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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 20 October 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 20 October 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 20 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 20 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 20 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform the Financial Services Authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (20027) | 2
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding (a) expenditure on human resources and (b) senior staff pay and bonuses at the Financial Services Authority during the last 10 years. | | (20034) | 3
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding malpractice at the Financial Services Authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (20035) | 4
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many deaths malnutrition was given as a cause of death in each of the last 10 years, broken down by age. | | (20488) | 5
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fatalities were attributed to fires in each year since 1997. | | (20664) | 6
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the work of the Financial Services Authority in monitoring private pension schemes. | | (19093) | 7
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the introduction of new arrangements for the operation of Gift Aid on admissions. | | (20600) | 8
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the research that provided the basis for the change in existing Gift Aid arrangements; and what abuses were exposed. | | (20601) | 9
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation his Department undertook with smaller charities before it entered into the changes proposed in detailed guidance for the new Gift Aid Rule, with specific reference to the impact on Friends organisations. | | (20602) | 10
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the IT system used by Revenue and Customs staff when dealing with honourable Members' queries through the MPs' Tax Credit Hotline was unavailable on Friday 14th October. | | (19415) | 11
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in receipt of tax credits in Northern Ireland on 1st October, broken down by (a) tax credit and (b) parliamentary constituency. | | (20639) | 12
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received an overpayment of tax credits in Northern Ireland in each month since their introduction; and if he will make a statement on steps being taken to address this matter. | | (20642) | 13
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether VAT is levied on charges by sun bed tanning retail outlets. | | (20815) | 14
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the details of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aspects of the G8 debt proposal to be finalised; if he will list those countries which may be eligible to benefit by having all their IMF debts up to 31st December 2004 irrevocably cancelled; when he expects they will receive this cancellation; and from which IMF funding streams this cancellation is to be paid for each of the countries concerned. | | (20526) | 15
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) policies and (b) measures of governance are required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank of the Completion Point Heavily Indebted Poor Countries to enable them to benefit from further IMF debt cancellation; and if he will make a statement. | | (20527) | 16
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of tax credits introduced in 2003 on work incentives; and if he will make a statement. | | (20439) | 17
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls were categorised as (a) received, (b) handled and (c) engaged for the tax credits helpline in (i) August and (ii) September; and if he will make a statement. | | (20440) | 18
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls were (a) made to and (b) answered by the tax credits helpline in each month from January to September. | | (20441) | 19
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence he has received that tax credits have been targeted by organised criminals; and if he will make a statement. | | (20442) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will produce an annual estimate of the unfunded liabilities of public sector pension schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (20660) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total level of annual contributions made by public sector workers towards the cost of their final salary pension schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (20661) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the real annual growth rate of spending on public sector pensions for (a) 1997-98 to 2004-05 and (b) 2004-05 to 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (20685) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of children have lived in households with two adults, neither in work in each year since 1982; and if he will make a statement. | | (20687) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the number of tax credit awards overpaid in 2004-05; what estimate he has made of how much these overpayments are worth; and if he will make a statement. | | (20689) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the value of tax credit overpayments which have been written off by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (20690) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what rationale has been applied in determining the level of the provision for doubtful debt relating to tax credit overpayments as reported in the Department of Inland Revenue 2004-05 Accounts; to what extent the provision is calculated on (a) a specific and (b) a general basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (20691) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of organised fraud within tax credits have been detected in each year of its operation. | | (20692) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of the administration of tax credits in 2004-05. | | (20693) | 29
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of public sector pensions as a percentage of gross domestic product in (a) 1990-91, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2020-21; what estimate he has made of savings which may be made under current reform of public sector retirement ages; and if he will make a statement. | | (20871) | 30
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish a system of six-monthly published reports on regional economic performance including productivity, wage levels, investment influences, employment levels and public spending per capita. | | (20508) | 31
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department are seconded from accountancy houses; and how many of his officials have worked on secondment to outside accountancy houses. | | (20553) | 32
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Climate Change Levy; and if he will make a statement. | | (20429) | 33
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Health Ministers on the operation of their Public Service Agreements; and if he will make a statement. | | (20596) | 34
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he had with his Cabinet colleagues on the classification of Network Rail's liabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (20597) | 35
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of overpayment of tax credits in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (20721) | 36
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the progress of the merger of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise. | | (20722) | 37
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been unemployed in (a) the UK and (b) each ward of the Vale of Clwyd in each of the last 30 years. | | (20319) | 38
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost would be of reducing the higher rate of income tax from 40 per cent. to 35 per cent. | | (20308) | 39
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of taxpayers in (a) South Swindon and (b) the UK paid tax at the (i) basic rate and (ii) higher rate in 2004-05. | | (20309) | 40
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proceeds of gold sales from the UK reserves have been in each year since 1997; and if he will estimate the value of that gold at today's prices. | | (20264) | 41
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely level of the proposed spectrum tax; and if he will make a statement. | | (20331) | 42
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he expects to be raised in spectrum tax from the BBC over the period of the next Charter; and if he will make a statement. | | (20332) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 43
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to review and consult upon child protection and care proceedings; and if she will make a statement. | | (19850) | 44
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent over the last five years on (a) maintaining and (b) refurbishing (i) Barry, (ii) Neath, (iii) Port Talbot and (iv) Aberdare magistrates' courts. | | (20816) | 45
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many judges have a physical disability; and what steps the Department takes (a) to monitor disability amongst the judiciary and (b) to make a judical career more accessible to those with a disability. | | (20644) | 46
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of court buildings are (a) fully and (b) partially accessible to disabled people who are (i) judges, (ii) court staff, (iii) members of the legal profession and (iv) members of the public; and if she will make a statement. | | (20645) | 47
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of appointing a district judge for Northamptonshire. | | (19786) | 48
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidelines she has issued on how criminal cases involving persistent and prolific offenders should be treated by the courts. | | (19790) | 49
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) outstanding asylum appeals, (b) outstanding immigration appeals and (c) outstanding entry clearance appeals were transferred from the Immigration Appellate Authority to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in April; and how many appeals in each category are awaiting determination by the Tribunal. | | (20498) | 50
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will take steps to make the marked electoral register available in electronic format. | | (20430) | 51
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what allocation has been made for the funding of legal aid in criminal cases in each of the next five years. | | (20427) | 52
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of individual registration on registration levels in Northern Ireland. | | (20146) | 53
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate she has made of the numbers of unregistered voters for (a) the UK as a whole and (b) each region of the UK. | | (20147) | 54
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of publicly-funded advice for asylum seekers in Swindon; and what steps are being taken by the Legal Services Commission to ensure adequate legal advice for asylum seekers in the Swindon area. | | (20307) | 55
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent submissions the Department has received in support of the revision of human rights legislation. | | (19490) | 56
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many offenders in breach of their anti-social behaviour orders (a) have been returned to court and (b) received sentences in the last 12 months. | | (20739) | 57
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance has been given to juvenile courts in relation to custodial sentences for offenders in breach of anti-social behaviour orders. | | (20740) | 58
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many offenders in the Wakefield district area have been found to be in breach of their anti-social behaviour orders; and how many were given custodial sentences. | | (20741) | 59
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of offenders in breach of anti-social behaviour orders have not been committed to custody. | | (20742) | 60
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance she has provided to the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to representation at hearings by justices in chambers. | | (20743) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 61
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department was notified by (a) the Magistrates' Association and (b) the Justices Clerks' Association of potential problems in magistrates' courts of dealing promptly with appeals in respect of the Licensing Act 2003; what steps have been taken to deal with such problems; and if she will make a statement. | | (20513) | 62
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) financial assistance and (b) legal assistance, Ofcom has offered to the European Commission on deciding the structure of Premier League television broadcasting rights from season 2007-08 onwards. | | (20276) | 63
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions Ofcom has had since 1st June 2004 with telecommunications regulatory bodies in other EU countries on the matter of football television broadcasting rights. | | (20277) | 64
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had since May with the European Commission on deciding the structure of Premier League television broadcasting rights from season 2007-08 onwards. | | (20317) | 65
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list for each IT project her Department has undertaken since May 1997 which has incurred a total expenditure of £5 million or more (a) the name of the project, (b) its intended purpose, (c) the principal contractors involved and the payments made to each, (d) the original estimate of the cost of the project, (e) the actual outturn of expenditure on the project, (f) the intended date on which the project was to be fully implemented, (g) the actual date on which it was fully implemented or cancelled, (h) modifications which have been made to the project since it was first commissioned, (i) contractors on the project whose contracts have been cancelled, (j) replacement or additional contractors on the project, (k) the most reliable estimate of public expenditure saved as a result of implementing the project and (l) the most reliable estimates of improved performance of departmental functions as a result of implementing the project. | | (20625) | 66
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made representations to the Treasury about the tax revenue from the new Olympic Lottery games. | | (19781) | 67
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £750 million pledged to school sport by the Prime Minister at the 2000 Labour Party Conference has been (a) committed, (b) spent and (c) spent via the Football Foundation. | | (19782) | 68
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14th October, Official Report, column 605W, on the British Olympic Association Chairman, which candidate approached her; and which candidate approached the Chair of UK Sport. | | (20203) | 69
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans there are to hold events in Northern Ireland as part of the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (20533) | 70
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many art galleries in England are in receipt of funding from the Arts Council. | | (20425) | 71
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will put in place emergency measures to compensate licensed premises whose new licences have not been processed by 24th November; and if she will make a statement. | | (20409) | 72
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the likely financial impact per month of a suspension in trading by those establishments who will not have an alcohol licence by 24th November in (a) England and (b) Wales; and if she will make a statement. | | (20410) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 73
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the offices of the (a) Officer Commanding Flying/Chief Superintendent at Boscombe Down and (b) the Air Officer Commander in Chief HQSTC hold copies of remarks they made in the Board of Inquiry into the crash of RAF Harrier GR7 ZG475 on 1st June 1995. | | (20598) | 74
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the limitations of the Automatic Flight Control System fitted to Chinook ZA721, which crashed on 27th February 1987, applied to the Chinook HC2 on its introduction to service. | | (20790) | 75
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of Annex H to the RAF Board of Inquiry report into the loss of Tornado GR1A at Killin (Glen Ogle) on 1st September 1994. | | (20791) | 76
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the RAF Boards of Inquiry reports on (a) the Tornado ZE858 which crashed at Stainmore, Cumberland on 21st October 1993, (b) the Tornado F3 which crashed into the North Sea 45 nautical miles North East of Scarborough on 7th June 1994, (c) the Tornado GR1 which crashed 16 nautical miles north of RAF Lossiemouth on 19th July 1994 and (d) the Tornado F3 which crashed on 10th March 1995. | | (20792) | 77
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration on the use of antipersonnel landmine production. | | (20252) | 78
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely change in demand on the British Forces Post Office during the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement. | | (20555) | 79
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the performance of the British Forces Post Office against its targets in 2004-05. | | (20556) | 80
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the change in demand on (a) the British Forces Post Office and (b) the Defence Courier Service arising from current operations. | | (20571) | 81
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Swan Hunter-built vessel Largs Bay (a) to be completed, (b) to be ready for sea trials and (c) to enter service. | | (20388) | 82
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Swan Hunter has retained lead ship status on the Landing Ships Dock (Auxiliary) project; and if he will make a statement. | | (20389) | 83
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the BAE Systems-built vessel Mounts Bay will be given lead ship status in the Landing Ships Dock (Auxiliary) project. | | (20390) | 84
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the cost of the (a) Swan Hunter-built vessels and (b) BAE Systems-built vessels which form part of the Landing Ships Dock (Auxiliary) project. | | (20391) | 85
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on manning levels in (a) the Army and (b) the Royal Navy. | | (20674) | 86
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to (a) replace and (b) extend the life of the Vanguard class submarine; and if he will make a statement. | | (20675) | 87
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy and availability of British infantry to respond to additional urgent deployments; and if he will make a statement. | | (20676) | 88
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last had discussions with the Chief of the Defence Staff about the availability and preparedness of the armed forces for sustained deployment; and if he will make a statement. | | (20677) | 89
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the security situation in the Balkans. | | (20717) | 90
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received credible evidence of Iranian Revolutionary Guard involvement in the insurgency in south-eastern Iraq. | | (20830) | 91
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether the armour-piercing improvised explosive devices being used against British forces in south-eastern Iraq originated (a) through Hizbullah and (b) in Iran. | | (20831) | 92
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether commanding officers in Iraq have been given authority to enter Iran in order to close off suspected arms supply routes. | | (20832) | 93
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Basra's principal council has requested that the two military intelligence officers arrested on 19th September handed over to Iraqi authorities. | | (20833) | 94
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reasons have been given by Iraqi police for their arrest of the two British officers in Basra on 19th September. | | (20834) | 95
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether compensation will be offered to Iraqi citizens affected by British military action in Basra on 19th September. | | (20835) | 96
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel (a) opted for an early discharge from duties, (b) opted against extending their service and (c) have been medically discharged in the last 12 months. | | (20836) | 97
N | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military helicopters were based in Afghanistan on 9th October, broken down by type. | | (20032) | 98
N | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military helicopters have been involved in (a) relief operations and (b) other supporting roles in the earthquake zone in northern Pakistan and Kashmir. | | (20033) | 99
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the activities of British armed forces in Basra on 20th September. | | (19491) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 100
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 19th July to the honourable Member for Clywd South, Official Report, column 1542W, on the Disabled Facilities Grant, what progress has been made with the review; and if he will make a statement. | | (20447) | 101
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received as part of the review of the disabled facilities grant; and if he will make a statement. | | (20486) | 102
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many affordable housing units expected to be built or procured through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme in the Yorkshire and Humber Region in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 are (i) mixed funded social rented housing, (ii) temporary social rented housing, (iii) homebuy general market purchase, (iv) homebuy general new build, (v) mixed funded low cost home ownership for sale, (vi) miscellaneous works to registered social landlord stock (RSL), (vii) reimprovements to rented RSL stock, (viii) works only rehabilitation of rented RSL stock, (ix) works only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (x) right to acquire, (xi) voluntary purchase grant, (xii) do-it-yourself shared ownership and (xiii) temporary intermediate and market rent housing; and how much will be spent on each category in each year. | | (20659) | 103
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2441W, on telecommunication masts, if he will break down the figures by Government Office region. | | (20649) | 104
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) accidental and (b) non-accidental fires were recorded in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (20715) | 105
| Meg Hillier (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many affordable housing units expected to be built or procured through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme and Challenge Fund in the London Region in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08 are (i) mixed funded social rented housing, (ii) temporary social rented housing, (iii) homebuy general market purchase, (iv) homebuy general new build, (v) mixed funded low cost home ownership for sale, (vi) miscellaneous works to RSL stock, (vii) reimprovements to rented RSL stock, (viii) works only rehabilitation of rented RSL stock, (ix) works only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (x) intermediate rent for key workers, (xi) homebuy market purchase for key workers, (xii) homebuy new build for key workers, (xiii) mixed funded sale for key workers, (xiv) right to acquire, (xv) voluntary purchase grant, (xvi) starter home initiative, (xvii) do-it-yourself shared ownership, (xviii) temporary intermediate and (xix) market rented housing; and how much will be spent on each category in each year. | | (20462) | 106
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the affordability of shared ownership schemes in areas of high house prices; and if he will make a statement. | | (20837) | 107
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the categories of people who qualify for key worker status; and if he will make a statement. | | (20838) | 108
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will (a) set limits on the housing density of market towns and (b) ensure that changes to housing density in market towns takes place only after consultation with local residents. | | (20839) | 109
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will take steps to prevent further development of greenbelt land beyond existing commitments; and if he will make a statement. | | (20840) | 110
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent by his Department on regeneration projects in the constituency of Tooting in each year since 1997. | | (20583) | 111
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of (a) local authority housing, (b) housing association housing and (c) private rented accommodation reaches the Decent Homes Standard, broken down by region; and what proportion in each case he estimates will reach the standard by 2010. | | (20499) | 112
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list for each IT project his Department has undertaken since May 1997 which has incurred a total expenditure of £5 million or more (a) the name of the project, (b) its intended purpose, (c) the principal contractors involved and the payments made to each, (d) the original estimate of the cost of the project, (e) the actual outturn of expenditure on the project, (f) the intended date on which the project was to be fully implemented, (g) the actual date on which it was fully implemented or cancelled, (h) modifications which have been made to the project since it was first commissioned, (i) contractors on the project whose contracts have been cancelled, (j) replacement or additional contractors on the project, (k) the most reliable estimate of public expenditure saved as a result of implementing the project and (l) the most reliable estimates of improved performance of departmental functions as a result of implementing the project. | | (20626) | 113
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government plans to conduct a review of the cabinet system in local government. | | (20747) | 114
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what core elements make up the £6,459,000 spent by his Department on planning. | | (20748) | 115
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much of the money spent by his Office through the Sustainable Communities Directorate has been spent (a) in the North West and (b) in the South East. | | (20749) | 116
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the phrase "corporate overhead" in the Department's business plan covers. | | (20755) | 117
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many firm bids there were for the Millennium Dome. | | (20802) | 118
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance on climate change for developers have been issued by his Department. | | (20310) | 119
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what definition the Government uses of a city region. | | (20454) | 120
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to establish governance arrangements for city regions. | | (20455) | 121
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what regulations apply to Network Rail telecommunications masts being used to provide mobile phone telecommunication services for the general public. | | (20456) | 122
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to co-ordinate the response of fire and rescue services with other emergency services; and if he will make a statement. | | (20457) | 123
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding he plans to provide to the Home Office's unit dealing with respect issues; and if he will make a statement. | | (20458) | 124
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions the Government has had with the National Assembly of Wales Government since 1st April on the council tax revaluation in Wales. | | (20459) | 125
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Government department (a) has responsibility for the residuary functions of the Property Services Agency (PSA) and (b) maintains the registry of former employees of the PSA. | | (19849) | 126
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 10th October, Official Report, column 375W, on departmental websites, what the cost was of each website in the last year for which figures are available; and how many visits there were to each. | | (20872) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 127
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether her Department's recent announcement concerning kitchens in new schools will apply to those schools approved for construction, but not yet constructed, before the announcement was made. | | (20532) | 128
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to introduce nutrition standards for meals provided in (a) childrens' homes and (b) other accommodation for looked after children. | | (20489) | 129
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were reported as missing (a) in England and Wales and (b) for each police authority in each year since 1997. | | (20662) | 130
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the decision in R. v Leonard Cheshire Foundation [2002] H.R.L.R.30 on the applicability of the Human Rights Act 1998 to privately-run children's homes. | | (20734) | 131
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the grants available to those students who are unable to afford university fees. | | (19228) | 132
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Department has for increasing assistance to university students, with particular reference to those studying for foundation degrees. | | (19229) | 133
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many grandparents in England have (a) residence orders, (b) registered foster caring agreements, (c) guardianship status and (d) private arrangements in place for raising grandchildren full time. | | (19534) | 134
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place to ensure that grandparents who are raising their grandchildren full time receive the financial help to which they are entitled. | | (19535) | 135
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on grandparents who are raising their grandchildren full time. | | (19536) | 136
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which Sure Start programmes are aimed directly at grandparents who are raising grandchildren full-time. | | (20262) | 137
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to ensure that qualified teachers from Australia and New Zealand are able to teach in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (20343) | 138
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in each local education authority have been removed from the Admissions Register because of (a) extended family holidays and (b) long-term absence in each year since 1997. | | (19970) | 139
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children in the Waverley Borough Council area left school at the minimum age in each of the last five years, broken down by ward. | | (20843) | 140
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the 20 local authority wards with the (a) highest and (b) lowest proportions of children (i) receiving free school meals and (ii) leaving school at the minimum age. | | (20844) | 141
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanisms are used to monitor (a) the level of contact and (b) the outcomes of contact between faith schools and schools which do not select on the grounds of faith; and if she will make a statement. | | (20621) | 142
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether (a) she or (b) other Ministers in her Department use an automated signing machine or stamp for ministerial correspondence. | | (20507) | 143
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list for each IT project her Department has undertaken since May 1997 which has incurred a total expenditure of £5 million or more (a) the name of the project, (b) its intended purpose, (c) the principal contractors involved and the payments made to each, (d) the original estimate of the cost of the project, (e) the actual outturn of expenditure on the project, (f) the intended date on which the project was to be fully implemented, (g) the actual date on which it was fully implemented or cancelled, (h) modifications which have been made to the project since it was first commissioned, (i) contractors on the project whose contracts have been cancelled, (j) replacement or additional contractors on the project, (k) the most reliable estimate of public expenditure saved as a result of implementing the project and (l) the most reliable estimates of improved performance of departmental functions as a result of implementing the project. | | (20623) | 144
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which honourable Members met (a) the Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education and (b) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills to discuss further education in response to the invitation issued on 21st June. | | (20595) | 145
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when (a) the Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, (b) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills and (c) she was informed orally or in writing of the conclusions of the Learning and Skills Development Agency's report entitled The Funding Gap - Funding in schools and colleges for full-time students aged 16 to 18; and if she will make available the minutes of discussions on the report. | | (20651) | 146
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department is planning to spend on the Connexions card in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09; and if she will make a statement. | | (20719) | 147
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding will be allocated to the learner support funds in further education in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and if she will make a statement. | | (20720) | 148
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to enable further education colleges to retain funding for students who have withdrawn from courses; and if she will make a statement. | | (20817) | 149
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the research on further education (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned by (i) her Department and (ii) the Learning and Skills Council in each year since 2001. | | (20818) | 150
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what criteria her decision to review the teaching of phonics was based; and if she will make a statement. | | (20588) | 151
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on proposed changes to the National Literacy Strategy. | | (20589) | 152
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to complete its review of coursework; and if she will make a statement. | | (20590) | 153
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she has introduced to promote setting of classes; and if she will make a statement. | | (20591) | 154
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations she has received on the Government's 14 to 19 White Paper; and if she will make a statement. | | (20592) | 155
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions she has had with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on reform of the examination system; and if she will make a statement. | | (20593) | 156
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many recorded incidents of physical assault by students on staff there were in each secondary school in (a) Havering, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London in each of the past five years. | | (20582) | 157
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils have re-taken A-level modules (a) once and (b) more than once in each of the last five years, broken down by subject. | | (20586) | 158
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the expected cost of weekend masterclasses is for gifted pupils; and whether the teachers who will lead them will be paid an overtime wage. | | (20678) | 159
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary school teachers have (a) a first class, (b) an upper second, (c) a lower second, (d) a third class degree and (e) no degree. | | (20679) | 160
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary school teachers teach the subject in which they undertook a degree; and how many teach a subject different from their degree qualification, broken down by degree subject. | | (20680) | 161
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of bullying-related child (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides in (i) Greater London and (ii) England in each of the last 12 years. | | (20681) | 162
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students who attended secondary school in the last 10 years in (a) Romford, (b) Havering, (c) Essex and (d) Greater London (i) completed and (ii) did not complete a university degree. | | (20756) | 163
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students who attended secondary school in the last 10 years in (a) Romford, (b) Havering, (c) Essex and (d) Greater London (i) sat and (ii) did not sit A-levels. | | (20757) | 164
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many recorded incidents of bullying there were in each secondary school (a) Havering, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London in each of the past five years. | | (20758) | 165
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to providing personal computers for dyslexic students studying at universities in England in each year since 1999. | | (20759) | 166
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many grammar schools have closed in England since 1997. | | (20766) | 167
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of sixth form colleges have a designated smoking area for students. | | (20795) | 168
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size for each primary school in Romford was in each of the past 10 years. | | (20796) | 169
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the ratio of children to computers was at each primary school in (a) Romford, (b) Havering and (c) England in each of the past 10 years. | | (20797) | 170
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to change Government funding for (a) Havering College and (b) Havering Sixth Form College. | | (20798) | 171
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many physically disabled people have gained the Postgraduate Certificate in Education in each year since 1997. | | (20799) | 172
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students who attended secondary school in the last 10 years in (a) Romford, (b) Havering, (c) Essex and (d) Greater London (i) completed and (ii) did not complete any form of education higher than GCSE level. | | (20800) | 173
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) knives, (b) guns and (c) other weapons were confiscated from schools in England in each of the last 10 years. | | (20808) | 174
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places were available in each of the past 30 years. | | (20318) | 175
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been spent on under-three years (a) education and (b) childcare in each of the last 20 years in real terms. | | (20320) | 176
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will bring further education lecturers' pay into line with that of teachers; and if she will make a statement. | | (20313) | 177
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make an assessment of the merits of ring-fencing Learning and Skills Council funds for lecturers' pay; and if she will make a statement. | | (20333) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 178
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commission independent scientific research into the welfare impact of the use of battery cages to house game birds; and if she will make a statement. | | (20551) | 179
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of illegally logged timber entering the UK from China, with particular reference to wood products. | | (19624) | 180
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether each animal health office has appointed specialist vets amongst the State Veterinary Service to deal with potential outbreaks of avian influenza. | | (20760) | 181
| 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 Service Plan. | | (20761) | 182
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the evidence behind the decision to grant licences to cull ruddy ducks. | | (20762) | 183
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the latest information provided by her Department to farmers on biosecurity measures to deal with (a) avian influenza and (b) West Nile fever. | | (20763) | 184
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the advice offered by her Department to owners of equine animals which travel abroad with regard to (a) avian influenza and (b) West Nile fever. | | (20764) | 185
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the level of preparedness for the vaccination of animals against (a) avian influenza and (b) West Nile fever. | | (20765) | 186
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish her contingency plans to be implemented in the event of an outbreak of H5NI virus; what research her Department is funding to assess the pathogenicity of avian influenza; and if she will make a statement. | | (19230) | 187
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12th October, Official Report, column 474W, on whaling, how meat from whales killed under special permits was then sold on the consumer market. | | (20263) | 188
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of recent fuel price rises on fuel poverty; and if she will make a statement. | | (20311) | 189
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency planning has been undertaken in Somerset to protect against an outbreak of avian influenza; and if she will make a statement. | | (19783) | 190
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on EU proposals for reform of the sugar regime. | | (20426) | 191
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had regarding the code of practice for supermarkets; and if she will make a statement. | | (20411) | 192
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on the operation of cross-compliance regimes; and if she will make a statement. | | (20412) | 193
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the import of (a) animal and (b) plant disease; and if she will make a statement. | | (20428) | 194
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the retail price of a litre of liquid milk. | | (20510) | 195
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the European Commission on GM crops; and if she will make a statement. | | (20511) | 196
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Fallen Stock Scheme. | | (20512) | 197
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met the President of the Country Land and Business Association to discuss the impact of regulations on farm businesses; and what the outcome was. | | (20594) | 198
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the report by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution on bystander exposure. | | (20467) | 199
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency's flood risk maps indicate areas (a) of known flood risk, (b) of potential risk and (c) where further study is required. | | (20326) | 200
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the number of (i) homes and (ii) businesses and (b) land allocated for development at risk from flooding in the East Riding of Yorkshire. | | (20329) | 201
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the (a) access to and (b) cost of insurance for people living in areas designated as at risk from flooding, with particular reference to Beverley and Holderness. | | (20330) | 202
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact on property-owners of flood risk designation in (a) England and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire since the latest flood maps were published. | | (20362) | 203
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the meeting of the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on 17th October. | | (20466) | 204
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the spread of avian influenza to the United Kingdom. | | (19608) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 205
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the priority his Department accords to diplomatic representation in central America. | | (20538) | 206
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list embassies which his Department has (a) opened and (b) closed in each year from 1997. | | (20547) | 207
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the UK embassies which cover other countries, giving in each case the other countries covered. | | (20548) | 208
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the countries with a British Council presence; and in which countries such a presence has been (a) created and (b) withdrawn since 1997. | | (20549) | 209
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Chinese Government has cancelled the passport of students from Tibet granted Chevening scholarships by his Department. | | (20325) | 210
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Chevening scholarships his Department has awarded this year; how many students have been unable to take-up these scholarships as a consequence of their government withdrawing their passports; and if he will make a statement. | | (20403) | 211
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12th October, Official Report, column 732W, on Tibetan Students (China), whether the British Ambassador in Bejing has reported any Chevening scholars having their passport withdrawn by the Chinese Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (20463) | 212
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September to the honourable Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak, Official Report, column 2414W, on visas, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increased refusal rate between December 2004 and February 2005. | | (20658) | 213
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) parking and (b) other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions in (i) London and (ii) the UK in each of the last four years are outstanding . | | (20667) | 214
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in respect of which countries' diplomatic missions he has had (a) discussions, (b) meetings and (c) correspondence regarding a refusal to pay the congestion charge citing (i) Article 34 and (ii) Article 49 of the Vienna Convention. | | (20668) | 215
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the UK Government has taken as a state party to the Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfil its obligation to take measures to ensure compliance with the Convention under the ruling of the International Court of Justice ruling of 9th July 2004, no. 131, legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territory. | | (20528) | 216
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who is responsible for running the Foreign and Commonwealth Office estate (a) in the UK and (b) abroad; what relevant specialist qualifications he or she holds; and what the details are of his or her career to date. | | (20265) | 217
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the Director of Human Resources is of his Department; what relevant specialist qualifications he or she holds; and what the details are of his or her career to date. | | (20266) | 218
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the Director of Finance of his Department is; what specialist finance qualifications he or she holds; and what the details are of his or her career to date. | | (20267) | 219
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent on the Afghan drugs eradication programme; and how many hectares of poppies have been eradicated. | | (20253) | 220
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of the Afghan drugs eradication programme. | | (20254) | 221
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the head of the interdepartmental Afghan drugs unit has visited Afghanistan; and which provinces he has visited outside greater Kabul. | | (20255) | 222
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the purpose of his forthcoming visit to the United States. | | (19971) | 223
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the itinerary is for his forthcoming visit to the United States. | | (20204) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 224
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the operation of section 4 of the Abortion Act 1967. | | (20268) | 225
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many perinatal deaths there were in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available; what are the most common causes of perinatal deaths; and what steps she is taking to reduce the number of perinatal deaths. | | (20609) | 226
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the health establishments abroad which have treated NHS patients in the last five years; and which other establishments she plans to use. | | (20610) | 227
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to help pregnant women who (a) smoke and (b) are addicted to drugs; and if she will make a statement. | | (20611) | 228
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to doctors relating to who should (a) administer and (b) receive electroconvulsive therapy in hospitals; and if she will make a statement. | | (20612) | 229
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for NHS heart by-pass surgery was in Southend in the last period for which figures are available. | | (20613) | 230
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the (a) reference numbers and (b) titles of (i) statutory instruments, (ii) departmental circulars and (iii) other documents distributed direct to (A) primary care trusts and (B) strategic health authorities consequential to the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967 and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 in the last three years; what action was required in respect of each; and what further documents in these categories she proposes to circulate in the next 12 months. | | (20614) | 231
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the organisations and individuals consulted before the Review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, A Public Consultation was issued; and if she will make a statement. | | (20698) | 232
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) paid-for and (b) free prescriptions were issued in each primary care trust in (i) Essex, (ii) Hertfordshire, (iii) inner London and (iv) Greater London in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (20703) | 233
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were per head of population in (i) England and (ii) each strategic health authority in each year since 1995. | | (20704) | 234
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgeons have (a) left and (b) started working in the NHS in (i) Southend, (ii) Essex, (iii) inner London and (iv) Greater London in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (20705) | 235
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the level of blood stocks available to NHS hospitals in (a) Southend Primary Care Trust area and (b) England. | | (20706) | 236
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records are kept of attempted abortions which fail and where the foetus survives. | | (20782) | 237
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attempted abortions in the United Kingdom failed and ended in a live birth in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (20783) | 238
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information her Department holds on the United Kingdom morbidity and mortality rates for skin cancer in each year since 1979; and if she will make a statement. | | (20784) | 239
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the provisions of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 which (a) have been and (b) have not been implemented. | | (20785) | 240
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what new initiatives she plans to reduce the incidence of lung cancer in women. | | (20786) | 241
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the percentage of (a) males and (b) females between the ages of 16 and 19 years in England who are regular smokers. | | (20787) | 242
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of premature deaths caused by smoking in the past 12 months in the Southend West constituency; and what action she is taking to reduce the number of such premature deaths. | | (20788) | 243
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the reasons for budget deficits in primary care trusts in Oxfordshire for 2005-06. | | (20392) | 244
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the deficit or surplus of each NHS trust in Oxfordshire was for 2004-05; what methodology was used to calculate the outturn; and what action she expects trusts to take to tackle deficits. | | (20393) | 245
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on choice and plurality within the NHS of the policy set out in Commissioning a patient-led NHS; and if she will make a statement. | | (20394) | 246
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take with regards to the NHS trusts which are in deficit and which have not come forward with proposals to eliminate such deficits before the end of the financial year. | | (20395) | 247
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what authority she has granted to the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority to consider letting the contract for the management of primary care trusts in Oxfordshire to the private sector. | | (20396) | 248
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the likely redundancy costs of (a) reconfiguring primary care trusts (PCT) in Oxfordshire into a single PCT and (b) awarding the contracts to manage such a PCT to the private sector. | | (20397) | 249
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for the drafting of contracts between the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority and private sector providers of management services for the Primary Care Trust in Oxfordshire; who will take responsibility for ensuring that such contracts comply with existing NHS rules on consultation and patient and public involvement; and if she will make a statement. | | (20398) | 250
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the reasons for (a) the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust's, (b) the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust's and (c) Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust's budget deficit for 2005-06. | | (20399) | 251
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests she has received to refer NHS reorganisation to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel; how many she has agreed; and if she will make a statement. | | (20404) | 252
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the document Commissioning a Patient-led NHS, what formal consultations are required to be undertaken by the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority prior to the reconfiguration of primary care trusts. | | (20405) | 253
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority on proposals to transfer the management of primary care trusts in Oxfordshire to the private sector; and if she will make a statement. | | (20406) | 254
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what statutory provision the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority will appoint a board of non-executive directors to the Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust to oversee the awarding of a contract for the procurement of the management of primary care trust services in Oxfordshire. | | (20407) | 255
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether contracts for the commissioning of the management of primary care trust services in Oxfordshire will be (a) available for public scrutiny and (b) treated as commercial in confidence. | | (20408) | 256
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with primary care trusts in Oxfordshire about hospital bed availability in winter 2005-06. | | (20413) | 257
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Banbury of 13th September on community health. | | (20416) | 258
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Strategic Health Authority, (b) front line health staff, (c) the voluntary sector and (d) other bodies about hospital winter bed (i) availability and (ii) demand in Oxfordshire in 2005-06. | | (20490) | 259
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on cancer treatment (a) waiting times and (b) targets in East Sussex in the last 10 years. | | (20446) | 260
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs have been of the hepatitis C FaCe It campaign separately identifying (a) the cost of information packs sent to primary health care professionals, (b) the professional fees charged by Munro and Foster, (c) the cost of staging FaCe It events and (d) other expenditure. | | (20673) | 261
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is planning to maximise detection of hepatitis C within the population. | | (20724) | 262
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (Durham, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence to publish its final guidance on the continued use of (a) donepezil, (b) rivastigmine and (c) galantamine to treat Alzheimer's disease. | | (20516) | 263
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place for the (a) monitoring and (b) improvement of the safety of NHS patients who receive treatment from other healthcare providers. | | (20346) | 264
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which groups of children in schools in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency will be offered BCG vaccinations; and whether parents of children who will not be offered the vaccination will be able to obtain the vaccination privately. | | (19848) | 265
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the decision in R v Leonard Cheshire Foundation [2002] H.R.L.R.30 on the enforceability of provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 by those using services provided by organisations registered under the Care Standards Act 2000. | | (20258) | 266
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the implications of the decision in R v Leonard Cheshire Foundation [2002] H.R.L.R.30 for NHS services provided by independent sector providers. | | (20259) | 267
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for South Cambridgeshire of 5th October, Official Report, column 2835-6W, on NHS Estates, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) timetable are for the wider review of regulation in health and social care. | | (20599) | 268
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to make decisions concerning further groups to be registered with the General Social Care Council. | | (20636) | 269
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September to the honourable Member for Daventy, Official Report, column 2719W, on neurological conditions, what workforce issues were identified by the workforce team; and what steps are being taken to address them. | | (20653) | 270
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2757W, on data, when the first data collection will commence for each of the datasets approved by the Information Standards Board to date. | | (20654) | 271
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2735W, on final accounts, what the equivalent figures are for 2004-05. | | (20655) | 272
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons timescale for the publication of part one of the Taskforce on Medicine Partnership's evaluation of Room for Review was changed. | | (20665) | 273
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of psychiatric trainees undergoing psychotherapy training in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (20666) | 274
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2655W, on care homes, what criteria were used in setting 31st December as the compliance date. | | (20669) | 275
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 14th July, Official Report, column 1198W, when publication of part two of the Taskforce on Medicine Partnership's evaluation of Room for Review will take place. | | (20671) | 276
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes for older people (a) exceeded, (b) met, (c) almost met and (d) failed to meet (i) standard 12 and (ii) standard 15 of the national minimum standards for each year for which figures are available. | | (20714) | 277
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 17th October, Official Report, columns 761-2W, concerning admissions, if she will break down the information by (a) region, (b) strategic health authority and (c) NHS trust. | | (20726) | 278
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation she plans to carry out of the results of the risk sharing scheme for beta interferon and glatiramer acetate treatments. | | (20732) | 279
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2715W, on MRSA, when she expects to publish the results of the evaluation of the pilot. | | (20750) | 280
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2695W, on mandatory surveillance, how many incidents of (a) the glycopeptide resistant enterococci, (b) orthopaedic surgical site infections and (c) serious untoward incidents associated with infection there have been in (i) England, (ii) each region, (iii) each strategic health authority and (iv) each NHS trust. | | (20751) | 281
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact for patient care in Barnet of (a) a potential merger of Barnet Primary Care Trust (PCT) into a larger PCT and (b) the removal of Barnet PCT's role in providing services; and if she will make a statement. | | (20572) | 282
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff directly employed by Barnet Primary Care Trust are (a) managers and (b) involved in direct patient care; and if she will make a statement. | | (20573) | 283
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of Barnet Primary Care Trust's management of Edgware Hospital; and if she will make a statement. | | (20574) | 284
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact on patient services of Barnet Primary Care Trust's co-terminosity with other public sector providers including the Borough Council; and if she will make a statement. | | (20575) | 285
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the proposed MRI unit to be available at Edgware Hospital; and if she will make a statement. | | (20576) | 286
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will review the provision of services for those with hearing aids at Edgware Hospital; and if she will make a statement. | | (20577) | 287
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for Ritalin and similar drugs have been made in each of the last 20 years. | | (19779) | 288
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new chemical entities are awaiting assessment by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); whether the average number of new chemical entities awaiting assessment by NICE has changed since it was established; what the average time taken between submission of a new chemical entity and assessment is; and if she will make a statement. | | (19231) | 289
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research the Department is funding to assess the pathogenicity of the H5NI virus; and if she will make a statement. | | (19232) | 290
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the complaint made by Keith Amos of Marlow (ref C200503-002) will be referred to a case manager for independent review; and if she will make a statement. | | (20356) | 291
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to ring-fence the budget for dentistry to be administered by local primary care trusts. | | (20471) | 292
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will reassess the budget for the provision of NHS dentistry in Portsmouth against assessed demand for dental services. | | (20472) | 293
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy not to implement the new contract for dentists until agreement on it is reached with the British Dental Association. | | (20473) | 294
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation has taken place between her Department and dentists on the proposed new contract; what plans she has for pilot studies before any change of contract; and if she will make a statement. | | (20474) | 295
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list those dentists in (a) Portsmouth and (b) South East Hampshire who are accepting NHS patients. | | (20475) | 296
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th October, Official Report, column 538W, on carbon monoxide poisoning, how many general practitioner surgeries will receive the leaflets; which support groups will be included in the leaflet; and if she will make a statement. | | (20736) | 297
N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will introduce minimum fruit content requirements for cider and perry. | | (19613) | 298
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure all cancer and non-cancer related lymphoedema patients, receive an early diagnosis and a suitable level of care. | | (20730) | 299
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on hospital waiting times for patients diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. | | (20822) | 300
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected costs are of redundancies planned at the Barnsley District General Hospital. | | (20328) | 301
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the likely cost of redundancies for the Barnsley Primary Care Trust in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (20400) | 302
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of posts to be (a) lost and (b) restructured in each health establishment in South Yorkshire for each year from 2005 to 2008, broken down by grade. | | (20401) | 303
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the likely cost of redundancies for health establishments in South Yorkshire in each year from 2005 to 2008. | | (20402) | 304
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations apply to the operation of (a) sun bed tanning retail outlets with staff and (b) coin-operated outlets with no staff; and if she will make a statement. | | (20809) | 305
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on (a) prevention, (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment of skin cancer. | | (20810) | 306
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to local authorities on the operation of sun tanning beds in council-owned leisure and sports centres. | | (20812) | 307
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations her Department has received from cancer charities about coin-operated sun bed tanning retail outlets. | | (20813) | 308
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) guidance her Department has issued and (b) campaigns her Department is undertaking to raise awareness of skin cancer. | | (20814) | 309
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had on the report A Strategic Review of the Provision and Commissioning of Ambulance Services across Cheshire and Merseyside; and what steps her Department is taking to implement the report. | | (19625) | 310
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the reasons healthcare providers operating existing NHS scanners are unable to meet the demand for diagnostic scans in the NHS. | | (19845) | 311
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average amount of time taken is for Alliance Medical to provide extra scanning capacity in the NHS from winning the contract for the service to the services coming on-line. | | (19846) | 312
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures her Department uses to measure productivity in the NHS. | | (19847) | 313
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems are in place to ensure that her Department works closely with local health communities to understand their requirement for extra capacity in the services it provides. | | (19890) | 314
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS funding will be made available to St George's Hospital in Tooting in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (20539) | 315
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS funding has been made available to St George's Hospital in Tooting in each year since 1997. | | (20541) | 316
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to nominate ambulance personnel for the Queen's Ambulance Service Medal following the performance of the service during the London bombing on 7th July. | | (20415) | 317
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th October, Official Report, column 626W, on GP practices, how many general practitioners, excluding retrainers and registrars are projected to leave the National Health Service workforce at age 55 or above in total between 2005 and 2015, broken down by (a) strategic health authority area and (b) primary care trust area; and how many general practitioners excluding retrainers and registrars have left the National Health Service workforce at age 55 or above in each year since 1990. | | (20464) | 318
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st July, Official Report, column 2146W, on avian influenza, if she will provide a breakdown of the £200 million allocation by major cost area. | | (20465) | 319
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what occasions she has met bodies representing patients' groups since 5th May. | | (20487) | 320
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to commission further research on the cost effectiveness of NHS walk-in-centres. | | (20846) | 321
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks for (a) physiotherapists, (b) speech and language therapists, (c) occupational therapists, (d) nursing staff, (e) doctors and (f) other staff employed by the NHS in each year since the CRB was established; how many checks were carried out; and what percentage were cleared. | | (20847) | 322
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) police checks for (a) locum staff and (b) permanent staff employed by the NHS in each year since the CRB was established. | | (20848) | 323
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of staff employed by the NHS who were subject to Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks had already been subject to a CRB police check within the last (a) year, (b) two years and (c) five years. | | (20849) | 324
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks for staff working for the NHS in each year since the CRB was established; how many checks have been conducted; and what percentage were cleared. | | (20850) | 325
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts (PCTs) have influenza pandemic co-ordinators; and how many PCTs have an influenza planning committee. | | (20851) | 326
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average waiting times for cancer patients (a) from diagnosis to start of treatment and (b) from urgent general practitioner referral to start of treatment in each of the last 12 quarters. | | (20852) | 327
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current stockpile is of antiviral drugs for use in the event of an influenza pandemic; and whether she plans to stockpile the antiviral drug Relenza. | | (20853) | 328
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she intends to purchase a stockpile of gloves and masks for use by (a) health professionals and (b) the public in the event of an avian influenza pandemic. | | (20854) | 329
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to general practitioners on steps they should take to prioritise care in the event of an avian influenza pandemic. | | (20855) | 330
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which patient groups she has met since 6th May; and on which dates. | | (20856) | 331
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the level of use of hand gels by health professionals in hospitals for the purposes of infection control. | | (20857) | 332
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of (a) a general practitioner consultation, (b) an attendance at accident and emergency and (c) a consultation at an NHS walk-in-centre was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (20858) | 333
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the demand for critical care beds in the event of an influenza pandemic; and if she will make a statement. | | (20859) | 334
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ask the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to produce guidance on the optimal use of antivirals during an influenza pandemic. | | (20860) | 335
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to support the development of reverse genetics technology in the production of vaccines against influenza. | | (20861) | 336
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support has been given to research and development of a vaccine against possible pandemic strains of avian influenza in each year since 1997. | | (20862) | 337
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will agree with influenza vaccine manufacturers an advanced purchase order for a vaccine against the pandemic strain of influenza to be produced as soon as the strain has been identified. | | (20863) | 338
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) influenza vaccine and (b) H5N1 vaccine has been allocated to the Dorset and Somerset Health Authority area; and if she will make a statement. | | (19784) | 339
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency planning has been undertaken in Somerset for an influenza pandemic; and if she will make a statement. | | (19785) | 340
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds for female medium security mental health patients are available, broken down by region; what the occupancy levels were in the last year for which figures are available; how many of these beds were not available in the first half of this year; and if she will make a statement. | | (19532) | 341
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on progress on identifying sites for the proposed academic medical centres. | | (19533) | 342
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average percentage level of bed utilisation in acute hospitals was in each year since 2000. | | (20504) | 343
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the MRSA rates per thousand patient beds were for acute hospitals with (a) above and (b) below average levels of bed utilisation in each year since 2000. | | (20505) | 344
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of a possible relationship between higher rates of bed utilisation and the incidence of MRSA. | | (20506) | 345
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list for each IT project her Department has undertaken since May 1997 which has incurred a total expenditure of £5 million or more, (a) the name of the project, (b) its intended purpose, (c) the principal contractors involved and the payments made to each, (d) the original estimate of the cost of the project, (e) the actual outturn of expenditure on the project, (f) the intended date on which the project was to be fully implemented, (g) the actual date on which it was fully implemented or cancelled, (h) modifications which have been made to the project since it was first commissioned, (i) contractors on the project whose contracts have been cancelled, (j) replacement or additional contractors on the project, (k) the most reliable estimate of public expenditure saved as a result of implementing the project and (l) the most reliable estimates of improved performance of departmental functions as a result of implementing the project. | | (20624) | 346
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officers seconded from accountancy houses are working in her Department; and how many of her officials have worked on secondment to outside accountancy houses. | | (20737) | 347
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish the findings of the Pathfinder initiative on sterile services. | | [R] (20205) | 348
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of NHS trusts which will end the current financial year in deficit. | | (20794) | 349
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it a requirement for general practitioners to ensure that the body mass index of each patient is regularly recorded as part of the new GP contract. | | (20327) | 350
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new drugs are (a) under appraisal and (b) awaiting appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for the treatment of (i) malignant disease and (ii) other diseases. | | (20355) | 351
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many centres in England carry out the test for the HER2 protein; what the capacity is of each; and how much each test costs. | | (20357) | 352
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used in deciding on the referral of a new, licensed drug to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; and if she will make a statement. | | (20358) | 353
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cataract operations were carried out by the NHS in England in 2003-04; and how many have been performed on NHS patients in mobile independent sector treatment centres by Netcare. | | (20359) | 354
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the NHS budget was spent on administrative costs in (a) 1975 and (b) 1995; and what estimate she has made of the likely percentage after the full implementation of payment by results. | | (20360) | 355
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings she has had to review the operation of section 27 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. | | (20738) | 356
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average retention rate of NHS dentists within the Lancaster and Wyre constituency was in each of the past 10 years. | | (20481) | 357
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the population was registered with an NHS dentist in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Lancaster and Wyre in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (20482) | 358
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists were practising in (a) Lancaster and Wyre constituency and (b) England per head of population in each year since 1997. | | (20483) | 359
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been registered with an NHS dentist in Lancaster and Wyre constituency in each year since 1997. | | (20484) | 360
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation on the costs incurred in delivering health services to sparsely populated rural areas, with particular reference to (a) the Morecambe Bay NHS Hospitals trust and (b) the Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (20485) | 361
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under the age of 30 years in the area corresponding most closely to Lancaster and Wyre constituency were treated for alcohol-related illnesses (a) in the last 12 months and (b) in each year since 1997. | | (20514) | 362
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts applied the HER2 test to everyone diagnosed with early breast cancer, prior to her recent announcement on HER2 testing. | | (20752) | 363
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the additional cost in this financial year of introducing HER2 tests for early-diagnosed breast cancer patients from October. | | (20753) | 364
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will meet the North Stoke Primary Care Trust to discuss extra funding for the NHS prescription of Herceptin in this financial year. | | (20754) | 365
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of the decision by Devon and Cornwall primary care trusts to fund Herceptin for early stage cancer. | | (20825) | 366
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to review the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. | | (20028) | 367
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to support research into (a) a vaccine for the H5N1 strain of avian flu, (b) drugs to treat a potential influenza pandemic and (c) enhanced diagnostic techniques to identify and research new infections; and if she will make a statement. | | (20029) | 368
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has (a) to amend the powers exercised as a last resort over people, premises and property in circumstances posing a risk to public health and (b) to change the reserve powers available to her in the event that an outbreak of communicable disease is being mishandled. | | (20030) | 369
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the responsibilities are of (a) health authorities and (b) local authorities in the area of communicable disease control. | | (20031) | 370
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the impact on the registration status of existing NHS patients of the April 2006 dentistry reforms will be; and if she will make a statement. | | (20620) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 371
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) hit and run accidents, (b) hit and run accidents in which the driver did not have insurance and (c) hit and run accidents for which drivers were taken to court and (i) fined, (ii) imprisoned and (iii) acquitted there were in (A) Southend, (B) Essex, (C) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (D) England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what percentage of these fines remain unpaid. | | (20630) | 372
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he gives to police authorities on the purchase and hire of road vehicles. | | (20631) | 373
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police vehicles in (a) Southend and (b) Essex were (i) purchased and (ii) hired in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (20632) | 374
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he gives to local authorities on the use of private security firms; and if he will make a statement. | | (20633) | 375
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of vandalism in each local authority in the last period for which figures are available. | | (20634) | 376
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress with discussions in the European Council on the minimum standards for return procedures and mechanisms for supporting removal efforts with a European Return Fund to be established by 2007. | | (20256) | 377
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness to date of the Dublin II Regulation of 2003 in reducing (a) asylum shopping and (b) the problem of refugees in orbit. | | (20269) | 378
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of how the UK compares with other EU member states in terms of reception conditions for asylum seekers. | | (20270) | 379
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress in negotiations on the draft EU Asylum Procedures Directive. | | (20271) | 380
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on expenditure by the European Refugee Fund since September 2000. | | (20272) | 381
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on EU co-operation with Third Countries in order to manage and reduce the intake of refugees into the EU. | | (20273) | 382
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress with pilot protection programmes outside the EU which are due to be launched by the end of 2005. | | (20274) | 383
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the readmission agreements with third countries to be signed by the EU. | | (20275) | 384
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th October, Official Report, column 496W, how many of the young people supervised by youth offending teams in 2004-05 that had a substance misuse need have received an intervention or treatment, broken down by type of intervention made. | | (20663) | 385
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2621W, on under-age drinking and alcohol sales, how many convictions there were in (a) England, (b) each Government office region and (c) each London borough in 2004. | | (20672) | 386
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Brent East, of 12th September, Official Report, column 2508W, on abductions, what the equivalent figures were for 2004. | | (20725) | 387
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th July, Official Report, column 910W, on off licence sales, what the equivalent figures were for 2004. | | (20727) | 388
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted for (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (c) causing death by dangerous driving when under the influence of drink or drugs in each year since 1997 in (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each London borough. | | (20733) | 389
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the ruling in R. v Leonard Cheshire Foundation [2002] H.R.L.R.30 on the applicability of the Human Rights Act 1998 to prisons built and operated under contract by non-public authorities. | | (20735) | 390
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used in making the decision to maintain a non-cash or voucher system for providing support to asylum seekers who make section 4 declarations. | | (20443) | 391
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug addicted young offenders from Easington constituency have been sentenced in each of the last three years. | | (20348) | 392
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) violent crime, (b) sexual crime, (c) robbery and (d) car crime have taken place in Easington constituency in the last three years; and what the rates of (i) detection and (ii) prosecution have been in each category of crime. | | (20349) | 393
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will expand the strength of the Merseyside Police Force. | | (20261) | 394
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Violent Crimes Reduction Bill on the sport of airsoft in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (20470) | 395
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the need for pre-sentence reports in criminal cases where there is a guilty plea and where there are no non-custodial sentencing options on conviction. | | (19787) | 396
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is for tackling persistent and prolific offenders. | | (19789) | 397
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted, where all proceedings are complete, under the Hunting Act 2004. | | (20587) | 398
| Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers are in post in (a) each police force area and (b) each district council area in England and Wales. | | (20436) | 399
| Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers community support officers have; and what representations he has on increasing their powers. | | (20437) | 400
| Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young offenders were given custodial sentences in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age, (b) offence, (c) police force area and (d) length of sentence. | | (20438) | 401
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what were the rates for (a) mugging, (b) violent crime and (c) burglary in each ward in the Waverley Borough Council area in each of the last five years. | | (20842) | 402
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the 20 wards with the (a) highest and (b) lowest crime rates for (i) mugging, (ii) violent crime and (iii) burglary. | | (20845) | 403
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are directly employed in making initial decisions on asylum claims, broken down by civil service grade. | | (20491) | 404
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers are in receipt of National Asylum Support Services section 4 support, broken down by (a) regional location, (b) accommodation provider and (c) type of accommodation and subsistence support provided. | | (20492) | 405
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for section 4 support were made to the National Asylum Support Service in each month since 1st January; and what the outcome was in each case. | | (20493) | 406
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken by the National Asylum Support Service to determine an application for section 4 support was in the last period for which figures are available; what the target time is for determining such applications; and what the current performance against this target is. | | (20494) | 407
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) pregnant women, (b) single mothers with young babies, (c) single adults with young children and (d) families are in receipt of National Asylum Support Service section 4 support. | | (20495) | 408
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been put in place by each of the National Asylum Support Service section 4 accommodation providers to ensure that mothers with babies in receipt of section 4 vouchers exchangeable for food and drink are able to (a) obtain nappies and other essentials and (b) wash baby clothing. | | (20496) | 409
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been processed under each of the `late and opportunistic' and `non-suspensive appeal segments' of the New Asylum Model since 20th June; and what the outcome was in each case. | | (20497) | 410
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to store high-definition images of (a) all and (b) some of the biometrics to be used for identity cards. | | (20652) | 411
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department's cost-benefit analysis of the Identity Cards Scheme includes estimates for the benefits which are defined in paragraph 25 of the Regulatory Impact Assessment of 25th May as not yet quantified completely. | | (20865) | 412
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the percentage of check points of identify cards that will (a) check all the biometrics and (b) consist of human face-to-face checks; and whether this has been accounted for in the Government's cost-benefit analysis of the scheme. | | (20866) | 413
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th July, Official Report, column 1784W, on passports, if he will list the other public sector databases to which he refers; and if he will make a statement on how the linkages referred to will be made. | | (20867) | 414
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th July, Official Report, column 907W, on identity cards, whether the estimate referred to of the likely rates of failure includes an analysis of the failure rate of the (a) facial, (b) fingerprint and (c) iris biometric technology. | | (20868) | 415
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the graph on page 11 of his Department's document, Identity Cards Scheme - Benefits Overview with dates on the time axis; and if he will publish the supporting evidence for the figures given in the graph. | | (20869) | 416
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each constituency in the UK. | | (20540) | 417
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of prisoners released from HMP Wandsworth have re-offended within two years of release in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by (a) age, (b) ethnicity and (c) faith. | | (20584) | 418
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (20731) | 419
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Milton Keynes who were tagged on early release from prison breached the rules governing their early release in each of the last five years. | | (20828) | 420
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Milton Keynes are electronically tagged on early release from prison. | | (20829) | 421
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ask Jamie Oliver to assess prison food and suggest ways of improving it. | | (20500) | 422
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost per (a) breakfast, (b) lunch and (c) dinner is in prisons. | | (20501) | 423
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department have been on attachment (a) from and (b) to bio-security companies in the last three years, broken down by company. | | (20503) | 424
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with industry representatives on the provisions relating to encryption in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; what plans he has to bring the relevant section into force; and if he will make a statement. | | (20250) | 425
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring his Department carries out of contractors required to regulate offenders' electronic tagging; and what contractual obligations the contractors have to report curfew breaches by offenders wearing such tags. | | (20334) | 426
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the amount of police time spent awaiting medical practitioners contracted to visit prisoners in holding cells prior to questioning. | | (20335) | 427
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders wearing electronic tags were identified as being in breach of curfew orders in the last year for which figures are available. | | (20336) | 428
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of performance by contractors in reporting curfew breaches by offenders wearing electronic tags. | | (20337) | 429
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to establish a national database for stolen art and artefacts. | | (20542) | 430
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with the Council for the Prevention of Art Theft on the establishment of a national database for stolen art and artefacts. | | (20543) | 431
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) the website of the Metropolitan Police Art and Antiques Squad, (b) the website of TRACE and (c) the website of the Art Loss register in recovering art and artefacts stolen in the UK. | | (20544) | 432
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in England and Wales maintain a website displaying art and artefacts stolen in their area. | | (20545) | 433
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Council for the Prevention of Art Thefts and (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers on maintaining and publicising websites detailing lost or stolen artefacts. | | (20546) | 434
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 30 years in the area corresponding most closely to Lancaster and Wyre constituency (a) were subject to alcohol treatment orders and (b) were convicted of alcohol-related offences (i) in the last 12 months and (ii) in each year since 1997. | | (20515) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 435
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on (a) global progress and (b) work being done by his Department towards reaching the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people with no access to clean water by 2015. | | (20615) | 436
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money is planned to be spent on public relations initiatives in the Department's technical assistance contract in Sierra Leone. | | (20616) | 437
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy not to spend UK aid money on water privatisation projects that result from (a) World Bank and IMF conditions and (b) conditions imposed by other governments. | | (20617) | 438
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects negotiations to be completed to finalise the details of the International Development Association and African Development Fund aspects of the G8 debt proposal. | | (20618) | 439
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what governance measures the heavily indebted poor completion point countries will need to meet in order to be eligible to benefit from the G8 debt proposal; and if he will make a statement. | | (20619) | 440
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much bilateral aid his Department has allocated to (a) sexual and reproductive health and population and (b) HIV (i) projects, (ii) programmes, (iii) technical assistance, (iv) grants, (v) humanitarian aid and (vi) CDC investments for 2004-05. | | (20710) | 441
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's total expenditure was in 2004-05 to (a) UNFPA, (b) WHO, (c) UNICEF, (d) UNAIDS, (e) International Planned Parenthood Federation, (f) Marie Stopes International and (g) Interact Worldwide; and if he will make a statement. | | (20711) | 442
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's contribution to the Human Reproduction Programme in the World Health Organisation was in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02, (c) 2002-03, (d) 2003-04 and (e) 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (20712) | 443
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what was his Department's expenditure on sexual reproductive health non-governmental organisations through the Civil Society Challenge Fund in 2004-05. | | (20713) | 444
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department allocated to sexual and reproductive health non-governmental organisations in 2004-05. | | (20793) | 445
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid his Department has provided for reproductive health programmes in each of the last five years. | | (20820) | 446
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what bilateral aid his Department has allocated to family planning programmes in each of the last five years. | | (20821) | Questions to the Leader of the House 447
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Leader of the House, how much parliamentary time was spent scrutinising Scottish legislation between 1993 and 1999, broken down by legislative stage. | | (20656) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 448
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will meet teachers of English as an Additional Language (EAL) to discuss the development of an EAL policy for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (20638) | 449
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the level of broadband internet access in Northern Ireland. | | (20641) | 450
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he intends to take to address the failings of the Briggs Rock Pumping Station outside Groomsport, County Down. | | (20643) | 451
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were on the waiting list for a housing transfer in each housing executive district in Northern Ireland as of 1st October; and how many of these people have been waiting (a) less than one month, (b) two to six months, (c) six to 12 months, (d) 12 to 18 months and (e) longer than 18 months. | | (20646) | 452
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many overseas students studied at Northern Ireland's universities in each of the past five years. | | (20647) | 453
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that every child in Northern Ireland has access to a (a) school nurse and (b) community dentist. | | (20648) | 454
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate has been made of the number of people in Northern Ireland who will take advantage of the new civil partner status. | | (20728) | 455
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many copies of the publication Civil Partnership: What does it mean for you? were printed; and if he will make a statement on its circulation in Northern Ireland. | | (20729) | 456
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the South Eastern Education and Library Board has for the merging of Dundonald High School and Knockbreda High School. | | (20509) | 457
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many football supporters in Northern Ireland are subject to football banning orders preventing travel to football matches outside the UK. | | (20529) | 458
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 2001-02. | | (20530) | 459
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance he has issued to local councils on provision of lifeguard services on beaches, with particular reference to blue-flag beaches. | | (20531) | 460
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many adoptions from Romania home study assessments have been carried out in each of the last 10 years. | | (20534) | 461
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to enable disabled smart passes to be used for identification purposes for voting in elections in Northern Ireland. | | (20535) | 462
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many successful prosecutions were made against heads of household for electoral fraud in each of the past 20 years. | | (20148) | 463
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients or former patients at St Luke's Hospital, Armagh, have committed suicide within the confines of the hospital in the last 10 years. | | (20603) | 464
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been charged in relation to the operation of illegal fuel laundering plants within Northern Ireland in the last three years. | | (20604) | 465
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many petrol filling station owners have been convicted of selling illegally laundered fuel in Northern Ireland in the last three years. | | (20605) | 466
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many petrol filling station owners have been convicted of selling smuggled fuel in Northern Ireland in the last three years. | | (20606) | 467
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been convicted of assaulting their partner in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (20607) | 468
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been convicted of physical or sexual abuse of children in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (20608) | 469
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date he was first informed of the identity of the two clergy witnesses to IRA decommissioning. | | (20744) | 470
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date he was first informed that the IRA had invited Reverend Good and Father Reid to be the clergy witnesses to IRA decommissioning. | | (20745) | 471
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the difference was in the original and final estimates for the size of the IRA arsenal in relation to (a) handguns, (b) rifles, (c) heavy machine guns, (d) ammunition, (e) missiles systems, (f) semtex, (g) explosives, (h) timing devices and (i) detonator switches. | | (20746) | Questions to the Prime Minister 472
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff in his Office are seconded from accountancy houses; and how many of his officials have worked on secondment to outside accountancy houses. | | (20552) | 473
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list departments represented on (a) each Cabinet standing committee and (b) special or occasional committees set up in each of the last five years. | | (20637) | Questions to the Solicitor General 474
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 10th October, Official Report, column 3W, on handcuffs (exports), what criteria the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office used in making its decision that there should not be a prosecution. | | (20864) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 475
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many dealer-to-dealer licences have been issued to registered firearms dealers since 6th December 1996. | | (20694) | 476
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what amount he is budgeting to cover possible liability for costs (a) for his Department and (b) for those for whom his Department has agreed to pay all or any part of their costs in relation to the action for judicial review brought against his Department by Corner House in respect of Export Credit Guarantee Department forms. | | (20789) | 477
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the annual budget for UK Trade and Investment and its predecessor body was in each year from 1997; and what the staff complement was in each year. | | (20550) | 478
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which UK companies have (a) sought and (b) been granted export licences for the export of equipment to be used in the construction of the security barrier by Israel. | | (20306) | 479
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households there were in each Government office region in each of the last five years; and how many of these were living in fuel poverty in each year. | | (20716) | 480
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the work of the North East Development Agency over the last four years. | | (20347) | 481
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the final funding settlement is for the renewables industry in the current funding programme for renewable energy. | | (20213) | 482
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with power companies on the retrofitting of solar power to existing buildings. | | (20249) | 483
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list each constituency which contains a proportion of the 0.2 per cent. of telephone lines in England which cannot at present get broadband. | | (20352) | 484
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans his Department has to review the viability of a tidal barrage on the Severn Estuary; and if he will make a statement. | | (20387) | 485
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department has had since May with representatives from other EU governments on football television broadcasting rights. | | (20278) | 486
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to meet (a) the FA Premier League, (b) the European Commissioner for Competition, (c) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, (d) Ofcom and (e) the Office of Fair Trading to discuss the structure of Premier League television broadcasting rights from season 2007-08 onwards. | | (20316) | 487
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what role (a) Ofcom and (b) the Office of Fair Trading are playing in implementing European competition law regarding the structure of Premier League television broadcasting rights from season 2007-08 onwards. | | (20338) | 488
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department has had since May with the European Commission on the structure of Premier League television broadcasting rights from season 2007-08 onwards. | | (20339) | 489
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport since May 2005 on the roles of (a) Ofcom and (b) the Office of Fair Trading in the matter of deciding the structure of FA Premier League television broadcasting rights from season 2007-08 onwards. | | (20340) | 490
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in his Department are seconded from accountancy houses; and how many of his officials have worked on secondment to outside accountancy houses. | | (20554) | 491
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list for each IT project his Department has undertaken since May 1997 which has incurred a total expenditure of £5 million or more (a) the name of the project, (b) its intended purpose, (c) the principal contractors involved and the payments made to each, (d) the original estimate of the cost of the project, (e) the actual outturn of expenditure on the project, (f) the intended date on which the project was to be fully implemented, (g) the actual date on which it was fully implemented or cancelled, (h) modifications which have been made to the project since it was first commissioned, (i) contractors on the project whose contracts have been cancelled, (j) replacement or additional contractors on the project, (k) the most reliable estimate of public expenditure saved as a result of implementing the project and (l) the most reliable estimates of improved performance of departmental functions as a result of implementing the project. | | (20622) | 492
| Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent research he has evaluated on the use of wave technology for energy generation; and if he will make a statement. | | (20361) | 493
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the producer responsibility element of the European Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment to be implemented. | | (20502) | 494
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on purchasing strategies for oil for intensive users of energy. | | (20322) | 495
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received concerning the effect of repeal of the Films (Alignments) Order 1989 on conditional bookings; and if he will make a statement. | | (20323) | 496
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many net units of electricity were exported to the grid by each operational wind farm in the United Kingdom in each of the last 12 months. | | (20826) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 497
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many injuries have been experienced by pedestrians as a result of accidents with cyclists in the last three years. | | (20558) | 498
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has had from the emergency services since June 2001 on the removal of (a) speed humps and (b) pinch points on the road network. | | (20559) | 499
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of Government subsidy for the railway industry will be in the 2006-07 financial year. | | (20566) | 500
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has for future subsidy of the railway industry. | | (20567) | 501
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes there have been in levels of net Government subsidy to the railway industry since 1997. | | (20568) | 502
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on bus travel concessions in the East Sussex rural area. | | (19623) | 503
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken on the safety implications of using the hard shoulder as a running lane. | | (20344) | 504
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on plans for trial use of the hard shoulder as a running lane on the M65. | | (20345) | 505
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the progress on the trial M42 hard shoulder running. | | (20476) | 506
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average daily number of traffic movements there have been between Teesside and Tyneside on the A19 in the last three years. | | (20350) | 507
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress on the new franchise for Thameslink services. | | (20578) | 508
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will arrange for different colour cones to be used to mark the approach of a junction and the end of the temporary lane on major highways where long lines of traffic cones are used to delineate temporary lanes. | | (19788) | 509
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action is being taken to increase the use of cleaner alternative fuels to reduce carbon emissions. | | (19606) | 510
N | Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will announce the arrangements for his review of the alternative options for the Stonehenge A303 Road Improvement scheme, including a timetable for the review. | | (19401) | 511
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the results of his Department's review of laws governing the use of powered wheelchairs and scooters on the highway. | | (20149) | 512
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the prioritisation of regional transport schemes by committees of regional assemblies are (a) publicised and (b) discussed further with stakeholders. | | (20585) | 513
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what compensation arrangements will be put in place for freight transporters affected by the Crossrail development. | | (20801) | 514
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, over what period Crossrail was expected to make a return on its outlays at the original cost estimate; and what the current estimated period is for covering costs. | | (20803) | 515
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects the re-routing of the high pressure gas main from its planned route as part of the Crossrail works at Romford to increase the cost of building the depot in Romford. | | (20804) | 516
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the bill setting out the major changes to the enabling works required for the Crossrail project in Romford to be ready to be introduced. | | (20805) | 517
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the salaries of the directors of the Crossrail project have been in each year since the project's inception. | | (20806) | 518
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have been employed on the Crossrail project in each year since the project began; and what estimate he has made of the costs of employing them. | | (20807) | 519
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action he is taking to secure increased use of cleaner alternative fuels. | | (19607) | 520
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11th October, Official Report, column 427W, on departmental websites, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the www.transportdirect.info website; and if he will make a statement. | | (20819) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 521
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has met the Secretary of State for the Home Department to discuss issues of youth crime in Wales. | | (20569) | 522
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales Government on the cross-border implications of improvements to the out-of-hours GP services in Wales. | | (20570) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 523
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects all Child Support Agency cases to be transferred to the new maintenance scheme. | | (20557) | 524
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2484W, on employment targets, when he expects to set the baseline. | | (20650) | 525
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Easington constituency are in receipt of (a) state retirement pension, (b) job seekers allowance and (c) incapacity benefit. | | (20351) | 526
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been awarded disability living allowance on the basis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in each of the last five years. | | (19780) | 527
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Retirement Pension Forecast team will supply Rachel Scully, a constituent of the honourable Member for Birkenhead, with a forecast which takes into account her underlying entitlement to carers allowance and the awarding of credits for her second state pension. | | (20260) | 528
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about his Department have been made to the Information Commissioner in connection with the Data Protection Act 1998 since it came into force. | | (20341) | 529
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enforcement notices have been served on his Department by the Information Commissioner in connection with the Data Protection Act 1998 since it came into force. | | (20342) | 530
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken by his Department to process requests for appeals of claims for income support awards was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (20353) | 531
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken by his Department has been to respond to requests for information under the Data Protection Act 1998 since it came into force. | | (20354) | 532
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many wards in the Waverley Borough Council area have over 50 per cent. of children with (a) one parent and (b) two parents receiving out of work means-tested benefits. | | (20841) | 533
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been claimed in incapacity benefit in Milton Keynes since 2000. | | (20827) | 534
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to introduce voice stress analysis for processing telephone claims for benefits; and if he will make a statement. | | (20251) | 535
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is his latest estimate of the total value of unfunded liabilities of public sector pension schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (20682) | 536
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to put public sector pension schemes on a funded basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (20683) | 537
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated total annual cost of all public sector pension schemes is for each year from 1988-89 to 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (20684) | 538
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to what extent the payment of the age-related payment will take account of the level of council tax benefit which an individual is receiving. | | (20718) | 539
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance the Government has given to pensioners since 1997. | | (20280) | 540
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area in each of the last 30 years. | | (20314) | 541
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the changes his Department have introduced to help low income families since 1997. | | (20315) | 542
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) children and (b) pensioners were living in poverty in the Vale of Clwyd in each of the last 20 years. | | (20321) | 543
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend industrial disease RbA12 to include frequent and repeated movements of hand and wrist as a cause of carpal tunnel syndrome. | | (20257) | 544
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will reform the policy whereby widows under retirement age, unable to work because of carer's responsibilities and in receipt of a husband's pension, are not eligible for carers' allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (20312) | 545
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) children and (b) pensioners were living in poverty in (i) Walsall Borough and (ii) Walsall North constituency in (A) 1997 and (B) 2005. | | (19889) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 546
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of skin cancer were diagnosed in England in the last three years for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (20811) | 547
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the reports on the new tax credits system prepared by the Office of Government Commerce and provided to the Prime Minister; and on what dates each was received. | | [Transferred] (20688) | 548
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many deaths alcohol was the primary cause in the last five years in Lancaster and Wyre constituency. | | [Transferred] (20480) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 549
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made on the pilot scheme for matched funding to help universities build up new endowments. | | [Transferred] (20324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 550
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September, Official Report, column 2418W, on the Civil Service, how the work of the sustainable procurement task force will take into account the recommendations of the Gershon Report. | | [Transferred] (20657) | Questions to the Leader of the House 551
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Leader of the House, how many honourable Members claimed the cycle allowance in the last period for which figures are available; and how much each of the 10 highest claimers claimed. | | [Transferred] (20635) | Questions to the Prime Minister 552
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to announce the first Queen's Ambulance Service Medal award. | | [Transferred] (20414) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 553
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what is the Electoral Commission's predicted drop in registration as a result of a switch to individual registration for each region of the UK. | | [Transferred] (20279) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 554
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many mobile post offices are operating in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the North Down constituency. | | [Transferred] (20640) | 555
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's compliance with the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Directive is compatible with other environmental priorities. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (19612) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 556
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of children living in households with no adult in work are (a) in single parent households, (b) in a household with at least one parent claiming incapacity benefit and (c) in a household with at least one adult on jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (20670) | 557
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of children have lived in households with (a) no adult in work, (b) a single parent and (c) less than 60 per cent. of median income in each year since 1976; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (20686) |
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