with incomes of (i) £40,000 per annum and (ii) £50,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement. | | (8572) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit overpayments were not clawed back in 2003-04 due to the operation of the £2,500 disregard; and if he will make a statement. | | (8573) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls were made each month to the (a) tax credits helpline and (b) honourable Members' tax credit helpline from January 2003 to June 2005; how many of these calls were not answered; and if he will make a statement. | | (8574) | 29
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the average waiting time to get through on the public tax credit helpline for each month since January 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (8575) | 30
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the proportion of overpaid tax credits for 2003-04 which so far have been written off; and if he will make a statement. | | (8576) | 31
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of tax credit appeals against overpayment have been upheld to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (8577) | 32
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date the redesigned tax credit award notices will be available for (a) publication and (b) consultation; and if he will make a statement. | | (8578) | 33
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of tax credit overpayments in 2003-04 that were caused by HM Revenue and Customs error; and if he will make a statement. | | (8579) | 34
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overpayments of tax credits during 2003-04 were recovered before the end of the financial year. | | (8580) | 35
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action his Department is taking to allow people to appeal against tax credit overpayments which were recovered prior to June; and if he will make a statement. | | (8581) | 36
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals against overpaid tax credits have been received by HM Revenue and Customs for each quarter since 2003 Q1; and if he will make a statement. | | (8582) | 37
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on progress in resolving computer problems relating to tax credit payments. | | (8583) | 38
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the total cost of the £2,500 disregard for increases in annual income for tax credit entitlement for 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | | (8584) | 39
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit interim payments were sent out in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 to date; what their total value was in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (8585) | 40
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce an independent right of appeal in relation to tax credit overpayment recovery; and if he will make a statement. | | (8586) | 41
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters have been received by (a) his Department and (b) the Inland Revenue from honourable Members on tax credits for each month since January 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (8587) | 42
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of tax credit payments have had an error of some kind, in each year from 2003-04 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (8592) | 43
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit award notices were sent out in total in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (8597) | 44
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit have been more expensive to administer than the working families tax credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (8598) | 45
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he received from the (a) Inland Revenue and (b) external IT suppliers about the timescale for the introduction of the new tax credits prior to April 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (8599) | 46
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Executive and (b) the management of Caledonian MacBrayne on offshore crewing; what assessment he has made of the effect of offshore crewing on (i) national insurance revenues paid by Caledonian MacBrayne and (ii) rights and entitlements for crew arising from changes in their National Insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement. | | (8525) | 47
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Government of Jersey on the introduction of a zero-ten tax rate; and if he will make a statement. | | (8216) | 48
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the VAT gap was in each year since 1997. | | (8225) | 49
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) use a model similar to that used by the US Inland Revenue Service to estimate the tax gap in the UK and (b) regularly publish the results of the estimate. | | (8226) | 50
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax incentives are available to businesses locating and operating in the UK. | | (8231) | 51
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals from (a) KPMG, (b) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (c) Deloitte, (d) Ernst and Young, (e) Grant Thornton and (f) BDO Stoy Hayward are seconded to his Department; what their roles are; and what the cost to his Department is of each such secondment. | | (8232) | 52
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with how many countries the UK has a double taxation agreement or treaty. | | (8426) | 53
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the level of taxation on the economy. | | (8518) | 54
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid in tax credits since 2003, broken down by (a) London borough and (b) local authority in Essex. | | (8526) | 55
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to stop overpayments of tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (8528) | 56
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the mis-selling of shared appreciation mortgages; and if he will make a statement. | | (8381) | 57
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average (a) unsecured debt per person and (b) annual income in London has been in each year since 1997. | | (8199) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 58
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of solicitors' training arrangements. | | (8329) | 59
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received on the Law Society's Training Framework Review. | | (8335) | 60
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for legal services of trainee solicitors being (a) graduates, (b) law graduates and (c) beneficiaries of regulated vocational training. | | (8357) | 61
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make representations to the Law Society to increase the openness of training arrangements for solicitors to all parts of society. | | (8358) | 62
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the level of legal aid on high street solicitors' firms. | | (8368) | 63
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial implications of the Law Society's proposals for solicitors' training for (a) legal aid, (b) legal services and (c) the legal profession. | | (8369) | 64
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make representations to the Law Society on the implications for legal services of its Training Framework Review. | | [R] (8370) | 65
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what reforms her Department proposes to introduce in relation to solicitors' training. | | [R] (8373) | 66
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on turnout of postal voting on demand. | | (8412) | 67
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to inform (a) other departments and (b) agencies of the position of honourable Members representing their constituencies in terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. | | (8509) | 68
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will commission research to assess the ability of juries to understand complex trials. | | (8519) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 69
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to promote women's football in England. | | (8378) | 70
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on missing and damaged Iraqi artefacts; when she expects the Baghdad Museum to be fully open; and if she will make a statement. | | (8641) | 71
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the Gambling Commission (a) to issue new casino licences and (b) to publish the Codes of Conduct which will be a condition of the new licences. | | (8218) | 72
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when applications for a casino licence under the Gaming Act 1968 will cease to be considered. | | (8219) | 73
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance will be issued to local authorities to ensure a consistent approach to the issuing of casino licences once the Gambling Act 2005 becomes fully operational. | | (8220) | 74
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Advisory Panel recommendations on location of casinos will relate to (a) local authority areas and (b) specific sites within a local authority. | | (8221) | 75
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether regenerative benefits will be the only consideration in the granting of a regional casino licence. | | (8222) | 76
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria the Advisory Panel will use to make recommendations on the location of new (a) small, (b) large and (c) regional casinos. | | (8223) | 77
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there will be a right of appeal against (a) the Advisory Panel's recommendation and (b) the Secretary of State's decision on the location of new (a) small, (b) large and (c) regional casinos. | | (8224) | 78
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many swimming pools there have been in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (8209) | 79
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the case for chess to be recognised as a sport; and if she will make a statement. | | (8366) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 80
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 23rd June, Official Report, columns 1141-42W, on aircraft carriers, what the reasons are for the different in-service dates for the Joint Combat Aircraft to which he refers; and if he will make a statement. | | (8613) | 81
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how individuals can obtain details of citations accompanying medals awarded to deceased relatives. | | (8627) | 82
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th January, Question Ref 4353, whether the Labour Party's 2005 manifesto commitment to retain the United Kingdom's independent deterrent refers to (a) the principle of continuing to possess a deterrent for the foreseeable future and (b) the retention of the current Trident fleet until the end of its life. | | (7290) | 83
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the most recent continuous attitude surveys for each of the services will be completed; and if he will place copies in the Library. | | (8617) | 84
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what completed procurement projects since 1997 have had an approved cost at main gate or equivalent approval exceeding £250 million; and in each case what the (a) approved cost, (b) actual final cost, (c) approved in-service date at main gate or equivalent approval and (d) actual in-service date were. | | (8618) | 85
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the exit surveys for the (a) Naval Service and (b) Royal Air Force since 1997. | | (8619) | 86
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the top four reasons provided in exit surveys in the (a) Naval Service and (b) Royal Air Force for personnel leaving were; and what proportion of responses these answers represented in each year since 1997. | | (8620) | 87
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists are serving in Iraq; and what proportion had been previously mobilised for service (a) overseas and (b) in Iraq since May 2002. | | (8621) | 88
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to send additional troops to Kosovo in 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (8365) | 89
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the Royal Navy's two aircraft carriers are built in the UK. | | (8626) | 90
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the French government in connection with the Royal Navy's two aircraft carriers. | | (8628) | 91
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the Royal Navy's two aircraft carriers will be built. | | (8629) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 92
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost to business and industry of a change to building regulations requiring seven-foot doors. | | (8367) | 93
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received on progress with the review of the disabled facilities grant. | | (7958) | 94
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made towards targets for broadband access in East Sussex. | | (7965) | 95
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many councils voted against transferring their stock to a registered social landlord; and how much funding in the Housing Revenue Account subsidy was reallocated to other areas as a result. | | (8292) | 96
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many refuge places for victims of domestic violence there are in England; how many (a) women, (b) children and (c) men stayed in them in the last year for which figures are available; and how much central Government funding was made available to such refuges in that year. | | (8410) | 97
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate the number of homeless people in Hornsey and Wood Green in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (8402) | 98
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his timetable is for publication of household projections for the South East. | | (8614) | 99
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which telephone answering services for which his Department is responsible are (a) staffed by employees of the Department, (b) serviced by call centres in the UK and (c) serviced by overseas call centres. | | (8198) | 100
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Department's policy is on the private use of (a) official telephones and (b) the internet; and how such use is monitored. | | (8203) | 101
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the level of cash reserves is in each London borough. | | (8210) | 102
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many compulsory purchase orders have been carried out in each local authority in London in each of the last five years. | | (8212) | 103
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the running costs were of the Standards Board for England in each of the last five years. | | (8296) | 104
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cases were reported to the Standards Board for England in each of the last five years; and in how many cases standards were found to have been breached. | | (8297) | 105
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average cost of an investigation by the Standards Board for England was in 2004-05. | | (8303) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 106
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase the supply of educational psychologists. | | (7853) | 107
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress she is making in her consultation on the role of educational psychologists. | | (7854) | 108
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there were for educational psychologists in England in (a) April 2004 and (b) April 2005. | | (7963) | 109
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects the School Meal Review Panel to consider the nutritional standards that apply to school breakfasts. | | (8230) | 110
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of looked-after children aged under two years in each London borough experienced three or more changes of accommodation in each of the last five years. | | (8237) | 111
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the Teaching and Learning Responsibility Payments Scheme. | | (8543) | 112
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Teaching and Learning Responsibility Scheme increases the pay of teachers with managerial responsibilities. | | (8544) | 113
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how her Department ensures that teachers who undertake managerial responsibilities are appropriately remunerated. | | (8545) | 114
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) 2003-04 budget and (b) 2003-04 expenditure was for prison education; and if she will make a statement. | | (8234) | 115
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements her Department has made to give professional training on issues facing gay and lesbian pupils to those delivering the programme for improving pupil behaviour. | | (8247) | 116
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time teachers there were in each of the last five years in each London borough; and if she will make a statement. | | (8403) | 117
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what data on anti-social behaviour is collected by her Department relating to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) colleges of further and higher education. | | (8359) | 118
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 370W, on student numbers, what plans her Department has to produce projections of student numbers for subjects identified as significant for the competitiveness of the UK economy. | | (8183) | 119
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources her Department has given to schools for educating children about the effects of alcohol for the 2004-05 academic year. | | (8206) | 120
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have been assaulted by (a) pupils and (b) parents in (i) each London borough and (ii) London in each of the last five years. | | (8299) | 121
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupil exclusions there were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (8300) | 122
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding is estimated as necessary for buildings maintenance in 2005-06 in (a) each school in Brent and (b) in each London borough. | | (8306) | 123
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils truanted in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (8334) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 124
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of rat infestation of sewers in each London borough. | | (8238) | 125
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what forecasts were made of the number of times the Thames Barrier would be closed in each year since its inception. | | (8427) | 126
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to protect (a) whales, (b) dolphins and (c) porpoises in coastal waters. | | (8640) | 127
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the (a) EU Council and (b) EU member states for increased levels of protection for cetaceans; and if she will make a statement. | | (8642) | 128
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether compensation payments to sugar beet growers will be paid at the same rate as to other EU growers; and whether the proposed mechanism for payment includes mandatory decoupling. | | (8363) | 129
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Leyton and Wanstead of 21st June, Official Report, column 887W, on nuclear waste, what the location is of the radioactive waste in Portsmouth; how much material is stored; how long it has been stored in this location; from where the material originated; who is responsible for the security of the site; and if she will make a statement. | | (8630) | 130
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the grant scheme available for parish councils to conduct consultation about parish plans extends to village residents associations in areas where there is no parish council. | | (8625) | 131
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many smog warnings have been issued in London in each year since 1979. | | (8207) | 132
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much leakage from the mains water supply in London there has been in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (8211) | 133
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest estimate is of the cost of building an interceptor tunnel for the River Thames. | | (8213) | 134
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, columns 1119-1121W, on the River Thames (pollution), when she expects the report by her officials and the Thames Tideway Strategic Study Steering Group to be completed. | | (8236) | 135
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recycling points there are in each London borough per 1,000 population. | | (8313) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 136
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ability of UK embassies and consulates to provide assistance to British citizens stranded overseas in the event of a major airline failure. | | (8339) | 137
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what system is in place to check the end-use control of items of military assistance that have been gifted to Nepal as non-lethal. | | (8632) | 138
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Turkey concerning numbers and types of equipment of the Turkish Army in northern Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (8274) | 139
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will review his Department's advice to UK nationals considering purchasing property in occupied Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (8275) | 140
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the UK, France and Germany to re-start negotiations with Iran on its use of nuclear technology. | | (8416) | 141
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the robustness of the electoral system in Iran following the recent presidential elections; and what discussions he has had with (a) the opposition in Iran and (b) the Iranian opposition in the UK on the implications of the election. | | (8417) | 142
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations on the case of Altayib Ali Ahmed sentenced to death in Khartoum. | | (8418) | 143
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government intends to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention Against Trafficking. | | (8560) | 144
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the Tibetan autonomy movement; and if he will make a statement. | | (8400) | 145
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the effectiveness of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention will next be reviewed. | | (8401) | 146
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects for free and fair elections in Uganda, with particular reference to (a) the 1997 Movement Act, (b) the President's appointed Electoral Commission, (c) the state-funded Movement Secretariat, (d) funding for the opposition; and if he will make a statement. | | (8610) | 147
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Ugandan authorities regarding the return of (a) Dr Kizza Besigye and (b) Dr Apollo Milton Obote; and if he will make a statement. | | (8623) | 148
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the Ugandan authorities regarding (i) the cost of the June referendum and (ii) the decision by the Forum for Democratic Change to boycott the referendum; and if he will make a statement. | | (8624) | 149
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he proposes to close the British Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar; what net savings he expects; and if he will make a statement. | | (8385) | 150
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the current value of the small grants scheme in Antananarivo is; and whether it will continue after the closure of the British Embassy. | | (8386) | 151
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for continuing to represent British interests in Madagascar after the closure of the British Embassy there; and if he will make a statement. | | (8387) | 152
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requests he has received (a) via the UN and (b) from the President of Kosovo for UK military support to keep order during the final status talks on the future of Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (8374) | 153
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to put pressure on Zimbabwe in relation to human rights. | | (8541) | 154
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on counter -narcotics strategies of the lifting of the by-law in the Cusco region of Peru legalising the growth of coca; and if he will make a statement. | | (8288) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 155
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research the Government has commissioned on the causes and effects of solvent abuse. | | (8332) | 156
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinics in England provide services for the treatment of solvent abuse. | | (8376) | 157
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when and where the Government's strategy on volatile substance abuse will be announced. | | (8377) | 158
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there were for occupational therapists working with (a) children and (b) adults on (i) 1st April 2004 and (ii) 1st April 2005 in (A) Dorset and (B) England; and if she will make a statement on the provision of occupational services in Dorset. | | (8344) | 159
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast financial benefit to the NHS is of the contract with Patientline in the financial year ended March 2005. | | (8561) | 160
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) gonorrhoea, (b) syphilis, (c) chlamydia and (b) thrush have been diagnosed in each primary care trust in London in each of the last five years. | | (8227) | 161
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, to the honourable Member for North Durham, Official Report, columns 629-630W, on Alliance Medical Ltd, what the nature was of the issues raised with Alliance Medical Ltd and the strategic health authority. | | (8235) | 162
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes to primary legislation are required to allow for the merging of the Healthcare and Social Care Commission. | | (8243) | 163
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescription items of orlistat were dispensed in the community in England in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many children received the drug in each of those years. | | (8244) | 164
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of sickness absence for (a) medical staff, (b) non-medical clinical staff and (c) all other staff has been in each (i) primary care trust and (ii) strategic health authority in London in each year since 1997. | | (8245) | 165
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 642W, on the National Service Framework for Older People, if she will set out for each data collection period since collection began the number and frequency of medication reviews for older people (a) in general practitioner surgeries and (b) care homes. | | (8422) | 166
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 642W, on the National Service Framework for Older People, which primary care trusts are taking part in the medicines management collaborative. | | (8423) | 167
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 642W, on the National Service Framework for Older People, how the quality of medicine reviews are measured; and if she will publish the results. | | (8424) | 168
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical device-related adverse incidents in 2004 were reported to have (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 4 causes. | | (8425) | 169
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many carer assessments and reviews made under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 were undertaken in each year since 2000, in each London borough. | | (8428) | 170
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of waiting times for routine MRI scans in (a) Kingston and Surbiton, (b) South West London, (c) London and (d) England. | | (8340) | 171
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for routine MRI scans. | | (8341) | 172
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received on waiting times for routine MRI scans. | | (8342) | 173
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects of delayed MRI scans. | | (8343) | 174
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned into the relationship between domestic violence experienced by children and post traumatic stress disorder. | | (8405) | 175
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts provide psychotherapy support for those affected by domestic violence. | | (8406) | 176
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to encourage the employment of plant inspection assistants (PIAs) for the red meat industry; and when she is expecting to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of PIAs in the white meat industry; and if she will make a statement. | | (8594) | 177
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meat inspectors were in employment in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what the establishment was for each year. | | (8595) | 178
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future of the Meat Hygiene Service, with particular reference to training levels for (a) inspectors and (b) plant inspection assistants. | | (8596) | 179
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing vacancies there were on 31st May, broken down by primary care trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (8233) | 180
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the drug rehabilitation (a) centres and (b) other facilities which are available to residents of Portsmouth. | | (8361) | 181
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to prevent the spread of clostridium difficile in hospitals in England. | | (8399) | 182
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions have taken place between the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group and the Scottish Medicines Consortium on (a) the dissemination of best practice and (b) steps to minimise duplication and improve cost and clinical effectiveness of new medical technologies and treatments. | | (8510) | 183
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will investigate the Pan Birmingham Cancer Network's decision to place a moratorium on the use of a number of newly licensed cancer drugs. | | (8511) | 184
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical devices and (b) pharmaceutical products were submitted for appraisal to the (i) National Institute for Clinical Excellence in (A) 2003 and (B) 2004 and (ii) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in 2005. | | (8512) | 185
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ask the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to look at ways to speed up its appraisal process; and if she will make a statement. | | (8513) | 186
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ask the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to review its criteria for appraising medical devices. | | (8514) | 187
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of NHS Circular 1999/176 in each year of its application; and if she will make a statement. | | (8515) | 188
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were classified as obese in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (8356) | 189
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on general dental practitioners in Milton Keynes over the last three years. | | (8389) | 190
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the cost of running the Milton Keynes dental access centres in the last three years; and how much capital expenditure there was on setting up these centres. | | (8390) | 191
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated (a) by NHS general dental practitioners and (b) at dental access centres in Milton Keynes in each of the last three years. | | (8391) | 192
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff have been killed by residents of in-patient wards in South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust in each of the last 10 years. | | (8633) | 193
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure the safety of staff working in psychiatric hospitals in South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust. | | (8634) | 194
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which categories of staff within the South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust have access to risk assessments of mental health inpatients. | | (8639) | 195
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places have been available for those wanting to become physiotherapists in each of the last four years. | | (8635) | 196
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physiotherapists have been employed by the NHS in each of the last four years. | | (8636) | 197
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in the Hertford and Stortford constituency had live Personal Dental Services contracts by 1st June. | | (8413) | 198
N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to ensure adequate retention to fill senior physiotherapy posts; and if she will make a statement. | | (8139) | 199
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many speech therapists there have been per 100,000 (a) adults and (b) children in each of the last 10 years. | | (8186) | 200
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th May, Official Report, column 633W, on Monsanto's maize, what the effects were on rats fed on Monsanto's GM corn MON 863 in respect of (a) kidney size, (b) blood cell levels and (c) lymphocytes. | | (8600) | 201
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a MRI scan is at each London hospital. | | (8204) | 202
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were admitted to hospital in each London strategic health authority owing to alcohol-related problems in 2004-05. | | (8205) | 203
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children per 100 population diagnosed with asthma there are in each London borough. | | (8208) | 204
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS ambulances there were in London in each of the last five years. | | (8307) | 205
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inspections of care homes have been carried out in London in each year since 1997; how many were announced; how many were unannounced; and how many led to the deregistration of care homes. | | (8311) | 206
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have given blood in London in each of the last five years. | | (8312) | 207
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children were diagnosed with diabetes in London was in each of the last five years. | | (8322) | 208
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with skin cancer in London in each year since 1997. | | (8323) | 209
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of general practitioners are refusing to make advance appointments in (a) each London primary care trust and (b) London. | | (8330) | 210
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists accepted new NHS patients in London in each of the last five years. | | (8333) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 211
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in (a) Essex and (b) Southend under the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 in each year since 1997. | | (8331) | 212
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been under the (a) Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999 and (b) Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 in each year since 1997. | | (8375) | 213
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to the Probation Service on the preparation of pre-sentence reports. | | (8379) | 214
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the information about convicted prisoners in pre-sentence reports originates. | | (8380) | 215
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list complaints made by asylum detainees against escort services to and from Yarl's Wood and Oakington in the last six months, broken down by (a) source and (b) date; and what the (i) outcomes and (ii) dates of the outcomes of the investigations into these complaints were. | | (8452) | 216
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in the last six months asylum detainees have been transported to and from Yarl's Wood and Oakington Detention Centres in vehicles not equipped with CCTV; and if he will make a statement. | | (8453) | 217
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that no asylum detainee is transported to a port of departure pursuant to a deportation order in a vehicle without CCTV, or the offer of escort by an independent observer. | | (8454) | 218
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether CCTV cameras have been introduced in all the vehicles used to escort asylum detainees to and from Yarl's Wood and Oakington Detention Centres; and if he will make a statement. | | (8455) | 219
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been made by detainees about their treatment by escort services to and from Yarl's Wood Detention Centre in the last six months. | | (8456) | 220
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were received from Zimbabwean nationals in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (8457) | 221
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum detainees have received new orders for deportation during the course of investigation into complaints made against escort services for transport to and from Oakington and Yarl's Wood Detention Centres in the last five years. | | (8458) | 222
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact on levels of crime in Leeds of the increase in drug rehabilitation services within the area since 2001. | | (8435) | 223
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting orders have been made in each year since the order became available; and how many have been breached, broken down by local authority area. | | (8327) | 224
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed in each London borough in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004, listed in descending order of number of crimes. | | (8278) | 225
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research he has evaluated concerning the cost of crime to households in Barnet. | | (8279) | 226
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was contributed to the Metropolitan Police by each London borough through the Metropolitan Police precept in each of the last three years; how much each borough is expected to contribute in the 2005-06 financial year; what these figures represent as a percentage of the overall budget of (a) the authority concerned and (b) the Metropolitan Police in each year; what the ratio of contribution to the precept by borough to number of police officers in post in the borough (i) was in respect of each borough in each year and (ii) is in respect of each borough in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (8280) | 227
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to help those released from women's prisons to find accommodation and employment when they have no family or friendship support in the location where the prison is situated; and what research on the subject he has commissioned. | | (8407) | 228
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recording methods are in place for the number of self-harm incidents occurring in women's prisons. | | (8408) | 229
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nursing establishment is at Endwood Park Prison; and how many nurses are employed there. | | (8409) | 230
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued since their inception, broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (8246) | 231
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most common forms of crime committed against young people of school age were in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available. | | (8352) | 232
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people of school age have been found guilty of committing a crime in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (8353) | 233
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most common form of crime committed by young people of school age was in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (8354) | 234
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people of school age have been placed in custody in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (8355) | 235
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people of school age have been the victims of crime in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales, in each year since 1997. | | (8364) | 236
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will meet a cross-party delegation from Northamptonshire, including honourable Members, to discuss funding for the county police force. | | (8415) | 237
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the employment status of Mr Peter Bolton, Assistant Clerk to the North Wales Police Authority. | | (8248) | 238
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Minister for Immigration's official engagements are for Thursday 30th June. | | (8336) | 239
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Minister for Immigration will attend the South London Citizens' Inquiry into Lunar House. | | (8337) | 240
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the Minister for Immigration decided not to give evidence to the South London Citizens' Inquiry into Lunar House. | | (8338) | 241
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers accepted into the UK since 1997 have been convicted of criminal offences. | | (8459) | 242
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female asylum seekers were accepted into the UK since 1997. | | (8460) | 243
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK prisons have (a) been refurbished and (b) newly built since 1997. | | (8461) | 244
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons there are in England; and if he will list each prison. | | (8462) | 245
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of cars stolen in England and Wales for sale in foreign countries since 1990. | | (8463) | 246
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many house burglaries there have been since 1996; and if he will make a statement. | | (8464) | 247
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of the possession of an illegal weapon in each London borough since 1996. | | (8516) | 248
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to hold a further national firearms amnesty. | | (8517) | 249
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of gun crimes in each year since 1997. | | (8520) | 250
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal firearms have been confiscated since 1997. | | (8521) | 251
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been killed by firearms since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (8522) | 252
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to stop vigilante groups selling illegal firearms. | | (8523) | 253
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to stop illegal immigrants being smuggled into the UK. | | (8529) | 254
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has spent on human detection equipment at UK (a) airports and (b) ports in 2004-05. | | (8530) | 255
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been found within UK borders in each year since 1997. | | (8531) | 256
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants found within UK borders since 1997 have been convicted under the terrorism laws. | | (8532) | 257
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that English appears as an option for nationality on Government documents and questionnaires; and if he will make a statement. | | (8533) | 258
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been accepted into the UK since 1997; and how many of these were (a) Nigerian, (b) Algerian, (c) Iraqi, (d) Chinese, (e) Bangladeshi, (f) Pakistani, (g) Turkish, (h) Albanian, (i) Bosnian, (j) Mexican, (k) Sudanese, (l) Zimbabwean and (m) Palestinian. | | (8535) | 259
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the sale of drugs (a) on streets and (b) in nightclubs. | | (8539) | 260
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged 14 to 24 years old have been convicted of carrying an illegal knife since 1997. | | (8546) | 261
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle organised drug gangs buying illegal firearms. | | (8547) | 262
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) automatic weapons, (b) shot guns, (c) revolvers and (d) rifles have been confiscated in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (8548) | 263
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued since inception, broken down by (a) London borough and (b) local authority in Essex. | | (8549) | 264
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour. | | (8550) | 265
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police. | | (8551) | 266
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms were handed in to the police during the last amnesty. | | (8559) | 267
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the number of Jamaican criminal gangs operating in the UK; what discussions have taken place with the Jamaican authorities regarding this matter; and what steps are being taken to tackle crimes perpetrated by such gangs. | | (8289) | 268
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the US Administration regarding its plans to include radio frequency identification chips in its requirements for passports and identity cards for foreign nationals visiting the US. | | (8602) | 269
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) intends to have with his US counterpart about the extradition regime between the UK and the US. | | (7304) | 270
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on their extradition regime arrangements with the United States of America. | | (7305) | 271
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition cases are outstanding in which the United States is seeking the extradition of individuals to the US from the UK. | | (7308) | 272
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of London's Operation Scrap-it; what plans his Department has for further funding of the project; and if he will make a statement. | | (8197) | 273
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted for fraudulently using a UK passport in London in each of the last five years. | | (8201) | 274
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK passports have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in London in each of the last five years. | | (8202) | 275
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in London are held awaiting deportation having completed their sentences. | | (8273) | 276
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of crime in London that was carried out by first time offenders in each of the last five years. | | (8298) | 277
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths were caused by gun crime in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (8301) | 278
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries occurred in police custody in London in each of the last five years. | | (8302) | 279
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inmates have escaped from prisons in London in each year since 1997. | | (8304) | 280
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Operation Trident; and if he will make a statement. | | (8324) | 281
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid in compensation by the Metropolitan Police Authority in each year since 1997. | | (8325) | 282
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for abduction in London in each year since 1997. | | (8326) | 283
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places there were in prisons in London in each of the last five years. | | (8393) | 284
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners committed suicide in prisons in London in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004. | | (8419) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 285
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the progress of debt relief to Sierra Leone. | | (8276) | 286
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on aid to Sierra Leone. | | (8277) | 287
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department takes to employ Iraqis in development work in that country. | | (8430) | 288
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate his Department has made of the total monthly cost to the UK of civil operations in Iraq since March 2003. | | (8431) | 289
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in the reconstruction of (a) schools and (b) hospitals in Iraq. | | (8432) | 290
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the multilateral organisations providing aid and assistance to Iraq to which the UK Government has contributed since January; and how much was contributed to each organisation. | | (8433) | 291
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by the Government on reconstruction in Iraq, in each month since January. | | (8434) | 292
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the contracts won by UK firms since January for reconstruction work in Iraq, broken down by value. | | (8436) | 293
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UN Global Development Fund has been allocated to the treatment of (a) HIV/AIDS, (b) tuberculosis and (c) malaria in Malawi in each of the last two years. | | (8637) | 294
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK Government aid has been allocated to the treatment of (a) HIV/AIDS, (b) tuberculosis and (c) malaria in Malawi in each of the last two years. | | (8638) | 295
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes his Department has in Madagascar; how they will be affected by the closure of the British Embassy; and if he will make a statement. | | (8384) | 296
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his assessment is of the consequences of famine for the Zimbabwean economy. | | (8542) | 297
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with other EU countries regarding UK ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption; and if he will make a statement. | | (8388) | 298
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research his Department has evaluated on the effects of male circumcision on infection rates of HIV/AIDS in Africa; and if he will make a statement. | | (8411) | 299
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has given to Jamaica following its recent earthquake; and if he will make a statement. | | (8397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 300
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions there have been between the Parades Commission in Northern Ireland and (a) Invest Northern Ireland and (b) Governent departments in Northern Ireland concerning the Mackie's site in West Belfast. | | (7848) | 301
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations have been made by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to (a) Invest Northern Ireland and (b) Governent departments in Northern Ireland since 1st April in respect of the Mackie's site in West Belfast. | | (7849) | 302
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by (a) Invest Northern Ireland and (b) other Governent agencies and departments in respect of the road layout in the Mackie's site in West Belfast; when such works were ordered to begin; and who gave the authority for such work to begin. | | (7850) | 303
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what insurance arrangements for third parties are in place in respect of premises and properties in the possession of Invest Northern Ireland. | | (7851) | 304
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by Invest Northern Ireland on new road layouts in each of the sites that they own in (a) North Belfast, (b) South Belfast, (c) East Belfast and (d) West Belfast in each year since 2003. | | (7852) | Questions to the Prime Minister 305
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Prime Minister, what the results were of the FBI test on the hairbrush belonging to Ken Bigley; and what information he has received on the whereabouts of Mr Bigley's body. | | (8591) | Questions to the Solicitor General 306
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions he has had with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on the CPS's ability to prosecute under the existing provision in law for parents being held accountable for the behaviour of their children. | | (8414) | 307
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been convicted of fraud in London in each year since 1997. | | (8200) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 308
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received regarding broadband access in East Sussex; and if he will make a statement. | | (7855) | 309
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the duties and responsibilities are of the Export Control Organisation's (a) Policy Unit, (b) Chemical Weapons Convention Unit, (c) Enforcement Unit, (d) Secure Document Unit, (e) UK Safeguards Office, (f) IAEA Sponsorship Unit and (g) Technical Policy Unit. | | (7959) | 310
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the reports submitted by ASE Consulting in relation to its Review of the Export Control Organisation's services. | | (7960) | 311
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the terms of reference for ASE Consulting's Review of the Export Control Organisation's services. | | (7961) | 312
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which (a) organisations and (b) other Government departments (i) his Department and (ii) consultants commissioned by his Department have contacted in relation to the review of the Export Control Organisation's services. | | (7962) | 313
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of consumers' understanding of financial protection schemes for air travellers; and if he will make a statement. | | (8293) | 314
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with consumer groups on financial protection schemes for air travellers; and if he will make a statement. | | (8294) | 315
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the UK's ability to meet its obligations under the Package Travel Directive if major tour operators move their business outside the Air Travel Organisers' Licence scheme. | | (8295) | 316
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices were in operation in Hornsey and Wood Green in each of the last 10 years. | | (8404) | 317
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what position the United Kingdom will take on liberalisation of (a) agricultural markets, (b) non-agricultural markets and (c) service industries in developing countries at the World Trade Organisation General Council meeting on 27th July. | | (8291) | 318
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Mail about delivery of mail in Essex. | | (8527) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 319
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the effect of his recent announcement on road pricing on existing schemes in place on toll (a) roads, (b) bridges and (c) tunnels with particular reference to the planned extension of the M6 toll road to Manchester. | | (8589) | 320
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has given to community transport schemes in each year since 1997. | | (8437) | 321
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage by weight of road transport fuel was comprised of (a) liquefied petroleum gas and (b) compressed natural gas in the last 12 months. | | (8438) | 322
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage by weight of UK road transport fuel is expected to be comprised of biofuels by the end of (a) 2005 and (b) 2010. | | (8440) | 323
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the issuing of draft orders for the proposed upgrade of the A21. | | (8441) | 324
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the road improvement schemes managed by the Highways Agency in (a) the Kent, East and West Sussex area and (b) England in each year since 1991; what the cost of each scheme was; and which schemes are awaiting action. | | (8442) | 325
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken by the Highways Agency to evaluate the environmental impacts of route improvements to the A21. | | (8443) | 326
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the (a) tram and (b) guided bus systems that have been opened in each year since 1997. | | (8445) | 327
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list his Department's planned road building programmes, broken down by county. | | (8446) | 328
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are taken by the Highways Agency to evaluate the potential effects of road building schemes on (a) sites of special scientific interest, (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty and (c) national parks. | | (8447) | 329
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which road schemes that have been proposed by local authorities in England in local transport plans will affect (a) sites of special scientific interest, (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty, (c) national parks and (c) internationally designated sites; and in each case whether a preferred route has been announced. | | (8448) | 330
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which completed road building programmes have affected designated (a) sites of special scientific interest, (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty and (c) national parks in each year since 1997. | | (8449) | 331
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) fatalities were recorded on the A253 between (a) Hastings and Bexhill and (ii) Bexhill and Pevensey with particular reference to King Offa Way, Bexhill, in each year since 1997. | | (8450) | 332
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he gives to the Highways Agency on assessing road improvement schemes associated with accident block spots. | | (8451) | 333
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives are in place for motorists to use (a) biodiesel and (b) bioethanol. | | (8508) | 334
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives are in place for motorists to use (a) liquefied petroleum gas and (b) compressed natural gas. | | (8601) | 335
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on ensuring that necessary engineering work is carried out to enable commuter trains to use the platforms at Waterloo Station which will be vacated by Eurostar in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (8217) | 336
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) appeals aganist parking penalty charge notices and (b) successful appeals there were in each local authority in England in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (8228) | 337
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A11 (M11 to Norwich), (b) A19 Dishforth to Tyne Tunnel, (c) A42 Pepperhill to Cobham Widening, (d) A2/M2 and A249 (M2 to Sheppey) and (e) A20 Trunk Road to Roundhill tunnels in the last year for which figures are available before construction works began; and what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8239) | 338
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of total carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A11 (M11 to Norwich), (b) A19 Dishforth to Tyne Tunnel, (c) A2 Pepperhill to Cobham Widening, (d) A2/M2 and A249 (M2 to Sheppey) and (e) A20 Trunk Road to Roundhill tunnels in the last year for which figures are available before construction works began; how many accidents occurred on each road in that year; how many (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries occurred; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8240) | 339
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A249 Iwade Bypass to Queensborough Improvement, (b) A249 Stockbury (M2) to Sheerness, (c) A30 Exeter to Bere Regis, (d) A30 Pennygillam to Bulsworthy and (e) A303/A30 (M3 to Honiton) in the last year for which figures are available before construction works began; and what forecast has been made of the likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8241) | 340
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of total carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A249 Iwade Bypass to Queensborough Improvement, (b) A249 Stockbury (M2) to Sheerness, (c) A30 Exeter to Bere Regis, (d) A30 Pennygillam to Bulsworthy and (e) A303/A30 (M3 to Honiton) in the last year for which figures are available before construction works began; how many accidents there were on each road in that year; how many resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8242) | 341
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) M1 junction 34 North to 37, (b) M1 junction 37 to 39, (c) M1 junction 39 to 42, (d) M1 junction 10 to 13 and (e) M1 junction 19 in the last year for which figures are available; how many accidents there were on each stretch of road in that year; how many resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8281) | 342
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) M1 junction 30 to 31, (b) M1 junction 31 to 32, (c) M1 junction 32 to 34 southbound and (d) M1 junction 6a to 10 in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8282) | 343
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) M1 junction 30 to 31, (b) M1 junction 31 to 32, (c) M1 junction 32 to 34 southbound and (d) M1 junction 6a to 10 in the last year for which figures are available; how many accidents there were in each stretch of road in that year; how many resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; what forecast has been made of the likely levels after construction works are completed; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8283) | 344
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) M1 junctions 21 to 30, (b) M25 widening, (c) M27 junctions 11 to 12, (d) M27 junctions 3 and 4 and (e) M5 junctions 19 and 20 in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8284) | 345
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A1 Darrington to Dishforth, (b) A1 Peterborough to Blyth, (c) A1(M) Alconbury to Peterborough, (d) A1(M) Ferrybridge to Hook Moor and (e) A1(M) Wetherby to Walshford in the last year for which figures are available before construction works began; how many accidents there were on each road in that year; how many resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8285) | 346
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A1 Darrington to Dishforth, (b) A1 Peterborough to Blyth, (c) A1(M) Alconbury to Peterborough, (d) A1(M) Ferrybridge to Hook Moor and (e) A1(M) Wetherby to Walshford in the last year for which figures are available before construction works began; and what projections have been made of likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8286) | 347
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on (a) M1 junctions 21 to 30, (b) M25 Widening, (c) M27 junctions 11 and 12, (d) M27 junctions 3 and 4 and (e) M5 junctions 19 and 20 in the last year for which figures are available; how many accidents there were on each road in that year; how many resulted in (a) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8287) | 348
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A66 Penrith to Temple Sowerby, (b) A66 Temple Sowerby Bypass and Improvements at Winderwath, (c) A66 Temple Sowerby to Appleby and (d) A69 Haydon Bridge Bypass in the last year for which figures are available; how many accidents there were on each road in that year; how many resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8308) | 349
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A66 Penrith to Temple Sowerby, (b) A66 Temple Sowerby Bypass and Improvements at Winderwath, (c) A66 Temple Sowerby to Appleby and (d) A69 Haydon Bridge Bypass in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8309) | 350
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) M1 junctions 34 North to junction 37, (b) M1 junctions 37 to 39, (c) M1 junctions 39 to 42, (d) M1 junction 10 to 13 and (e) M1 junction 19 in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely future levels after construction works are completed. | | (8310) | 351
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A483 Pant to Llanymynech Bypass, (b) A50 Trentham Lakes North Improvements, (c) A505 Dunstable Northern Bypass (A5 to M1 Link), (d) A57/A628 Mottram in Longdendale, Hollingworth and Tintwistle Bypass and (e) A595 Parton to Lillyhall Improvement in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely future levels after construction works are completed. | | (8314) | 352
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A45/A46 Tollbar End Improvement, (b) A453 Widening (M1 Junction 24 to A52 Nottingham, (c) A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvement, (d) A47 Acle Straight and (e) A47 Blofield to North Burlingham Dualling in the last year for which figures are available; how many accidents there were on each road in that year; how many resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8315) | 353
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A45/A46 Tollbar End Improvement, (b) A453 Widening (M1 Junction 24 to A52 Nottingham), (c) A46 Newark Widmerpool Improvement, (d) A47 Acle Straight and (e) A47 Blofield to North Burlingham Dualling in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8316) | 354
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton, (b) A14 Haughley New Street to Stowmarket Improvement, (c) A2/A282 Dartford Improvement, (d) A21 South Pembury to Hastings Route Improvements and (e) A21 Tonbridge to Pembury in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8317) | 355
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A1 Adderstone to Belford, (b) A1 Dishforth to Barton, (c) A1 Morpeth to Felton, (d) A1(M) Bramham to Wetherby and (e) A120 Braintree to Marks Tey in the last year for which figures are available; how many accidents there were on each road in that year; how many resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8318) | 356
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A1 Adderstone to Belford, (b) A1 Dishforth to Barton, (c) A1 Morpeth to Felton, (d) A1(M) Bramham to Wetherby and (e) A120 Braintree to Marks Tey in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely levels after construction works are completed. | | (8319) | 357
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A483 Pant to Llanymynech Bypass, (b) A50 Trentham Lakes North Improvements, (c) A505 Dunstable Northern Bypass (A5 to M1 Link), (d) A57/A628 Mottram in Longdendale, Hollingworth and Tintwistle Bypass and (e) A595 Parton to Lillyhall Improvement in the last year for which figures are available; how many accidents occurred on each stretch of road in each year; how many resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries; what forecast has been made of likely future levels after construction works are completed; and when each scheme is due to (A) begin and (B) be completed. | | (8320) | 358
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic levels were on the (a) A590 High and Low Newton Bypass, (b) A63 Osgodby Bypass, (c) A64 Rillington Bypass, (d) A64 York to Scarborough Proposed Dualling and (e) A66 Appleby to Brough in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of likely future levels after construction works are completed. | | (8321) | 359
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the effectiveness of the Large Goods Vehicle and Passenger Carrying Vehicle Hazard Perception Test; and if he will make a statement. | | (8562) | 360
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with (a) the Association of British Travel Agents, (b) the Federation of Tour Operators and (c) the Association of Independent Tour Operators on the regulatory burden on the travel industry. | | (8305) | 361
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings have taken place between officials in his Department and officials in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to discuss arrangements to repatriate UK passengers in the event of a major airline failure. | | (8395) | 362
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of consumers' understanding of financial protection schemes for air travellers; and if he will make a statement. | | (8396) | 363
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of changes in the number of UK consumers buying unprotected air travel; and what steps he is taking to address the problem. | | (8398) | 364
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the South West Trains franchise renewal; and if he will make a statement. | | (8609) | 365
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK citizens are employed as seafarers on UK registered ships, broken down by (a) officers and (b) crew. | | (8611) | 366
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many seafarer officers (a) have been trained and (b) are in training, since the introduction of the Tonnage Tax. | | (8612) | 367
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the minimum requirements are for a company to take part in the tonnage tax scheme; what the mechanisms are for checking compliance; and if he will make a statement. | | (8615) | 368
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much shipping tonnage is registered in the United Kingdom. | | (8616) | 369
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons plans to upgrade the A14 around Kettering have been put back from 2012 to 2016 to 2017 to 2021. | | (8383) | 370
| Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) carbon dioxide and (b) other exhaust pollutants of the 25 foot turning circle of London taxis. | | (8290) | 371
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail passengers travelled from Shenfield to Heathrow in each month since 2003. | | (8537) | 372
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which part of the Crossrail network will become operational first. | | (8540) | 373
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the walkway in Romford know as Nursery Walk will remain open during construction of Crossrail. | | (8558) | 374
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many types of road traffic signs are approved by his Department. | | (8328) | 375
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers per train there were on the North London line in each year since 1997. | | (8392) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 376
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set a timetable for the transfer of cases at the Child Support Agency from the old to the new scheme. | | (8590) | 377
| Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to announce his Department's response to the consultation on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Regulations as they affect people with a cancer diagnosis. | | (8180) | 378
| Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to close medical examination centres; and if he will make a statement. | | (8181) | 379
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls there were to the benefit fraud hotline in each month of the last year for which figures are available. | | (8187) | 380
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls have been made in each year to the benefit fraud hotline since the service started. | | (8188) | 381
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total budget for the benefit fraud hotline was for each year since the service commenced. | | (8189) | 382
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much fraudulently-claimed benefit was recovered as a result of calls made to the benefit fraud hotline in each year since the service commenced. | | (8190) | 383
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of calls made to the benefit fraud hotline led to (a) investigation and (b) conviction of individuals named by callers in the last year for which figures are available. | | (8194) | 384
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts have been awarded to advertising and public relations agencies in connection with the benefit fraud hotline in each year since the service commenced; and what the value of each contract was. | | (8195) | 385
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on advertising and communications to promote the Benefit Fraud Hotline in each year since the service started. | | (8214) | 386
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many convictions have resulted from calls to the benefit fraud hotline in each year since the service started. | | (8215) | 387
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received about the reduction of staff numbers in local job centres. | | (7306) | 388
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reduce the number of staff at Jobcentre Plus offices. | | (7307) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 389
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what rules apply to claimants for child benefit for a child born in the UK who had entered the UK under the family reunion scheme on the agreement that they would impose no claims on the state. | | [Transferred] (8360) | 390
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances it is permissible for child benefit to be paid to a UK national father of a child who is a UK citizen whose mother is subject to immigration regulations that prevent her from drawing on public funds. | | [Transferred] (8362) | 391
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to stop the smuggling of illegal firearms into the UK. | | [Transferred] (8524) | 392
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK subjects have emigrated to live in Commonwealth countries since 2001. | | [Transferred] (8536) | 393
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to stop drugs being imported into the UK; and how much the Government has invested in drugs detection technology in (a) ports and (b) airports since 1998. | | [Transferred] (8538) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 394
| 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, which subjects are covered by access courses; which service providers are employed to provide each one; and what proportion of prisoners who apply to participate in such courses are offered places on them. | | [Transferred] (8182) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 395
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 552W, on fly-tipping, if she will break the figures down by (a) location and (b) type for (i) each region and (ii) each London borough. | | [Transferred] (8420) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 396
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been seized in Midlothian as a consequence of prosecutions under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. | | [Transferred] (8196) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 397
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 537W, on traffic accidents (London), if he will set out the equivalent figures for the London Borough of Sutton in 1985. | | [Transferred] (8421) | 398
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths there were on railway lines in London in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (8394) |
|
