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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 25 October 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 25 October 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 25 October of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 25 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 25 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what areas his Department has since 1st January 2004 (a) undertaken and (b) begun to undertake full economic life cycle cost analyses. | | (21884) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of (a) new building work and (b) refurbishment of buildings of (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department has since May 1997 been subject to environmental assessment using BREEAM and BREEAM98. | | (21996) | 3
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the next Departmental sustainable action plan. | | (21997) | 4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of progress towards implementation of measures outlined in the last Departmental sustainable development action plan; and what progress has been made against each target. | | (21998) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is due to be spent in (a) the 2005-06 financial year and (b) each of the next four financial years on the carbon offset scheme by (i) his Department and (ii) each agency of his Department; and what estimate he has made of the number and distance of flights and related carbon dioxide emissions which require offsetting. | | (21999) | 6
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what rating for the Department's estate has been attained under the most recent assessment of the application of BREEAM98. | | (22000) | 7
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental taxes to inform further policy development on the Government's sustainable development strategy, with particular reference to climate change. | | (22030) | 8
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to meet the Mayor of London to discuss the renegotiation of the public-private partnership deal for the London Underground; and if he will make a statement. | | (21866) | 9
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in the rail sector in each Government region; and if he will make a statement. | | (21867) | 10
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority regarding Equitable Life; and if he will make a statement. | | (21868) | 11
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases tax credit claimants have been incorrectly (a) awarded and (b) paid the severe disability element of working tax credits due to their being in receipt of the higher mobility rather than the higher care rate of disability living allowance. | | (21818) | 12
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimants in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 had their awards reduced by (i) 10 per cent., (ii) 25 per cent. and (iii) 100 per cent. for the recovery of a previous year's overpayment. | | (21819) | 13
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the tax credits MPs' hotline is able to make outgoing calls on request to contact constituents of honourable Members who are suffering problems with their tax credits. | | (22002) | 14
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the volume of counterfeit cigarettes being sold on the UK black market. | | (21861) | 15
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the increase in the numbers of fee-charging cash machines on low income households. | | (21862) | 16
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the level of UK tobacco taxation on the volume of cigarette smuggling into the UK. | | (21863) | 17
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how regularly he assesses each Department's performance against (a) the efficiency saving targets set out within departmental efficiency technical notes and (b) each public service agreement target and associated indicators. | | (21864) | 18
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incidents of slippage against departmental efficiency savings, as forecast in efficiency technical notes, have been reported to the Treasury, broken down by Department. | | (21865) | 19
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reports he has received from the Efficiency Unit with regard to each Department's performance against efficiency savings targets as set out in its efficiency technical notes; and if he will publish them. | | (21870) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been paid the minimum wage in each year since it was introduced. | | (21958) | 21
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to correspondence from members of the public. | | (21910) | 22
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21911) | 23
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the cost of the programme to digitise telephone conversations between members of the public and staff of HM Revenue and Customs in relation to queries about tax credits. | | (21874) | 24
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the merits of introducing stamp duty tax relief in deprived wards. | | (21282) | 25
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely change in the number of self-invested personal pension schemes following A-day on 6th April 2006. | | (21372) | 26
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential loss of tax revenue as a consequence of allowing investment in residential property as part of a self-invested personal pension scheme from 6th April 2006. | | (21373) | 27
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the pensions industry on his proposal to allow investment in residential property as part of a self-invested personal pension scheme from A-day on 6th April 2006. | | (21374) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 28
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many complaints she has received from individuals in relation to being unable to vote in (a) local, (b) general and (c) European elections in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (21989) | 29
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of solicitors' firms who were offered civil legal aid contracts refused them in each of the last five years, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement. | | (21992) | 30
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21912) | 31
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to correspondence from members of the public. | | (21913) | 32
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what is her policy on using National Insurance numbers in relation to voter registration; and if she will make a statement. | | (21984) | 33
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on legal advice hotlines for travellers. | | (21987) | 34
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to bring forward legislation to change the powers of the House of Lords; and if she will make a statement. | | (21994) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 35
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on dealing with applications for premises licences for open arenas. | | (21375) | 36
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on the circumstances in which they should write to residents to inform them of applications for premises licences under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (21456) | 37
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on the circumstances in which a local councillor may (a) speak on behalf of residents at an open local authority licensing committee meeting dealing with an application and (b) inform constituents by circular leaflet of applications for a premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (21457) | 38
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many unpaid television licences there were in each year since 1997 in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley. | | (21686) | 39
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) books, (b) DVDs, (c) video cassettes, (d) computer games and (e) audio books have been available in library service stock in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley in each year since 1997. | | (21688) | 40
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was collected in public library fines in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley in each of the last five years. | | (21689) | 41
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on Haringey of London hosting the 2012 Olympic Games; and if she will make a statement. | | (21926) | 42
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households do not have access to digital television in each London constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (21993) | 43
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings she has held with representatives of (a) supermarkets, (b) off-licences and (c) other licensed premises with regard to irresponsible drinks promotions; and if she will make a statement. | | (21376) | 44
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings she has held with representatives of licensees with regard to the pricing of soft drinks; and if she will make a statement. | | (21377) | 45
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she has issued to local authorities regarding the legality of policies on the minimum pricing of alcohol drinks; and if she will make a statement. | | (21378) | 46
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on Royal Mail's planned auction of the Rosewall Sculpture. | | (21938) | 47
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussion she has had with the Chairman of the Royal Mail Group plc regarding the auction of the Rosewall Sculpture. | | (21939) | 48
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the public display of the Rosewall Sculpture in Chesterfield toward meeting her Department's aim to improve the quality of life for all through cultural activities. | | (21940) | 49
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect on local communities of art displayed in public places. | | (21941) | 50
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to prevent Royal Mail's sale of the Rosewall Sculpture and its permanent departure from Chesterfield. | | (21942) | 51
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21916) | 52
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to make the private finance initiative contracting process conducted by her Department more accountable and transparent in terms of environmental sustainability. | | (21836) | 53
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of (a) the sustainability and environmental impacts of private finance initiative (PFI) projects undertaken by her Department and (b) the effectiveness of the PFI process followed by the Department in delivering environmentally sustainable projects. | | (21837) | 54
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that private finance initiative projects for which her Department is responsible create the minimum of environmental damage. | | (21838) | 55
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment is made (a) of the environmental impact and (b) against sustainable development criteria of bids for contracts awarded by her Department; who is responsible for making such assessments; and whether these assessments are published. | | (21839) | 56
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account of sustainable development her Department requires to be taken by its (a) executive agencies, (b) advisory non-departmental bodies, (c) executive non-departmental bodies, (d) tribunals, (e) public corporations and (f) other bodies. | | (21840) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 57
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department in each of the past five years on (a) running costs and (b) capital costs at AWE Aldermaston. | | (22020) | 58
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many logistic vehicles are owned by his Department; and how many have additional armoured protection for the cabs and underside. | | (21076) | 59
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hired cars and vans are in use with UK forces in Iraq; and what the cost was of the hire of such vehicles in Iraq in 2004-05. | | (21077) | 60
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many appliqué armour kits to protect the undersides of vehicles his Department has available for (a) Landrovers, (b) Saxons and (c) Scimitars. | | (21078) | 61
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many missing Army handguns and rifles were recovered in the last year for which figures are available. | | (20969) | 62
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army (a) handguns and (b) rifles went missing in the UK during the last year for which figures are available. | | (20970) | 63
N | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was first informed of Special Investigations Branch (SIB) inquiries into fraud in the Adjutant General's Office; what estimate he has made of the amount of money fraudulently dispensed; how many employees are under investigation; and at what rank the SIB officer in charge of the investigation is. | | (21534) | 64
N | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Special Investigations Branch personnel and (b) secondees from other agencies were assigned to the investigation of fraud in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) to date in 2005-06. | | (21535) | 65
N | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has sought a legal opinion on the compatibility of administrative discharge as a result of Manning Control reviews with (a) the Employment Rights Act 1996, (b) other employment legislation and (c) European law. | | (21536) | 66
N | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Manning Control reviews have been conducted in each of the last five years. | | (21537) | 67
N | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance he has issued on the conduct of Manning Control reviews; when the last occasion was on which such a review was the subject of a direction in daily orders; and if he will place copies of such (a) guidance and (b) directions in the Library. | | (21538) | 68
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what inoculations are (a) necessary and (b) recommended for armed forces personnel before being deployed to Iraq; what the cost of each inoculation is per person; and what supplies of each inoculation are available to his Department. | | (21709) | 69
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regulars and (b) reservists have had the necessary inoculations as recommended by his Department prior to deployment; how many have paid for their own inoculations in each year since March 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (21710) | 70
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational status is of the Royal Air Force's VC-10 fleet; and if he will make a statement. | | (21711) | 71
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists in Iraq have been classed as unfit since March 2003 and have since been classed as fit for mobilisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (21886) | 72
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21921) | 73
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual cost of maintaining HMS Victory has been over the last five years. | | (21872) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 74
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from the London Borough of Islington on its requirements for social housing authorities' new developments; and if he will make a statement. | | (22021) | 75
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice he has given to housing associations on (a) their obligation to provide social housing and (b) the sale of their property with vacant possession. | | (22022) | 76
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the administative costs of each Pathfinder Renewal project were in each year of its operation; and how much is planned for 2005-06. | | (21764) | 77
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much of the capital modernisation fund was spent in each Pathfinder Renewal project, broken down by investment in (a) renewal, (b) clearance, (c) land purchase and (d) consultants. | | (21771) | 78
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to the Newcastle-Gateshead Pathfinder is over the next three years of funding a team of regeneration specialists to be employed by Newcastle City Council. | | (21772) | 79
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the electoral wards in Newcastle and Gateshead where the demolition programme funded by the Newcastle-Gateshead Pathfinder in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 are to take place, broken down by number in each ward. | | (21773) | 80
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many houses have been built in rural settlements in the last five years. | | (22026) | 81
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many houses built in rural settlement according to the rural exceptions policy have been built in each of the last five years. | | (22027) | 82
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the role of community land trusts and their relationship to rural settlements. | | (22028) | 83
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the cost incurred by local councils in processing planning applications which were covered by planning application fees in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (21283) | 84
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether financing of possible elected regional assemblies remains part of the remit of the Lyons' Inquiry. | | (21284) | 85
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the merits of allocating a greater proportion of the planning delivery grant budget to growth areas designated by the Sustainable Communities Plan. | | (21286) | 86
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the level of planning delivery grant for high housing demand and growth areas was for 2005-06; what the proposed level for 2006-07 is; and what representations he has received on this subject. | | (21287) | 87
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new houses and dwellings were built in (a) Sheffield, (b) Rotherham, (c) Doncaster and (d) Barnsley in each year since 2000. | | (21925) | 88
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the 20 local authorities with the greatest number of empty private sector properties at the latest date for which figures are available; how many such properties each has; and what percentage of the total private sector housing stock that figure represents in each case. | | (21871) | 89
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the Audit Commission's report on the Supporting People initiative. | | (21679) | 90
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Government (a) departments and (b) agencies are involved in the administration of the Supporting People initiative. | | (21680) | 91
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had with the Local Government Association on the Supporting People initiative. | | (21681) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 92
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19th October to Question 17707, when each school went into special measures; and whether she intends to make use of her powers under the Education Act 2005 to intervene in the running of each school. | | (21691) | 93
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) boys, (b) girls and (c) all children aged 15 years at the end of the 2004-05 academic year achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE including mathematics and English, broken down by type of school. | | (21692) | 94
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to increase public awareness of child abuse; and if she will make a statement. | | (21288) | 95
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to ensure that Korean Studies continues to be available at universities; and if she will make a statement. | | (19891) | 96
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to extend the Sure Start programme. | | (21858) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 97
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many appeals there have been against designations as a right of way under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, broken down by local authority area. | | (21144) | 98
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the known wildlife reservoirs of bovine TB; and which are the subject of Government-commissioned research into the causes and transmission of bovine TB. | | (21985) | 99
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on cattle to cattle transfer of bovine TB. | | (21986) | 100
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what species of animals TB has been found; and in what year it was first identified in each species. | | (21683) | 101
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of badger setts in which tuberculosis is present; and what steps she is taking to test all badger setts for evidence of tuberculosis. | | (21799) | 102
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new reservoirs (a) have been built since 1997, (b) are in the course of construction and (c) are planned to be built; and what steps she is taking to ensure that future demand for water is met. | | (20971) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 103
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have been held with the government of Bangladesh on human rights; and if he will make a statement. | | (22016) | 104
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the United Nations on a referendum on the future of Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement. | | (22018) | 105
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the UN and (b) the African Union bearing down on the activities of militia groups in Darfur. | | (22010) | 106
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what protective measures have been put in place for the operations of non-governmental organisations in Darfur. | | (22011) | 107
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the International Criminal Court concerning its pursuance of individuals in (a) Darfur and (b) Northern Uganda. | | (22012) | 108
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the policy of the Government on MINURSO, in Western Sahara. | | (22029) | 109
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to discourage the use of torture as an interrogation method in overseas countries. | | (21983) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 110
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of fruit supplied to schools under the National School Fruit Scheme was sourced from (a) suppliers within 25 miles of the school supplied, (b) national suppliers and (c) overseas suppliers in the period September 2004 to September 2005. | | (21878) | 111
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of fruit supplied to schools under the National School Fruit Scheme was sourced according to seasonal variations in local and national availability in the period September 2004 to September 2005. | | (21879) | 112
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which holding locations fruit is supplied to schools under the National School Fruit Scheme; and by what methods it is transported. | | (21880) | 113
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many schools are participating in the National School Fruit Scheme; and how many deliveries are made per week to these schools. | | (21881) | 114
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Action Plan for physiotherapy graduates. | | (21720) | 115
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what workforce planning strategies are in place for (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) physiotherapists, (d) other allied health professions and (e) midwives. | | (21735) | 116
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage change she expects in the number of physiotherapy graduates in 2006 since (a) 2005, (b) 2004 and (c) 1997. | | (21736) | 117
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the reasons for graduate unemployment in (a) physiotherapy, (b) medicine, (c) speech and language therapy and (d) nursing; and if she will make a statement. | | (21737) | 118
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the job titles of the staff employed at Lancashire NHS Teaching Trust; and how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in each role. | | (21690) | 119
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) accident and emergency, (b) intensive care unit and (c) general beds are available in each NHS trust; what percentage that represents of the total beds in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (21988) | 120
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the NHS has settled cases out of court after solicitors for a patient have served final legal notice that court proceedings to secure free continuing care under R (Coughlan) v Devon Health Authority are being launched. | | (21869) | 121
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Government's response to the Health Select Committee's report, on NHS continuing care, cm 6650, on what date the template requiring all strategic health authorities to advertise was issued; and what the wording of the template is. | | (21877) | 122
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to be followed by (a) primary care trust officers and (b) social workers to ensure that the NHS carries out a complete fully-funded NHS continuing care assessment where it is required. | | (21882) | 123
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to fund the provision of HER2 testing for the suitability of Herceptin to all women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. | | (21963) | 124
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of meetings with the National Cancer Director Professor and the medical directors of NHS cancer networks with regard to offering HER2 testing for the suitability of Herceptin to all women diagnosed with early breast cancer. | | (21964) | 125
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts (PCTs) run (a) community and (b) other hospital facilities; and if she will list each such facility, broken down by PCT. | | (21918) | 126
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the financial position of NHS trusts in Brighton and West Sussex. | | (21831) | 127
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Department is taking to clarify the (a) detail and (b) structure of the proposed units of dental activity to be required to be delivered as part of the new dental contract for NHS dentists; what action is being taken by her Department to facilitate the establishment of the proposed new NHS dental practice in Chard at the Chard Business Park; and if she will make a statement. | | (20781) | 128
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on progress towards the 48 hour appointment target for genitourinary clinics by 2008. | | (21533) | 129
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to correspondence from members of the public. | | (21914) | 130
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21915) | 131
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's observations on NHS complaints structures; and if she will make a statement. | | (21873) | 132
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the independent and voluntary sectors about their willingness and preparedness to absorb staff from the primary care trusts as they divest themselves of their provider responsibilities. | | (21875) | 133
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the supply of influenza vaccines to primary care trusts, with particular reference to Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Primary Care Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (21455) | 134
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Association of Directors of Social Services on the Supporting People initiative. | | (21684) | 135
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on services for sufferers of sleep apnoea. | | (21324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 136
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been convicted and imprisoned for not possessing, without reasonable excuse, a valid document showing their identity and nationality when first interviewed by an immigration officer after arriving in the UK under section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 since the Act came into force; how many asylum seekers have been convicted of attempting to leave the country with invalid documents in the same period; and how many in each category have been held in HMP Lewes in the corresponding period. | | (21876) | 137
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers have been prosecuted for employing illegal immigrants in each year since 1997. | | (21841) | 138
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average amount of purposeful activity undertaken by a prisoner has been in each prison in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (21842) | 139
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those released under the Home Detention Curfew Scheme have reoffended, broken down by (a) crime committed on release and (b) crime originally imprisoned for. | | (21843) | 140
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been released from prison early since the Home Detention Curfew Scheme was introduced. | | (21844) | 141
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of anti-social behaviour orders have been breached, broken down by those imposed on (a) juveniles and (b) adults. | | (21845) | 142
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison places he has planned for each year up to 2012. | | (21846) | 143
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many resignations from the police there have been in each year since 1997. | | (21847) | 144
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the UK's borders as defined by the Immigration Act 1971 are manned 24 hours a day. | | (21848) | 145
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits have been issued in each of the last eight years. | | (21849) | 146
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons in England and Wales have been free from illegal drug use in each of the last eight years. | | (21850) | 147
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to have fully implemented e-borders in (a) seaports and (b) airports. | | (21851) | 148
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of prison staff have been referred to the police for dealing in drugs in each of the last eight years. | | (21852) | 149
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will rank police forces according to percentage of total strength that has been civilianised since 1995. | | (21454) | 150
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have selected one of their basic command units to implement and champion neighbourhood policing; and if he will make a statement. | | (21930) | 151
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in each police force; and if he will make a statement. | | (21931) | 152
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have introduced an It's Your Call Campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (21932) | 153
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the It's Your Call Campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (21934) | 154
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the performance of anti-social behaviour response courts; and if he will make a statement. | | (21935) | 155
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the costs of the anti-social behaviour response courts have been since their inception, broken down by (a) court and (b) month; and if he will make a statement. | | (21936) | 156
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of Project Cyclamen; and if he will make a statement. | | (21966) | 157
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the National Mobile Phone Register is being advertised; and if he will make a statement. | | (21967) | 158
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of the 2005 Year of the Volunteer campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (21968) | 159
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mobile telephones have been registered on the National Mobile Phone Register; and if he will make a statement. | | (21969) | 160
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitors have visited the 2005 Year of the Volunteer campaign website www.yearofthevolunteer.org, broken down by month; what the cost has been of this website; and if he will make a statement. | | (21970) | 161
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expenditure by his Department was on the 2005 Year of the Volunteer campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (21971) | 162
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of asylum support was at (a) 1st January, (b) 1st February, (c) 1st March, (d) 1st April, (e) 1st May, (f) 1st June, (g) 1st July, (h) 1st August, (i) 1st September and (j) 1st October; and if he will make a statement. | | (21972) | 163
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the Volunteer Recruitment Fund remains unallocated; and if he will make a statement. | | (21973) | 164
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the publication Think Smart...Think Voluntary Sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (21974) | 165
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy; and if he will make a statement. | | (21975) | 166
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local criminal justice board areas have at least one witness care unit; and if he will make a statement. | | (21976) | 167
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 since its introduction; and if he will make a statement. | | (21977) | 168
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to introduce the Race for Justice Project commissioned by the Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Criminal Justice Board across the rest of England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (21978) | 169
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the Race for Justice project; and if he will make a statement. | | (21979) | 170
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls have been received by the TOGETHER action-line in each month since its inception; and if he will make a statement. | | (21980) | 171
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used by the Metropolitan Police in deciding whether to order the launch of a police helicopter; and if he will make a statement. | | (21991) | 172
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of (a) the compatibility of police computer systems and (b) the implications of computer system compatibility for force restructuring. | | (21888) | 173
| Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the information on the take up of the payroll giving grants programme will be available; and in what format it will be published. | | (21860) | 174
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps he intends to take to ensure that credit card companies take action to prevent the cards issued by them being used to purchase child pornography on the internet. | | (21385) | 175
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the steps that have been taken by credit card companies to combat the purchasing of child pornography on the internet. | | (21386) | 176
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) internet service providers and (b) mobile phone companies who are using their technology to block access to child pornography websites. | | (21387) | 177
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking to encourage (a) internet service providers and (b) mobile phone companies to block customers' access to child pornography websites following the Prime Minister's statement of 21st July 2004, Official Report, column 327. | | (21733) | 178
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made with the mobile phone industry towards protecting children from undesirable contact and unwanted contacts online by using blocking and filtering technology, since the Written Answer of 10th January, Official Report, column 316W. | | (21734) | 179
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to correspondence from members of the public. | | (21923) | 180
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was that a failed asylum seeker was held in a detention centre prior to deportation or removal from the UK in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05; what the average length of time has been since April; and if he will make a statement. | | (21883) | 181
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of times was that a failed asylum-seeker was transferred between detention centres in the UK prior to removal or deportation from the UK in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (21919) | 182
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Department spent on transferring failed asylum seekers between detention centres in the UK in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2002-03; how much it has spent since April; and if he will make a statement. | | (21920) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 183
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what benchmarking information his Department requires from those countries which receive aid from the UK on their progress in (a) controlling corruption and (b) improving governance. | | (21379) | 184
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13th July, Official Report, column 1045W, on the UN Convention Against Corruption, whether he expects the UK will ratify the UN Convention Against Corruption by the end of 2005; what the timetable is for the ratification; what the schedule is for introducing Orders in Council under Part Eleven of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; what consultation has taken place with the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly in relation to corresponding orders being produced; what the schedule is for introducing these orders; and if he will make a statement. | | (21766) | 185
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the holding of a donor conference to assist re-construction in Angola. | | (22017) | 186
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Darfur; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the activities of militia groups on that situation. | | (22013) | 187
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the timetable is for drafting the G8 Action Plan for Africa; and what role his Department has in the process. | | (22007) | 188
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the Char Livelihood project in Bangladesh. | | (22014) | 189
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what statistical measures of the effectiveness of aid in reducing poverty his Department uses when deciding which (a) countries and (b) projects receive funding. | | (21944) | 190
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Department measures the relative performance of the projects it funds in terms of their effectiveness in reducing poverty. | | (21945) | 191
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding was (a) reduced for relatively poor performing projects and (b) increased for more effective projects in each of the last eight financial years. | | (21946) | 192
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for how many projects the Department has stopped funding for reasons of ineffectiveness in each of the last eight years. | | (21947) | 193
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Department decides how much money to allocate to each developing country; and if he will make a statement. | | (21948) | 194
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Department decides how much money to allocate to different projects within each country; and if he will make a statement. | | (21949) | 195
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the overseas projects funded by his Department, ranked in order of their impact on poverty. | | (21950) | 196
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria the Department uses to assess the quality of governance in the countries in which it works. | | (21951) | 197
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list all the countries in which the Department works, ranked in order of the quality of their governance. | | (21952) | 198
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Department is taking to use development aid (a) to reward and (b) to create incentives for good government in the developing world. | | (21953) | 199
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Department is taking to use development aid (a) to penalise and (b) to create disincentives for bad government in the developing world. | | (21954) | 200
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how frequently the Department formally reviews levels of good governance, transparency and corruption in the countries in which it works. | | (21955) | 201
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department will (a) monitor and (b) disaggregate information on how bilateral aid given under the method of direct budgetary support is spent. | | (21981) | 202
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total UK Government expenditure on TB control in developing countries was between 2001 and 2004; what the proposed expenditure is for (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; how much of the total was (a) multilateral and (b) bilateral aid; and how the bilateral aid was divided between (i) project support, (ii) health sector support and (iii) direct budget support. | | (21982) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 203
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the procurement process used in relation to the Northern Ireland Civil Service electronic human resources contract. | | (21887) | 204
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent assessment is of whether the Provisional IRA carried out the Northern Bank Robbery. | | (21830) | 205
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21909) | 206
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedures have changed in relation to what personal items patients have use of in ward 3 of St. Luke's Hospital, Armagh since the death of Michelle Fitzpatrick on 25th March 2002. | | (21859) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 207
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list recent export licence applications in respect of arms sales to Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement. | | (22019) | 208
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money the Government has spent on promoting the use of (a) wind power, (b) solar power, (c) hydro power and (d) nuclear power in each of the last five years. | | (21687) | 209
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what factors are affecting the timing of the publication by Ofcom of new guidance on reducing the level of telephone nuisance from predictive diallers. | | (21826) | 210
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will press Ofcom to use its powers to prevent silent calls. | | (21828) | 211
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to prevent Royal Mail's sale of the Rosewall Sculpture and its permanent departure from Chesterfield. | | (21937) | 212
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has issued advice to regional development agencies about the use of public money for concept statues or sculptures. | | (20972) | 213
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money each regional development agency has spent on (a) providing, (b) designing, (c) constructing and (d) erecting (i) sculptures and (ii) statues in their region in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (20973) | 214
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report prepared by Ernst and Young which considered the legitimacy of expenses incurred by staff of UK Trade and Investment. | | (21277) | 215
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employees of (a) his Department and (b) UK Trade and Investment are under suspension due to a disciplinary investigation. | | (21278) | 216
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total employees' expenses budget for UK Trade and Investment was in each of the last five years. | | (21279) | 217
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what rules apply to the payment of expenses to employees of UK Trade and Investment. | | (21280) | 218
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department were first informed of the allegations concerning Martin Benfield, a former secondee working in his Department in relation to his involvement with Europa Crown Limited; what information concerning the allegations was made known to (i) Ministers and (ii) his Department; what action was taken as a result of information received, including information from criminal proceedings in the USA; whether an investigation was conducted; and whether disciplinary procedures were pursued against any individuals. | | (21678) | 219
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) enterprise gateways, (b) enterprise hatcheries and (c) enterprise hubs in each regional development agency; and which of them are based in (i) stand alone and (ii) shared premises. | | (21677) | 220
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21885) | 221
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to correspondence from members of the public. | | (21907) | 222
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what large-scale redundancies have occurred in North Staffordshire over the last four years. | | (21835) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 223
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the adequacy of security arrangements at all airports for which his Department is responsible to take account of the threat level indicated by the recent London bombings, with particular reference to smaller airports; and if he will make a statement. | | (21990) | 224
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) airlines and (b) routes in the United Kingdom receive public service obligation subsidies. | | (21965) | 225
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons a stretch of the A5 was closed on Sunday 18th September; on whose authority the road was closed; for what period of time it was closed; and if he will make a statement. | | (21682) | 226
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action has been taken by public authorities against barge drivers or owners as a result of bridge strikes on the Thames in the last 20 years. | | (22031) | 227
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21924) | 228
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrians have been (a) killed and (b) injured through being hit by cars or other vehicles in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (21281) | 229
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transport projects his Department is planning for (a) the Hartlepool constituency, (b) the Tees Valley sub-region and (c) the North East Region. | | (21829) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 230
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will define his responsibilities with regard to health services within Wales. | | (21388) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 231
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what voluntary severance schemes are in place in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies. | | (21765) | 232
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government continues to provide benefits to meet the interest payments on a loan which had been taken out by a person now on benefits when an endowment policy accompanying a mortgage matures but does not provide sufficient funds to pay off the balance of that mortgage. | | (21827) | 233
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total backlog of cases awaiting processing is under the new Child Support Agency scheme calcuation for each month since June 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (21853) | 234
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total backlog of Child Support Agency cases operating under the old scheme of calculation which were due to transfer to the new scheme, but where the transfer had not yet taken place, has been in each month since March 2003. | | (21854) | 235
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have left the Child Support Agency in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement. | | (21855) | 236
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Child Support Agency staff have been working for the Agency for (a) less than one year and (b) less than two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (21856) | 237
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for Child Support Agency staff numbers for the period 2005 to 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (21857) | 238
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of pensioners (a) entitled to and (b) receiving pensioner credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (21956) | 239
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of parents with care on income support and income based jobseeker's allowance have received maintenance for their children in each year since 1995-96; and if he will make a statement. | | (21957) | 240
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) children, (b) pensioners and (c) working age adults have been living in (i) relative and (ii) absolute poverty in the UK since 1979; and if he will make a statement. | | (21959) | 241
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on progress towards meeting the Government's 2005 child poverty targets. | | (21960) | 242
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made to the Child Support Agency in each month since January 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (21961) | 243
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest estimate is of the time taken to action a Child Support Agency case clerically; and if he will make a statement. | | (21962) | 244
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Edinburgh North and Leith have received the Lone Parent Work Search Premium. | | (22023) | 245
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Edinburgh North and Leith have received the In Work Credit. | | (22024) | 246
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to honourable Members' correspondence. | | (21908) | 247
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to correspondence from members of the public. | | (21917) | 248
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Pension Service on the use of pension credit payments under the Supporting People initiative to meet a proportion of service charges for pensioners living in sheltered accommodation. | | (21685) | 249
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what large scale redundancies have been notified to the Job Centre Plus in North Staffordshire by the Department of Trade and Industry. | | (21832) | 250
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional facilities are proposed to assist those using the Job Centre in Burslem. | | (21833) | 251
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the Department's contribution to economic regeneration in Burslem. | | (21834) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 252
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has for reorganisation of the NHS organisational structures in Essex. | | [Question Unstarred] (20913) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 253
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring into force Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relating to conducting complex trials without a jury; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (21995) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 254
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he plans to implement (a) the method of determination and (b) the level of charging by local authorities for property searches in response to the conclusions of the Office of Fair Trading report into property searches published in September. | | [Transferred] (21285) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 255
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications were approved for a waiver under Article 8.3 of the European Council Regulation 2407/92 between 1st January 2001 and 1st May 2005; to whom they were issued; and by whom the Government has been approached for a waiver under the same scheme since 1st January. | | [Transferred] (21453) |
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