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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 13 October 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 13 October 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 13 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 Thursday 13 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 13 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to establish the full economic life cycle costs of nuclear fission; and if he will make a statement. | | (17283) | 2
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will require the Department for Trade and Industry to segregate accounts relating to (a) commercial activities and (b) decommissioning activities of the nuclear power sectors. | | (17284) | 3
N | Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding has been allocated to measures to tackle child poverty for (a) 2005-06 and (b) future financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (17013) | 4
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding Government revenues from taxes on pensions between 1997 and 2005. | | (17286) | 5
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding the insurance premium tax; and what steps he is taking to combat fraud in the tax system. | | (17290) | 6
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he expects the April 2006 deadline for online tax collection for sub-contractors to be met; what arrangements are being made to assist operators who are unable to work the new system; and if he will make a statement. | | (17663) | 7
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what target time has been set by HM Revenue and Customs to process online tax returns for the main categories of taxpayers; and what the (a) average and (b) maximum time taken was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (17664) | 8
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) public and (b) private sector employment levels were on 1st January of each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of private sector employment generated directly by work for the public sector in each year. | | (17665) | 9
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on rebranding in (a) his Department and (b) related agencies in each of the last five years. | | (18080) | 10
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will define the golden rule; and what recent changes have been made in how it is calculated. | | (18456) | 11
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases the automatic recovery of tax credit overpayment has been suspended while a dispute between the claimant and HM Revenue and Customs is being investigated; and when the new IT procedure that allowed this suspension came into effect. | | (17205) | 12
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax claimants have been sent improved annual tax credit award notices which set out how their award has been calculated. | | (17206) | 13
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the recent changes to the tax credit computer system which provide information on processing errors with tax credit awards. | | (17285) | 14
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has stopped sending out unnecessary duplications of award notices to tax credit claimants; and when changes to stop this happening came into effect. | | (17639) | 15
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in receipt of tax credits and who are most at risk of an overpayment have been contacted by HM Revenue and Customs to ensure that their stated circumstances and incomes are up to date. | | (17646) | 16
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17884) | 17
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the NHS trusts which owe sums in respect of PAYE and National Insurance contributions relating to August or earlier to HM Revenue and Customs, indicating the amount by which each of these trusts is in arrears. | | (17957) | 18
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total sum outstanding from NHS trusts to HM Revenue and Customs is in respect of PAYE and National Insurance contributions deducted which relate to August or earlier. | | (17958) | 19
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance and advice the Treasury has issued to HM Revenue and Customs in respect of the collection of PAYE and National Insurance arrears from NHS trusts. | | (17964) | 20
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK PAYE tax payers receive a notice of coding from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs but do not receive a self-assessment return. | | (17965) | 21
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish a comprehensive assessment of the performance of Government departments with regard to Public Service Agreement targets set as part of the 2002 Spending Review. | | (17966) | 22
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to provide additional funding to the NHS Bank. | | (17967) | 23
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths there have been from lung cancer in each year since 1997, broken down by gender. | | (18337) | 24
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the suicide rate has been amongst (a) men and (b) women in each year since 1991, broken down by (i) socio-economic and (ii) ethnic group. | | (18377) | 25
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues to the staff of the Scottish Charity Title Unit to assist them in determining whether a body can be deemed to be established for charitable purposes only; and whether this guidance is available to the public. | | (17753) | 26
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what human resources his Department has allocated to the function of charity recognition in Scotland in each of the last five years, expressed as full-time equivalents and broken down by grade. | | (17754) | 27
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanism exists for (a) appeal and (b) review of applications that have been rejected by the Scottish Charity Title Unit; and how many such reviews have taken place in each of the last five years. | | (17755) | 28
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for charity recognition the Scottish Charity Title Unit has received in each of the last five years; and how many of these (a) have been approved, (b) have been rejected and (c) are still pending. | | (17756) | 29
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken is from receipt of an initial set of documents by the Scottish Charity Title Unit in application for charity recognition to notification of approval or rejection; and how many applications are pending. | | (17757) | 30
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most common reasons are for rejection of applications for charity recognition by HM Revenue and Customs Scottish Charity Title Unit. | | (17758) | 31
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the performance target is for the commencement of payment of working tax credit once an application has been received. | | (17683) | 32
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of working tax credit applications are being processed within the target time. | | (17684) | 33
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of compensation paid by HM Revenue and Customs to those whose applications for working tax credit have not been processed satisfactorily is for each year since its introduction. | | (17685) | 34
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working families tax credit applications are being processed. | | (17686) | 35
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working tax credit applications being processed were received (a) up to six months ago and (b) more than six months ago. | | (17687) | 36
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely change in tax revenues which would result from a ban on smoking in public places; and if he will make a statement. | | (17752) | 37
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17981) | 38
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 5th September regarding a constituent. | | (17102) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 39
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17866) | 40
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what discussions the Duchy has had with (a) Canatxx UK Ltd and (b) associate companies regarding the granting of mineral working rights for gas storage under the Wyre Estuary. | | (17837) | 41
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many vehicles for which his Office is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17996) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 42
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) cremations and (b) burials of deceased human bodies have been carried out in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (18280) | 43
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to move the Commercial Court to a different building. | | (17123) | 44
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many volunteering positions her Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17867) | 45
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what definition of recorded information for the purposes of providing information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is used by the Government. | | (17469) | 46
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of improvements achieved by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 over the former Code of Practice on access to Government information. | | (17470) | 47
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the process followed by her Department in responding to correspondence is; and if she will place a copy of the internal departmental guidance on handling correspondence in the Library. | | (17471) | 48
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether it is Government policy that (a) regional development agencies, (b) regional chambers, (c) the Local Government Association, (d) the Greater London Authority, (e) the English Regions Network, (f) regional housing boards, (g) regional transport boards, (h) the Lyons Inquiry into Local Government Funding, (i) parish councils and (j) the Association of London Government fall under freedom of information legislation. | | (17472) | 49
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance the Department has produced on the status of non-judicial inquiries established by the Government under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (17473) | 50
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of (a) votes cast in each constituency at the last general election were postal votes and (b) postal votes were disallowed, listed in descending order according to the highest percentage of postal votes disallowed. | | (17939) | 51
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17994) | 52
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many cases of death or injury caused by unsafe gravestones were recorded in each of the last three years. | | (17370) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 53
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on rebranding her Department and related agencies since 2003-04. | | (18119) | 54
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what commitments she has made in respect of Government funding to support delivery of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games. | | (18171) | 55
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have switched from analogue to digital television services in each year since 1999. | | (18328) | 56
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on advertising and promotion of the switch from analogue to digital services in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (18329) | 57
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on advertising and promotion of television licences in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (18330) | 58
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were fined for not having a television licence in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (18331) | 59
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of employing (a) enforcement officers and (b) detector vans to enforce non-payment of television licences was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (18332) | 60
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to involve and interest young people in (a) archaeology and (b) heritage; and if she will make a statement. | | (17769) | 61
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many volunteering positions her Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17868) | 62
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the 2012 Olympic Games on the Tooting constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (18116) | 63
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the publication of (a) secondary legislation and (b) guidance in relation to the Gambling Act 2005. | | (18053) | 64
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to change the number of (a) small, (b) large and (c) regional casino licences to be allowed under the Gambling Act 2005. | | (18190) | 65
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate (a) her Department, (b) the Gambling Commission and (c) the Gaming Board have made of the anticipated average floor size of the whole licensed premises, including non-gambling uses, of (i) small, (ii) large and (iii) regional casinos. | | (18192) | 66
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on whether a local licensing authority may use a special policy on cumulative impact to refuse a variation for longer opening hours to serve alcohol, in an existing premises licence, under the Licensing Act 2003; and if she will make a statement. | | (18195) | 67
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate the Government has made of the change in the number of adult gaming centres as a consequence of the Gambling Act 2005. | | (18196) | 68
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes the Government has made to controls on (a) the number, (b) the needs test for new premises and (c) maximum prizes allowed for adult gaming centres under its gambling reforms. | | (18197) | 69
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role the English regional chambers will play in the allocation of casino licences under the Gambling Act 2005. | | (18198) | 70
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of objections from local residents to applications for premises licences or variations under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (18199) | 71
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate the Government has made of the number of licensing appeals that have been heard by magistrates' courts under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (18200) | 72
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on whether councils may publicise licensing applications made under the Licensing Act 2003 to the general public; and if she will make a statement. | | (18201) | 73
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she has issued on whether the grant of a Royal Charter for UK Sport affects the ability of its staff to engage in party political activities or activities that could reasonably be construed as party political; and if she will make a statement. | | (17368) | 74
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether members of (a) her Department, (b) UK Sport and (c) Sport England discussed the election of a new Chairman of the British Olympic Association with (i) candidates for the post, (ii) potential candidates for the post and (c) voting members of the Association. | | (17369) | 75
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will reduce the television licence fee for students sharing accommodation in halls of residence; and if she will make a statement. | | (17750) | 76
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for (a) premises licences, (b) late night refreshment licences and (c) club premises certificates have been made in each local authority area; and how many and what percentage of such applications were rejected in each category. | | (17209) | 77
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total floor space area is of buildings (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies. | | (17904) | 78
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many video-conferencing units are installed in (a) the Department, and (b) each agency of the Department; what percentage of offices have these facilities in each case; and what plans there are to increase this proportion. | | (17905) | 79
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of (a) copying paper and (b) paper for printed publications used by the Department in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05 was from recycled sources; and how much post-consumer waste this paper contained. | | (17906) | 80
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures she has put in place to ensure that her Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content; and by what date this target will be achieved. | | (17907) | 81
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures she has put in place to ensure that her Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste; and by what date this target will be achieved. | | (17908) | 82
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has joined the Watermark project. | | (17909) | 83
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports; in each case stating (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the recycled and post-consumer recycled content of each paper. | | (17910) | 84
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what weight will be given to the environmental record of prospective bidders in determining tenders for work in connection with the London Olympics 2012. | | (17666) | 85
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether contracts to be granted in connection with the London Olympics 2012 will be subject to European Union rules in respect of public sector contracts. | | (17667) | 86
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17995) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 87
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army (a) officers and (b) other ranks have been mobilised for service overseas within six months of completing their basic training in each of the last five years. | | (17652) | 88
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the Eurofighter was in terms of (a) unit cost, (b) support costs and (c) operating costs for (i) 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005. | | (17653) | 89
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for further reductions to the number of (a) warships, (b) aircraft and (c) ground vehicles beyond those outlined in the 2004 Defence White Paper; and what discussions he has had on such reductions. | | (17654) | 90
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for further reductions in the manpower of the UK armed forces beyond those outlined in the 2004 Defence White Paper; and what discussions he has had concerning such reductions. | | (17655) | 91
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many official submissions on topics and issues to be taken into account have been received, since his Department first announced a procurement review on 26th August; and how many of these have been submitted by (a) industry and business, (b) trade unions, (c) non-governmental organisations and (d) the general public. | | (17659) | 92
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the UK armed forces are (a) deployed on and (b) recuperating from operations. | | (17660) | 93
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members, and what percentage, of the Territorial Army are available to be deployed. | | (17661) | 94
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) trained strength and (b) trained requirement is of the UK (i) regular armed forces, (ii) reserve forces and (iii) Territorial Army. | | (18298) | 95
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total strength is of the Territorial Army; how many members of the Territorial Army (a) collected their bounty and (b) voluntarily left the service in each month since April 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (18299) | 96
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) peacetime, (b) wartime and (c) estimated actual strength of the Territorial Army (i) as a total and (ii) broken down by individual corps; and what actual strength of the (A) infantry and (B) yeomanry is. | | (18300) | 97
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) planned and (b) actual strength of all arms of the Territorial Army has been in each year from 1998 to 2005. | | (18301) | 98
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make the final contract award for the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers; and how many aircraft carriers the award will be for. | | (18152) | 99
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where it is intended to assemble the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers. | | (18153) | 100
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last assessed the needs of the Royal Navy for fleet auxiliary support; what the (a) provision and (b) demand were assessed to be; and what forecast his Department has made of future demand. | | (18156) | 101
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tenders were sought by his Department for the breaking of HMS Intrepid; what responses were received from ship breaking firms based (a) inside and (b) outside the UK; and how many of the bidders were able to demonstrate compliance with the Environment Agency's environmental criteria. | | (18157) | 102
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of servicing the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition in September in respect of (a) armed forces equipment and personnel, (b) hosting foreign delegations and (c) policing. | | (18177) | 103
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which governments were invited by the Defence Export Services Organisation to participate in the Defence Systems and Equipment International exhibition in September; and which were represented at that exhibition. | | (18178) | 104
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on rebranding in his Department and related agencies in each of the last five years. | | (18326) | 105
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17869) | 106
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been undertaken of the (a) ability and (b) capacity of Alfred McAlpine Business Systems to deliver effective IT systems for submarines against the Department's requirements as a sub-contractor to BAe Systems. | | (17649) | 107
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the potential for Alfred McAlpine Business Systems to become a supplier of strategically important components to the Government. | | (17650) | 108
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what powers are available to him to intervene in the sub-contracting process of his Department's major suppliers for reasons of (a) technical competence and (b) standards of governance and probity. | | (17651) | 109
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft of each type were (a) withdrawn from active service and (b) mothballed in each of the last three years. | | (17694) | 110
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full procedure and timetable is for (a) selecting and (b) formally agreeing a new name for a regiment, with particular reference to the King's Lancashire and Border Regiment. | | (17695) | 111
| Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Department is playing in strengthening African peace-building capabilities. | | (17636) | 112
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requests (a) the UK Government and (b) NATO have received from the (i) Pakistani, (ii) Kashmiri and (iii) Indian authorities for helicopters and other military equipment deployed in Afghanistan to be redeployed to humanitarian emergency rescue work following the earthquake. | | (18270) | 113
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the stations at which the Joint Combat Aircraft will be based; and what consultations there have been with local planning authorities prior to such a decision being made regarding (a) noise and (b) other environmental matters. | | (17940) | 114
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work has been undertaken by his Department on an extension of the service of Trident D5 missiles. | | (17210) | 115
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he will take to ensure a full debate on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent; and whether these will include the publication of a White Paper. | | (17211) | 116
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a final decision on the replacement of Trident will be subject to a vote of the House; and whether he expects that the decision will be made during this Parliament. | | (17212) | 117
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adaptability of Astute-class submarines for carrying a nuclear missile system. | | (17213) | 118
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the viability of an aircraft delivery platform for nuclear missiles. | | (17214) | 119
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Merlin helicopters are in operation with the Royal Navy, broken down by (a) condition and (b) age. | | (18054) | 120
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what land and property is in the possession of his Department in East Belfast; and on what terms in each case. | | (18057) | 121
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many submarines are in service in the Royal Navy; and how many there were in each of the last five years. | | (18219) | 122
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters are in service in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force, broken down by make and model. | | (18220) | 123
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many operational fixed wing aircraft there are in the Royal Air Force, broken down by type. | | (18221) | 124
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving military personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force are (i) single, (ii) married, (iii) divorced and (iv) separated, broken down by the age ranges (A) 24 and under, (B) 25 to 29, (C) 30 to 34, (D) 35 to 39, (E) 40 to 44 and (F) 45 years and over. | | (18250) | 125
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many AH-64 Apache helicopters have been delivered to the British Army. | | (18390) | 126
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost is of the procurement of AH-64 helicopters for the British Army. | | (18391) | 127
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many crews have been trained to operate the AH-64 Apache helicopters. | | (18392) | 128
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many AH-64 Apache helicopters are operational. | | (18393) | 129
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17992) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 130
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidelines are issued by his Department to local authorities concerning the obligations of local authority legal advisers. | | (18324) | 131
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received about the practices adopted by Birmingham City Council in relation to its responsibilities to the homeless; and what action he is taking on the matter. | | (18303) | 132
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had with the British Toilet Association on the subject of toilets in public places; and what the outcome was of those discussions. | | (17836) | 133
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to encourage local authorities to provide and maintain a suitable quantity and quality of toilets in public places. | | (17852) | 134
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will introduce legislation to oblige local authorities to maintain a basic provision of public toilets. | | (17853) | 135
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what regulations are in place stipulating (a) standards of cleanliness in and (b) maintenance, of public toilets. | | (17854) | 136
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what regulations are in place relating to the quantity and quality of public toilets required for disabled people. | | (17855) | 137
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent on rebranding in his Department and related agencies since 2003-04. | | (18406) | 138
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will change the planning laws so that telecommunications mast applications have to go through the full planning process; and if he will make a statement. | | (17838) | 139
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received about the proliferation of telecommunication mast applications in residential areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (17839) | 140
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact on smaller registered social landlords of requiring all lead regulated associations to produce an annual efficiency statement. | | (17640) | 141
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to implement the results of the 2001 census in determining funding for county authorities in the South East. | | (17060) | 142
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17870) | 143
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the population of Milton Keynes has been in each of the last seven years. | | (17728) | 144
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the (a) FireLink Project and (b) FireControl Project will enable the transfer of Fire and Rescue Service command and control functions to regional level in England. | | (16952) | 145
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the (a) FireControl Project and (b) FireLink Project will provide inter-operable voice communications at Gold Command level between the Fire and Rescue Service and (a) the Police Service and (b) the Ambulance Service. | | (16953) | 146
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how far out to sea radio coverage will be provided under the FireLink Project; what effect this will have on the proposals for firefighting at sea set out in the document Sea of Change; and if he will make a statement. | | (16954) | 147
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many appeals (a) the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) the Planning Inspectorate have considered on casino developments in the last three years; and what the verdict was in each case. | | (18191) | 148
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning applications to build casinos there have been in the last two years. | | (18193) | 149
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities have been found guilty of maladministration in each of the past 10 years. | | (17719) | 150
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received about reform of the Local Government Ombudsman over the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (17720) | 151
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the members of his housing task force have left to work in the private sector since its creation; and what restrictions are placed on their leaving to join (a) housing associations and (b) financial institutions financing council housing privatisation. | | (17857) | 152
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will extend the work of his housing task force to include advising local authorities who decide to retain their housing stock. | | (17858) | 153
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his housing task force provides advice to local authorities who retain their own housing stock. | | (17859) | 154
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his housing task force is required to ensure tenant involvement after housing transfer. | | (17860) | 155
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what requirement there is for tenant involvement in registered social landlords after transfer of council housing in large scale voluntary transfers; and how performance is audited after transfers have taken place. | | (17861) | 156
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of tenant involvement in (a) registered social landlords after privatisation, (b) arms-length management organisations and (c) council controlled housing; and what steps he plans to take to strengthen tenant involvement. | | (17862) | 157
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the levels of tenant satisfaction (a) before and after large-scale voluntary transfer, (b) before and after the establishment of arms length management organisations, (c) of tenants in privatised council housing and (d) of tenants remaining in council controlled housing. | | (17863) | 158
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has asked the Housing Corporation to take to improve tenant involvement in running housing associations. | | (17933) | 159
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the total number of council houses transferred to (a) housing associations and (b) arm's length management organisations (i) before May 1997 and (ii) since May 1997. | | (17946) | 160
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will revise his calculations of the amount of social housing necessary over the period to 2010 to take account of the proportion of young people unable to raise the deposit to become first-time buyers. | | (17955) | 161
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to respond to the Audit Commission's report on Financing Council Housing; and what changes to the present system would be necessary to implement the recommendations. | | (18386) | 162
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total amount of debt written off under his system of writing off debt for those local authorities which agree to large scale voluntary transfers of the housing stock is; and why the debt of authorities which retain the stock may not be written off in the same way. | | (18434) | 163
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the decision-making powers of regional assemblies. | | (17972) | 164
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how Cabinet Office plans for league tables of public services will relate to local government and existing inspection regimes; and if he will make a statement. | | (17641) | 165
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what role (a) the Valuation Office Agency played in the council tax revaluation in Wales and (b) is planned for the Agency in a future council tax revaluation in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (17643) | 166
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Government intends to bring forward legislation to delay the council tax revaluation in England; and whether the legislation is planned to form part of a wider Bill. | | (17645) | 167
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17993) | 168
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what basis the consultation period for planning permission applications is decided. | | (18285) | 169
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what conditions the consultation period for planning permission applications may be extended. | | (18286) | 170
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many complaints regarding the consultation process for planning permission have been received by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (18287) | 171
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what obligations there are on local authorities to inform local residents of planning permission applications in their vicinity. | | (18288) | 172
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether there are regulations relating to the amount of time local authorities must allow for notifying the public before a planning permission application is considered. | | (18289) | 173
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make provision for the public to appeal in a planning permission application case where the matter is of considerable public interest. | | (18290) | 174
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether there are conditions under which members of the public may appeal a planning permission decision. | | (18291) | 175
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what requirements exist on local authorities to carry out environmental impact assessments on sites being considered for development. | | (18292) | 176
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what requirements exist to ensure that adequate (a) surveys are conducted and (b) scientific data are collected during environmental impact assessments. | | (18293) | 177
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) guidelines and (b) regulations exist concerning how long before consideration of a planning permission application an environmental impact assessment should be carried out. | | (18294) | 178
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what obligations exist for consideration of ecological surveys in consideration of planning applications; and what requirements there are on the (a) age and (b) accuracy of these surveys. | | (18295) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 179
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to stop the expansion in the number of faith schools. | | (17635) | 180
N | Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding has been allocated to Sure Start for (a) 2005-06 and (b) future financial years; and if she will make a statement. | | (17012) | 181
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support is available for a graduate who has completed an undergraduate degree and wishes to undertake a second undergraduate degree as a foundation to a professional qualification. | | (18154) | 182
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects to announce the Government's response to Sir Alan Langlands' Gateways to the Professions report. | | (18155) | 183
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what Government funding for adult education courses has been in each of the last five years for which records are available, broken down by local authority. | | (17795) | 184
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have participated (a) in adult education courses and (b) in courses for people with learning disabilities in further education colleges in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (17796) | 185
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in each local authority are in receipt of the educational maintenance allowance for 2005-06. | | (17814) | 186
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of university courses she expects will cost the full £3,000 per year fee when the new funding arrangements come into effect in 2006. | | (17815) | 187
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people (a) participated in further education and (b) were categorised as not in education, employment or training in each of the last five years. | | (17816) | 188
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have applied through UCAS for university places in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. | | (17817) | 189
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students (a) successfully obtained and (b) failed to obtain a university place through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service clearing system in each of the last five years. | | (17818) | 190
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have opted to defer entry to university in each of the last five years. | | (17819) | 191
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students with learning disabilities have enrolled in adult education courses in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17821) | 192
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors were taken into account in making the decision to reduce the annual cash growth allocated to the further education sector for 2005-06 in the Government spending review. | | (17923) | 193
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many women who have become pregnant or given birth before reaching the age of 16 years attained five GCSEs at grades A*-C in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17929) | 194
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on rebranding in (a) her Department and (b) related agencies in each of the last five years. | | (18079) | 195
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have (a) begun and (b) successfully completed apprenticeships related to the construction industry in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (18169) | 196
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of PhD students in the UK emigrated to work abroad following the completion of their degree in the last period for which figures are available. | | (18395) | 197
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what childcare support services for single parent university students receive public (a) funding and (b) support; and what estimate she has made of the percentage of single parent university students who have access to adequate childcare services. | | (18400) | 198
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the exclusion of graduate students from tuitition fee deferment on the graduate student population's (a) ethnic diversity and (b) diversity of financial background. | | (18401) | 199
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the effects on students at Harlington Upper School in Bedfordshire during recent examinations, on building works under a private finance initiative project. | | (17637) | 200
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school nurses are employed by (a) each local authority and (b) individual schools in each authority; and how many vacancies there are in each authority. | | (18446) | 201
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the educational attainment of black and ethnic minority pupils in Liverpool in (a) primary, (b) secondary, (c) further and (d) higher education. | | (17847) | 202
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Permanent Secretary approved her Department's presentation of and press release on Dr Hayward's report on the University and College Admissions Service. | | (17208) | 203
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education will reply to the letter dated 21st July regarding funding provisions for further education from the honourable Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme. | | (17520) | 204
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of secondary school pupils achieved level 5 and above at Key Stage 3 in (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) mathematics and (d) reading, writing and mathematics combined in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2004. | | (17705) | 205
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of primary school pupils achieved level 4 and above at Key Stage 2 in (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) mathematics and (d) reading, writing and mathematics combined in 2004. | | (17725) | 206
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her estimate is of the cost of implementing the recommendations of the School Meals Review Panel (a) initially and (b) annually thereafter, broken down by costs associated with (i) food ingredients, (ii) refurbishment costs, (iii) catering staff training costs and (iv) catering staff costs. | | (17766) | 207
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the provision of dining facilities in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools. | | (17767) | 208
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many volunteering positions her Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17871) | 209
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the use of the OCR GCSE examination Twenty-First Century Science in secondary schools. | | (17898) | 210
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of primary school pupils achieved level 4 and above at Key Stage 2 in reading, writing and mathematics combined in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003. | | (17911) | 211
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of pupils took (a) GCSE and (b) A level geography in each year since 1995. | | (17949) | 212
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have facilities for the practical teaching of food preparation. | | (17950) | 213
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of secondary schools teach food technology at Key Stage 3. | | (17951) | 214
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to review the food technology content of the national curriculum at key stages 1, 2 and 3. | | (17952) | 215
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) boys and (b) girls studied home economics at GCSE in 2004. | | (17953) | 216
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of pupils studied home economics at GCSE in 2004. | | (17954) | 217
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of primary school pupils have achieved level 4 and above at Key Stage 2 in (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) mathematics and (d) reading, writing and mathematics combined in each year since 1996. | | (18107) | 218
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) visual, (b) auditory and (c) kinaesthetic learners studying in schools. | | (18109) | 219
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of primary schools that teach one hour a week or more in (a) design and technology, (b) history, (c) geography, (d) art, (e) music, (f) personal, social and health education and (g) a modern language. | | (18110) | 220
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects the working group headed by Lord Adonis on the teaching of geography at primary schools to report. | | (18111) | 221
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the members of the working group headed by Lord Adonis on the teaching of geography at primary schools. | | (18112) | 222
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the terms of reference are of the working group headed by Lord Adonis on the teaching of geography at primary schools. | | (18113) | 223
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research has been funded by her Department into the efficacy of the Visual-Auditory-Kinaesthetic learning styles model recommended on her Department's teachernet website on effective teaching. | | (18387) | 224
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the new National Centre of Excellence in Maths Teaching. | | (18388) | 225
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the latest estimate is of underspend by her Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget for financial year 2004-05. | | (18308) | 226
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary schools in special measures are designated for replacement by city academies. | | (17706) | 227
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been in special measures for more than one year. | | (17707) | 228
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what academic criteria are used when determining whether a school should be replaced by a city academy. | | (17708) | 229
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the VAT liability that would be incurred if existing city academies made their buildings freely available to community groups. | | (17771) | 230
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the VAT treatment of buildings work at city academies where the buildings are made available for use by community groups. | | (17778) | 231
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received from city academies about the VAT treatment of building work in cases where academies make their buildings available to community groups. | | (17780) | 232
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the latest figures for authorised and unauthorised absence for (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools showing the number of children absent for at least one half day session and the proportion of children of school age in that constituency who have been absent for at least one half day session are, broken down by constituency. | | (18202) | 233
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pages of departmental guidance have been sent to headteachers in Northamptonshire in each of the last five years. | | (17103) | 234
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will extend the three year limit on school budgets for the accumulation of capital funds for school building projects. | | (17104) | 235
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she plans to run pilot schemes for Children First clubs as part of the Department's plans for provision for children out of school hours; and if she will make a statement. | | (17105) | 236
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to ensure that all designated sports colleges have a sports hall. | | (17106) | 237
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary schools have been designated as sports colleges; and how many of these do not have their own sports hall. | | (17107) | 238
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance her Department plans to issue to trustees of city accademies with regard to the use of yellow school buses; and if she will make a statement. | | (18211) | 239
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to special needs education provision in the constituency of Tooting since 1997. | | (18118) | 240
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if the Government will extend the Cumbrian Literacy Strategy to dyslexic children elsewhere in the country. | | (17729) | 241
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Government's policy is regarding the Cumbrian Literacy Strategy for children with dyslexia. | | (17730) | 242
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to extend funding for the Communication Aids Project beyond March 2006; and what steps she will take to safeguard the improvements secured by the Communication Aids Project if funding is to cease. | | (18348) | 243
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the availability of adult education classes in England. | | (17745) | 244
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Government spent on adult education in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17746) | 245
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase the availability of adult education; and if she will make a statement. | | (17747) | 246
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much a foster family in London received for each child fostered in each of the last five years. | | (18104) | 247
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department takes to ensure that furniture no longer required following school refurbishments is recycled or reused. | | (18203) | 248
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Oxfordshire were in receipt of education maintenance allowance (a) in total and (b) at the rate of (i) £30, (ii) £20 and (iii) £10 per week in the last year for which figures are available. | | (18040) | 249
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what incentives her Department gives to schools achieving excellence. | | (17294) | 250
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17990) | 251
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 30th August regarding a constituent. | | (17100) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 252
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage local councils to increase the volume and proportion of commercial waste which is recycled; and what targets her Department has for increasing such recycling. | | (18170) | 253
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on rebranding in her Department and related agencies since 2003-04. | | (18409) | 254
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing minimum standards for energy efficiency across the full range of appliances and lighting. | | (18394) | 255
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what surveillance and protection measures are in place to deal with a potential outbreak of avian influenza; and if she will make a statement. | | (18212) | 256
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress on the National Scrapie Plan. | | (18213) | 257
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which countries undergoing a foot and mouth disease outbreak are subject to import control measures initiated by the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (18214) | 258
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to introduce the recommendations in the Competition Commission's report on prescription-only veterinary medicines. | | (18215) | 259
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to make a statement on the Government's plans to deal with the incidence of bovine TB. | | (18216) | 260
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on how the recent outbreak of Newcastle Disease was dealt with. | | (18217) | 261
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Food Standards Agency on the reliability of a test for BSE in cattle that are over 30 months. | | (18451) | 262
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has evaluated on the age range of veterinary surgeons; and what discussions she has had with the Department for Education and Skills on ensuring that there is a sufficient supply of newly trained veterinary surgeons. | | (18452) | 263
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for an alternatives to organophosphates for sheep dips; and what research the Department has funded on this. | | (18453) | 264
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with tenant farmers and their representatives concerning the implications of delays in single farm payments. | | (18454) | 265
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many volunteering positions her Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17872) | 266
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent advice she has received on ocean acidification and its impact on marine biodiversity and climate change. | | (17366) | 267
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest estimate is of underspend by her Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget for financial year 2004-05. | | (18307) | 268
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on employing vegetarian officials at a senior level in (a) the Upland Land Management Farm Advisory Group and (b) other meat producing policy areas of her Department. | | (17934) | 269
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Farmers for Action on the price of milk paid to farmers. | | (17696) | 270
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list all sites which have been considered by her Department as possible locations for the storage or disposal of nuclear waste. | | (17774) | 271
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to issue a direction that poultry should be kept indoors in order to mitigate the threat of an avian influenza pandemic from migrating birds; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of such a course of action. | | (18355) | 272
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with European Union ministers about the conditions in which broiler chickens are kept in the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (17751) | 273
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the representations she has received concerning the effect of Common Agricultural Policy subsidy reductions on sugar cane on the sugar cane industry in Swaziland. | | (17936) | 274
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to implement the recommendations of the Marsh Report; and if she will make a statement. | | (17474) | 275
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase the fees paid to veterinary practitioners under the LVI contract; and if she will make a statement. | | (17475) | 276
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Scottish Executive regarding imposition of maximum journey times for the export of live animals. | | (18123) | 277
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17991) | 278
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is considering changes to the interpretation of the Habitats Directive. | | (18296) | 279
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the flood mitigation measures on lakes H and I at Radley Lakes, Oxfordshire; and whether measures are planned to improve the operation of the sluice gates there. | | (18297) | 280
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evaluation she has made of research by (a) UK organisations, (b) the UK Government and (c) other EU member states into alternatives to using cypermethrin in sheep dip. | | (17897) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 281
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people were employed in (a) Africa Command and (b) the Africa Directorate in each year between 2002 and 2005. | | (17642) | 282
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the letters from the honourable Member for Banbury to the British Ambassador in Tel Aviv of 31st May, to UK Visas of 15th July, and to Ministers of 19th September regarding Mrs Liza David will be replied to. | | (18063) | 283
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK Government's position is on whether the recent Israeli air strikes on Gaza and the resumption of targeted assassinations constitute a proportionate response to the rocket attacks that were launched by Palestinian militants in the days following Gaza disengagement. | | (17919) | 284
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's position is on the continued building of Israeli settlements in territories occupied since 1967, where such building takes place within areas already occupied by settlements; and whether that position has changed since May. | | (17926) | 285
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the legality of Israel's E1 plan outside Jerusalem and (b) its implications for progress with the Road Map. | | (18302) | 286
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the constitutional amendment presented to the Ugandan Parliament that would enable President Museveni to rule for life; and if he will make a statement. | | (17843) | 287
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) recent military spending by Uganda and (b) the purposes for which the weaponry acquired is to be used; and if he will make a statement. | | (17848) | 288
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's most recent assessment is of criminal violence in Sudan; and what recent reports it has received from the United Nations Mission in Sudan on this issue. | | (18120) | 289
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Sudan on whether it is adhering to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. | | (18121) | 290
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the introduction of the Civil Wrongs/Torts (Liability of the State) Law and the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law by the Israeli government; and what assessment he has made of how this will impact on Palestinians. | | (18122) | 291
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statment on the decision of Rwanda to grant asylum to General Laurent Nhunda. | | (18450) | 292
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17873) | 293
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Arab Union on the situation in Sudan. | | (17718) | 294
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12th July, Official Report, column 878W, on Sir Donald Tsang, whether Sir Donald Tsang (a) has asked the Department not to use his title and (b) informed the Department that he does not wish to be known by it. | | (17712) | 295
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he received a letter from Martin Scheinin, a rapporteur for the UN Commission on Human Rights, regarding alleged British involvement in extraordinary rendition; and if he will place a copy of his response in the Library. | | (17841) | 296
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the representations he has received on the withdrawal of the High Commission in Swaziland. | | (17942) | 297
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to stop human rights violations taking place in Burma. | | (18206) | 298
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to bring the Burmese regime to justice for human rights violations. | | (18207) | 299
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17984) | 300
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the process is for agreeing nominations to the Committee of the Regions; and whether the Government will reflect proportionality between the UK's political parties in its nominations. | | (18317) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 301
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Ministers have issued revised guidance to trusts on the employment of doctors in senior house officer or equivalent posts in paediatric services. | | (18064) | 302
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors are seeking posts. | | (18065) | 303
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations Ministers have received from the Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health on the availability of senior house officer posts. | | (18066) | 304
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors completed training in 2004; and how many senior house officers posts were available in that year. | | (18067) | 305
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations Ministers have received on phasing out senior house officer posts under the Modernising Medical Careers initiative. | | (18068) | 306
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received regarding funding for healthcare in East Sussex for the period 2005 to 2010; and what proportion of this funding will be spent on the NHS Agenda for Change. | | (17287) | 307
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received regarding the implementation of the NHS Agenda for Change at the East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust. | | (17288) | 308
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve cancer treatment waiting times in East Sussex; and what Government targets have been set for cancer treatment in East Sussex for 2005-06. | | (17289) | 309
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to initiate a full-research study into (a) the incidence of pulmonary hypertension and (b) the incidence of pulmonary hypertension amongst different gender and age groups. | | (17662) | 310
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding the Government has allocated to research into the mental health problems suffered by cancer patients as a result of cancer treatments in each of the last five years. | | (17781) | 311
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people receiving cancer treatment have been sectioned under the Mental Health Acts in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17782) | 312
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the known side effects relating to mental health are for each of the cancer drugs approved for use by the NHS. | | (17783) | 313
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drugs have been in receipt of NHS funding without having been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence appraisal in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17786) | 314
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer treatments have been approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17787) | 315
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time taken by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has been to carry out a treatment appraisal in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17788) | 316
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many established full-time equivalent posts there are in each strategic health authority in England for (a) speech therapists and (b) occupational therapists; and how many of those posts are vacant. | | (17793) | 317
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been given (a) the single MMR vaccine and (b) the three separate vaccines in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17800) | 318
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses have been made of autism spectrum disorders in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17801) | 319
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data her Department collects on levels of autism in the adult population. | | (17802) | 320
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pulmonary hypertension sufferers were admitted to hospital in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17820) | 321
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of shoulder dystocia were recorded in births of children weighing more than 8.8lbs in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17822) | 322
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of cephalopelvic disproportion were recorded in births of childen weighing more than 8.8lbs in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17823) | 323
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of eight have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders in each of the last five years. | | (17824) | 324
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies weighing (a) 8.8lbs or more, (b) 5.9lbs to 8.7lbs and (c) less than 5.8lbs died as a direct result of complications during birth in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17826) | 325
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies weighing 8.8lbs or more were born in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17827) | 326
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in England in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17834) | 327
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on advertising and promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (17835) | 328
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many condoms have been distributed free of charge by her Department in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17851) | 329
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average life expectancy is from diagnosis in (a) England and (b) Wales for a pulmonary hypertension sufferer. | | (17856) | 330
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the risk of developing acoustic neuroma as a result of using digital (GSM) mobile phone technology. | | (17922) | 331
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to speed up the drug appraisal process in England. | | (17924) | 332
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to improve the efficiency of the drug appraisal process. | | (17925) | 333
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to introduce standard NHS guidelines for the delivery of babies weighing more than 8.8lbs; and if she will make a statement. | | (17931) | 334
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated number of (a) physiotherapists and (b) speech and language therapists is in each primary care trust; and what the target establishment is for each trust. | | (18172) | 335
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has held with (a) the Royal College of Gynaecologists and (b) other professional bodies about the development of protocols for very large babies delivered in NHS maternity wards. | | (18173) | 336
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS patients booking outpatient appointments have done so through the choose and book system in 2005; and how many such bookings included full integration of service with a GP referral letter. | | (18174) | 337
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospitals have waiting lists for digital hearing aids of over (a) six months, (b) one year and (c) two years. | | (18175) | 338
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has for changing the arrangements for payments that doctors receive in addition to their normal salaries for filling out (a) the form to certify that a deceased body is suitable for cremation and (b) the form to section a patient under the Mental Health Acts; and if she will make a statement. | | (18275) | 339
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many payments for completion of the cremation form have been given to doctors in each of the five years for which records are available. | | (18276) | 340
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) doctors' and (b) nurses' duty of care is to patients (i) before death and (ii) after death. | | (18281) | 341
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government has considered setting up a separate advisory group to examine new cancer treatments; and if she will make a statement. | | (18322) | 342
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies have contracted HIV/AIDS from their HIV positive mothers during (a) pregnancy and (b) birth in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (18323) | 343
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on advertising and promoting awareness of diabetes in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (18333) | 344
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by her Department on advertising the effects obesity has on causing (a) hypertension, (b) diabetes and (c) cardiovascular disease in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (18334) | 345
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on rebranding in her Department and related agencies since 2003-04. | | (18407) | 346
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pulmonary hypertension sufferers in England are receiving treatment which includes use of the drug Cialis. | | (18436) | 347
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of under-18s in England who are smokers and (b) the percentage of underage smokers who come from smoking households. | | (18396) | 348
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what short-term contingency measures are being implemented to address deficiencies in the number of qualified rehabilitation workers who assist blind and partially-sighted people in England. | | (18397) | 349
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of anaemia among under-18s were diagnosed in England in each of the last five years. | | (18398) | 350
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary school pupils in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Kingston and Surbiton are identified as (i) overweight and (ii) obese. | | (18399) | 351
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to respond to the recent report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Protection's investigation into the impact of pesticides. | | (18404) | 352
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the Government provides for people diagnosed with myasthenia gravis; and if she will make a statement. | | (17770) | 353
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many volunteering positions her Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17874) | 354
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions incurring a prescription charge were dispensed with a net ingredient cost of (a) under £3.50 and (b) under £6.50 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (17760) | 355
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been undertaken into the effects of complementary therapies for people with Down's syndrome. | | (18311) | 356
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been born with Down's syndrome in each year since 1980. | | (18312) | 357
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average life expectancy is of people with Down's syndrome; and what estimate she has made of the average total cost of healthcare for each person with Down's syndrome over their whole lifetime. | | (18313) | 358
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects of NHS Direct on recruitment in accident and emergency. | | (18314) | 359
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest estimate is of underspend by her Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget for financial year 2004-05. | | (18309) | 360
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to NHS trusts with regard to (a) the recovery of historic deficits and (b) the management of deficit control totals. | | (17963) | 361
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information she has collated on the levels of tryptophan that are allowed in food products in other European countries; what information the Food Standards Agency received from (a) the Health Food Manufacturers Association and (b) other industry bodies about the safety of tryptophan in response to its consultation exercise on that subject; and why the Agency decided not to accept the recommendations of those industry bodies about safe levels of tryptophan. | | (17943) | 362
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the proposed limit of 220 milligrames of tryptophan per supplement capsule has been set on the basis of dividing the average therapeutic dose by 10; and what steps she is taking to satisfy herself that this approach (a) is based upon scientific data on safety, (b) is proportionate in its impact on industry, (c) does not reasonably deny consumer choice and (d) is consistent with the principles of good regulation established by the Better Regulation Task Force. | | (17944) | 363
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the criteria for establishing a safe upper limit for essential nutrients established in the Report of her Ad Hoc Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals have been followed in the setting of maximum permitted levels for tryptophan; what assessment she made of the merits of using advisory statements on tryptophan similar to those developed with industry when setting maximum levels of vitamins and minerals; and if she will make a statement. | | (17945) | 364
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children in the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership area had access to an NHS dentist in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (18208) | 365
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies which may arise from the reorganisation of primary care trusts (a) in Durham and (b) in England. | | (17476) | 366
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 10th October to Question 11537, who is responsible for ensuring the site at Consett is operational. | | (17477) | 367
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 10th October to Question 12199, who in the Department is responsible for ensuring that all radiologists are on the appropriate specialist register of the General Medical Council; and what sanctions the Department can impose on radiologists who are not registered. | | (17478) | 368
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease on the NHS is per patient per day; and if she will make a statement. | | (17974) | 369
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the NHS making available drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease; and if she will make a statement. | | (17975) | 370
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has allocated for (a) hospital services, (b) general practitioner services and (c) dental services in the constituency of Tooting in each year since 1997. | | (18117) | 371
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what applications for financial support for research into the development of vaccines against the H5NI virus her Department has received; when they were received; what response her Department has made; and if she will make a statement. | | (17365) | 372
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS ambulance trusts she intends to have operating in England in April 2006. | | (18069) | 373
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date her response to the consultation on the smokefree elements of the Health Improvement and Protection Bill will be published. | | (18070) | 374
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total number of beds has been in the NHS in each year since 1997/98, (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) strategic health authority and (ii) NHS trust. | | (18071) | 375
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice and regulations govern the purchase of electricity and gas by NHS organisations; and whether such advice is issued by (a) individual NHS organisations, (b) strategic health authorities and (c) her Department. | | (18072) | 376
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been committed to the salt consumption campaign launched by the Food Standards Agency on 10th October. | | (18073) | 377
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of bills of each NHS acute trust in England were paid within 30 days in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (18074) | 378
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will update the UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan to reflect the possibility that a communicable avian influenza strain may emerge in Europe, rather than in China or the Far East. | | (18075) | 379
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will define the term `control total', used for the purposes of the financial monitoring of NHS organisations; and whether NHS organisations will be required to repay the deficits contained within their respective control totals. | | (18076) | 380
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will provide details of the incentive scheme run by the NHS Bank to encourage NHS organisations to generate surpluses in the current financial year. | | (18077) | 381
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd March, to the honourable Member for Billericay, Official Report, column 762W, on midwifery, what progress is being made in investigating the feasibility of using the Community Midwifery Model in the NHS. | | (18126) | 382
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th July, Official Report, column 991W, on public engagement contracts, what the value is of the contract tendered to run the consultation exercise Your Health, Your Care, Your Say; how many and which companies bid for the contract; and on what date it was decided to award the contract to Opinion Leader Research. | | (18127) | 383
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 1523W, on outpatient appointments, how many missed outpatient appointments there have been in each year since 1997-98. | | (18128) | 384
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the new regional oxygen supply service to be introduced; whether its start date has been delayed; and if she will make a statement. | | (18335) | 385
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total wage bill has been in the NHS in each year since 1997 (a) in total and (b) broken down by staff group in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms; and what proportion of the overall NHS budget this represented in each year. | | (18336) | 386
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding she has made available for research into lung cancer in each year since 1997; and what percentage of the overall cancer research budget this represented in each case. | | (18338) | 387
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of a (a) cataract operation, (b) hip replacement and (c) gall bladder removal was in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2005 in (A) nominal and (B) real terms. | | (18339) | 388
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the provision of contraception in prisons. | | (18342) | 389
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems are in place to fast-track resubmissions of products to the Rapid Review Panel following their initial submission and rejection. | | (18343) | 390
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS terms of service require doctors to prescribe treatments whenever they consider a medicine to be necessary. | | (18344) | 391
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the terms of the community pharmacy contract stipulated an enhanced services expenditure floor to primary care trusts. | | (18345) | 392
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve the standard of care available to those with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. | | (18346) | 393
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes of care for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder there have been in each year since 1997. | | (18347) | 394
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that those who have difficulty communicating with others are able to access the communication aids they need. | | (18349) | 395
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to speed up the appraisals of medicines and technologies undertaken by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (18350) | 396
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patients taking a medicine as part of a clinical trial have the right to continue taking the medicine if clinically appropriate following its approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency if the medicine has not been subject to an appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (18351) | 397
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve the care given to those with hypertension; and what steps she is taking to encourage self-monitoring of blood pressure. | | (18352) | 398
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of hypertension has been in each year since 1997. | | (18353) | 399
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has issued guidance on the maximum permissible time between referral and a care management assessment by a social services department; and what the average time taken between referral and a care mangement assessment was in each local authority in England in the last period for which figures are available. | | (18354) | 400
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of locum doctors working in the NHS in each year since 1997. | | (18356) | 401
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to grant negotiating rights to the Locum Doctors Association. | | (18357) | 402
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes relating to peripheral vascular disease there have been in each year since 1997. | | (18358) | 403
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve the care given to those with peripheral vascular disease. | | (18359) | 404
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to publish the new Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) as part of the review of the General Medical Services contract; and what progress has been made in the review of QOF so far. | | (18360) | 405
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve rates of diagnosis of coeliac disease; what steps she is taking to improve the standard of care given to those with coeliac disease; and how many people have been diagnosed as having coeliac disease in each year since 1997. | | (18361) | 406
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to inform health professionals on how best to diagnose hypothyroidism; what current best practice is in relation to the diagnosis of hypothyroidism; and whether she plans to instruct the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to draw up guidance on the diagnosis and management of hypothyroidism. | | (18362) | 407
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve the standard of care available to those suffering from lupus; and what action is being taken to raise awareness of lupus amongst health professionals. | | (18363) | 408
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available for research into lupus from (a) the Medical Research Council and (b) the Department of Health's Research and Development Directorate in each year since 1997. | | (18364) | 409
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the changes introduced in Tomorrow's Doctors, published by the General Medical Council in 1993, on the standards of doctors' training, with specific reference to knowledge of anatomy. | | (18365) | 410
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to change the car mileage allowance payable to community nurses working in the NHS. | | (18366) | 411
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the services offered by Patientline to patients in NHS hospitals; what the cost of each service is, including the cost of making incoming calls to Patientline telephones; on which date Patientline first started supplying services to the NHS; which other suppliers of (a) televisions, (b) telephones and (c) other entertainment services have contracts to supply NHS trusts; and what assessment she has made of the degree of competition between suppliers in providing such services. | | (18367) | 412
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has to re-examine the Medical Devices Agency's device bulletin, MDA DB 9702 March 1997, published in March 1997, on the effects of mobile communications on a range of medical devices. | | (18368) | 413
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to publicise first aid advice to young people on how they should treat other young people who may be intoxicated. | | (18369) | 414
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which manufacturers supply winter influenza vaccines to the NHS. | | (18370) | 415
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued on the most effective time during the year for winter influenza vaccines to be administered to at-risk groups. | | (18371) | 416
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure continuity of supply of influenza vaccine. | | (18372) | 417
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons manufacture of the winter influenza vaccine has been delayed. | | (18373) | 418
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact on the use of magnetic resonance imaging scans in the NHS when the EU Physical Agents Directive comes into force. | | (18374) | 419
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from (a) NHS bodies and (b) other interested parties regarding the system of making funding available for the provision of return to practice courses; which bodies and parties made such representations; and what the content was of those representations. | | (18375) | 420
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have undertaken return to practice courses in each year since 1999. | | (18376) | 421
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what spending on the NHS in England has been in (a) real terms and (b) nominal terms in each year since 1990; and what estimate she has made of expenditure on the NHS in England in each year until 2007-08. | | (18378) | 422
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what interim waiting time targets have been put in place in order to progress towards the 18-week waiting time target by 2008. | | (18379) | 423
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure as many outpatient and inpatient appointments as possible are booked through Choose and Book by the end of 2005; and what assessment she has made of the likelihood of this target being achieved. | | (18380) | 424
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children have been registered with a dentist in each year since 1997; and what percentage in each case was registered with a dentist (i) operating under General Dental Service contracts and (ii) operating under Personal Dental Service contracts. | | (18381) | 425
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will direct the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to conduct an appraisal on the use of continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of sleep apnoea. | | (18457) | 426
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the merits of distributing funding for specialised services through specialist commissioning groups, rather than through primary care trusts. | | (18458) | 427
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what standards she has set for the provision of services in sterile services units; and what steps she is taking to improve the delivery of sterile services within the NHS. | | (18459) | 428
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to commission research into economic evaluation strategies for contraception and abortion services. | | (18460) | 429
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the recent organisational and managerial changes within the St Albans and Harpenden Primary Care Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (18282) | 430
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's assessment is of the provision of genito-urinary medicine within St Albans; and if she will make a statement. | | (18283) | 431
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice is issued by her Department on co-terminosity in drawing up boundaries for proposed primary care trusts. | | (17772) | 432
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cross-county hospital trusts there are; and how many she expects there to be in 20 years' time. | | (17775) | 433
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many strategic health authorities are proposing new primary care trust boundaries that extend beyond the geographic boundary of the strategic health authority. | | (17776) | 434
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st July, Official Report, column 2163W, on general practitioners' contracts, when she expects the NHS Employers Organisation to report back. | | (17692) | 435
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from organisations representing patients about the inability to book general practitioner appointments in advance; and if she will make a statement. | | (17693) | 436
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much it cost to train a doctor resident in the UK in the last period for which figures are available. | | (17714) | 437
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) senior house officer posts there are in England and (b) how many were filled by non-UK trained doctors in each year since 1997. | | (17715) | 438
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK-trained doctors she estimates are seeking a senior house officer posting. | | (17716) | 439
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice is given to junior doctors without senior house officer posts on what course of action they should take to ensure that they can complete their training; and if she will make a statement. | | (17717) | 440
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the overall target is for the employment of specialist epilepsy nurses by NHS trusts. | | (17721) | 441
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts meet the Department's targets for the employment of specialist NHS nurses. | | (17722) | 442
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received in the past 12 months about the number of specialist epilepsy nurses employed by the NHS. | | (17723) | 443
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the employment of specialist epilepsy nurses within the NHS. | | (17724) | 444
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will allow foundation hospitals to compete to provide services in other areas. | | (17864) | 445
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts are in deficit; and how many of these deficits are due to annual private finance initiative charges. | | (17865) | 446
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she expects all hospitals to become foundation hospitals. | | (17930) | 447
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) support, (b) advice, (c) legal costs, (d) financial guarantees, (e) management time and (f) cover for additional costs are to be provided by her Department for the transfer of the South West London Orthopaedic Centre in Epsom to the private sector. | | (17932) | 448
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in England have midwife-led maternity units; and how many births took place in each in 2004. | | (17765) | 449
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals are proposed for closure in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (17744) | 450
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what restrictions exist on (a) the advertising of cures for cancer and (b) the reporting of items relating to cancer; and if she will make a statement. | | (17749) | 451
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many researchers have been funded by her Department for the purpose of finding a cure for cystic fibrosis; and at what cost in the last five years. | | (17998) | 452
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was spent on purchasing artwork in each hospital trust in each of the last 24 months. | | (17999) | 453
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of e-coli have been identified in hospitals within Greater London in each year since 2000, broken down by NHS trust. | | (18000) | 454
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to inform pregnant women with diabetes of the potential risks of their disease to their child. | | (18001) | 455
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients with breast cancer have been referred to private hospitals for their treatment in the last five years; and how many were treated in NHS hospitals. | | (18002) | 456
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to protect ambulance staff in Essex from violence and verbal abuse while on duty. | | (18003) | 457
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the provision of night-time services by general practitioners in Essex. | | (18004) | 458
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of non-smokers who died of lung cancer in each of the past 10 years. | | (18005) | 459
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been to Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust of implementing the payment by results programme. | | (18006) | 460
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs have been of prescribed methadone for each NHS trust in Greater London in each year since 2001. | | (18007) | 461
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths have been attributed to methadone use in each of the last five years. | | (18008) | 462
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Greater London, (b) Essex and (c) Romford have been diagnosed with meningitis in each year since 1997. | | (18009) | 463
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money her Department has spent on researching the causes of breast cancer in each of the last seven years. | | (18010) | 464
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio was of trained paediatric nursing staff to patients in hospitals in the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in the last year for which figures are available. | | (18011) | 465
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget provisions have been made for the employment of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other staff at the New Oldchurch Hospital, Romford for the 2006-07 financial year. | | (18012) | 466
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many agency staff have been employed in the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust (a) as doctors, (b) as nurses and (c) in other capacities in each of the last five years. | | (18013) | 467
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MRSA infection cases there were in the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust area in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (17291) | 468
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) consultants and (d) auxiliary staff have been victims of violence at work in the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust area in each of the last 10 years. | | (17292) | 469
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she intends to announce the findings of the Burns Care Review. | | (17293) | 470
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the recent changes in the provisions of medication for dementia sufferers in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area. | | (18081) | 471
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area suffer from dementia. | | (18082) | 472
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of delayed transfers of care there have been in (a) Southend-on-Sea and (b) Basildon hospitals in each of the last three years. | | (18084) | 473
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MRSA cases have occurred in (a) Southend-on-Sea and (b) Basildon in each of the last three years. | | (18086) | 474
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of hepatitis have been identified in the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each of the last three years. | | (18087) | 475
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many occupational therapists have been employed within the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each of the last three years. | | (18088) | 476
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many speech and language therapists have been on staff in the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each of the last three years. | | (18089) | 477
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will increase the number of treatment courses of Tamiflu above 25 per cent. of the population; and if she will make a statement. | | (17109) | 478
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the Government placed its contract for its order of Tamiflu; how many treatment courses have been received; and when she expects delivery of treatment courses for 25 per cent. of the population to be completed. | | (17110) | 479
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Chief Medical Officer's estimate is of the number of deaths in the UK likely to arise from an influenza pandemic. | | (17111) | 480
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what number of deaths is assumed in the Government's contingency plan for pandemic influenza. | | (17112) | 481
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what involvement Ministers had in the appointment of the new Chief Executive of East Sussex Hospitals Trust. | | (17927) | 482
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what involvement Ministers had in the departure of the previous Chief Executive of East Sussex Hospitals Trust. | | (17928) | 483
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what land value per acre was assumed by North Bristol NHS Trust for (a) the Frenchay site and (b) the Southmead site in preparing its plans for a new acute hospital in North Bristol; and if she will make a statement. | | (17035) | 484
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inpatient beds there were at (a) Frenchay Hospital and (b) Southmead Hospital in each of the last five years; and how many inpatient beds will be provided at the proposed new acute hospital on the Southmead site. | | (17036) | 485
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will estimate the percentage of local authority wards in the area principally served by each NHS acute hospital trust in England which are in the most deprived 10 per cent. of local authority wards. | | (17941) | 486
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17985) | 487
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many responses the West Suffolk Primary Care Trust received to its consultation document into the closure of the Walnuttree and St Leonard's hospitals in Sudbury; and if she will publish them. | | (17697) | 488
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of correspondence her Department has received objecting to the plans to close the Walnuttree and St Leonard's hospitals in Sudbury. | | (17698) | 489
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if her Department will conduct a review into effects on NHS care of changes proposed in the West Suffolk Primary Care Trust's public consultation. | | (17699) | 490
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations her Department has received since 2003 from (a) the Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk Strategic Health Authority, (b) the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust and (c) the West Suffolk Primary Care Trust requesting an increase in their NHS funding allocation. | | (17700) | 491
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community and college hospitals are planned for closure, subject to local public consultations procedures; and how many beds this represents. | | (17701) | 492
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospital beds are planned for closure subject to local public consultation procedures. | | (17702) | 493
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospital beds have closed since May; how many were (a) intermediate care and (b) rehabilitation beds; and how many further closures are planned in each case. | | (17703) | 494
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effects she estimates planned community hospital and bed closures will have on NHS expenditure in the financial year (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (17704) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 495
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications have been refused (a) to prevent individuals from leaving the UK to avoid prosecution or legal action, (b) to individuals considered to be notoriously undesirable or dangerous and (c) to prevent the international abduction of children in the last 10 years; and whether there are any other circumstances in which passports have been refused. | | (18435) | 496
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Immigration will respond to the letter of 19th September from the honourable Member for Banbury regarding Miranda Alia, Ref No A1034158. | | (18135) | 497
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to complete the review of managed migration routes, with particular reference to the rules on ancestry. | | (18159) | 498
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the recommendations for change made in the Butt inquiry, into the death of Zahid Mubarek have been implemented at Feltham Young Offenders' Institute. | | (17779) | 499
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the laws banning the use of certain handguns were relaxed in order to allow sporting events involving handguns to take place at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. | | (17784) | 500
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes are required to the laws banning the use of certain handguns in order to allow the relevant Olympic events to take place at the London 2012 Games. | | (17785) | 501
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison cells in England and Wales have capacity for (a) one inmate, (b) two inmates and (c) three or more inmates. | | (17789) | 502
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners have been in overcrowded cells in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17790) | 503
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of violent incidents in prisons have occurred in overcrowded cells in each of the last three years for which records are available. | | (17791) | 504
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new (a) prisons cell and (b) prison places are planned to be created in each of the next five years. | | (17792) | 505
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he intends to extend the recommendations concerning the allocation of cells made by the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry final report to police stations. | | (17794) | 506
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often psychiatric risk assessment tests are conducted on inmates at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution. | | (17797) | 507
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of offenders at Feltham Young Offenders' Institute are recognised as having (a) mild and (b) severe psychiatric disorders. | | (17798) | 508
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what post-release psychiatric care prisoners receive who have been diagnosed with psychiatric disorders whilst detained at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution. | | (17799) | 509
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether staff working in young offenders' institutions receive training on the management and identification of cases of racism following the inquiry into the murder of Zahid Mubarek at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution in March 2000. | | (17813) | 510
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment is made of prisoners in young offenders' institutions to ensure that they are not allocated a cell shared with a potentially hostile inmate. | | (17825) | 511
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prison suicides in 2005 involved prisoners in overcrowded cells. | | (17920) | 512
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ease overcrowding in prisons. | | (17921) | 513
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations govern the allocation of cells in police stations. | | (18277) | 514
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessments are made to determine whether those being held in police stations should share a cell and with whom they should share. | | (18278) | 515
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the procedures are for allocating shared cells in police stations. | | (18279) | 516
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on rebranding in his Department and related agencies since 2003-04. | | (18408) | 517
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Department's policy is on the setting up of a Royal Commission into Animal Experimentation. | | (18218) | 518
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had about setting up a national slavery memorial day; and if he will make a statement. | | (17846) | 519
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the value of the illegal drugs trade in 2004-05, broken down by (a) London borough and (b) police authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (17014) | 520
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been seized as a result of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each year since its commencement, broken down by (a) constituency, (b) London borough and (c) police authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (17015) | 521
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of violent crime in Sussex in each of the last five years. | | (17768) | 522
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17875) | 523
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the evolution of the terrorist career path; what progress the Government is making to develop a comprehensive interventions strategy to turn people from this path; and if he will make a statement. | | (17644) | 524
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in the Peterborough City Council area in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004. | | (18209) | 525
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the economic impact of the settlement of economic migrants from European Union accession countries in the UK since 1st May 2004, with particular reference to local public services; and if he will make a statement. | | (18210) | 526
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued in England and Wales for offences involving using hand-held mobile telephones when driving a motor vehicle. | | (17960) | 527
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued for offences whilst driving a motor vehicle and using a handheld mobile telephone in the South Wales Police Force area. | | (17973) | 528
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has commissioned on the effectiveness of drug treatment programmes in (a) HMP Wandsworth and (b) other prisons in England and Wales. | | (17658) | 529
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to roll out Safer Neighbourhood Policing teams in the (a) Bedford, (b) Earlsfield, (c) Wandsworth Common, (d) Nightingale and (e) Furzedown wards of the Tooting constituency. | | (18042) | 530
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ex-prisoners from HMP Wandsworth are participating in resettlement projects. | | (18114) | 531
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ethnic minority police officers there are in (a) Wandsworth and (b) other London boroughs, broken down by (i) rank, (ii) year joined, (iii) gender and (iv) faith. | | (18115) | 532
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners he estimates were HIV positive in each year since 1997, broken down by gender. | | (18340) | 533
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to review the law prohibiting sexual activity in prisons. | | (18341) | 534
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the re-offending rate of offenders within the Hertfordshire probation area was in each year between (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | | (18284) | 535
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions for (i) being drunk and disorderly, (ii) being found drunk on a highway, public place or on licensed premises and (iii) being drunk in or when entering a designated sports event there have been in each police force area in England and Wales, in each year since 1996. | | (18194) | 536
| Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were of retailers selling video games with an 18 classification to children under the age of 18 years in (a) England and Wales and (b) Newport East in the last year for which figures are available. | | (17761) | 537
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the advice he has received from the Attorney General regarding the legality of the Government's proposed anti-terrorism legislation. | | (18259) | 538
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas for temporary stays in the United Kingdom have been issued in each year since 2000. | | (18235) | 539
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Essex and (b) each police division in Essex in each of the last three years. | | (18083) | 540
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cells are in use in Essex, broken down by location. | | (18085) | 541
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications from Somali nationals have (a) not yet been finally determined and (b) been refused in each of the last five years, broken down by year of the original application; and how many of those refused asylum seekers have been deported or voluntarily repatriated. | | (17956) | 542
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which regions of Somalia are deemed by his Department to be safe for returned failed asylum seekers. | | (18108) | 543
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17986) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 544
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the doorknobs in Portcullis House have been assessed as compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. | | (17833) | 545
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessments of the facilities and procedures in Parliament have been made in relation to the Disability Discrimination Act 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (17850) | 546
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent audits of (a) energy use, (b) energy efficiency, (c) waste disposal and (d) recycling in the House have been carried out. | | (18273) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 547
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on rebranding in (a) his Department and (b) related agencies in each of the last five years. | | (18078) | 548
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to further capacity-building in democratic institutions in Uganda. | | (17844) | 549
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conditions he has set for the resumption of the aid to Uganda which was withheld in April 2004 because of the slow pace of democratisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (17845) | 550
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to reduce HIV prevalence in internally displaced persons camps in northern and eastern Uganda; and if he will make a statement. | | (17849) | 551
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17876) | 552
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the latest estimate is of underspend by his Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget for financial year 2004-05. | | (18462) | 553
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what actions his Department took to ensure it got best value in the awarding of contracts for improving tourism in St. Helena. | | (17732) | 554
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is regarding the involvement of companies in consultancy as well as receiving public funding for tourism projects on the island of St. Helena. | | (17733) | 555
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) financial aid and (b) logistical support the United Kingdom made available in response to (i) the tsunami in December 2004, (ii) hurricane Katrina in the United States in September, (iii) displaced people in Darfur during 2005 and (iv) the earthquake in India, Kashmir and Pakistan in October. | | (18274) | 556
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) multilateral and (b) bilateral aid has been given by the United Kingdom to Swaziland to tackle AIDS in each of the last 10 years. | | (17937) | 557
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of Common Agricultural Policy subsidy reductions on sugar cane on the sugar cane industry of Swaziland. | | (17938) | 558
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will make funding available for projects that send salvaged furniture to schools in Africa. | | (18438) | 559
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17987) | Questions to the Leader of the House 560
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Leader of the House, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17877) | 561
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Leader of the House, how many vehicles for which his Office is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17988) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 562
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pulmonary hypertension sufferers in Northern Ireland are receiving treatment which includes use of the drug Cialis. | | (18437) | 563
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the findings of recent research into equality of opportunity in the Northern Ireland labour market to be published. | | (17599) | 564
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what governance arrangements for child protection services are in place between trusts, boards and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland. | | (17656) | 565
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to bring forward legislation on the assessment and risk management of violent offenders in Northern Ireland. | | (17657) | 566
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17878) | 567
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been seized by the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland since its inception; and how this money has been spent. | | (17034) | 568
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, from what budget funding for interpreting services at hospitals in the Province comes. | | (17594) | 569
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what actions he is taking to ensure appropriate monitoring and evaluation of interpreting services at local hospitals. | | (17595) | 570
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what services are available for children in the Province who suffer from enzyme disorders. | | (17596) | 571
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the implications are for dementia sufferers in Northern Ireland of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendation that certain dementia medications should no longer be available through the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (17597) | 572
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what clinical guidance on dementia medications has been provided by the Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team. | | (17598) | 573
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on (a) hospital and (b) community health services in Northern Ireland in 2003. | | (18014) | 574
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was provided to faith-based (a) groups and (b) projects in Northern Ireland over the last five years, broken down by (i) Westminster parliamentary constituency and (ii) district council area. | | (18015) | 575
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been allocated by the Sports Council in Northern Ireland over the last five years, broken down by (a) Westminster parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area. | | (18016) | 576
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been allocated by the Arts Council in Northern Ireland over the last five years, broken down by (a) Westminster parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area. | | (18017) | 577
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many public-private partnerships there have been in Northern Ireland over the last five years, broken down by (a) Westminster parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area. | | (18018) | 578
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) hate crimes and (b) racially motivated crimes there have been within each district command unit in Northern Ireland over the last three years. | | (18019) | 579
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding has been allocated by the Northern Ireland Events Company in the last five years, broken down by (a) Westminster parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area. | | (18020) | 580
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many 20 mph residential zones are planned in Northern Ireland; and what the locations are of the planned zones. | | (18021) | 581
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many administrators were employed within the health service in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available. | | (18022) | 582
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the infant mortality rate was in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (18023) | 583
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of Northern Ireland's adult population is registered with a dentist; and how many children are registered with a dentist. | | (18024) | 584
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total number of hospital treatments was in Northern Ireland in 2001. | | (18025) | 585
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many 20 mph residential zones there are in Northern Ireland. | | (18026) | 586
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the location of all 20 mph residential zones within Northern Ireland. | | (18027) | 587
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of children in Northern Ireland were registered with a dentist in 1997. | | (18028) | 588
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the average waiting time for (a) hospital inpatient treatment and (b) initial outpatient assessment in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available. | | (18029) | 589
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many care home places there were in Northern Ireland in 1996. | | (18030) | 590
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many operations were performed in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (18031) | 591
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate how many hospital operations were postponed in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (18032) | 592
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hospital beds there are within each health trust in Northern Ireland. | | (18033) | 593
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the percentage bed occupancy was in each hospital in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months. | | (18034) | 594
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adults in Northern Ireland are registered with a dentist. | | (18035) | 595
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total spending on (a) hospital and (b) community health services was in Northern Ireland during the last 12 months. | | (18036) | 596
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hospital treatments there were in Northern Ireland during the last 12 months. | | (18037) | 597
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have died from (a) hospital acquired and (b) other healthcare acquired infections in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (18038) | 598
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of (a) hospital acquired and (b) other healthcare acquired infections there were in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (18039) | 599
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of adults in the Province were registered with a dentist in 1997. | | (18180) | 600
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time for hospital inpatient treatment in the Province was in 1997. | | (18181) | 601
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time for initial outpatient assessment in the Province was in 1997. | | (18182) | 602
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many care home places there are in the Province. | | (18183) | 603
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals are receiving domiciliary care packages in the Province; and how many such individuals there were in 1996. | | (18184) | 604
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hospital beds there were in each health trust in the Province in June 1997. | | (18185) | 605
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many administrators were employed within the health service in the Province in June 1997. | | (18186) | 606
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total spending on (a) hospital and (b) community health services in the Province was in 1999. | | (18187) | 607
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total number of hospital treatments in the Province was in 1999. | | (18188) | 608
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adults in the Province were registered with a dentist in 1997. | | (18189) | 609
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate how many of the Province's qualified nurses have left the profession in each of the last 10 years. | | (18418) | 610
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of children in the Province are registered with a dentist. | | (18419) | 611
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many notifications of tuberculosis in the Province there have been in each of the last (a) 10 years and (b) 12 months. | | (18420) | 612
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the percentage bed occupancy in each hospital in the Province has been over each of the last 10 years. | | (18421) | 613
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many single rooms are provided to patients at each hospital in the Province. | | (18422) | 614
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to provide a Province-wide autism strategy. | | (18423) | 615
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the Department's Priorities for Action for 2005 involve autism. | | (18427) | 616
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients within each health board area in the Province are waiting to commence beta interferon or glatiramer for multiple sclerosis. | | (18428) | 617
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children in the Province were registered with a dentist in 1997. | | (18429) | 618
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals in each Government department in the Province are employed to deal with freedom of information requests. | | (18430) | 619
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many requests have been received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by each Government department in the Province. | | (18431) | 620
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the costs which have resulted from requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (18432) | 621
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the costs resulting from all healthcare acquired infections in the Province in the most recent year for which information is available. | | (18433) | 622
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers there are in the Police Service of Northern Ireland at the rank of (a) assistant chief constable, (b) chief superintendent, (c) superintendent, (d) chief inspector, (e) sergeant, (f) constable and (g) reserve constable F/T. | | (17997) | 623
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints have been made against the Equality Commission in each of the last three years. | | (18055) | 624
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been collected by each of the 26 Northern Ireland local government councils through health and safety fines in each of the last five years. | | (18056) | 625
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum sentence is which has been handed down to a person charged with racially motivated crime in Northern Ireland. | | (18058) | 626
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were convicted and sentenced for racially motivated crime in each year for which figures are held. | | (18059) | 627
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many spoiled ballot papers there were in each district council electoral area in Northern Ireland in (a) the most recent 2005 local government elections and (b) 2001. | | (18060) | 628
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many spoiled ballot papers there were in each constituency in Northern Ireland at the (a) 2005 and (b) 2001 general elections in Northern Ireland. | | (18061) | 629
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many health and safety fines have been issued by each of the local government councils in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (18062) | 630
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people work in the Big Lottery Fund for Northern Ireland. | | (18098) | 631
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much a foster family in Belfast received for each child fostered in each of the last five years. | | (18099) | 632
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been arrested or questioned regarding a crime which was caught on CCTV cameras in each of the four Belfast Westminster constituencies in each of the last five years. | | (18100) | 633
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase the CCTV coverage in East Belfast. | | (18101) | 634
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are used by Government when choosing sites for CCTV cameras. | | (18102) | 635
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cars are taxed for road use in Northern Ireland; and what estimate he has made of the number avoiding payment of vehicle excise duty. | | (18103) | 636
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money was collected from vehicle excise duty for all vehicles in Northern Ireland in the last period for which figures are available. | | (18105) | 637
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many motorcycles are taxed for road use in Northern Ireland. | | (18106) | 638
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many emergency calls relating to people having difficulty at sea around the coastline of Northern Ireland there have been in each of the past three years. | | (18142) | 639
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many operating theatres are in operation in each hospital in Northern Ireland. | | (18143) | 640
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the Police Service of Northern Ireland notified Jim Gray that there was a threat on his life. | | (18144) | 641
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the merits of employing fully trained lifeguards along beaches and publicly used coastline in Northern Ireland. | | (18145) | 642
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children died in accidents away from home, other than road deaths, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by the age groups (a) zero to seven, (b) eight to 13 and (c) 14 to 18 years. | | (18146) | 643
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children died in accidents in the home, other than fire, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by the age groups (a) zero to seven, (b) eight to 13 and (c) 14 to 18 years. | | (18147) | 644
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the organisations whose assets have been frozen in Northern Ireland due to links with terrorism in each of the last 10 years. | | (18149) | 645
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many injuries from fireworks there have been in Northern Ireland in each year since 2001. | | (18222) | 646
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of school leavers in (a) the constituency of East Belfast and (b) in Northern Ireland as a whole entered higher education in each of the last four years. | | (18223) | 647
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidelines are set for the maximum level of background road noise in (a) classrooms and (b) classrooms in schools with special needs. | | (18224) | 648
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many deaths due to drowning on the coasts around Northern Ireland there have been in each of the last 10 years. | | (18225) | 649
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the beaches which are manned by qualified lifeguards in Northern Ireland. | | (18226) | 650
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what publicly funded training is available for lifeguards in Northern Ireland. | | (18227) | 651
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the merits of funding for coastal local government districts who have no lifeguards manning the coastline in their borough. | | (18228) | 652
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what requirement there is on local government councils who have responsibility for coastlines and beaches to have them properly manned for public use. | | (18229) | 653
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents needing medical attention have occurred on beaches in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (18230) | 654
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the companies to which his Department contracted out their construction and refurbishment work in each of the last three years; and what process his Department used to select each contractor. | | (18231) | 655
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in the (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07 financial years. | | (18232) | 656
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much cash has been seized from operations against drug dealing in Northern Ireland since 2000. | | (18233) | 657
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what amount of drugs has been seized by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (18234) | 658
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps can be taken against a candidate who has been elected in a local government election or general election but has handed in fraudulent election returns. | | (18236) | 659
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been prosecuted for racism in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (18237) | 660
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children suffering from deafness have been in full-time education in Northern Ireland in each year that figures have been recorded. | | (18238) | 661
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many respite care places have been available in each year since 1998. | | (18239) | 662
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many places of worship have come under attack in each of the last 10 years, broken down by denomination. | | (18240) | 663
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Orange Halls have come under attack in each of the last 10 years. | | (18241) | 664
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many farm-related accidents resulted in a death in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (18242) | 665
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the age standardised mortality rates for all cancers for (a) men and (b) women in each health board in Northern Ireland were in each of the last 10 years. | | (18243) | 666
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) fatal, (b) severe non-fatal and (c) other non-fatal injuries have been sustained in road traffic accidents by (i) drivers, (ii) passengers, (iii) cyclists and (iv) pedestrians in each of the last 10 years. | | (18244) | 667
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list those items valued at more than £50 which have been stolen or lost from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (18245) | 668
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the measures he has taken to reduce the impact of coastal erosion around Northern Ireland. | | (18247) | 669
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of criminal prosecutions in Northern Ireland resulted in a conviction in each of the last 10 years. | | (18248) | 670
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are on the Sex Offenders Register in Northern Ireland. | | (18249) | 671
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the obligations are on the Chief Accounting Officer to act in the event of an education and library board acting outside its agreed financial scheme. | | (17600) | 672
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what circumstances a chief accounting officer would be obliged to inform the (a) Permanent Secretary of the Department of Education, (b) Comptroller and Auditor General and (c) Northern Ireland Audit Office that an education and library board has acted outside its financial scheme. | | (17601) | 673
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received on providing an early afternoon bus service for schoolchildren in the Southern Board area. | | (17602) | 674
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17989) | 675
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the action on sustainable development (a) required and (b) undertaken by his Department's (i) executive agencies, (ii) advisory non-departmental bodies, (iii) executive non-departmental bodies, (iv) tribunals, (v) public corporations and (vi) other bodies. | | (17726) | 676
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment is made (a) of the environmental impact and (b) against sustainable development criteria of bids made for contracts awarded by his Department; who makes such assessments; and whether these assessments are published. | | (17727) | 677
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that private finance initiative projects for which his Department is responsible create the minimum of environmental damage. | | (17734) | 678
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the sustainability and environmental impacts of its private finance initiative projects and (b) the effectiveness of the PFI process to deliver environmentally sustainable projects. | | (17735) | 679
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to make the Private Finance Initiative process more accountable and transparent in terms of efforts to achieve environmental sustainability. | | (17736) | 680
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what targets he has for improving energy efficiency; and how he intends to achieve these targets. | | (17737) | 681
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of electricity used by buildings in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies came from renewable sources in each year since 1997. | | (17738) | 682
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the annual spending by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on electricity has been in each year since 1997. | | (17739) | 683
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the annual spending by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on water and sewerage services is for each year since 1997. | | (17740) | 684
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reduction there has been in (a) road transport vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and (b) single occupancy car commuting in the Department since (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05. | | (17741) | 685
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what change there has been in water consumption by his Department between 2002 and 31st March 2005. | | (17742) | 686
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the opportunities for significant water savings at non-office sites on the Department estate. | | (17743) | 687
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action is being taken to ensure that refurbishment projects in his Department will procure timber from legal and sustainable sources; and whether guidance will be issued to contractors on each project concerning such procurement. | | (18382) | 688
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department's procurement policy includes reference to sustainable grown timber used in the construction of departmental building projects; and if he will make a statement. | | (18383) | 689
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the refurbishment projects in his Department that (a) are in progress and (b) will start in the next six months. | | (18384) | 690
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans his Department has to fund the maintenance of the Central Point of Expertise on Timber. | | (18385) | 691
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many video conferencing units are installed in (a) the Department and (b) each agency of the Department; what percentage of offices have these facilities in each case; and what plans there are to increase the number of such facilities. | | (18410) | 692
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of (a) copying paper and (b) paper for printed publications used by the Department in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05 was from recycled sources; and how much post consumer waste this paper contained. | | (18411) | 693
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste content; and by what date this target is expected to be achieved. | | (18412) | 694
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled of which a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste content; and by what date this target is expected to be achieved. | | (18413) | 695
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has joined the Watermark project. | | (18414) | 696
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports, stating in each case (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the (A) recycled and (B) post-consumer recycled content of each paper. | | (18415) | 697
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total floor space area is of buildings (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies. | | (18417) | 698
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been identified as the most significant sustainable development impacts in relation to the operation of his Department's estate. | | (18439) | 699
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what parts of his Department's estate will not be covered by the commitments set out in the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate. | | (18440) | 700
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) work his Department's Green Minister has undertaken in the last three months and (b) meetings the Green Minister has attended in the last 12 months in his official capacity within that role. | | (18441) | 701
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the meetings his officials have attended concerning the delivery of sustainable development across Government as co-ordinated by the Ministerial Sub-committee of Green Ministers. | | (18442) | 702
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on his Department's Sustainable Development Strategy. | | (18443) | 703
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken by his Department to review its arrangements for public reporting of its sustainable development impacts. | | (18444) | 704
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements his Department has to report publicly on its key sustainable development impacts. | | (18445) | Questions to the Prime Minister 705
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions since 1st January 2004 when Ministers wishing to be absent from the UK have sought his written approval; and whether his approval was given in each case. | | (17280) | 706
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions a Minister's spouse or partner accompanied a Minister on (a) domestic and (b) overseas official duties during 2004-05, broken down by (i) name of Minister, (ii) dates of travel and (iii) cost to public funds. | | (17281) | 707
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions in 2004-05, when an unpaid adviser undertook travel on public business and claimed expenses, broken down by (a) name of adviser, (b) dates and destinations of travel and (c) cost to public funds. | | (17282) | 708
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Prime Minister, how many volunteering positions his office has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17879) | 709
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Prime Minister, how many vehicles for which his Office is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17976) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 710
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17880) | 711
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17977) | Questions to the Solicitor General 712
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Solicitor General, how many volunteering positions the Law Officers' Department have offered in each of the last five years. | | (17881) | 713
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Solicitor General, how many vehicles for which the Law Officers' Department are responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17978) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 714
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many requests have been received by the Royal Mail for changes in postal addresses in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and how many were agreed. | | (18176) | 715
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on rebranding in his Department and related agencies in each of the last five years. | | (18325) | 716
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17882) | 717
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution which the production of ethanol can make to meeting UK energy requirements in the context of a sustained higher price for oil. | | (17367) | 718
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether a privatised British Nuclear Group would continue to take overseas contracts for the reprocessing of nuclear material in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (18310) | 719
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the latest estimate is of underspend by his Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget for financial year 2004-05. | | (18461) | 720
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contingency plans are in place to deal with a possible shortage of natural gas during the winter of 2005-06; and what significant methods are available, in addition to limiting electricity generation, to reduce natural gas consumption. | | (17648) | 721
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of a reduction in the voltage on the national grid in the event of a one in 50 cold winter on (a) domestic and (b) commercial consumers. | | (18265) | 722
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to what level the voltage on the national grid may be reduced in the event of a one in 50 cold winter. | | (18266) | 723
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultation has occurred with (a) the general public and (b) industry about the reduction in voltage on the national grid that may be required in the event of a one in 50 cold winter. | | (18267) | 724
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what demand modelling he has performed to examine the interplay between gas and electricity generation in the event of a one in 20 cold winter. | | (18268) | 725
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many disabled miners or their widows have received compensation for lung disease and vibration white finger in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (17947) | 726
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much compensation has been paid for lung disease and vibration white finger to disabled miners or their widows in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (17948) | 727
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he plans to publish a White Paper setting out the Government's proposals on whether to build new nuclear power stations. | | (17773) | 728
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the meetings with non-governmental organisations and individuals which (a) he and (b) each minister in his Department has attended in his official capacity over the last three months. | | (17842) | 729
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the fuel efficiency is of each make and model of vehicle (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department. | | (17900) | 730
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps have been taken to meet his Department's commitment in the Energy White paper to make maximum use of new vehicles and fuels in the Department's fleet of vehicles. | | (17901) | 731
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on research into renewable energy technologies in (a) 2005 and (b) each of the previous five years. | | (17902) | 732
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on research into nuclear energy technologies in (a) 2005 and (b) each of the previous five years. | | (17903) | 733
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the nuclear installations in the United Kingdom where nuclear materials accounting operates on a near real time basis. | | (18271) | 734
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the nuclear materials accountancy system at British Nuclear Fuels Thorp reprocessing plant at Sellafield is designed to track nuclear material on a real time basis. | | (18272) | 735
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many dynamically teleswitched meters there are in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales. | | (17759) | 736
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the change in energy prices has been in (a) the UK and (b) the rest of the EU in each of the last 10 years; on factors account for those changes; and if he will make a statement. | | (18204) | 737
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to help businesses cope with increased energy prices. | | (18205) | 738
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what UK legislation there is to protect workers abroad from exploitation by UK companies. | | (18455) | 739
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account has been taken of projected rises in sea levels due to global warming in the siting of new power stations. | | (18125) | 740
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance he has issued in respect of siting of new power stations. | | (18158) | 741
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17979) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 742
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the proposed reductions in train services between Bexhill-on-Sea and London Victoria. | | (18257) | 743
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the award for the Integrated Kent Franchise. | | (18258) | 744
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make a substantive response to the named day written question of 12th July from the honourable Member for West Chelmsford concerning rail passenger journeys between Chelmsford and London Liverpool Street. | | (17108) | 745
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on rebranding in his Department and related agencies in each of the last five years. | | (18327) | 746
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to respond to the recent consultation on the conspicuity of heavy goods vehicles. | | (18448) | 747
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17883) | 748
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the latest estimate is of underspend by his Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget for financial year 2004-05. | | (18306) | 749
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action he is taking to tackle congestion on the A1 in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. | | (17763) | 750
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) road accidents and (b) road fatalities there have been on the A1 (i) in Tyne and Wear and (ii) Northumberland in each of the last 10 years. | | (17764) | 751
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the (a) Department and (b) Vehicle and Operator Services Agency's predecessor made representations relating to the English text of EU Regulations (i) 3821/85 and (ii) 2135/98 before they were published in the Official Journal. | | (17518) | 752
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prohibitions have been issued by the Vehicle Operator Services Agency for breaches of EU Regulation 3821/85 since commencement. | | (17519) | 753
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from drivers and operators of heavy vehicles about the implementation of EU Regulation 3821/85. | | (17521) | 754
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions were held between the Vehicle Operators Services Agency and (a) road haulage companies and (b) coach operators prior to the implementation of EU Regulation 3821/85. | | (17522) | 755
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken to advise heavy vehicle drivers and operators that the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency uses the French text of EU Regulation 3821/85 (as amended), in preference to the English text, when enforcing the requirement for coach and lorry drivers to produce tachograph discs at roadside checks. | | (17713) | 756
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ships were detained in each British port by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency due to (a) sub-standard conditions and (b) breaches in safety management systems in 2004. | | (17899) | 757
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to dissuading motorists from using hand-held mobile telephones whilst driving. | | (17961) | 758
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what road safety campaigns are operating to deter motorists from using a hand-held mobile telephone when driving a motor vehicle. | | (17962) | 759
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what aviation public service obligation subsidy applications have been received from the Welsh Assembly Government. | | (17968) | 760
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) airlines and (b) routes receive public service obligation subsidies in the United Kingdom. | | (17969) | 761
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on public service obligations subsidies to airlines in the United Kingdom. | | (17970) | 762
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of subsidising airline routes in the United Kingdom using public service obligations. | | (17971) | 763
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provision he is making for the protection of railway staff from assault. | | (18305) | 764
| Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allow left-hand drive limousines to be issued with a certificate of initial fitness so that they can be certified as passenger service vehicles. | | (17762) | 765
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the expenditure on stations announced by Network Rail on 10th October is to be spent outside London. | | (17777) | 766
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been prosecuted in the last five years for fraudulently using disabled parking badges. | | (18151) | 767
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what request for Government financial support has been made by the proposers of (a) the Thames Gateway Bridge and (b) the second Mersey crossing. | | (18389) | 768
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what legislation requires the compulsory renewal of driving licences at the age of 70; and if he will make a statement. | | (17748) | 769
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what national advertising campaigns relating to (a) reducing speed and (b) drink driving there have been in each of the last five years. | | (18091) | 770
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17980) | 771
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the Liverpool Street to Stansted rail line to cope with proposed additional runway capacity at Stansted Airport. | | (17647) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 772
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17885) | 773
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh First Minister and (b) other Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government concerning the implementation in Wales of European Commission Directives covering (i) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and (ii) the setting of standards for efficient energy use. | | (18269) | 774
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17982) | 775
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Foreign Secretary on securing EU funding for (i) Wales and (ii) West Wales and the Valleys; what assessment he has made of the likelihood of securing budgetary agreement on EU funding for Wales before Christmas; and if he will make a statement. | | (17011) | 776
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what arrangements his Department has to report publicly on its key sustainable development impacts. | | (18090) | 777
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what he has identified as the most significant sustainable development impacts in relation to operation of the estate of his Department. | | (18129) | 778
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what parts of his Department's estate will not be covered by the commitments set out in the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate. | | (18130) | 779
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) work his Department's Green Minister has undertaken in the last three months and (b) meetings that Minister has attended in the last 12 months in his official capacity within that role. | | (18131) | 780
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the meetings his Department has been present at regarding the delivery of sustainable development across Government as coordinated by the Ministerial Sub-committee of Green Ministers. | | (18132) | 781
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress has been made on his Department's Sustainable Development Strategy. | | (18133) | 782
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps have been taken by his Department to review its arrangements for public reporting of its sustainable development impacts. | | (18134) | 783
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what targets he has for improving energy efficiency in his Department; and how he intends to achieve these targets. | | (18136) | 784
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of electricity used by buildings in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies has come from renewable sources in each year since 1997. | | (18137) | 785
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the annual spending by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on electricity use has been in each year since 1997. | | (18138) | 786
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the annual spending by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on water and sewerage services has been in each year since 1997. | | (18139) | 787
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what reduction there has been in water consumption by his Department between 2002 and 31st March 2005. | | (18140) | 788
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, at which non-office sites on his estates he has identified opportunities for significant water savings. | | (18141) | 789
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many video conferencing units are installed in (a) his Department and (b) each agency of the Department; what percentage of offices have these facilities in each case; and what plans there are to increase the number of such facilities. | | (18464) | 790
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of (a) copying paper and (b) paper for printed publications used by the Department in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05 was from recycled sources; and how much post-consumer waste this paper contained. | | (18465) | 791
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content; and by what date this target is expected to be achieved. | | (18466) | 792
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste; and by what date this target is expected to be achieved. | | (18467) | 793
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has joined the Watermark project. | | (18468) | 794
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports, in each case stating (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the (A) recycled and (B) post-consumer recycled content of each paper. | | (18469) | 795
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total floor space area is of buildings (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies. | | (18470) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 796
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time has been between the rejection of an application for disability living allowance and an appeal hearing in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17828) | 797
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals there have been as a result of rejected applications for disability living allowance in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17829) | 798
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for disability living allowance have been rejected in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17830) | 799
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have appealed against the withdrawal of a higher rate of disability living allowance have lost all benefit at the appeal in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17831) | 800
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals brought as a result of rejected applications for disability living allowance have been upheld in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (17832) | 801
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money has been spent on rebranding in his Department and related agencies in each of the last five years. | | (18150) | 802
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance applications have been (a) approved, (b) rejected and (c) approved subject to a reduction in components (on increase) in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005. | | (18179) | 803
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Chancellor's Budget proposals for paying benefits to those in hospital are being implemented. | | (17207) | 804
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer the Question tabled by the Right honourable Member for Birkenhead on 11th July, ref. 12146. | | (17638) | 805
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years. | | (17886) | 806
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest estimate is of underspend by his Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget for financial year 2004-05. | | (18463) | 807
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he has completed his consideration of correspondence of 8th June from the honourable Member for Swansea East concerning the case of Miss Helen Thomas. | | (17959) | 808
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policies have been introduced to simplify the process of claiming incapacity benefit. | | (17731) | 809
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target time for the processing of Child Support Agency applications is. | | (17688) | 810
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of Child Support Agency applications were processed within the target time in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (17689) | 811
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency applications are being processed. | | (17690) | 812
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency applications being processed were received (a) more than six months ago and (b) more than one year ago; and if he will make a statement. | | (17691) | 813
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to (a) tackle benefit fraud and (b) simplify the benefits system. | | (17840) | 814
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish the Opportunity for All report for 2005. | | (18041) | 815
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has given to local authorities on the preparation of policies relating to employment rights of those who become disabled during the course of their employment. | | (18124) | 816
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres. | | (17983) | 817
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make the appointment of access officers by local authorities mandatory; and if he will make a statement. | | (17896) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 818
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) individuals and (b) businesses have been investigated for tax evasion in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (18148) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 819
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will publish the Strategy Unit Report on the structure of the Health Service. | | [Transferred] (18315) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 820
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court repossessions of property there were in each of the last 15 years. | | [Transferred] (18246) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 821
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reduce exposure to organophosphates, with particular reference to those involved in agriculture. | | [Transferred] (18403) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 822
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how he plans to inform (a) employees and (b) businesses of the change in rules that will occur as a result of the introduction of the Civil Partnerships Act 2004. | | [Transferred] (18405) |
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