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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 11 October 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 11 October 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 11 October 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 Tuesday 11 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 11 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the extent of in-year tax credit overpayment in Scotland, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority. | | (16880) | 2
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many teenage pregnancies there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority. | | (16958) | 3
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the estimates for each quarter since Q1 1997 of (a) actual non-oil gross value added and (b) non-oil gross value added if it had grown according to trend, that underpin chart 4.1 of the Treasury publication, Evidence on the UK Economic Cycle. | | (16335) | 4
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what stage his application to the European Commission to increase the tax-free limit on goods brought into the UK from outside the European Union has reached. | | (17022) | 5
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of UK Government debt was raised in sterling; what currencies the remainder was raised in; how much was raised in each; how the exchange risk is managed; and if he will make a statement. | | (16333) | 6
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on the economy of the bombings on 7th and 21st July, with particular reference to London; and if he will make a statement. | | (16885) | 7
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in London who had a mobile phone in each year since 1997. | | (16910) | 8
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of people living in London who have a private pension. | | (16911) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 9
N | Ms Celia Barlow (Hove):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the recommendations of the Better Regulation Executive report, Less is More. | | (16640) | 10
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of public sector spending on information and communications technology for e-Government in each year since 2001, broken down by Government department; and what estimate he has made of the effects of e-Government on cost efficiency of departments. | | (16928) | 11
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the proportion of transactions conducted online in respect of (a) company registrations, (b) first-time vehicle registrations, (c) vehicle licence renewal, (d) university applications, (e) income tax returns and (f) crime reporting in (i) 2000 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (16929) | 12
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list senior civil servants whose move to the private sector was vetted by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; to which company each moved; and what conditions were attached in each case. | | (16930) | 13
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on progress towards amalgamating 31 inspection agencies, consequent upon the recommendations of the Hampton Review; and what assessment he has made of the (a) management and (b) financial implications of these amalgamations. | | (16970) | 14
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of the tyres from the Government car service were recycled in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (16957) | 15
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether any Cabinet Ministers are planning to visit India in December. | | (16976) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 16
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of people were eligible for jury service in (a) each region and (b) each London borough in each of the last four years. | | (16892) | 17
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the performance of the Law Society in meeting her target for the satisfactory handling of complaints, as determined by the Legal Services Complaints Commission, in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005 to date; and if she will make a statement. | | (16935) | 18
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will review the Limitation Act 1980 in respect of victims of child abuse suing for compensation. | | (16972) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 19
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the outcome of the independent investigation into potential conflicts of interest at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; what changes have been implemented following the investigations; and if she will make a statement. | | (16939) | 20
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the transmitter on Divis Mountain provides freeview coverage for the whole of the City of Lisburn; and if she will make a statement. | | (15337) | 21
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the London bombings of 7th and 21st July on tourism in (a) London and (b) England; and if she will make a statement. | | (16882) | 22
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage library use; and if she will make a statement. | | (16901) | 23
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has made to the football associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the formation of a British football team for the 2012 London Olympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (16912) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 24
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many appeals were made against business rate valuations in 2004; how many were upheld; and what the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting time was for a valuation appeal. | | (16975) | 25
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of English residents who have a second home within the United Kingdom. | | (16948) | 26
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless households with dependent children in all forms of temporary accommodation there have been in each year since 2000, broken down by Government region. | | (16987) | 27
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the financial position of the London Borough of Haringey Council Pension Scheme. | | (16993) | 28
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which functions carried out by local fire control centres will not be carried out by the proposed South East Regional Fire Control Centre; and if he will make a statement. | | (16874) | 29
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) anticipated costs, (b) estimated savings and (c) changes in response times he expects following the introduction of a South East Regional Fire Control Centre; and if he will make a statement. | | (16875) | 30
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a copy of the full business case for a South East Regional Fire Control Centre in the Library. | | (16876) | 31
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his role in ensuring delivery of the Government's sustainable communities strategy with respect to the work of the local delivery vehicles North Northants Together and the West Northamptonshire Urban District Council. | | (16803) | 32
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the costs of (a) the Global Positioning System and (b) providing a secondary high data bearer for use by FireControl will be attributed to (i) the FireControl Project and (ii) the FireLink Project. | | (16877) | 33
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether either of the remaining bidders for the FireLink Project have met the original user requirements for the project. | | (16878) | 34
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the provisional timetable is for the FireLink Project. | | (16879) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 35
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which subjects are assessed by her Department as of strategic national importance in the allocations to university departments by the Higher Education Funding Council; and how many departments have closed in 2005 in each of these areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (16934) | 36
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the percentage of classes in Key Stage 1 over the statutory maximum class size of 30; what the percentage was in academic year 2004-05; and if she will make a statement. | | (16937) | 37
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many looked-after children entered higher education in each of the last three years in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (16041) | 38
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to special needs provision in each London borough in each of the last eight years. | | (16947) | 39
N | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what age groups of school children are eligible for free fruit at school; and what plans there are for extending this entitlement. | | (16012) | 40
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the performance of (a) Capital City Academy and (b) other secondary schools in Brent; and if she will make a statement. | | (16895) | 41
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average length of time is that temporary classrooms have been in use in schools in each London borough. | | (16913) | 42
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance her Department has issued on periods of use of temporary classrooms in schools. | | (16914) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 43
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ban the use of battery cages for the breeding of (a) pheasants and (b) partridges. | | (16872) | 44
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce legislation to ban the production of gamebirds for the purpose of shooting them for sport. | | (16873) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 45
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of al-Qaeda training camps in operation in overseas locations. | | (16906) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 46
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has received from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence concerning the availability of drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease on the National Health Service; and what cost benefit analysis underpinned that advice. | | (16984) | 47
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has received from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the effectiveness of Alimta, in combination with other interventions, in ameliorating mesothelioma. | | (16985) | 48
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which National Health Service areas Alimta is accepted as a treatment for mesothelioma by the NHS. | | (17000) | 49
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations have been made to the Department by (a) the Royal Statistical Society and (b) the Statistics Commission on the presentation of NHS workforce data; and how the Department has responded. | | (16938) | 50
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in establishing a national database of MRI scanners held by each hospital trust; what assessment has been made of (a) the extent of capacity utilisation and (b) waiting times for (i) urgent and (ii) non-urgent cases; and where available data is published. | | (16940) | 51
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements have been made for central funding of the National Pulmonary Hypertension Service for (a) the current year and (b) 2006. | | (16968) | 52
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times for psychological therapy were in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by mental health trust. | | (16971) | 53
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role is performed by the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group in supporting regional centres of (a) specialism, (b) research and (c) drug treatment. | | (16980) | 54
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of NHS facilities which operate an explicit age bar to treatment. | | (16983) | 55
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the disease myasthenia gravis; and what plans she has to support those who are diagnosed with this disease. | | (17016) | 56
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer will be eligible for the test to see whether their tumours are susceptible to treatment with Herceptin. | | (16927) | 57
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many thyroid patients have been wrongly diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (16959) | 58
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of (i) therapeutic and (ii) recreational activities for patients on acute psychiatric wards; and if she will make a statement. | | (16989) | 59
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure that each child diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome receive immediate referral for assessment in order to gain access to appropriate therapies and social skills training. | | (16886) | 60
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy that each child diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome should be allocated a key worker or lead nurse immediately following diagnosis. | | (16887) | 61
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that children diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome receive appropriate support and intervention from child and adolescent mental health services. | | (16889) | 62
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Department has established a recommended charging scale for work undertaken by GPs when filling out forms for patients referred by private insurance companies. | | (17021) | 63
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many properties her Department is paying rent for that are empty in (a) Brent East, (b) Brent and (c) London. | | (16883) | 64
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action her Department is taking to reduce cases of clostridium difficile within the North West London Hospitals Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (16896) | 65
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd March, Official Report, column 738W, on alcohol, if she will break down the figures provided by (a) primary care trust, (b) London borough and (c) individual London hospital. | | (16899) | 66
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been prosecuted under the Health Act 1999 for wrongful claims of free prescriptions in London in each year since 2000. | | (16904) | 67
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pre-payment certificates for prescriptions have been issued in London in each of the last 12 months. | | (16905) | 68
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical errors and (b) reportable incidents involving (i) drugs and (ii) equipment in NHS hospitals in London there were in each year since 1997. | | (16907) | 69
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how long the H5N1 vaccine remains viable for use after manufacture. | | (16909) | 70
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department's property at 20 Willesden High Road was last in use; how much rent per month is being paid for the property; what plans her Department has for the site; and if she will make a statement. | | (16920) | 71
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of her Department's funding is dedicated to supporting mental health; and what plans there are to increase the funding committed to mental health. | | (16977) | 72
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in developing the provision of a mental health telephone helpline. | | (16978) | 73
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assist the funding of Saneline. | | (16979) | 74
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners are making referrals using the choose and book system. | | (17024) | 75
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people visited (a) NHS accident and emergency departments and (b) dental school emergency departments for emergency dental treatment in each of the last five years. | | (17025) | 76
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS of dental access centres per patient episode is. | | (17030) | 77
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current average waiting time is from first appointment with a dentist to operation for a child in the Avon area whose tooth needs to be removed under general anaesthetic. | | (17031) | 78
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list each of the job titles of staff employed at North Bristol NHS Trust, together with the number of full-time equivalent staff employed in each role. | | (17032) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 79
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases he has received in the last 12 months involving deportation to Zimbabwe; in how many cases he has exercised his discretion to stop deportation; and how many individuals have been removed to Zimbabwe. | | (16932) | 80
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many awards were made for criminal injury compensation in each year from 2001 to 2005; what the (a) average and (b) maximum period of time taken to make the award was in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (16933) | 81
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been given by the Prison Service on the control, management and treatment of prisoners with severe personality disorders for which there is no medical treatment; and what financial arrangements exist to fund this aspect of prison management. | | (16966) | 82
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Independent Monitoring Board on diverting mentally ill and addicted prisoners in young offenders institutions to appropriate care and treatment. | | (16967) | 83
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that educational records are transferred effectively across the prison estate. | | (16960) | 84
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve educational resources for prisoners by (a) improved ICT facilities and (b) increased internet access in prisons. | | (16961) | 85
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners took part in higher educational courses in prisons in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) ethnicity. | | (16962) | 86
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to enable prisoners to continue with educational courses started in prison after their release. | | (16963) | 87
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that schools in London have adequate security in place to prevent them being attacked by terrorists. | | (16965) | 88
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the performance of the National Offender Management Service. | | (16986) | 89
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the Russell Commission Report; and if he will make a statement. | | (17003) | 90
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many working hours have been lost at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate due to the loss of computer access in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (17004) | 91
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulatory impact assessments have been produced by his Department since August 2001; and if he will list (a) those produced following initial consultation with affected parties on the most appropriate methodology for assessing costs and other impacts and (b) those that set out full commercial impacts, including on profitability, employment, consumer prices and competitiveness, as recommended in Good Policy Making. | | (17005) | 92
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the provision of condoms in prisons and young offenders' institutions. | | (17006) | 93
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the regulation and licensing of the wheel clamping industry. | | (17007) | 94
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on (a) levels and (b) detection rates of (i) violent crime, (ii) sexual crime, (iii) car crime, (iv) robbery and (v) burglary in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency. | | (17008) | 95
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police sergeants there were on 1st January (i) 2002, (ii) 2003, (iii) 2004 and (iv) 2005, broken down by (A) London borough and (B) police authority. | | (17009) | 96
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were on 1st January (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004 and (d) 2005, broken down by (i) London borough and (ii) police authority. | | (17010) | 97
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response he plans to make to the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that denying prisoners the vote is a breach of their human rights; and if he will make a statement. | | (16925) | 98
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many remand prisoners were eligible to vote in each of the last three general elections; and how many exercised their right to vote in each election. | | (16926) | 99
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 1672W, on the private finance initiative, what the accounting treatment is of assets and liabilities for each of the listed private finance initiatives and public private partnerships; and whether this treatment is compliant with (a) UK generally accepted accounting practices and (b) international financial reporting standards. | | (16338) | 100
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what value was placed on the land and buildings at Bruche Police Training Centre prior to their transfer to Centrex. | | (16888) | 101
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions have been held with Centrex about the future use of the site of the police training centre at Bruche. | | (16890) | 102
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that local people are involved in any decision on the future of the former police training centre at Bruche. | | (16891) | 103
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what information the Minister of State based his statement in a letter dated 13th July to the honourable Member for Warrington North that there are currently no immediate plans to close the Bruche Police Training Centre. | | (16893) | 104
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department was consulted on the timing of the announcement by Centrex that they were to close the police training centres at Bruche, Asford and Cwmbran; and whether any person in his Department expressed an opinion to Centrex on that timing (a) verbally and (b) in writing. | | (16894) | 105
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many random inspection visits were made to each secure training centre in each of the last five years. | | (16915) | 106
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment is made of CCTV footage taken of residents in secure training centres. | | (16916) | 107
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring of residents by CCTV takes place in secure training centres. | | (16917) | 108
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people are in secure training centres, broken down by ethnic origin. | | (16918) | 109
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people were admitted to secure training centres for breaking anti-social behaviour orders in each of the last six months. | | (16919) | 110
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on the likely impact of the draft Terrorism Bill on civil liberties; and what response he has made. | | (16921) | 111
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department undertook in relation to the draft Terrorism Bill on the merits of extending the period permissible before charge to allow more time to analyse documentation. | | (16922) | 112
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department undertook on the nature of activities which constitute glorifying, exalting or celebrating the instigation of acts of terrorism in drawing up the draft Terrorism Bill. | | (16923) | 113
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of (a) sections one to three, (b) sections 17 and 18, (c) section 19 and (d) section 20 of the draft Terrorism Bill with the European Convention of Human Rights. | | (16924) | 114
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how cash in transit attacks are classified in the recorded crime statistics. | | (15147) | 115
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a national strategy for dealing with cash in transit attacks; and if he will make a statement. | | (15148) | 116
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will allocate greater police resources to tackle cash in transit attacks. | | (15149) | 117
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passers-by have been injured in cash in transit attacks in each year since 2000. | | (15150) | 118
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department was informed of the issuing by Bow Street Magistrates of an arrest warrant against General Almog. | | (17026) | 119
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is proposing to take further action to effect the arrest of General Almog. | | (17027) | 120
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments had with (i) the Israeli Embassy in London, (ii) Israeli organisations and (iii) the Israeli government concerning the arrest warrant for General Almog. | | (17028) | 121
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department made a request to Interpol to circulate the arrest warrant for General Almog. | | (17029) | 122
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of promoting sporting participation as a way of reducing crime amongst young offenders; and if he will make a statement. | | (16881) | 123
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of 999 calls received in London were considered unnecessary in each year since 1997. | | (16898) | 124
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) investigations into and (b) successful prosecutions for rape in London there were in each year since 1997. | | (16903) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 125
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will initiate steps to enable honourable Members (a) to table and (b) to sign Early Day Motions electronically. | | (16956) | 126
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff are employed by the House, broken down by (a) gender and (b) ethnicity. | | (16902) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 127
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been paid to the UK Government in official debt service by (a) Indonesia and (b) Sri Lanka in 2005; what the estimated payments obligation for (i) the remainder of 2005 and (ii) 2006 is; and how much relief has been given in each case. | | (16931) | 128
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on AIDS and HIV (a) prevention and (b) treatment in developing countries in each year since 1997. | | (16996) | 129
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the average number of people in developing countries born with AIDS or HIV each day in the last 12 months. | | (16997) | 130
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the average number of children in developing countries orphaned by AIDS or HIV each day in the last 12 months. | | (16998) | 131
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list consultancy companies which the Department has used in drawing up tourism strategies for the Island of St. Helena. | | (17020) | 132
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what actions are being taken by his Department to help developing nations to manage their own economies effectively. | | (17033) | 133
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has given the United States following Hurricane Katrina; and if he will make a statement. | | (16897) | 134
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has given (a) Mali, (b) Bukina Faso and (c) Mauritania for famine relief in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (16908) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 135
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent per head per child in the (a) primary and (b) secondary education sector in Northern Ireland in (i) 2004, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 1995. | | (16336) | 136
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has held with Northern Ireland Electricity regarding the level of electricity charges in Northern Ireland. | | (16337) | Questions to the Prime Minister 137
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost was of the recent alterations to the main entrance gates to Downing Street. | | (16945) | 138
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Prime Minister, what works are planned for renovating 10 Downing Street; and what the estimated costs are. | | (16884) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 139
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what role the Government played in the negotiation of EU bilateral textile quotas with China; how he voted on this issue in the Council of Ministers; and if he will make a statement. | | (16936) | 140
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the current level of (a) crude oil and (b) products in the Strategic Reserve is; and what (i) releases and (ii) acquisitions have been made in each month in 2005. | | (16969) | 141
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new businesses have registered in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (16946) | 142
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent developments there have been in his policy on the extension of the term of copyright protection granted in the EU to the creators of sound recordings; and if he will make a statement. | | (16981) | 143
| Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans his Department has to fund the maintenance of the Central Point of Expertise on Timber. | | (16334) | 144
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many trading standards investigations have been carried out in each London borough in the last year for which figures are available. | | (16900) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 145
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of blue badges being stolen from parked cars were reported in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking to prevent the fraudulent use of stolen blue badges. | | (17017) | 146
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of road fatalities in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency in each of the last 10 years; what the average for London boroughs was in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (16991) | 147
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the rules governing low level flying above residential areas in North London; and what measures are in place to monitor and enforce the rules. | | (16992) | 148
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many emergency telephones are in place on (a) trunk roads and (b) motorways in England and Wales; what the distance in miles between each one is; and if he will make a statement. | | (17001) | 149
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the (a) London Heathrow Airport, (b) London Luton Airport and (c) London Stansted Airport standard instrument departure and arrival routes pass over the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (17002) | 150
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what websites come under his Department's responsibility; and what the (a) cost and (b) number of visitors to those sites was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (16026) | 151
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the costs incurred by the Highways Agency in making alterations to Junction 14 of the M5. | | (17023) | 152
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made with the feasibility study on a possible renewable transport fuel obligation; and if he will make a statement. | | (16995) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 153
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pay arrangements the Pensions Ombudsman operates for caseworkers; and whether there is an arrangement by which a caseworker's remuneration is varied according to the number of complaints which are concluded. | | (16999) | 154
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances ministers can intervene in individual cases relating to the award of disability living allowance. | | (16974) | 155
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):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 1999, broken down by originating London borough; how many went forward for adjudication; how many have been (a) fully and (b) partially upheld; and if he will make a statement. | | (16941) | 156
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each London constituency (a) received state pension, (b) applied for pension credit and (c) received pension credit in each of the last three years; and what the average pension credit payment was in each year. | | (16942) | 157
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming (a) state pension, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) incapacity benefit in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (16943) | 158
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the levels of (a) employment and (b) income in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (16944) | 159
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many independent companies have access to the Benefits Agency database; and if he will make a statement. | | (16988) | 160
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families received child maintenance payments in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (16990) | 161
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the backlog of uncleared Child Support Agency cases for each quarter from March 2001 to August 2005 in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (16994) | 162
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claims from the North East Milton Keynes Region were (a) registered and (b) successful in each year since 2000. | | (17018) | 163
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of incapacity benefit claims were successful in each of the last three years. | | (17019) | 164
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will raise winter fuel payments in line with recent energy price increases. | | (16982) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 165
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans for publishing Gateway reviews on IT projects. | | [Transferred] (16973) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 166
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what changes have been made to the advice for officials attending select committees since 1997. | | [Question Unstarred] (16806) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 167
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring is being carried out on the levels of fluoridation in drinking water in the Greater London area; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (16964) |
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