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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 1 November 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 1 November 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 1 November 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 1 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 1 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent employee reductions have been made as a result of the Gershon review; what (a) cost savings relating to IT projects and (b) total value of efficiency savings (i) were achieved in 2004-05 and (ii) are expected to be achieved in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (23687) | 2
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in his Department were relocated in 2004-05 as a result of the Lyons review of public sector relocation, broken down by location; to which locations they have been relocated; how many are expected to be relocated in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (23688) | 3
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) discussions he has had with and (b) representations he has received from debt counselling services since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (24298) | 4
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on staff (a) time and (b) requirement of the decision to intervene manually in the case of a tax credit overpayment where the automatic recovery procedure has been initiated. | | (24141) | 5
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely average time between an automatic recovery procedure being initiated in a case of overpaid tax credits and the manual intervention by officials to stop that procedure. | | (24147) | 6
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures have been put in place to compensate claimants where automatic recovery of a tax credit overpayment has been stopped, and the overpayment found to have been caused by official error. | | (24162) | 7
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of (a) the likely effectiveness of manual intervention in a tax credit case where an overpayment has been identified and automatic recovery has begun and (b) the likely impact this will have on the tax credit computer system. | | (24163) | 8
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Paymaster General's evidence to the House of Commons Treasury Sub-committee on 26th October, what the evidential basis was for her statement that manual attempts to stop the automatic clawback of tax credit overpayments would be less effective than an automated procedure. | | (24164) | 9
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much grant-in-aid the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its predecessors spent as a percentage of gross domestic product in each year since 1993; and if he will make a statement. | | (24115) | 10
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of adults of working age were (a) unemployed and (b) economically inactive in each year since 1997, broken down by constituency. | | (24099) | 11
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to restrict holders of self invested personal pensions from using their pension funds to purchase second homes in rural areas. | | (24100) | 12
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement from the Paymaster General of 26th May, Official Report, column 22-3WS on tax credit over-payments, what progress has been made on the implementation of the six measures to improve the tax credits system. | | (24209) | 13
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of progress towards the Lisbon goals for European economic reform. | | (24308) | 14
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to use the UK's Presidency of the European Union to achieve progress towards the Lisbon goals for European economic reform. | | (24309) | 15
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of oil prices on (a) revenues to the Exchequer and (b) the UK economy. | | (24322) | 16
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provisions against loan losses the Financial Services Authority and its predecessor bodies have required mortgage lenders to make on their mortgage portfolios since 1998; and when guidance has been issued over the last three years. | | (24318) | 17
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage the European Commission (a) to improve budget accountability and (b) to enable the EU Court of Auditors to approve the annual accounts. | | (24319) | 18
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of progress in reforming EU budget procedures towards enabling the accounts to be signed off by the EU Court of Auditors. | | (24320) | 19
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual change in gross domestic product per hour worked was in each year since 1975; and what assessment he has made of whether productivity trends are improving. | | (24321) | 20
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money HM Revenue and Customs received through fines and enforcement orders directly related to the illegal use of fuel in motor vehicles in Northern Ireland in 2004-05. | | (24146) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 21
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many county court judgements have been (a) registered and (b) issued on people due to arrears of unsecured debt for each month for which data is available since 1990, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement. | | (24299) | 22
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has undertaken of the circumstances in which financial institutions can repossess debtors' homes in order to collect unsecured debts; and if she will make a statement. | | (24300) | 23
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many charging orders relating to unsecured debt were made in each month since 1990, broken down by region; and if she will make a statement. | | (24301) | 24
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many proceedings for the repossession of mortgaged property were initiated in each quarter since 1988, broken down by region; and how many repossessions were granted to lenders in each quarter. | | (24323) | 25
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received about (a) National Legal Services and (b) their activities in the last two years. | | (22669) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 26
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what ministerial visits have been undertaken since May by (a) the Minister for Sport, (b) the Minister for Culture and (c) the Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism; what the purpose was of each; and if she will make a statement. | | (24119) | 27
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what ministerial visits she has undertaken since May; what the purpose was of each; and if she will make a statement. | | (24120) | 28
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications there were for revocations of justices' licences issued under the Licensing Act 1964 in England and Wales in (a) 1992-95, (b) 1995-98, (c) 1998-2001 and (d) 2001-04; how many of these were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement. | | (24121) | 29
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for revocation of public entertainment licences there were in England and Wales in each year since 1994; how many of these were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement. | | (24133) | 30
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many undertakings to indemnify objects under section 16 of the National Heritage Act 1980 have been made in each year since 1990 by (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) the Museums Libraries and Archives Council and its predecessors; what the contingent liabilities were in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (24168) | 31
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) Lottery and (b) Foundation for Sport and the Arts funding was allocated to (i) soccer and (ii) the Gaelic Football Association in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (24161) | 32
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on a possible separate Scottish Olympic team. | | (24222) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 33
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the personal medical records of veterans from Wales of the 1990-91 Gulf conflict have been lost. | | (22346) | 34
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen and women from Wales who served in the 1990-91 Gulf conflict are suffering from diagnosed illnesses. | | (22437) | 35
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the final report on the Porton Down studies into vaccines administered to service men and women during the 1990-91 Gulf conflict to be published. | | (22498) | 36
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans from Wales of the 1990-91 Gulf conflict have been examined as part of the Medical Assessment Programme. | | (22499) | 37
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received evidence of involvement by the Mujaheddin for Islamic Revolution in Iraq in the death of British Service personnel. | | (23950) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 38
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent employee reductions have been made as a result of the Gershon review; what (a) cost savings relating to IT projects and (b) value of efficiency savings (i) were achieved in 2004-05 and (ii) are expected to be achieved in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (23689) | 39
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people in his Department were relocated in 2004-05 as a result of the Lyons review of public sector relocation, broken down by locations to which they have been relocated; how many are expected to be relocated in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (23690) | 40
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October, Official Report, column 339W, on Pathfinder Renewal Projects, what information he requires from Pathfinder Renewal schemes about their expenditure, including the Capital Modernisation Fund; and what the frequency is of those financial returns. | | (24242) | 41
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) affordable housing units and (b) housing units for special needs he expected to be provided when he gave his consent to the Newcastle Gateshead Pathfinder giving Newcastle City Council funds to buy part of the land owned by Newcastle Breweries. | | (24243) | 42
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what conditions he agreed to be placed on Newcastle City Council in return for the grant of funding to buy land owned by Newcastle Breweries; and on what date he gave his consent for this expenditure. | | (24244) | 43
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder schemes are permitted to make their minutes and papers available to honourable Members who represent Pathfinder areas; and whether they are covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (24255) | 44
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average weekly rent for a two-bed (a) registered social landlord and (b) local authority property was in each (i) London borough and (ii) English region in (A) 2001 and (B) 2005. | | (24267) | 45
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average weekly rent was for a new two-bed letting in a registered social landlord property in 2005. | | (24268) | 46
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the percentage change has been in average weekly rent in constant prices in (a) the local authority and (b) the registered social landlord sector in each (i) London borough and (ii) English region since 2001. | | (24269) | 47
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many registered social landlord properties were sold on the open market other than to tenants in each of the last five years (a) in London and (b) in each English region. | | (24270) | 48
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) studio and one-bed, (b) two-bed, (c) three-bed and (d) four-bed units of social housing there were in each London local authority in (i) 1980, (ii) 1990, (iii) 2000 and (iv) 2005. | | (24271) | 49
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households (a) made a homelessness application and (b) were accepted as homeless in each London local authority in (i) 1990, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2004-05. | | (24272) | 50
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households were being accommodated in temporary accommodation in each London authority in September. | | (24273) | 51
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average rent is for a two-bed unit of temporary accommodation in London. | | (24274) | 52
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to protect houses in rural areas from purchase as second homes by holders of self invested personal pensions. | | (24101) | 53
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to increase the number of (a) affordable homes and (b) social housing units in rural areas. | | (24102) | 54
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to publish a revised planning policy guidance note 3 on the provisions of affordable housing in rural areas. | | (24103) | 55
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the revaluation of council tax in (a) the Kettering constituency and (b) Northamptonshire. | | (24132) | 56
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of jobs in (a) the Parliamentary constituency of Gravesham (b) the county of Kent and (c) the South East region of establishing a regional fire control room for the South East region. | | (24174) | 57
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the likely cost of the infrastructure necessary to support the proposed house building programme in the Parliamentary constituency of Gravesham; and what percentage of this cost will be met from central funding. | | (24175) | 58
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact on Fire and Rescue Service average response times in Gravesham of establishing a regional fire control room for the South East region. | | (24176) | 59
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will review planning policy guidance; and if he will make a statement. | | (24078) | 60
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 25th October, Official Report, column 340W on sex offenders, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on councillors' duties in relation to children's services where councillors are on the sex offenders register. | | (24172) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 61
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in her Department were relocated in 2004-05 as a result of Sir Michael Lyons' independent review of public sector relocation, broken down by location; to which location they have been relocated; how many are expected to be relocated in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement. | | (23691) | 62
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what extra allocation of dental school training places was made for 2005-06; to which dental schools; how many of these extra places were temporary allocations for one year; and if she will make a statement. | | (24256) | 63
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make representations to the Scottish Executive on its proposals to treat English students in Scottish universities differently in terms of student costs and finance from other students within the European Union. | | (24257) | 64
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the retention rate was amongst Year Two A-level students in Bolton in each year since 2002. | | (24303) | 65
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she has given to head teachers regarding authorised absence during term time. | | (24304) | 66
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what role local authorities will take in relation to the introduction of independent state schools. | | (23145) | 67
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the impact on future pay levels for teachers of the proposed new independent state schools. | | (23146) | 68
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to redefine the role of head teachers. | | (23147) | 69
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list schools designated as sports hubs in each London local authority. | | (24227) | 70
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria will be used by local authorities in deciding which schools receive priority for extended school funding. | | (24228) | 71
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many extended schools she expects will operate in each of the most deprived local authorities, as defined by the Index of Local Deprivation, by 2008. | | (24229) | 72
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she will take to ensure that access to `charged for services' in extended schools is maximised amongst families who are (a) unwaged and (b) in receipt of tax credit. | | (24230) | 73
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will rank English local education authorities according to the percentage of children entitled to receive free school meals. | | (24231) | 74
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average percentage of statutory school age children entitled to free school meals was in (a) London and (b) England in (i) grammar schools, (ii) local authority maintained schools, (iii) denominational schools and (iv) other schools excluding special schools in 2004-05. | | (24232) | 75
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many nursery places were available through the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative in each participating authority in 2004-05; and what the average cost per place was in each area. | | (24233) | 76
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on counselling services in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire schools in each of the last five years. | | (24129) | 77
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the working age population in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire hold a qualification (i) at degree level and (ii) above degree level. | | (24312) | 78
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils attend each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in (i) Ribble Valley and (ii) Lancashire. | | (24313) | 79
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils left school at 16 years with fewer than five A*-C GCSE grades in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (24314) | 80
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to introduce a requirement of minimum training standards for people who work with autistic children; and if she will make a statement. | | (24275) | 81
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much teacher training time is devoted to lessons on training to identify children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement. | | (24276) | 82
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the recommendations in Removing Barriers to Achievement: The Government's Strategy for Special Educational Needs is fully implemented across the country; and if she will make a statement. | | (24278) | 83
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of young people aged 16 to 18 were (a) in full-time education, (b) in employment, (c) in training and (d) not in education, employment or training in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area. | | (24096) | 84
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research her Department has commissioned on the effects of the provision of sex education on the level of teenage pregnancy. | | (24187) | 85
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to encourage the teaching of sex education in schools, with particular reference to (a) preventing teenage pregnancy and (b) informing young people of the risk of contracting HIV and sexually-transmitted diseases. | | (24188) | 86
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the White Paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, whether the additional flexibilities for trust schools would be available to foundation schools applying for additional freedoms under the Education Act 2002. | | (24280) | 87
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what freedoms are available to academies that will not be automatically available to Trust schools. | | (24281) | 88
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children receiving free school meals achieved five A*-C grades in (a) grammar schools, (b) non-selective schools, (c) academies, (d) city technology colleges, (e) foundation schools and (f) faith schools in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003, (iii) 2004 and (iv) 2005 where the proportion of children entitled to free school meals was (A) five per cent. and less, (B) greater than five but equal to and less than nine per cent., (C) greater than nine and equal to or less than 13 per cent., (D) greater than 13 per cent. and less than or equal to 21 per cent., (E) greater than 21 per cent. and less than or equal to 35 per cent., (F) greater than 35 per cent. and equal to or less than 50 per cent. and (G) more than 50 per cent. of the school's pupil numbers. | | (24282) | 89
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) spelling mistakes and (b) grammatical errors in the Education White Paper were identified by her Department after publication. | | (24081) | 90
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) full-time equivalent teaching posts there were in schools in the Kettering constituency in each year since 1997. | | (24130) | 91
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what property her Department owns in the Kettering constituency. | | (24131) | 92
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of (a) the staff required and (b) the workforce development programme needed to deliver more personalised learning in schools. | | (23944) | 93
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the training requirements of the education workforce to equip them with the skills needed to improve attainment amongst pupils with special educational needs; and what estimate she has made of the costs of such a programme. | | (23945) | 94
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which organisations have expressed an interest in sponsoring the non-residential summer schools for gifted and talented pupils. | | (23946) | 95
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of which additional resources may be required by Ofsted to enable it to investigate concerns raised by parents as proposed in her recent White Paper. | | (23947) | 96
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funds she plans to make available for adult and family learning in schools as proposed in her recent White Paper. | | (23948) | 97
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to ensure that deprived areas of Shrewsbury have access to the Sure Start programme. | | (24305) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 98
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of intensive chicken rearing farms on those living nearby; and if she will make a statement. | | (24166) | 99
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account was taken of the free availability of similar information from other sources when deciding to charge a fee for use of the National Equine Database. | | (24079) | 100
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition of clade her Department uses in relation to the taxonomy of H5N1 sub-types. | | (24077) | 101
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the length of time the avian influenza virus survives in soil. | | (24110) | 102
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how long she expects farms infected with avian influenza to be closed. | | (24111) | 103
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned on preventative measures to prevent the spread of avian influenza. | | (24112) | 104
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her oral statement of 26th October, Official Report, column 308, how many poultry and bird markets she expects will be closed. | | (24113) | 105
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how long the Government proposes to keep (a) bird auctions and (b) bird markets closed in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza; what assessment she has made of (i) the effect of the closures on those employed in markets and auctions; and (ii) the merits of paying compensation to those affected. | | (24114) | 106
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts about possible EU-wide co-ordinated action in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza. | | (24116) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 107
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese government on the arrest of (a) Sonam Gyalpo from Lhasa and (b) four monks from the Labrang Tashikyil Monastery in the Gansu Province of Tibet; and if he will make a statement. | | (24204) | 108
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the human rights situation in Tibet. | | (24215) | 109
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with the governments of (a) Botswana and (b) Namibia steps they could take to encourage Zimbabwe to make its government more democratic and accountable. | | (24293) | 110
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the development of a democratic government in Somalia. | | (24294) | 111
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will distance himself from US foreign policy towards North Korea; and if he will initiate discussions with the North Korean government to promote good relations. | | (24297) | 112
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list opinion surveys of the Iraqi people conducted with United Kingdom financial support in the last 12 months. | | (23828) | 113
N | Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress on reform of the European Union institutions under the UK Presidency of the European Union. | | (23254) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 114
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specialist services are available for families affected by mental health problems in (a) Normanton constituency, (b) Wakefield East Primary Care Trust, (c) Wakefield West Primary Care Trust, (d) Wakefield District and (e) West Yorkshire. | | (24246) | 115
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to preventative and early intervention services for children's mental health disorders in (a) Normanton constituency, (b) Wakefield East Primary Care Trust (PCT), (c) Wakefield West PCT, (d) Wakefield District and (e) West Yorkshire in 2005-06. | | (24247) | 116
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged five to 16 have a clinically diagnosed mental disorder in (a) Normanton constituency, (b) Wakefield East Primary Care Trust (PCT), (c) Wakefield West PCT, (d) Wakefield District and (e) West Yorkshire. | | (24248) | 117
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many scans have been delivered to date under the Alliance Medical contract for mobile MRI scans; how many (a) rejected and (b) repeat scans there were; and what assessment she has made of the (i) timeliness of, (ii) quality of and (iii) customer satisfaction with scans provided under the contract. | | (24200) | 118
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will compensate pensioners for private dental charges incurred where NHS dental treatment is not available. | | (24279) | 119
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who do not have access to an NHS dentist. | | (24284) | 120
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of attendances at accident and emergency departments were alcohol-related in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (24221) | 121
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with the private sector on signing up to the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals. | | (24205) | 122
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare professionals from developing countries have been recruited by the NHS from private hospitals in England in each year since 2001 for which records are available, broken down by country of origin. | | (24206) | 123
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare professionals originally from developing countries continued to work in the NHS after their temporary contracts ran out in each year since 2001 for which records are available. | | (24207) | 124
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received from (a) healthcare recruitment agencies, (b) developing countries and (c) representatives of health workers regarding the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals. | | (24208) | 125
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare recruitment agencies operating (a) from the UK and (b) from outside the UK are registered to comply with the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals. | | (24216) | 126
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS has used healthcare recruitment agencies based outside the UK for the recruitment of healthcare professionals from developing countries since the Code of Practice was agreed. | | (24217) | 127
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare recruitment agencies that (a) have and (b) have not registered with the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals have been used by the NHS since December 2004; and on how many occasions in each case. | | (24218) | 128
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department monitors the activities of healthcare recruitment agencies that have registered under the Code of Practice of the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals. | | (24219) | 129
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what breaches her Department has found of the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals; and what proportion of agencies registered have been investigated for breaches. | | (24220) | 130
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up rate for influenza vaccinations was in each (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust in England in each year since 2002-03. | | (24097) | 131
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September to the honourable Member for Northavon, Official Report, column 2670-1W, on NHS dentistry, whether her Department plans to collect this information centrally from primary care trusts from next April. | | (24104) | 132
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st July to the honourable Member for Northavon, Official Report, column 2155W, on dentistry, what plans her Department has to monitor clinical and distance standards for access to NHS dentistry in line with the undertaking given by the Prime Minister in September 1999 in relation to access to a local NHS dentist. | | (24105) | 133
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were conducted in the past 12 months in England and Wales (a) at 20 or more weeks' gestation and (b) at 12 weeks' or fewer of gestation. | | (24185) | 134
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information she collects on the number of Northern Irish women who come to England or Wales to have an abortion. | | (24186) | 135
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will arrange to meet the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs weekly to co-ordinate the Government's efforts to assess and tackle the threat of avian influenza coming to the UK and its potential mutation into a human influenza virus. | | (23708) | 136
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists have been practising in the Gravesham constituency in each year since 1997. | | (24134) | 137
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alcohol-related admissions there were to Darent Valley Hospital and its predecessor hospitals that served the Gravesham constituency in each year since 1997. | | (24135) | 138
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults have been committed against NHS workers whilst on duty in the Gravesham constituency in each of the last three years. | | (24136) | 139
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the financial position of the Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Primary Care Trust. | | (24137) | 140
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the revised proposals for a rapid appraisal system for life-saving drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to be (a) issued for consultation and (b) implemented. | | (24139) | 141
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to make a decision on the proposals for changes to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence topic selection process. | | (24140) | 142
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of the Shropshire and Staffordshire Health Authority is for 2005-06; and what plans she has to increase this budget for the next financial year. | | (24292) | 143
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has received a request for a meeting from Allen Carr's Easyway (International) Ltd. | | (24210) | 144
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the optimum number of school nurses in England. | | (24249) | 145
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many school nurses are practising. | | (24250) | 146
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many school nurses work (a) part-time and (b) full-time. | | (24251) | 147
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many schools on average each (a) full-time and (b) part-time school nurse practises. | | (24252) | 148
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to recruit school nurses. | | (24253) | 149
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many school nurses have been in practice in each year since 1997. | | (24254) | 150
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid to (a) Opinion Leader Research and (b) market research companies by her Department in each of the last three years. | | (24315) | 151
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which countries United Kingdom registered companies that provide MMR vaccines to the NHS source their products. | | (24316) | 152
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned on the effects of the supplement coenzyme Q on those suffering from schizophrenia. | | (24317) | 153
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the availability of pulmonary rehabilitation for those suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | | (24310) | 154
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many PET scanners are operated by NHS acute trusts, broken down by location; and if she will make a statement. | | (24311) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 155
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government is taking to regulate immigration. | | (24094) | 156
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a UK Border Control Police force. | | (24122) | 157
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has evaluated on the implications of setting a limit on immigration to the United kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (24123) | 158
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what projections he has made of the prison population in the next five years; and what plans he has to meet those projections. | | (24169) | 159
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to prison governors in respect of the dietary requirements of diabetic inmates; and if he will make a statement. | | (20874) | 160
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to minimise the effect of passive smoking on prison (a) employees and (b) inmates; what guidance he has issued to prison governors in respect of his policy on the sharing of cells between smoking and non-smoking inmates; and if he will make a statement. | | (20876) | 161
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has commissioned on the effect on the re-offending rate of (a) penal custody, (b) restorative justice programmes and (c) local authority-run secure accommodation. | | (24290) | 162
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of child deaths in custody. | | (24291) | 163
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crack houses have been (a) identified and (b) closed in each (i) police authority and (ii) London borough since 2001. | | (24223) | 164
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the areas to which police neighbourhood teams have been allocated in each London local authority area. | | (24224) | 165
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received a prison sentence for carrying an imitation firearm in each of the last five years. | | (24277) | 166
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under (i) section 172, (ii) section 172A and (iii) section 173 of the Licensing Act 1964 in each year since 1997, broken down by (A) petty sessional division area and (B) police authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (24117) | 167
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent offences were committed in and around licensed premises in each police authority area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (24118) | 168
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of anti-social behaviour have been reported to police in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (24285) | 169
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is being taken to deal with persistent offenders. | | (24286) | 170
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of drug-related crime was in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (24287) | 171
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers there have been in (a) the South Tyneside Area Command and (b) Northumbria in each year since their inception. | | (24288) | 172
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) the South Tyneside Area Command and (b) Northumbria in each year since 1997. | | (24289) | 173
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October, Official Report, column 343W, on anti-social behaviour orders, how many of the 793 individuals who breached their ASBO between 1st June 2000 and 31st December 2003, consequentially received a custodial sentence. | | (24076) | 174
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10th October, Official Report, column 180W, on terrorist attacks in London, how long it took to reach each underground train affected by the incidents. | | (24245) | 175
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to amend section 62A to E of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to streamline the procedure for the removal of illegally encamped travellers. | | (24098) | 176
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Somalian asylum seekers tried to enter the UK in each year from 1997; how many have been allowed to stay; and how many have been deported. | | (24295) | 177
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Libyan asylum seekers are in the United Kingdom. | | (24296) | 178
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases covered by the multi agency public protection arrangements on 31st March of each year between 2001 and 2005 fell into the (a) very high and (b) high risk category. | | (22784) | 179
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the principal offences committed by those persons covered by the multi agency public protection arrangements are. | | (22785) | 180
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was recovered under the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by the Metropolitan Police in respect of crimes at Heathrow Airport in 2004-05. | | (24095) | 181
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes in Oxfordshire were committed by people who had left the intensive supervision and surveillance programme in 2004-05. | | (24283) | 182
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) average and (b) maximum time was taken to process (i) a Criminal Records Bureau check, (ii) a full protection of vulnerable adults check (POVA) and (iii) a POVA first check in the last year for which figures are available. | | (24173) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 183
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, with how many honourable Members the Director of Parliamentary Communications (a) has held meetings and (b) has not held a meeting following a request for such a meeting. | | (24306) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 184
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received from (a) healthcare recruitment agencies, (b) developing countries and (c) representatives of health workers on the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals. | | (24235) | 185
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals. | | (24236) | 186
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding each of the G8 nations has (a) pledged, (b) committed and (c) spent on the relief effort in countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. | | (24237) | 187
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets were set to measure the impact of UK aid to countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. | | (24238) | 188
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the progress of (a) UK and (b) EU-funded reconstruction programmes in countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. | | (24239) | 189
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the contribution to (a) development and (b) his Department's work of United Kingdom embassies and high commissions in developing countries. | | (24240) | 190
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the European Commissioner for External Trade on (a) the Economic Partnership Agreements and (b) the World Trade Organisation meeting in December. | | (24241) | 191
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effects of the building of the Gormo-Lhasa railway on the culture of Tibet. | | (24201) | 192
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to develop a rapidly deployable reserve of tentage and medical supplies with associated aerial lift capability for future emergencies (a) unilaterally and (b) multilaterally following the recent experience in Kashmir. | | (23709) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 193
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the occasions on which the contingency arrangements for avian influenza have been exercised in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (23566) | 194
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what additional measures are being taken to prevent the illegal import of (a) exotic and (b) domesticated birds into Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (23568) | 195
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been involved in investigating the Northern Bank robbery in each month since it took place, broken down by rank. | | (23570) | 196
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many suspected Irish terrorists have been held for more than seven days under Schedule 8 of the Terrorism Act 2000. | | (24138) | 197
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he intends to enable the Unauthorised Encampments (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 in Northern Ireland. | | (24142) | 198
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been charged with offences in relation to the use of mobile phones while driving since the new measures were introduced, broken down by district command unit. | | (24143) | 199
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many marriage licences were issued by each local council in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (24144) | 200
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each local council in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (24145) | 201
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the level of (a) detected and (b) undetected benefit fraud in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (24148) | 202
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were convicted of benefit fraud in each year since 1998. | | (24149) | 203
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the pensioner population is in each Westminster constituency in Northern Ireland. | | (24150) | 204
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in the three years prior to the establishment of camera sites in (i) East Belfast and (ii) Castlereagh District Command Unit; and how many have been (A) killed and (B) seriously injured in each year since their establishment. | | (24151) | 205
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultant orthopaedic surgeons there are in Northern Ireland. | | (24152) | 206
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pension books were issued in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (24153) | 207
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of maintaining the prison population in Northern Ireland in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; and what the average cost per prisoner was in each year. | | (24154) | 208
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many schools in each education board in Northern Ireland make use of temporary mobile classroom accommodation; and what the timetable is for the replacement of this accommodation in each board. | | (24155) | 209
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many illegal fireworks were seized in Northern Ireland in the last five years. | | (24156) | 210
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners sentenced in courts in Northern Ireland are serving their sentence at prisons in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales. | | (24157) | 211
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many young offenders institutions there are in Northern Ireland; how many offenders are in each; and what the capacity is of each. | | (24158) | 212
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients were waiting for more than two hours on trolleys in accident and emergency departments of hospitals in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (24159) | 213
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning site visits each of the local councils in Northern Ireland made in each of the last five years. | | (24160) | 214
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much he has allocated for school transport in Northern Ireland for (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (24177) | 215
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to increase the number of students taking up teacher training programmes in Northern Ireland. | | (24178) | 216
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 24th October, Official Report, column 114W, on road traffic offences, what `intelligence led basis' means in this context; and how the operational command units choose the roads which they police. | | (24179) | 217
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much revenue was collected through fines incurred by (a) parking in a disabled person's parking space and (b) the wrongful use of a disabled person's badge in Northern Ireland in 2004-05. | | (24180) | 218
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new schools are planned to be built in each of the education board areas in Northern Ireland, broken down by location. | | (24181) | 219
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals were made in Northern Ireland against decisions on (i) disability and (ii) sickness benefits in each year since 1998. | | (24182) | 220
N | Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many education and library boards in Northern Ireland have not had their accounts signed off in each of the last five years. | | (21232) | 221
N | Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many education and library boards have yet to submit finalised accounts for the 2004-05 financial year. | | (21233) | 222
N | Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations the Department of Education for Northern Ireland has received regarding accounting procedures at the (a) Belfast Education and Library Board and (b) South Eastern Education and Library Board. | | (21234) | 223
N | Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many posts were declared redundant in each of the education and library boards in each of the last three years; and how many of these posts were filled again within one year. | | (21235) | 224
N | Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost of redundancy packages has been in each of the education and library boards in each of the last three years. | | (21236) | Questions to the Prime Minister 225
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will raise the issue of human rights in Tibet during the forthcoming visit of the President of China. | | (24202) | 226
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will offer to facilitate a meeting between the Dalai Lama and the President of China. | | (24203) | 227
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at every meeting of the Cabinet for the duration of the threat, to present an update on the threat of avian influenza coming to the UK. | | (23707) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 228
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had (a) with Ministerial colleagues and (b) others about the security of the UK's energy supply. | | (24170) | 229
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on increasing enforcement powers for financial institutions seeking to recover unsecured debts; and if he will make a statement. | | (24302) | 230
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Department is taking to increase the accessibility of markets in the UK to trade from developing countries. | | (23144) | 231
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the final cost was of the Bechtel consultancy on the British nuclear industry; and if he will publish the full report from Bechtel. | | (23692) | 232
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultancy projects Bechtel is undertaking for his Department. | | (23693) | 233
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the European Commissioner for External Trade regarding (a) the forthcoming World Trade Organisation meeting in Hong Kong in December and (b) economic partnership agreements with developing nations. | | (24234) | 234
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in which years since 1997 the UK has been a net oil (a) exporter and (b) importer, giving the quantity of oil in each case. | | (24307) | 235
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government has taken to promote the generation of energy closer to the point of consumption. | | (24211) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 236
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to how many ports the Transport Security Directorate has provided technical assistance in respect of compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code since its introduction. | | (24195) | 237
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support the Transport Security Directorate has offered to International Maritime Organisation regional missions in each of the past three years. | | (24196) | 238
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions Transec has recorded a breach of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code since its introduction. | | (24197) | 239
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff are assigned to the Transport Security Directorate. | | (24198) | 240
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list ports which are (a) compliant and (b) non-compliant under the International Ship and Port Security Code. | | (24199) | 241
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what correspondence he has received from the London business community on its contribution to the funding of Crossrail; and if he will publish it. | | (24213) | 242
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) a physical port assessment and (b) a ship verification inspection conducted by the Transport Security Directorate in the last 12 months has resulted in suspension of operations. | | (24214) | 243
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to require Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency driving assessment centres to make available a copy of the assessment report to those drivers who are being assessed as a result of a disability; and if he will make a statement. | | (20875) | 244
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what elements of the European Railway Safety Directive (2004/49/EC) remain to be implemented by the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority. | | (24083) | 245
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority has a sufficient number of qualified safety experts amongst its managerial staff. | | (24084) | 246
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many safety experts were employed by the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004. | | (24085) | 247
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed safety dossier for Europorte 2 supporting Eurotunnel's safety case has been found satisfactory by the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority. | | (24086) | 248
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects Eurotunnel to re-submit information on site and work plans supplementary to documents submitted in April 2004 by Eurotunnel to the Intergovernmental Commission regarding the procedure for the review of plans and submissions by Union Railways (South) Limited and arrangements for commissioning of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link interfaces with Eurotunnel. | | (24087) | 249
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether safety requirements on heavy goods vehicle shuttles are still met under proposals by Eurotunnel to reduce by one the minimum crew in the amenity coach. | | (24088) | 250
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the results were of bi-national exercises to test emergency procedures held on (a) 15th April 2004 at Folkestone Fire Station (UK COMEX), (b) 30th June 2004 on the French side of service tunnel (VALEX) and (c) 19th September 2004 in the UK led annual exercise BINAT 15; and if he will place reports of these results in the Library. | | (24089) | 251
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the reliability rate of the crossover doors in the Channel Tunnel is at levels deemed reasonable by the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority. | | (24090) | 252
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the instances of the monthly target failure rate of five per cent. of crossover doors in the Channel Tunnel being exceeded. | | (24091) | 253
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of congestion on the A2. | | (24183) | 254
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the efficiency of rail links to Gravesham; and if he will make a statement. | | (24184) | 255
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether plans have been agreed to update Thameslink St Pancras station with pedestrian links to the new Eurostar terminal; and whether finance has been made available. | | (24212) | 256
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of First Great Western's proposals to reduce train journey times from London to Swansea to two hours. | | (23949) | 257
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to record the nationality of all drivers involved in road traffic accidents in England. | | (24165) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 258
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government is taking to tackle women's pension inequality; and what discussions she has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on this issue. | | (24107) | 259
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government is taking to encourage women to provide for their retirement using private pensions. | | (24108) | 260
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government is taking to increase women's representation in politics at all levels. | | (24109) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 261
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what role his Department has played in recent negotiations about the reform of public sector pensions. | | (24171) | 262
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit payment was to tenants in social rented accommodation in each local authority area in England in (a) 1991 and (b) 2004. | | (24225) | 263
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of housing costs on child poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (24226) | 264
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire who have lost their pensions due to firm insolvency since 1997. | | (24128) | 265
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will re-open negotiations on reciprocal agreements with those countries where they are not already in place to provide for the annual up-rating in line with inflation of pensions paid to UK pensioners living in such countries. | | (24167) | 266
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact the changes in pension rules relating to the purchase of commercial property will have on businesses. | | (22248) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 267
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to improve the services offered to women seeking refuge from domestic violence. | | [Transferred] (24082) |
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