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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 11 July 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 11 July 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 11 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 11 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 11 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of reforming the tax credits system to provide benefits for carers; and if he will make a statement. | | (11787) | 2
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimants have had direct payments of tax credits interrupted by the problem affecting the system for making direct payments of tax credits into bank accounts; what action has been taken to address the problem; and when he expects the problem to be resolved. | | (11788) | 3
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any person sued the Registrar General in the English courts for breach of confidence for releasing personal information from the closed 1901 decennial census for England and Wales between 1975 and 1996. | | (11652) | 4
| Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will abolish the taxation applied to employer-provided travel concessions. | | (11218) | 5
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disclosures of (a) direct tax and (b) VAT avoidance schemes have been made under the 2004 rules; and how many promoters of such schemes have made disclosures. | | (10910) | 6
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11475) | 7
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11524) | 8
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of men and women aged (a) 16 to 44 and (b) 45 to 64 years who were (i) employed and (ii) economically inactive reported a limited longstanding illness from 1979 to the most recent available date. | | (11441) | 9
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to delay the transfer of the families who currently receive their child tax credit through Jobcentre Plus, but whose awards are due to be transferred to HM Revenue and Customs in 2005-06. | | (11442) | 10
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11740) | 11
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Financial Services Authority is advising mortgage endownment policy holders to take legal action against their financial advisers for mis-selling policies. | | (11440) | 12
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used by the Financial Services Authority to determine whether a financial adviser has mis-sold a financial product. | | (11457) | 13
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the criteria against which the relevant regulatory authorities make judgements on allegations of the mis-selling of mortgage endowment policies. | | (11458) | 14
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Government support is available to financial advisers threatened with legal action for the alleged mis-selling of mortage endowment policies. | | (11459) | 15
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the latest forecast is of Government deficit in financial year 2005-06; and what the forecast deficit for 2005-06 was on each date that a forecast has been made since January 2003. | | (11298) | 16
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the latest forecast is of Government income in financial year 2005-06; and what the forecast income for 2005-06 was on each date that a forecast has been made since January 2003. | | (11299) | 17
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the latest estimate is of Government expenditure in financial year 2005-06; and what the forecast expenditure for 2005-06 was on each date that a forecast has been made since January 2003. | | (11300) | 18
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what formula is used for calculating the rate at which tax credit overpayments are recovered from recipients; how many and what proportion of recipients making repayments are doing so using direct debit; and what proportion of overpayments were recovered by direct debit on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (11301) | 19
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy for terms of repayment of overpaid tax credit to be agreed with recipients before deductions are made. | | (11303) | 20
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, many many deaths occurred in Scotland as a result of (a) heroin and methadone abuse and (b) alcohol abuse in each year from 2001 to 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (11493) | 21
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the financial services of changes in the number of ATM providers which charge for cash withdrawals. | | (11404) | 22
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the number and (b) the percentage of ATMs which charged for cash withdrawals in (i) 1999, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2004. | | (11405) | 23
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he was first contacted by the Parliamentary Ombudsman in relation to her inquiry into complaints about occupational pensions; and when he completed his submission of evidence to the inquiry. | | (11620) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will investigate the workings of the bulk annuity market. | | (11843) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards of (a) children's tax credit, (b) working families tax credit and (c) disabled person's tax credit were made in 2002-03; and what the cost per award of administration was in that year. | | (11844) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from social work departments about the tax credit system. | | (11845) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials from the Department of Health to discuss the impact of the tax credit system on social workers. | | (11846) | 28
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action the UK Government has taken (a) to detect animal feed shipments contaminated with the unapproved BX10 variety of GM maize, (b) to prevent such illegal shipments from reaching the UK and (c) to train and equip UK port authorities to detect unapproved GM contaminants in food and feed imports. | | (11811) | 29
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish a central record of applications for replacement certificates for births, marriages and deaths. | | (11409) | 30
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the overpaid tax credit awards in 2003-04 he expects to be rectified; and if he will make a statement. | | (11448) | 31
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the tax credit overpayment in 2003-04, excluding overpayments of £10 or less, he expects to be recovered. | | (11449) | 32
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit awards were made to people with incomes in excess of (a) £50,000, (b) £52,500, (c) £55,000 and (d) £57,500 in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (11450) | 33
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the tax credit awards involving underpayments of £5,000 or more in 2003-04 involved underpayments of (a) £6,000 or more, (b) £7,000 or more, (c) £8,000 or more, (d) £9,000 or more and (e) £10,000 or more; and if he will make a statement. | | (11451) | 34
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the tax credit awards involving overpayments of £5,000 or more in 2003-04 involved overpayments of (a) £6,000 or more, (b) £7,000 or more, (c) £8,000 or more, (d) £9,000 or more and (e) £10,000 or more; and if he will make a statement. | | (11452) | 35
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list meetings he has attended with (a) the Citizens' Advice Bureaux and (b) the Parliamentary Ombudsman to discuss the tax credits system. | | (11453) | 36
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters have been received by HM Revenue and Customs in relation to (a) overpayments and (b) underpayment of tax credits in the last two years; and how many of these letters have not been answered. | | (11454) | 37
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the largest overpayment in a single year to one recipient under the tax credit system was. | | (11455) | 38
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been given to tax credit helpline staff on advising tax credit claimants to take out bank loans to cover the repayment costs of tax credit overpayments. | | (11456) | 39
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimants he estimates have been advised by Revenue and Customs to take out bank loans to cover the repayment costs of tax credit overpayments. | | (11564) | 40
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the figures for capital expenditure on health in the nations and regions included in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis include those amounts invested through the Private Finance Initiative. | | (11365) | 41
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people of voting age were (a) registered to vote and (b) resident in each ward in each constituency in each region in 2001. | | (10941) | 42
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to harmonise the VAT imposed on new builds and renovated properties. | | (11189) | 43
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of all those in employment were employed by the public sector in each year since 1996, in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) each Government Office Region. | | (11418) | 44
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the number of residential properties in each council tax band in Wales in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (11419) | 45
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use the Valuation Office Agency made of private sector firms during the council tax revaluation in Wales. | | (11535) | 46
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in each office of the Valuation Office Agency. | | (11538) | 47
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 386W, on council tax, what criteria the Valuations Office Agency will use to assess whether to enter a property for inspection. | | (11572) | 48
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the business plan for meeting Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs efficiency savings for 2005 to 2008. | | (10731) | 49
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will change the method by which deaths are recorded in order to identify deaths caused by sudden adult death syndrome; and if he will make a statement. | | (11561) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 50
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will take steps to discourage the use of offensive and obscene language in the Civil Service. | | (11191) | 51
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11731) | 52
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what action Ministers in the Cabinet Office have taken with the European Commission as a result of the statement by the Prime Minister on 26th May that the Food Supplements Directive is wholly out of proportion. | | (11764) | 53
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what role is played by the European Legislation Unit in his Department in formulating and implementing strategies for the achievement of Government objectives in relation to the Food Supplements Directive; what action has been taken by his officials to influence the intentions of the European Commission in relation to legislation on food supplements following the initial ruling of the European Court of Justice on the Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (11765) | 54
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what contingency plans the Government has in place to deal with contamination, either by accident or by terrorist action, of imported food and animal feed with potentially harmful biopharmaceutical GM crops. | | (11821) | 55
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the number of residential properties in each local authority billing area in Wales that have moved up (a) one band, (b) two bands, (c) three bands and (d) four or more bands as a consequence of council tax revaluation in Wales. | | (11421) | 56
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what review the Civil Service has undertaken of the (a) numbers and (b) location of Welsh speakers employed by the Government and Government agencies outside Wales. | | (10730) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 57
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will bring forward legislation to make it an offence to place forged documents in the National Archives. | | (10808) | 58
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) integrity and (b) authenticity of documents held in the Public Record Office; and if she will make a statement. | | (10810) | 59
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appeals have been received by the Information Commissioner's Officer against refusals to divulge information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and how many of those have been determined. | | (11267) | 60
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11517) | 61
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11528) | 62
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which claim management companies are adhering to the Claims Standards Council's draft code. | | [R] (11422) | 63
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) carried out into the (i) effectiveness and (i) impact of contingency fees. | | [R] (11423) | 64
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to reform the rules governing the procedure for conditional fee arrangements. | | [R] (11424) | 65
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she has taken to assess the effectiveness of the self-regulation of claim management companies. | | [R] (11425) | 66
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in how many cases lay magistrates were involved in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (11612) | 67
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many of the newly appointed lay magistrates in Northern Ireland have been involved in (a) more than 10 cases, (b) more than five cases and (c) no cases. | | (11613) | 68
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the companies from which her Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11729) | 69
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much money was allocated to (a) criminal legal aid and (b) civil legal aid in England in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (11491) | 70
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much money was allocated to spending on legal aid in England in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (11492) | 71
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans the Department has to reform legal aid spending in England and Wales following the recent review of the legal aid process; and if she will make a statement. | | (11494) | 72
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role of the internet during the 2005 General Election. | | (11654) | 73
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance is given to (a) the Crown Prosecution Service and (b) the Court Service with regard to participation in safety camera partnerships. | | (11712) | 74
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many convictions for postal ballot fraud there have been in each constituency in the UK for each of the past 10 years, listed in descending order; and if she will make a statement. | | (10802) | 75
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 26th May, reference 184373-1. | | (10728) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 76
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11496) | 77
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11508) | 78
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the companies from which her Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11736) | 79
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the implications are of the successful bid to hold the 2012 Olympic Games in London for the (a) workload and (b) staffing levels of her Department. | | (11676) | 80
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that the proposed BBC Trust is (a) representative of the population, (b) democratically accountable and (c) transparent in its operations; and if she will make a statement. | | (11826) | 81
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure representatives of European trade unions are invited to the Conference on Culture & Commerce, being organised by her Department. | | (11880) | 82
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide support for a radio station for Chorley; and if she will make a statement. | | (10803) | 83
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role is planned for Shropshire in the London Olympics 2012. | | (11872) | 84
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her policy to legislate to enable the return of plundered material from the Second World War held in UK museums and galleries if advised to do so by the Spoliation Advisory Panel. | | (11661) | 85
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department expects to respond to the Sixth Report of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, HC 414, Session 2004-05, on The Market for Art. | | (11530) | 86
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings her Department has held with ministerial colleagues at the Department for Trade and Industry to discuss artists' resale rights since 5th May. | | (11531) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 87
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts have been awarded to McKinsey and Co since 1st January 2000; how many and what percentage of contract awards followed a competitive tendering process; and what the cost of each contract is. | | (10809) | 88
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11470) | 89
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11507) | 90
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was allocated to the Department for each year since 1975. | | (11519) | 91
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected cost of replacing Trident is, broken down by (a) initial cost and (b) annual running costs. | | (11322) | 92
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11738) | 93
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 1400W, on surface fleet, if he will identify each of the 25 destroyers and frigates mentioned on page 18; and if he will make a statement. | | (11223) | 94
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the PRIME project for developing the dockyard in Portsmouth. | | (11287) | 95
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of HMS Invincible. | | (11288) | 96
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the US Administration and its agencies on illnesses suffered by Service personnel and their families which they attribute to anthrax vaccinations. | | (11707) | 97
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 1402W on Wormwood Scrubs, whether development proposals include traffic management schemes. | | (11276) | 98
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the future of Lisanelly Barracks in Omagh; and if he will make a statement. | | (11345) | 99
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of contracts to be produced at Chorley Royal Ordnance Factory in 2005-06. | | (11647) | 100
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the works that are (a) planned and (b) under way in Salisbury constituency in connection with Project Aquatrine; who the contractors are; and if he will make a statement. | | (11554) | 101
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the sale of the former arms depot at Dean Hill. | | (11555) | 102
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list each of the cadet units based in Salisbury constituency. | | (11562) | 103
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress on the co-location of Headquarters Land. | | (11563) | 104
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian contractors employed by the Department have died during their service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since 1997. | | (11341) | 105
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff employed at the former Army Medal Office in Droitwich Spa transferred to the new Medal Office at RAF Innsworth. | | (11480) | 106
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of establishing the new Medal Office at RAF Innsworth. | | (11482) | 107
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those of his Department's buildings from which asbestos has been removed that incorporated or accommodated radar equipment and which were operational between 1940 and 1969; what quantities were removed; and if he will make a statement. | | (6207) | 108
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those of his Department's buildings containing asbestos, which have been demolished, which incorporated or accommodated radar equipment and which were operational between 1940 and 1969; what quantities of asbestos were removed; and if he will make a statement. | | (6208) | 109
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the reserve forces in Hemel Hempstead constituency. | | (11749) | 110
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those occasions since 2002 where aircraft flying directly back to the UK from Basrah International airport carrying Ministers had spare seating capacity. | | (11754) | 111
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which items of (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF kit are sourced in China; and if he will make a statement. | | (11878) | 112
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 16 and 17 year old soldiers are serving in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (11879) | 113
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made (a) an estimate of the current rate of depletion of the stock of tritium held by the Government for military purposes, (b) an estimate of the total amount of the tritium currently held and (c) an assessment of when these stocks will need to be replenished with new sources of tritium if the UK's current nuclear capability is to be maintained. | | (10726) | 114
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army personnel were stationed in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (11653) | 115
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many operational Army bases there were in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (11657) | 116
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) detainees, (b) internees and (c) other prisoners in Iraq were (i) held by UK forces, (ii) brought into UK custody and (iii) transferred from UK to US custody in each week since 1st December 2003. | | (11407) | 117
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated whole life cost is of the FRES vehicles ordered by the Department. | | (11814) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 118
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many houses have been built in each year since 1995; how many of these houses were subjected to air pressure tests during the course of their construction; and what the results were. | | (11278) | 119
N | Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made in (a) establishing mechanisms for funding for access groups in England and Wales and (b) identifying suitable disability organisations to administer this funding in relation to implementation of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. | | (10942) | 120
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11469) | 121
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11506) | 122
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in how many complaints to the Standards Board disposed of (a) directly by the Standards Board, (b) after an adjudication panel and (c) after a local standards committee hearing the respondent to the complaint was (i) disqualified from office, (ii) suspended from office for (A) a period less than three months, (B) three to six months and (C) for over six months and (iii) subjected to a lesser penalty in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (11199) | 123
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to make a decision on Firelink. | | (11594) | 124
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether regionalisation of fire control centres is dependent on the Firelink Project; and if he will make a statement. | | (11595) | 125
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list representations he has received on the Firelink Project. | | (11596) | 126
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list IT projects the Department is responsible for which have received a second consecutive red review and a letter from the Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce. | | (11597) | 127
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11734) | 128
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria were used in making the decision to exempt the installation of mobile phone masts up to 15 metres high from the normal planning permission requirements. | | (11503) | 129
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the implications are of the successful bid to hold the 2012 Olympic Games in London for the (a) workload and (b) staffing levels of his Department. | | (11677) | 130
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated shortfall or surplus of low-cost housing for rent was in each local housing authority area on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such housing units there were in each housing authority area on that date. | | (11297) | 131
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his latest estimate is of the number of empty homes in each local authority area in England. | | (11412) | 132
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to publish the Regulations to implement the provisions of the Housing Act 2004 relating to changes to the home buying and selling system; and if he will publish them first in draft. | | (11871) | 133
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to conduct a public inquiry into the planning application by Kanes Food at Middle Littleton to expand their existing operations. | | (11646) | 134
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the local authorities which offer a reduction in council tax for special constables. | | (11366) | 135
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assurances he is seeking from Pendle Borough Council before agreeing its proposals to transfer its housing stock. | | (11876) | 136
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North West Leicestershire on 29th June, Official Report, columns 1295-6, if he will break down the £6.5 billion levered into the housing sector via stock transfers by source; and what the market value is of the transferred stock now managed by (a) arm's length management organisation, (b) registered social landlors and (c) the private sector. | | (11533) | 137
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities his Department has for fostering respect. | | (11386) | 138
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of local government total assumed spending in England was made up of specific grants in each year since 1996-97. | | (11387) | 139
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether breach of (a) planning regulation, (b) health and safety regulations and (c) building regulations are grounds for deeming occupation of an hereditament to be prohibited for (i) council tax and (ii) business rates liability. | | (11389) | 140
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what circumstances travellers in unauthorised developments may be liable for business rates; and if he will make a statement. | | (11390) | 141
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the 10 local authorities with the (a) lowest and (b) highest council tax collection rates in England in 2004-05. | | (11391) | 142
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the number of caravans which have obtained (a) class C and (b) class G council tax exemptions. | | (11392) | 143
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what definition the Department uses of a caravan for traveller number counts. | | (11393) | 144
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what conditions are necessary for a caravan to be eligible for (a) class C and (b) class G council tax exemption. | | (11394) | 145
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in which Government Office Regions he expects the homes provided under the Government's £60,000 homes competition will be built; and whether he expects homes will be built on (a) formerly contaminated land and (b) privately owned land. | | (11396) | 146
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the proportion of households satisfied with the quality of homes in which they live (a) in England and (b) in deprived areas in each year since 1996-97 for which figures are available. | | (11397) | 147
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list documents (a) the Department and (b) the Valuation Office Agency has provided to the Lyons Review. | | (11398) | 148
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what role the Government offices of the regions play in setting targets and priorities for local councils in relation to housing. | | (11420) | 149
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how moving canal boats which are a primary residence will be assessed for council tax purposes under the council tax revaluation. | | (11437) | 150
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the presence of a shed in the garden of a residential property will be taken into account as a property attribute in the council tax revaluation. | | (11438) | 151
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Valuation Office Agency has to use private sector firms during the council tax revaluation in England. | | (11536) | 152
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 1653W, on local government finance, if he will list the local authorities to which the questionnaire was sent; and what criteria were used to select the local authorities. | | (11559) | 153
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether it is his policy to call in all planning appeals with respect to applications by travellers to settle on land they have bought; and if he will make a statement. | | (11200) | 154
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons examination in public of the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England has been postponed from September to November; and if he will make a statement. | | (11416) | 155
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how he intends to publicise the examination in public of the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England to ensure people in South Essex are made aware of it. | | (11417) | 156
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from county councils on the number of performance criteria to which they are subject; and if he will make a statement. | | (11337) | 157
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the number of performance criteria to which county councils are subject; and what plans he has to reduce them. | | (11338) | 158
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, further to his Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, column 1137W, on housing development (flood risk), when he expects to publish revised planning guidance on development and flood risk to which he refers. | | (11619) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 159
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what account is taken of (a) nation and (b) region of residence in the granting of awards from the Dance and Drama Fees and Maintenance Fund. | | (10734) | 160
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent evaluation she has made of children's trusts. | | (10800) | 161
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools are participating in the free school milk scheme; how many deliveries are made per week to these schools; and what percentage of milk supplied to schools under the scheme is sourced from (a) national suppliers and (b) overseas suppliers. | | (11354) | 162
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to increase access to pupil referral units; what the latest figure is for the waiting time for referral in West Oxfordshire; and if she will make a statement on her policy on pupil referral units. | | (11447) | 163
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total value of student loans outstanding has been at the end of each year between 1993-94 and 2003-04. | | (10911) | 164
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11468) | 165
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11505) | 166
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was allocated to the Department for each year since 1975. | | (11520) | 167
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make practical food skills a mandatory part of the national curriculum at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. | | (11479) | 168
N | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July, to Question reference 9174, which geographical areas receive an area cost uplift in the funding formula; what data source is used to determine the uplift; and what percentage of additional funding is allocated to each area in receipt of it. | | (11107) | 169
| Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total recurrent funding per pupil was for each local education authority for years 1998-99 to 2005-06 in 2005-06 real terms. | | (11829) | 170
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will respond to the Education and Skills Select Committee report into the Teaching of Reading. | | (11705) | 171
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 1026W, on Synthetic Phonics, whether she is in a position to announce the names of the people who will work alongside Mr Jim Rose in conducting the review. | | (11774) | 172
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 1702W, on out-of-hours learning, if she will ask Ofsted to calculate the proportion of (a) secondary schools and (b) primary schools that set homework consistent with the guidance set out in her Department's publication, Homework: Guidance for Primary and Secondary Schools. | | (11785) | 173
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the companies from which her Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11735) | 174
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment the Department has made of the reasons for (a) the growth in the number of children being taken into care and (b) the effects of that growth on the overall cost of taking children into care. | | (11304) | 175
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research has been conducted by her Department into the consistency of examination standards in (a) the national tests taken at seven, 11 and 14 years and (b) GNVQs. | | (10915) | 176
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who is responsible for assessing the consistency of standards across time for (a) the national tests at seven, 11 and 14 years and (b) GNVQs. | | (10916) | 177
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support (a) was offered to English part-time students for each year from 2001 to 2004 and (b) will be offered in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement. | | (11680) | 178
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research her Department has commissioned on university fees for English part-time students after 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (11687) | 179
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools provided EU-subsidised milk in the last two years in (a) the UK and (b) Lancashire; and how many children received the milk. | | (11649) | 180
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the quality of hot school meals provided at Sacred Heart RC School, Chorley. | | (11650) | 181
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many appeals were made to the Independent School Admissions Panel for (a) primary and junior schools and (b) secondary schools for each English county in each of the last eight years. | | (11859) | 182
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children were allocated their most preferred (a) primary and junior school and (b) secondary school in each English county in each of the last eight years. | | (11860) | 183
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to introduce measures to assist local authorities in reducing the number of placements experienced by looked after children. | | (11797) | 184
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what reports she has received and what discussions she has had relating to the effect of placing looked after children from London and inner-cities in seaside communities. | | (11798) | 185
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of looked after children were placed (a) outside their original local authority and (b) more than 20 miles outside their home authority, broken down by age for each of the last five years. | | (11800) | 186
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many looked after children under 16 years of age (a) were prescribed contraceptive measures and (b) had pregnancy terminations (i) with and (ii) without parental consultation and approval in each of the last five years. | | (11802) | 187
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in encouraging a common understanding of enterprise amongst secondary school teachers. | | (11497) | 188
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of prisons in England and Wales that are providing adequate (i) literacy, (ii) numeracy and (iii) vocational training. | | (11498) | 189
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she has issued on the priority to be given to entrepreneurship within the teaching of enterprise. | | (11501) | 190
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice the Office for Fair Access is seeking in respect of the obligations of institutions to make bursary provision available for EU students. | | (11502) | 191
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many universities have Korean studies departments; and if she will make a statement. | | (11219) | 192
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she expects the proposed new 16 to 19 Academy based on Brunel University's Uxbridge campus to improve the London Borough of Hillingdon's post-16 participation rate; and what balance of curriculum levels is intended for the Academy. | | (11500) | 193
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of GDP was spent on children's services in England in the last period for which figures are available. | | (11795) | 194
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of excessive television watching on children's learning progress; and what representations she has received on this subject. | | (11557) | 195
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will issue guidance on how many hours per day children between the ages of 5 to 15 should watch television. | | (11558) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 196
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the circumstances in which animal testing is (a) mandatory and (b) optional under (i) UK and (ii) EU law. | | (10811) | 197
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff have been employed by the Rural Payments Agency in each month since its inception. | | (10812) | 198
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the economic survival of hill farmers in England. | | (11268) | 199
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage the use of (a) meat and bone meal in electricity and heat generation, (b) tallow for biodiesel production and (c) digested slurry for electrical generation through methane recovery. | | (11279) | 200
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):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 down the figures provided by (a) region and (b) local authority. | | (11406) | 201
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what percentage of domestic waste was recycled in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (11358) | 202
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase the number of native trees planted by the Foresty Commission; how many trees have been planted by Government agencies over the past 20 years in (a) England and (b) West Oxfordshire; and what targets to encourage the expansion of forests have been set. | | (11569) | 203
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the statement by the honourable Member for Scunthorpe on 29th June, Official Report, column 1376, what assessment her Department has made of the Pew Centre report on climate change. | | (11624) | 204
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Department has to make recycling facilities more readily available; and if she will make a statement. | | (10347) | 205
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consequences hazardous waste producers face if they do not register by the 16th July deadline; and if she will make a statement. | | (10348) | 206
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11467) | 207
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11504) | 208
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recycling points there are in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and (b) Kingston-upon-Hull City Council per 1,000 population. | | (11542) | 209
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of illegal culling of badgers by farmers as a method of controlling the spread of bovine TB; and if she will make a statement. | | (11579) | 210
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the UK's carbon dioxide reduction targets; and what her policy is on (a) disaggregating the targets between devolved regions of the UK and (b) devolving responsibility for meeting those targets to the devolved regions. | | (11310) | 211
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total amounts that will be paid in each of the next three years in export subsidies for UK agricultural products. | | (11306) | 212
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of energy that will be generated from methane from (a) waste sites, (b) coal mines and (c) other sources in each of the next three years. | | (11318) | 213
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her latest estimate is of the total cost of the UK's contribution to the Common Agricultural Policy in each of the next five years if no major reforms take place. | | (11499) | 214
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that veterinary surgeons employed by the state veterinary services in quarantine facilities are fully cogniscent of the diagnosis and treatment of tropical diseases, with particular reference to heartworm. | | (10346) | 215
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to discuss REACH during its EU Presidency; and if she will make a statement. | | (11439) | 216
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that paragliding and hanggliding are not adversely affected by the new single farm payment scheme. | | (11281) | 217
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the companies from which her Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11733) | 218
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the promotion of liquid milk in primary schools over the next 12 months using EU grants. | | (11648) | 219
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 1643W, on Llancloudy, if she will ensure that no route for removal of waste from Hill Farm Llancloudy is agreed before her officials meet the honourable Member for Hereford and a representative of the Llancloudy Residents Association; and if she will make a statement. | | (10984) | 220
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what long-term measures the Department is taking to tackle water shortages; and if she will make a statement. | | (11335) | 221
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what help the UK Government plans to provide to (a) farmers and (b) milk retailers to ensure adequate supplies of important non-GM animal food. | | (11831) | 222
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Department spent on computer systems to support the single payment system. | | (11402) | 223
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) minimum, (b) maximum, (c) average and (d) median time taken for farmers to obtain field numbers for non-arable land was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (11403) | 224
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the loss of rainforest habitat in square miles in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (11741) | 225
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on UK policy towards protection of rainforest habitat. | | (11742) | 226
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which licences (a) her Department and (b) agencies of her Department issue; what the fee is for each; how much was collected in fees for each in the last year for which figures are available; what the issuing agency is for each; and on what date she approved the fees for each. | | (11773) | 227
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion disposable nappies represented of total municipal solid waste in the last year for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of the contribution the landfilling of disposable nappies made to the production of greenhouse gases by the UK in that year. | | (11681) | 228
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to educate the public on the role of energy from waste combustion as part of the Waste Strategy. | | (11682) | 229
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the 10 demonstration plants to encourage new technologies to treat biodegradable municipal waste will begin operating. | | (11683) | 230
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government supports the use of mechanical biological treatment as part of the Waste Strategy. | | (11684) | 231
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to date of the Environment Agency's life cycle assessment on reusable and disposable nappies is; what estimate has been made of the cost of the further proposed LCA; when she expects the further LCA to be completed; and who will carry out the work. | | (11685) | 232
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much public money has been spent on reusable nappy schemes in the last five years, broken down by (a) scheme and (b) amount. | | (11686) | 233
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she has put in place for assessing the (a) environmental and (b) economic effects of the WRAP Real Nappy Programme; and whether it will be (i) independently audited and (ii) made publicly available. | | (11717) | 234
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how long she expects funding to continue for reusable nappies as part of the WRAP Real Nappy Programme. | | (11718) | 235
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been made available for the WRAP Real Nappy Programme to date; and whether the Government plans to continue funding this programme after April 2006. | | (11719) | 236
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of disposable nappy waste have been diverted by WRAP's Real Nappy Programme to date; how this figure was calculated; what percentage of new reusable users under the Programme continued to use reusables; and what methodology was used to count them. | | (11720) | 237
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether all the potatoes identified as being infected with ring rot in this country were processed in the same grading station in Holland. | | [R] (11315) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 238
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on non-governmental organisations having a specific role as part of the peer review process proposed for the Human Rights Council. | | (11188) | 239
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the UN Secretary General's proposal to replace the UN Commission on Human Rights with a Human Rights Council. | | (11190) | 240
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Turkey regarding the article in the Turkish Penal Code which criminalises any mention of the Armenian genocide. | | (11863) | 241
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | | (11865) | 242
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Turkey regarding recognition of the Armenian genocide. | | (11866) | 243
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports that large scale arms deliveries from Eastern Europe and the Balkans continue to be made to the Great Lakes Region despite the UN Security Council mandatory embargo. | | (11867) | 244
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action has been taken by his Department to stem the flow of arms to the Great Lakes Region. | | (11868) | 245
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports that British-based firms have been involved in delivering arms to the Great Lakes Region. | | (11869) | 246
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek to revise the legislative position on controls on arms brokering to ensure that UK citizens are unable to exploit a legal loophole in order to profit from the sales of arms to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | | (11870) | 247
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department contributed to (a) the drafting of the new Iraqi constitution and (b) the draft petroleum law; and if he will make a statement. | | (11410) | 248
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice and assistance the Government has provided on oil policy to the government of Iraq since June 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (11481) | 249
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the fiscal and regulatory frameworks for the Iraqi oil industry prepared by the Government and referred to in paragraph 11 of the Response of the Secretary of State to the Seventh Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee session 2003-04, on Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism; and if he will make a statement. | | (11516) | 250
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many advisers were seconded from the private sector in the UK to (a) the Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority and (b) other relevant Iraqi administrative bodies to work on oil industry issues; from which organisations each was seconded; how they were funded; what the costs were; and if he will make a statement. | | (11518) | 251
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Iran's pursuit of a nuclear program. | | (10302) | 252
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11466) | 253
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11483) | 254
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the decision of the EU to appoint a special representative to the Sudan. | | (11430) | 255
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the flow of arms into the Democratic Republic of Congo, including those that may have been trafficked (a) through the UK and (b) via UK brokers. | | (11431) | 256
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the status of the UN arms embargo relating to the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (11432) | 257
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in overseas governments about reducing corruption related to the arms trade. | | (11203) | 258
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Commonwealth and (b) African Union counterparts regarding the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. | | (11232) | 259
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for a family visitor visa were refused by UK entry clearance officers worldwide in each month since 1st January 2004. | | (11662) | 260
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he responded to the letter from Clive Stafford Smith dated 28th June, regarding British residents in Guantanamo; and if he will place a copy of his response in the Library. | | (11271) | 261
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he responded to the letter from Clive Stafford Smith dated 15th February, regarding Omar Deghayes; and if he will place a copy of his response in the Library. | | (11272) | 262
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when and for what reason his Department last decided to close the embassy in Madagascar; and when and for what reason it was re-opened. | | (11766) | 263
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the weekly level of fatalities in southern Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (11743) | 264
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of comparative levels of corruption within African governments; whether a grading system exists for assessing such corruption; and if he will make a statement. | | (11744) | 265
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is for the European Commission research and report into sustainable social models. | | (11751) | 266
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the (a) total cost of and (b) selection procedure for the UK's EU Presidency logo. | | (11752) | 267
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the Ethiopian Government in the context of the latest elections. | | (11753) | 268
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 12th May from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding the subject of sex tourism. | | (10985) | 269
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place with his EU counterparts regarding the future of the EU3 negotiations with Iran on its nuclear programme following the recent Iranian election. | | (11816) | 270
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of Burundi's and Rwanda's violations of their obligations under international conventions on refugees; and if he will make a statement. | | (11818) | 271
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to establish an international monitoring presence in the Occupied Territories to ensure that both Israelis and Palestinians are fulfilling their obligations to the Road Map; and if he will ensure that plans for such a presence have (a) an explicit human rights component and (b) a timetable for implementation. | | (11658) | 272
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 26th May to the Home Office which was subsequently transferred to his Department, regarding a constituent. | | (10729) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 273
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health cost (a) to set up and (b) in each year of operation. | | (11056) | 274
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of healthcare staff recruited in each of the last eight years have been care assistants. | | (11057) | 275
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care assistants have been recruited into the NHS in each of the last eight years. | | (11058) | 276
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the average hourly wage of a care assistant in the NHS. | | (11059) | 277
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will publish Counter Fraud and Security Management Service figures on the number of prosecutions of persons alleged to have assaulted a member of NHS staff. | | (11060) | 278
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve children's oral hygiene; and if she will make a statement. | | (11292) | 279
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings she had during May and June about the prescription of drug treatments to people with Alzheimer's disease. | | (11325) | 280
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with memory clinics about the impact of withdrawing drug treatments for people with Alzheimer's disease from NHS precription. | | (11326) | 281
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with Alzheimer's disease were prescribed anticholinesterase inhibitors in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004. | | (11327) | 282
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many memory clinics there are in England; and what assessment she has made of the likely impact on these services if the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence final guidance recommends that drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease should not be available on the NHS. | | (11328) | 283
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of drug treatments for people with Alzheimer's disease in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004. | | (11329) | 284
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of which other EU states do not fund the provision of drugs for people with Alzheimer's disease. | | (11330) | 285
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 201W, on adverse drug reactions, what the comparable figures for (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2003 were. | | (11357) | 286
| Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress her Department has made in offering ex-gratia payments from the Skipton Fund to those who have contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood products. | | (11221) | 287
| Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will estimate the cost of making payments to the families of people with haemophilia who have died of hepatitis C. | | (11282) | 288
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will include in her consultation on the elements of forthcoming health improvement legislation relating to restrictions on smoking the option of designated smoking rooms in workplaces, including licensed premises. | | (11489) | 289
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will include in her consultation on elements of forthcoming health improvement legislation relating to restrictions on smoking the designation of well-ventilated smoking rooms which are separated from both bar and eating areas. | | (11490) | 290
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11465) | 291
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11484) | 292
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to the Department in each year since 1975. | | (11521) | 293
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for cancer patients to receive treatment in hospitals in the last year for which figures are available; and what the Government's target is. | | (11216) | 294
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she intends to take to address the shortfall of funding for the Yorkshire Mental Health Trusts identified by the Commission for Health Improvement. | | (11544) | 295
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July, Official Report, columns 226-7W, on private diagnostic and treatment centres, if she will list the organisations for whom the subjects of the nine waivers wished to work; and what their profession was in each case. | | (11053) | 296
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any private sector provider has secured a general waiver or waivers of the rules restricting the employment of former NHS health professionals. | | (11054) | 297
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list each of the private sector providers providing services to NHS patients, giving in each case (a) the name of the organisation, (b) the location of its clinical premises, (c) the number of operations contracted for and (d) the number of operations so far carried out. | | (11055) | 298
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for (a) a digital hearing aid assessment and (b) the routine supply of a digital hearing aid to wearers of existing hearing aids at the Leighton hospital in Crewe in the last period for which figures are available. | | (11837) | 299
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding her Department has made available for the provision of digital hearing aids (a) in England, (b) to primary care Trusts in North Staffordshire and (c) to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. | | (11838) | 300
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was (a) in England and (b) at the University of North Staffordshire for (i) a digital hearing aid assessment and (ii) the routine supply of a digital hearing aid to users of existing hearing aids in the last period for which figures are available. | | (11839) | 301
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the current waiting times which hearing aid wearers have for a digital hearing aid assessment at the University of North Staffordshire. | | (11857) | 302
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's advice is on the prescribing of (a) seroxat and (b) other selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. | | (11319) | 303
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department expects to respond to the Health Select Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2004-05, on the Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry, HC 42. | | (11320) | 304
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with (a) the Department for Education and Skills and (b) the Food Standards Agency on making nutrition a mandatory element of the Food Preparation and Cooking NVQ. | | (11461) | 305
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the number of children currently being prescribed Ritalin. | | (11704) | 306
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the conclusion of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Citizens' Council on the account to be taken of age as a factor in making clinical decisions. | | (11428) | 307
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has developed booking criteria for admission to birth centres. | | (11433) | 308
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will amend the targets for ambulance trusts to reflect clinical outcomes rather than vehicle response times. | | (11434) | 309
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will commission research into the effectiveness of birth centres. | | (11435) | 310
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources have been allocated to mental health services for people aged (a) 50 to 64, (b) 65 to 74 and (c) 75 years or over as part of the National Service Framework for (i) older people and (ii) mental health. | | (11478) | 311
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the companies from which her Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11727) | 312
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on (a) children's hospices and (b) children's palliative care in each of the last five years (i) in real terms and (ii) as a percentage of the overall NHS budget. | | (11265) | 313
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will increase the core funding to children's hospice services from her Department. | | (11721) | 314
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her plans are for the number of primary care trusts in Birmingham. | | (11305) | 315
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the minimum level is of medical practice experience that the most senior non-accident and emergency doctor on a weekend hospital shift must have; and if she will make a statement. | | (11331) | 316
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are being treated with the cancer drug Anastrozole in each NHS health authority area in England. | | (11227) | 317
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the availability of the cancer drug Anastrozole on the NHS in England. | | (11229) | 318
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been carried out by her Department into the effectiveness of Anastrozole in treating breast cancer. | | (11286) | 319
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the representation from Northern Ireland on the new Arrhythmias and Sudden Death Programme Board. | | (11355) | 320
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the public and patient involvement forums for (a) ambulance services, (b) mental health trusts and (c) acute hospital trusts will be abolished; and what mechanisms will be set up to ensure patient consultation. | | (10733) | 321
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the total expenditure by NHS hospitals on cleaning in each year since 1997 in each NHS trust. | | (11827) | 322
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of (a) providing and (b) operating mobile scanning units in 2004-05. | | (10854) | 323
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of Craighead have had scans carried out by Alliance Medical. | | (10855) | 324
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems are in place to ensure Alliance Medical provide the number of scans which their contract stipulates. | | (10858) | 325
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer to Question reference 8726, what systems are in place to ensure the scanner at University Hospital North Durham is fully utilised. | | (10975) | 326
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the value of Alliance Medical's contract to provide scanning services in the NHS is considered commercially sensitive. | | (10976) | 327
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects Alliance Medical's diagnostic facility at Consett to be operational. | | (11537) | 328
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of Pelton have had scans carried out by Alliance Medical. | | (11539) | 329
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the annual review of Alliance Medical's contract to provide diagnostic scanning services to the NHS will take place. | | (11540) | 330
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish the annual review of Alliance Medical's contract to provide diagnostic scanning services to the NHS. | | (11541) | 331
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July to Question ref 10858, what her assessment of Alliance Medical's performance in providing diagnostic scanning services to the NHS has been so far. | | (11545) | 332
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to alleviate the financial deficit of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust. | | (11313) | 333
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has given in each of the last five years to voluntary organisations to promote breastfeeding; if she will list those organisations; and for what specific purposes the funding was provided. | | (11204) | 334
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Healthy Start initiative will be implemented; and what provision has been made for additional training on nutrition and practical healthy eating on a low income to health visitors and midwives before the scheme starts. | | (11205) | 335
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts (a) are collecting reliable data on breastfeeding initiation and duration rates and (b) have appointed a breastfeeding co-ordinator. | | (11206) | 336
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the baseline breastfeeding initiation data as outlined in the Priorities and Planning Framework 2003 to 2006 are for each primary care trust. | | (11207) | 337
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust have been waiting more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) 12 months for hip replacement operations. | | (11445) | 338
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the health expenditure per head of population in Milton Keynes has been in each year since 1997. | | (11570) | 339
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners there have been in the Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust in each year since 1997. | | (11571) | 340
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June, Official Report, columns 1344W-1345W on clostridium difficile, what the first date was on which clostridium difficile was reported to her Department in respect of each hospital trust. | | (11106) | 341
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve the convenience and comfort of administration of treatment for hepatitis C. | | (11858) | 342
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 1766W, on primary care trusts, what the average per capita funding for all primary care trusts in England was in 2004-05; and what the average per capita funding budgeted for 2005-06 is. | | (10805) | 343
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average cost of providing rehabilitation and care for a post-operative patient in (a) an acute hospital and (b) a community hospital. | | (11283) | 344
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department offers to NHS trusts on the disposal of assets provided by charitable and voluntary organisations and individuals in community hospital wards that are closed. | | (11284) | 345
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to assess the case for closure of a pharmacy on the grounds that the pharmacist is deemed no longer fit to practise. | | (11574) | 346
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what grounds for appeal are available to a pharmacist suspended under the new legislation regarding fitness to practise. | | (11575) | 347
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had and what reports she has received about the suitability of Beta Interferon for sufferers of multiple sclerosis. | | (11801) | 348
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals were (a) awaiting and (b) receiving treatment with Beta Interferon for multiple sclerosis, broken down by health authority on the lastest date for which figures are available. | | (11803) | 349
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned on the possibility of smoking being a contributing factor in the onset of blindness; and if she will make a statement. | | (11875) | 350
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of oral cancer were first diagnosed by a dentist in each of the past five years. | | (11877) | 351
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to tackle childhood obesity; and if she will make a statement. | | (11660) | 352
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average period of time is that (a) new patients and (b) patients with existing analogue hearing aids living in (i) the Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Primary Care Trust area and (ii) the Medway Primary Care Trust area have to wait before they are fitted with a digital hearing aid after their initial referral for an audiology assessment by their GP. | | (11534) | 353
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for heroin addicts in Plymouth to access residential treatment. | | (11332) | 354
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what statutory powers (a) money is provided by her Department for the development of primary care premises in Sandown, Isle of Wight, (b) decisions about the allocation of money are made by a premises development group (PDG), (c) the composition of the group is determined, (d) conditions are laid down by the PDG after funding has been agreed and (e) the PDG can withdraw funding. | | (11180) | 355
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken into the health impacts of (i) breast feeding and (ii) bottle feeding. | | (11573) | 356
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total level of financial provision by the NHS in England is for future liabilities in respect of clinical negligence; if she will estimate what the level of such provision was on a consistent basis in each year since 1997; if she will break down the most recent total by type of liability; and if she will make a statement on recent trends in such liabilities. | | (10940) | 357
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she has put in place to ensure the safety of commercial cloth laundering services supplying NHS maternity wards with communally laundered cloth nappies for newborn babies; at what temperature these nappies are washed; and at what minimum temperature she recommends reusable nappies are washed in the home to avoid the risk of infection. | | (11667) | 358
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of enteric viruses were recorded in NHS hospitals using commercially laundered nappies in the last period for which figures are available. | | (11668) | 359
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the proposed BSI safety standard for commercial cloth nappy laundry services to be finalised. | | (11669) | 360
| Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have protocols in place for recalling people with diabetes to receive retinal screening. | | (11339) | 361
| Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many follow-up appointments at specialist eye clinics for those people needing treatment for sight-related retinopathy were cancelled in the last period for which figures are available. | | (11340) | 362
| Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many follow-up appointments were (a) cancelled and (b) rescheduled for people with diabetes needing laser eye treatment in the last period for which figures are available. | | (11344) | 363
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what health spending per head was in each region of England in the last period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (11273) | 364
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is taking to expedite approval of cancer treatments. | | (11513) | 365
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on mental health services for teenagers. | | (11388) | 366
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on myasthenia gravis and the support available for those diagnosed with the disease. | | (11568) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 367
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been made against the police since 1997 in each year in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Southend. | | (10912) | 368
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Independent Police Complaints Commission's target is for (a) examination of and (b) reporting on a complaint against the police from the date of registration of the complaint; and what the average time taken has been since the IPCC was set up. | | (10913) | 369
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in police custody occurred in (a) West Yorkshire Police Authority and (b) the UK in each year since 2001. | | (11823) | 370
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the prospects for the safety of (a) Hatem Mohammed Hussain, (b) Bergu Mohammed, (c) Bakery Elzin Mohammed, (d) Bakhet Adam Ali and (e) Ismail Mohamed Jabar if they return to Khartoum. | | (11411) | 371
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Sudanese asylum seekers who have returned to the UK after deportation to Khartoum in each of the last two years. | | (11427) | 372
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure the UK fulfils its commitment to avoid refoulement of asylum seekers. | | (11429) | 373
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were made to Essex Police in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004; how many (i) remain unsolved and (ii) were subsequently withdrawn by the accuser, broken down by year of allegation; in how many cases it was established that a rape had taken place, broken down by year of allegation; how many malicious allegations of rape were made in each year; how many convictions for rape there were in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (10229) | 374
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 125W, on the Criminal Records Bureau, what functionality has been added to the IT system in each of the last two years. | | (11659) | 375
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) performance targets have been set and (b) performance-related payments have been made to O2 Airwave in connection with the contract to provide the Tetra telecommunications network. | | (11592) | 376
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date there will be full Tetra network coverage for the emergency services in Pembrokeshire. | | (11603) | 377
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tetra masts are located in Pembrokeshire. | | (11604) | 378
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many further Tetra masts are required to achieve full network coverage for the emergency services in Pembrokeshire. | | (11605) | 379
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value of the contract with 02 Airwave is to provide a Tetra telecommunications network for the emergency services. | | (11607) | 380
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what future performance-related payments are available to 02 Airwave in connection with the contract to provide a Tetra telecommunications network for the emergency services. | | (11608) | 381
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sum in fines was imposed in 2003 for sales of alcohol to under 18s. | | (11830) | 382
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of community orders since their inception. | | (11812) | 383
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11464) | 384
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11485) | 385
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in the United Kingdom are awaiting the result of (a) an initial decision and (b) an appeal. | | (11543) | 386
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish details of the arrangement with the Womens Royal Voluntary Service whereby, in return for a reduction in grant aid, the WRVS is given help with its property portfolio; and which properties are involved. | | (11786) | 387
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any anti-social behaviour orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in respect of an individual who uses a wheelchair. | | (11359) | 388
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence his Department has evaluated on the effects of anti-social behaviour orders on individuals with a disability. | | (11360) | 389
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice has been given to (a) courts, (b) the police and (c) local authorities on the effects of issuing an anti-social behaviour order to an individual with a disability. | | (11361) | 390
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued with a condition since 1999; and what the most common conditions were. | | (11362) | 391
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders with (a) one condition, (b) two conditions, (c) three conditions, (d) five to 10 conditions, (e) more than 10 conditions and (f) 20 or more conditions were issued in each year since 1999. | | (11363) | 392
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11728) | 393
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to involve local communities in obtaining anti-social behaviour orders. | | (11446) | 394
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications are of the award of the 2012 Olympic Games to London for the (a) workload and (b) staffing levels of his Department. | | (11674) | 395
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) final warnings and (b) reprimands have been issued under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in each year for each (i) classification of crime and (ii) age cohort. | | (11790) | 396
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the performance of the police airwave system during the floods earlier this year in Carlisle. | | (11576) | 397
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the current status of the police airwave programme is (a) operational and (b) ready for service. | | (11582) | 398
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the (a) Airwave health monitoring study by Imperial College London and (b) the Airwave Patterns of Use Study by the University of Birmingham Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine have been published; and if he will place copies in the Library. | | (11583) | 399
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding he allocated to provide the Airwave National Fallback Service. | | (11584) | 400
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding he allocated for extending Airwave into the Channel Tunnel. | | (11585) | 401
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review his decision to exclude Northern Ireland as a destination for asylum seeker dispersal; and if he will make a statement. | | (11351) | 402
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population was for (a) Northamptonshire Police Force, (b) Northamptonshire's most similar family of forces and (c) an average for England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (11192) | 403
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when future projections of house building numbers in Northamptonshire contained in the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Sub-Regional Spatial Strategy will be taken into account in the formula grant funding calculation for the county's police force. | | (11193) | 404
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the three-year cumulative change in formula grant funding for the police forces in England and Wales between 2003-04 and 2005-06 (a) before and (b) after the Floor Damping scheme. | | (11194) | 405
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to remove the Floor Damping scheme for police authority grant funding for 2006-07 and beyond. | | (11195) | 406
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the effect on the grant to the Northamptonshire Police Authority was as a result of the Floor Damping scheme for formula grant funding in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. | | (11196) | 407
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) special constables and (b) police support and administrative staff there were in the Northamptonshire Police Force in each of the last 10 years. | | (11197) | 408
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the reorganisation of police forces in England and Wales. | | (11385) | 409
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated value is of seizures of (a) heroin and (b) cocaine in the UK in 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | | (11217) | 410
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated number is of crimes committed by cocaine and heroin drug users in England and Wales in each year between 2001 and 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (11274) | 411
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been deported since January 2005 in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland. | | (11688) | 412
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the age profile of Lancashire Police on recruitment requirements for the force. | | (11645) | 413
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is given to police forces with regard to their participation in safety camera partnerships. | | (11711) | 414
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 30-minute questionnaire given to the sample of people interviewed for the Identity Cards Trade Off Research, mentioned on page 3 of the Interim Report published on 28th June. | | (11663) | 415
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the impact on fraud levels of the Chip and PIN programme since its introduction. | | (11664) | 416
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British citizens have been extradited to the USA under the UK-US Extradition Treaty 2003. | | (11609) | 417
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure ministerial scrutiny of any information provided by US authorities when requesting the extradition of a British subject under the UK-US Extradition Treaty 2003; and if he will ensure that ministerial approval is required of any British subject's extradition to the USA. | | (11610) | 418
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will suspend the extradition of any British subjects to the USA under the new UK-US Extradition Treaty 2003 until the US Senate ratifies the Treaty. | | (11611) | 419
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) criminal and (b) civil courts in (i) England, (ii) the Teesside region and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (11367) | 420
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of unauthorised residents in the UK since 2001. | | (10806) | 421
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the unauthorised migrant population estimated in his Department's research study were estimated to have arrived in the UK between 1991 and 2001. | | (10807) | 422
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when all of those who applied for the family concession from October 2003 will have their cases concluded; and if he will make a statement. | | (11840) | 423
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases in (a) Greater London, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) Edmonton are still outstanding under the family concession exercise of October 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (11841) | 424
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents of (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Edmonton who have not yet had their cases under the family concession exercise determined, submitted their application in each quarter since the last quarter of 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (11842) | 425
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time to have an appointment for drug rehabilitation treatment was in 2004-05 with the consultant pyschiatrist employed by the Health Partnership Trust in St Albans; and what proportion of his patients are the subject of drug rehabilitation requirements and a drug treatment testing order. | | (11226) | 426
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June, Official Report, column 1243W, on Kamel Bourgass, if he will estimate the approximate date when the information was passed from the police to the Home Office and Ministers; and when Porton Down passed this information to Ministers. | | (11813) | 427
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date he responded to the letter from Clive Stafford Smith dated 15th May, regarding Omar Deghayes; and if he will place a copy of his response in the Library. | | (11270) | 428
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid by (a) his Department and (b) the Youth Justice Board to each of the contractors running secure training centres in each financial year of their operation. | | (10980) | 429
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of self-harm have been recorded in each secure training centre since they came into operation. | | (10981) | 430
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff have (a) joined and (b) left each secure training centre in each year since they came into operation. | | (10982) | 431
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child protection matters have been referred to the local child protection team at each secure training centre; and what the outcome was of each referral. | | (10983) | 432
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions on shooting sports are contained within the provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Bill. | | (11222) | 433
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations in England were (a) open round the clock, (b) open part-time and (c) mothballed in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (11874) | 434
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality will reply to the letter dated 10th May from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent Ms R. Dyka of Boddam. | | (10986) | 435
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unregistered door supervisors the Security Industry Authority permitted to work through their Approved Contractors Scheme on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (11314) | 436
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether the Security Industry Authority's Approved Contractor Scheme is consistent with the recommendations of the Better Regulation Taskforce. | | (11316) | 437
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has met the National Security Inspectorate to discuss their concerns about the Security Industry Authority's Approved Contractor Scheme. | | (11317) | 438
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the intermediary scheme provided for in the special measures for vulnerable witnesses of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 will be rolled-out nationally. | | (11294) | 439
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the intermediary scheme provided for in the special measures for vulnerable witnesses of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999. | | (11296) | 440
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the trends in criminal activity in the East sector of Plymouth are for the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (11324) | 441
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter from the honourable Member for New Forest West of 21st March regarding his deceased former constituent Angela Armes. | | (10732) | 442
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Elmet of 27th June, Official Report, column 1005, on new prisons, if he will list the sites which (a) are and (b) have been in the last three years under consideration for new prisons; for what type of prison in each case; and what stage consideration has reached in each case. | | (10228) | 443
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests for offences involving drinking and disorderly behaviour have taken place in (a) Lancaster & Wyre and (b) Lancashire in each year since 1997; to which custody suite arrestees were taken; and how many cases subsequently went to magistrates' court. | | (11847) | 444
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what size data files are being used to store individuals' entry and biometric records for use with the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's Project Iris. | | (11848) | 445
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recognition failure rate is of scans carried out in the pilot project Project Iris. | | (11849) | 446
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reliability levels are of the scanning unit deployed in the 10 locations where Project Iris is being piloted. | | (11850) | 447
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect on the right to privacy of the use by private individuals of surveillance video cameras overlooking public spaces. | | (11275) | 448
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the recent comments by Louise Casey, head of the anti-social behaviour unit, on Government measures to cut binge drinking. | | (11556) | 449
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the normal payment terms are for his Department to settle the invoices of building contractors who have performed work for the Home Office. | | (11679) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 450
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action has been taken by his Department to address the food shortage in Niger. | | (11864) | 451
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11463) | 452
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11486) | 453
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what sums have been allocated to fight malaria in (a) Kenya, (b) Burundi, (c) Ethiopia, (d) Malawi and (e) Eritrea, with particular reference to (i) children and (ii) pregnant women in each of the last three years. | | (11598) | 454
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budget has been allocated to fund the provision of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Africa in 2005-06; and for how many people he estimates this will provide protection. | | (11599) | 455
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what anti-malaria drugs the Government funds (a) directly, (b) through non-government organisations and (c) through the UN. | | (11600) | 456
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11730) | 457
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the top five causes of infant mortality in the third world in the last five years for which figures are available; how many infants died from each cause a year on average in that period; and what estimate he has made of the average cost of treating one infant affected by each such cause. | | (11745) | 458
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much debt is owed by each developing country. | | (11746) | 459
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who the top 20 creditor nations to the developing world are; and how much is owed to each. | | (11747) | 460
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the current status of agreements to issue reduced price HIV retrovirals in Ethiopia. | | (11750) | 461
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the number of displaced Somalis crossing the border into Kenya to escape fighting; and whether his Department is providing humanitarian assistance. | | (11815) | 462
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on progress by G8 countries in assisting with the destruction of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons in former USSR countries. | | (11817) | 463
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of EU development assistance in the Democratic Rupublic of Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | (11819) | 464
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the level of UK development assistance to Uganda, in the event of a change to the Ugandan constitution to enable the President to serve a third term. | | (11828) | 465
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list non-governmental organisations in Malawi that seek to reduce poverty to which his Department has allocated funding in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (11689) | Questions to the Leader of the House 466
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Leader of the House, what an honourable Member's salary will be in each year from 2005-06 to the next expected Senior Salaries Review Body report; and if he will estimate what it would be if it were raised each year in line with the public and private sector comparators. | | (11277) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 467
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11462) | 468
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11487) | 469
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated out of the (a) Children's Fund, (b) Innovation/Modernisation Executive Programme Fund, (c) Infrastructure Executive Programme Fund, (d) New Directions Executive Programme Fund, (e) Service Modernisation Executive Programme Fund and (f) Social Inclusion/Community Regeneration Executive Programme Fund to projects and programmes in North Belfast in each year since 2001. | | (11601) | 470
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the Super Output Areas (SOAs) in North Belfast that are in the top 10 per cent. of most deprived SOAs in Northern Ireland. | | (11602) | 471
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what response he plans to make to the report submitted by the Inter-Departmental Group on Personal Care to the Northern Ireland Executive on 8th August 2002. | | (11621) | 472
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received from the private sector in Northern Ireland on the level of insurance premiums for businesses operating in Northern Ireland; what response he has made; and if he will make a statement. | | (11622) | 473
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the annual change in insurance premiums for small and medium sized businesses in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (11623) | 474
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Department of Education has spent on implementing its policy of staff development and performance review. | | (11368) | 475
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 849W, on hare coursing, if he will delay a decision on any licence applications until he has assessed the results of the survey of the Irish hare population. | | (11532) | 476
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the recent closure of the high dependency unit at Altnagelvin Hospital. | | (11308) | 477
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) intensive care and (b) high dependency unit beds there are in hospitals in Northern Ireland; how many (i) nursing and (ii) other staff are attached to each unit; and what plans he has to increase the number of (A) beds and (B) nursing staff at such units. | | (11309) | 478
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on which other departments' funding policies Invest Northern Ireland's policy on promoting entrepreneurship and business start-ups is based; and if he will make a statement. | | (11353) | 479
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11739) | 480
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what research has been carried out by his Department into the effectiveness of Anastrozole in treating breast cancer. | | (11225) | 481
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are being treated with cancer drug Anastrozole in each NHS health authority area in Northern Ireland. | | (11228) | 482
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessments are made of the political party memberships of individuals appointed to quangos and commissions in Northern Ireland. | | (11230) | 483
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the availability of the cancer drug Anastrozole on the NHS in Northern Ireland. | | (11231) | 484
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the Belfast City Centre Beat arrangement between the Police Service Northern Ireland and Belfast city traders and Chamber of Commerce is being funded. | | (11233) | 485
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many typist posts there were within the Police Service Northern Ireland on 1st January; and how many are anticipated to be required at (a) 1st January 2006, (b) 1st January 2007 and (c) 1st January 2008, broken down by district command unit area. | | (11234) | 486
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to announce the conclusions of the research programme tasked with ascertaining the necessary vision standards for new Police Service Northern Ireland recruits. | | (11235) | 487
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much will be raised per year via the levy on gas and electricity users in Northern Ireland in relation to the system value agreement related to the new Coolkeeragh Power Station; and for how long these payments are expected to continue. | | (11285) | 488
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what account was taken of the intended export of output from Coolkeeragh Power Station in the Republic of Ireland when granting the Electricity Supply Board financial benefits to be paid through levies on gas and electricity users in Northern Ireland. | | (11290) | 489
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to tackle fuel poverty in Northern Ireland. | | (11293) | 490
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been to date of the review of post-primary education, including the (a) Burns and (b) Costello report; and if he will make a statement. | | (11333) | 491
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many responses were received by the Department of Education in its consultation on admissions criteria; when he expects the analysis of responses to be concluded; and what the cost has been to date of the admissions criteria consultation exercise. | | (11334) | 492
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the use of synthetic phonics in the teaching of reading in Northern Ireland's schools. | | (11342) | 493
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the appointments of principals over the past five years, broken down by (a) sector, (b) school type, (c) Education and Library Board and (d) date. | | (11343) | 494
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria were used by his Department when deciding on the closure of rural police stations; and what public consultation had been undertaken prior to the announcement of the proposed closures. | | (11346) | 495
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of after school clubs in Northern Ireland; and how much funding has been directed towards these in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (11347) | 496
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide further funding to establish projects in Northern Ireland for young people suffering as a result of substance misuse. | | (11348) | 497
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the progress of the removal of asbestos from (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Northern Ireland. | | (11349) | 498
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce the Early Support Programme to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (11350) | 499
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers are employed in (a) Catholic maintained schools and (b) non-Catholic maintained schools; and what the average gross salary paid to teachers in each category was for the last year for which figures are available. | | (11352) | 500
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of Child Support Agency (CSA) cases in Northern Ireland were being calculated under the new system for CSA payments on 1st July. | | (11356) | 501
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will act to protect the Rath behind the Grange in Warringstown, County Down; and for what reasons a survey by the archaeological service was not undertaken prior to a decision on planning permission for development. | | (11364) | 502
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the appointments made by boards of governors that were subsequently changed on the recommendation of the Teachers Appointment Committee in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) sector, (b) school type, (c) Education and Library Board area and (d) date. | | (11369) | 503
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the recently announced additional funding of £12.5 million to education is to be divided between education and library boards; for what specific purposes within each Board the funding has been allocated; what the timescale for the availability of this funding is; and if he will make a statement. | | (11495) | 504
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the provision of speech therapy support to children with special educational needs at Belvoir Park Primary School in Belfast South; and if he will take steps to improve the provision of such support. | | (11280) | 505
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been allocated to each education and library board to implement the Taskforce Group report proposals on dyslexia for (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2007-08; and what assessment he has made of the use to which such resources have so far been put. | | (11606) | 506
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the availability of Velcade in Northern Ireland; and what plans there are to increase access for patients to Velcade. | | (10354) | 507
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which health trusts in the Province have commenced their own internal bank staff system; and what costs each has incurred (a) setting up, (b) staffing and (c) operating these systems in each of the last five years. | | (10355) | 508
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what improvements are planned for the sewerage infrastructure of the Laurelvale and Tandragee area. | | (10356) | 509
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals are employed by Invest NI. | | (11767) | 510
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what staff costs have been occurred by Invest NI in each year since it was established. | | (11768) | 511
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the future of otorhinolarynology services at Tyrone County Hospital. | | (11769) | 512
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that trained assistance is provided for anaesthetists. | | (11770) | 513
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his assessment is of the extent to which theatre managers and clinical directors are fulfilling their obligations to provide adequately trained staff to assist anaesthetists within the Province. | | (11771) | 514
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals from overseas are working within the NHS in the Province, broken down by profession and nationality. | | (11772) | 515
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding has been ringfenced for children's services in Northern Ireland. | | (11791) | 516
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide funding to assist junior doctors with unavoidable expenses they incur through their training. | | (11792) | 517
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the training costs that are saved as the result of having staff from overseas working within the NHS. | | (11793) | 518
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals from sub-Saharan Africa are employed within the NHS, broken down by profession. | | (11794) | 519
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Government staff are working directly to combat illegal dumping in Northern Ireland. | | (11655) | 520
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been (a) questioned about, (b) charged with and (c) fined for illegal dumping in Northern Ireland of waste originating in the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (11656) | 521
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints have been received by the Police Ombudsman in each year since the creation of the office. | | (11666) | 522
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the complaints received by the Police Ombudsman have resulted in a prosecution against members of the (a) RUC and (b) Police Service Northern Ireland. | | (11670) | 523
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications for personal protection weapons have been made in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (11671) | 524
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been granted to Sinn Féin from public funds in each of the last 10 years. | | (11672) | 525
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many MMR vaccines were purchased by each health board in Northern Ireland in (a) 2003-04 and 2004-05. | | (11673) | 526
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of illegal dumping there were in Northern Ireland for each of the last five years; and what action can be taken against the owners of land where illegal dumping takes place. | | (11708) | 527
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people from Northern Ireland have been investigated by the Asset Recovery Agency. | | (11713) | 528
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total monetary value of property and processions confiscated by the Asset Recovery Agency has been in each year since the Agency was created. | | (11714) | 529
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are working for the Assets Recovery Agency. | | (11716) | 530
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many crimes against the elderly there were in (a) urban and (b) rural areas in each of the last five years. | | (11775) | 531
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much central government funding was given to each council in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (11776) | 532
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents there have been where a suspect has been apprehended at the scene of a crime, excluding car crime, in each of the last three years. | | (11777) | 533
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many crimes have been committed in each of the last three years where replica firearms have been used. | | (11778) | 534
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost was per prisoner per year of holding prisoners in prison in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available. | | (11779) | 535
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners there are in each prison in Northern Ireland. | | (11780) | 536
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many illegal firearms have been found by the Police Service of Northern Ireland during searches, criminal investigations or at crime scenes in each of the last five years. | | (11781) | 537
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money was spent on cancer research in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years. | | (11782) | 538
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated for nicotine replacement therapies in the last three years in Northern Ireland. | | (11783) | 539
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many MMR vaccines the Department for Health has committed to purchasing solely for use in Northern Ireland for 2005. | | (11784) | Questions to the Prime Minister 540
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Prime Minister, how many days his Office has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11471) | 541
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalents have worked for his Office for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11488) | 542
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Prime Minister, whether any (a) Minister and (b) civil servant has failed to follow the advice of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. | | (11862) | 543
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has made to the French Government on the issue of public statements regarding British cuisine; and what representations he has received on this subject. | | (11748) | 544
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 29th June, Official Report, column 1288, what evidential basis there was for Sir Richard Dearlove's assessment of United States administration policy contained in the memorandum. | | (10727) | 545
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Prime Minister, when (a) he and (b) his Office first became aware (i) of Home Office research into the number of people illegally in the country and (ii) that the research had made an estimate of the number of such people. | | (11384) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 546
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many days the Office has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11472) | 547
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11527) | Questions to the Solicitor General 548
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Solicitor General, what the timetable is for the Serious Fraud Office completing its investigations into the allegations of corruption with respect to the sale of Alvis vehicles to Indonesia in the 1990s; and if he will make a statement. | | (11678) | 549
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June, Official Report, column 1180W, on Iraq, whether the Government gave permission for the Butler Review to disclose that the Attorney General made an oral presentation to the Cabinet of his advice on the legality of the war in Iraq. | | (11810) | 550
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Solicitor General, how many vulnerable witnesses have been interviewed by the police in each of the last five years. | | (11295) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 551
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the total amount spent by the Electoral Commission (a) prior to the 2005 Election and (b) during the 2005 election was on (i) television advertising, (ii) telephone hotlines, (iii) websites, (iv) screen adverts at train stations, (v) posters, (vi) postcards, (vii) postage, (viii) advertisements on buses and bus stops and (ix) radio advertising as part of the About my Vote and Don't Do Politics campaign. | | (11665) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 552
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of further plant failures at Thorp. | | (11266) | 553
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, with which private sector organisations ASE Consulting held exploratory discussions in relation to the business opportunity in running the Export Control Organisation. | | (11307) | 554
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 54W, on the Export Control Organisation, which external organisations provided a view on an informal basis. | | (11615) | 555
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with representatives of oil companies since June 2004 on the future of the Iraqi oil sector, broken down by (a) date and (b) location; if he will publish the minutes of those meetings; and if he will make a statement. | | (11460) | 556
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11473) | 557
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many coal mines closed in each financial year since 1975. | | (11514) | 558
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11526) | 559
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11737) | 560
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to review his policy on the export of firearms. | | (11202) | 561
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce measures to amend the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 1998 to ensure the strict application of the 30 day limit and increased compensation for late payments. | | (11881) | 562
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate the Department has made of when global production of conventional crude oil will peak. | | (11302) | 563
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent steps the Department has taken to prevent silent telephone calls by commercial power diallers; and if the Department will support a policy of introducing recorded messages to inform recipients of silent telephone calls of what has happened. | | (11323) | 564
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his latest assessment is of (a) the economic strength of the Northamptonshire footwear manufacturing industry and (b) the competitive pressures it faces from China and elsewere; and what steps his Department is taking to promote Northamptonshire's boot and shoe trade. | | (11198) | 565
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many direct post offices have closed in the last 18 months in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (11201) | 566
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the reasons are for creating vision boards in the North West and if he will take steps to create a vision board for Chorley. | | (11763) | 567
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what definition of electrical waste he uses in relation to implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (11755) | 568
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether batteries and battery-operated goods are within the remit of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (11756) | 569
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether retailers will be required to (a) maintain a register of all electronic and electrical items returned to their store and (b) insist on the consumer producing the old good before selling a new electrical or electronic product under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (11757) | 570
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, at what quantity retailers most dispose of their store of returned goods under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive; and whether this will involve the retailer (a) paying for the goods to be collected by a registered disposal firm and (b) depositing the goods at a registered collection point. | | (11759) | 571
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the costs to retailers of complying with the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (11760) | 572
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department has carried out a small business regulatory impact assessment on the proposals for Environment Agency fees relating to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (11761) | 573
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions the Department has had with companies retailing electrical and electronic equipment on reducing waste arising from such equipment. | | (11762) | 574
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average settlement (a) to the claimant and (b) in solicitors' and medical fees was for coal health claims relating to deafness settled by his Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (10723) | 575
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which claims handlers have been referred by the Coal Health Claims Unit to the Corporate Governance Unit for investigation. | | (10724) | 576
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many requests were made to his Department to investigate coal health claims handlers through the Department's Corporate Governance Unit in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004. | | (10725) | 577
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential for carbon sequestration in the Scottish sector of the North Sea as defined by the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987. | | (10977) | 578
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the infrastructure requirements to sequester carbon dioxide in reservoirs in the North Sea. | | (10978) | 579
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of barrels of oil that can be recovered as a result of enhanced oil recovery and carbon dioxide sequestration in (a) the UK sector of the North Sea and (b) the Scottish sector of the North Sea. | | (10979) | 580
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his policy is on energy security. | | (11580) | 581
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many meetings his Department has had with representatives of the (a) art market and (b) Design and Artist Copyright Society since 1st April. | | (11529) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 582
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed camera tickets have been challenged in each year since 1997 in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Southend; and how many were successful. | | (10914) | 583
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost of extending the pensioner free travel scheme to cover journeys by light-rail. | | (10804) | 584
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what document the funding available for local authorities under the transport innovation fund was announced; and where in the document the information is provided. | | (11824) | 585
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the size of the UK merchant marine was by (a) tonnage and (b) number of ships in each year between 1994 and 2004. | | (9961) | 586
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) officers and (b) seamen were serving in the merchant marine in each year between 1994 and 2004. | | (9962) | 587
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) expected cost when first submitted for approval and (b) most recently-estimated or final cost is of each road scheme (i) in the Targeted Programme of Improvements and (ii) submitted for funding through the Local Transport Plan Process between 1999-2000 and 2004-05. | | (11269) | 588
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will break down by project the £600 million rolling stock and infrastructure investment referred to at page 19 of the Integrated Kent Franchise Stakeholder Briefing Document published in January. | | (11312) | 589
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on changes to charges imposed on foreign hauliers using UK roads. | | (11408) | 590
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11474) | 591
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11525) | 592
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost of providing a free bus pass for pensioners that can be used on all bus services in England. | | (10801) | 593
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) procedures and (b) selection criteria he used when making appointments to the Rail Passengers Council. | | (10425) | 594
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of representation of the interests of passengers in the North West in the Rail Passengers Council. | | (10426) | 595
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations he consults when considering transport issues affecting the North West region. | | (10427) | 596
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake a review of safety procedures for railway staff attending incidents on electric railway tracks following the incident on 29th June at Kings Cross Station on the Piccadilly line; and if he will make a statement. | | (10843) | 597
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake a review of safety procedures for staff from the (a) Ambulance Service and (b) Fire Brigade when attending incidents on electric railway tracks following the incident on 29th June at Kings Cross Station on the Piccadilly line; and if he will make a statement. | | (10844) | 598
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to encourage the transfer of movements of heavy freight loads from road to rail. | | (11321) | 599
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of issuing restricted driving licences to people with retinistis pigmentosa. | | (9036) | 600
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the merits of introducing a restricted driving licence to drivers who marginally fail the mechanical 120 degree test resulting from European Directive (91/439/EEC) which would be indicated on a vehicle with an R sign and which would restrict drivers to a speed of 40 mph and prohibit them from driving on motorways. | | (9037) | 601
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11732) | 602
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce a biofuels sustainability certification scheme. | | (11224) | 603
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason 30 train units were diverted by the Strategic Rail Authority to other train operating companies from South West Trains; what research was carried out into the consequences of the reduction in capacity; what plans he has to provide replacements for the 30 units; and if he will make a statement. | | (11289) | 604
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his plans are for the improvement of rail (a) infrastructure and (b) services in Hampshire in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (11509) | 605
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many certificates of non-compliance have been issued to companies and groups failing to meet their tonnage tax training obligations; and how many were subsequently cancelled. | | (11510) | 606
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many companies or groups have been required to make higher rate payments for failing to meet their obligations since the tonnage tax was introduced. | | (11511) | 607
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many companies have submitted training commitments for his approval since the tonnage tax was introduced. | | (11512) | 608
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the implications are of the successful bid to hold the 2012 Olympic Games in London for the (a) workload and (b) staffing levels of his Department. | | (11675) | 609
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many companies have been allowed to make tonnage tax payments in lieu of training; what the total amount of such payments has been; and to whom such payments are made. | | (11722) | 610
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many companies or groups made returns to him during the tonnage tax regime during the last full year for which figures are available on (a) training provided and (b) payments in lieu of training. | | (11723) | 611
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the minimum training obligation is for a company or group to qualify for tonnage tax exemption. | | (11724) | 612
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the major road schemes in (a) the North West and (b) Lancashire which are planned to start in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07; and what the estimated cost is of each. | | (11825) | 613
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Transport for London about the disruption to passenger services as work progresses on the East London line extensions. | | (11641) | 614
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Transport for London concerning the timetable for construction of the East London Line Extensions and progress on Phase 2 of the extensions. | | (11643) | 615
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Transport for London on the closure of the central section of the East London line, north of New Cross Gate to Shoreditch, during work on the East London line extensions. | | (11644) | 616
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, column 1129W, on the EU Driver Licensing Committee, who the members are of his honorary medical advisory panels; and what relevant (a) qualifications and (b) experience each has. | | (11796) | 617
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the pensioner concessionary travel scheme to include use of trams. | | (11822) | 618
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration is being given to magnetic levitation as the propulsion system for the possible new North-South railway. | | (11873) | 619
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of cars licensed to run on British roads were first licensed prior to 1975. | | (11565) | 620
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British-owned motor vehicles are licensed to drive on British roads. | | (11566) | 621
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British petrol engined vehicles licensed for use on British roads were built prior to 1993. | | (11567) | 622
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of (a) private vehicles and (b) commercial vehicles are adapted to run on LPG fuel. | | (11578) | 623
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many licensed British vehicles are adapted to run on biofuels. | | (11586) | 624
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the British lorry and commercial vehicle fleet is powered by diesel fuel. | | (11587) | 625
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British citizens with full driving licences there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (11614) | 626
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred in each of the last five years on the A127 between the M25 and Southend; and what proportion of these resulted in personal injury. | | (11413) | 627
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred in each of the last five years on the A13 between the M25 and Southend; and what proportion of these resulted in personal injury. | | (11414) | 628
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred in each of the last five years in Castle Point; and what proportion of these resulted in personal injury. | | (11415) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 629
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many days the Office has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11477) | 630
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was allocated to the Office and its predecessor for each year since 1975. | | (11515) | 631
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11523) | 632
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11789) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 633
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants who decline to identify the father of their child for Child Support Agency purposes. | | (11651) | 634
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing times for housing benefit claims are in each (a) London borough, (b) local housing authority in the North East and (c) Pathfinder area, broken down by tenure sector. | | (10909) | 635
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available. | | (11476) | 636
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (11522) | 637
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency will reply to the letter of the honourable Member for Birkenhead of 23rd June, regarding his constituent Ms Jones. | | (11443) | 638
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to help existing long-term claimants of incapacity benefit. | | (11444) | 639
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average entry wage has been of those returning to work after claiming incapacity benefit as a proportion of the ongoing wage for men and women aged (a) 18 to 24, (b) 25 to 29, (c) 30 to 34, (d) 35 to 39, (e) 40 to 44, (f) 45 to 49, (g) 50 to 54 and (h) 55 to 58 in (i) the UK and (ii) Pathways to Work pilot areas from 1979 to the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (11577) | 640
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. | | (11726) | 641
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the levels of (a) sickness and (b) other staff absence were at the Pension Service Centre in Swansea in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (11395) | 642
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment has been made of customer service performance at the Swansea Pension Service Centre; and if he will make a statement. | | (11399) | 643
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff there are at the Pension Service Centre in Swansea, broken down by grade pay scales; and if he will make a statement. | | (11400) | 644
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work has been transferred to the Pension Service Centre in Swansea following closure of other offices in North Devon and Cornwall; and if he will make a statement. | | (11401) | 645
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what volume of work was processed at the Pension Centre in Swansea in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (11426) | 646
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he was first contacted by the Parliamentary Ombudsman in relation to her inquiry into complaints about occupational pensions; and when he completed his submission of evidence to the inquiry. | | (11616) | 647
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ask the Pensions Regulator to instruct trustees of all pension schemes winding up either to keep all records or to forward them to the Regulator or his Department. | | (11617) | 648
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will give permission to pension scheme trustees eligible for the Financial Assistance Scheme to start paying some pension to scheme members or widowed spouses of scheme members who (a) are beyond their scheme's pension age, (b) are terminally ill and (c) would qualify for ill health early retirement. | | (11618) | 649
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to (a) pilot and (b) evaluate the effects of benefit sanctions within incapacity benefit; and what research he has commissioned into the effect on incapacity benefit recipients of being sanctioned for failure to attend a work-focussed interview. | | (11851) | 650
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) pay scale, (b) turnover in the last period for which figures are available and (c) required level of training is for (i) disability employment advisers, (ii) jobcentre plus personal advisers and (iii) Pathways to Work advisers. | | (11852) | 651
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action was taken following the recommendation by the Child Supporty Agency's internal audit to prevent staff manipulating their workflow to allow them to select cases which require minimum processing effort. | | (11853) | 652
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to roll out Pathways to Work across the UK; and what the planned expenditure on Pathways to Work is in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-8 and (d) 2008-09. | | (11854) | 653
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reform the Social Fund. | | (11855) | 654
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reform pension entitlement for married women. | | (11856) | 655
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd June, Official Report, column 1076W, on Pathways to Work, what the diagnoses were of those sanctioned; and what proportion were receiving incapacity benefit for mental health conditions. | | (11861) | 656
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from which towns and villages in Amber Valley claimants attend medical assessment centres in (a) Derby, (b) Chesterfield, (c) Mansfield and (d) Nottingham. | | (11220) | 657
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been received by the Child Support Agency in each year since 1997; how many went forward for adjudication; and how many have been (a) fully and (b) partially upheld. | | (11799) | 658
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Families and Children Study no longer identifies separately married, cohabiting and step familes; and if he will revert to providing this breakdown at the first opportunity. | | (11336) | 659
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money has been saved in each year since 2001 through starting retirement pension payday on the Monday after a person's birthday rather than on the birthday itself; and if he will make a statement. | | (11725) | 660
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much staff time, and at what grade, has been spent at relevant assessment panels and moderating meetings in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05 in relation to his Department's Performance and Development System; how much money has been claimed in travel and subsistence by (i) panel members, (ii) chairs and (iii) human resources staff in each of those years; and what the cost has been of (A) hiring venues and (B) providing refreshments at the meetings in each of those years. | | (11311) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 661
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many first time buyers there have been in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many of these he estimates were returners, who had previously been home owners. | | [Transferred] (11593) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 662
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking during the UK's EU presidency (a) to inform the UK public about the workings of the EU and (b) to involve the public in such workings. | | [Transferred] (11820) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 663
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices in Northern Ireland have closed in each of the past 10 years. | | [Transferred] (11715) | 664
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to promote fuel-cell and other non-polluting technologies in tackling climate change. | | [Transferred] (11581) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 665
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance is given to local authorities with regard to their participation in safety camera partnerships. | | [Transferred] (11710) |
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