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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 3 November 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 November 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 3 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 Thursday 3 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 3 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to safeguard the UK derogation on the taxation of marine diesel after 31st December 2006. | | (24558) | 2
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he proposes to introduce a cap on the deduction of gross pension contributions in tax credit income assessments. | | (24265) | 3
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will uprate the business mileage allowances payable to (a) people using their own cars for business purposes and (b) company car drivers in line with fuel prices. | | (24632) | 4
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of how much revenue will arise from (a) fuel duty and (b) VAT from the sale of petrol and diesel for financial year 2005-06; and what estimate for these revenues informed the Budget in March. | | (24633) | 5
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the revenue from North Sea Oil in financial year 2005-06; and what estimate of such revenue informed the Budget in March. | | (24634) | 6
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the tax credit office expects to be able to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Birkenhead regarding the problems affecting the tax credits of his constituent, Mr Longsdale. | | (25130) | 7
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the constituent of the honourable Member for Birkenhead, Mrs Williams of Slatey Road, Wirral, will receive the tax credits owed to her since July. | | (25131) | 8
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in Kettering constituency. | | (24380) | 9
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many babies have been delivered at Kettering General Hospital in each year since 1997. | | (24749) | 10
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12th July, Official Report, column 889W, on expenditure and revenue in Scotland, what further information his Department would need to collect to produce a breakdown of aggregate (a) revenue and (b) borrowing by country and region. | | (24763) | 11
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the possible impact of the National Insurance Contributions Bill on orchestras and ensembles. | | (24846) | 12
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times he has written off an overpayment of tax credits because (a) of official error where it was reasonable for the recipient to think the award was correct, (b) it would have caused hardship to have recovered all of the overpayment and (c) it would have caused hardship to have recovered part of the overpayment, in each month since April 2003. | | (25242) | 13
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of identity theft have been detected in the tax credit system in each month since April 2003. | | (25243) | 14
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is possible for a tax credit award in payment to be fraudulently redirected to a new bank account without detection; and what systems exist to prevent this. | | (25244) | 15
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases identity fraud has been suspected following contact from tax credit recipients asking why their award has stopped, for each month since April 2003. | | (25245) | 16
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overpayments remain outstanding from 2003-04; and to what total value. | | (25246) | 17
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether new members of staff in tax credit call centres have given advice to helpline callers before beginning training. | | (25247) | 18
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many referrals were made to HM Revenue and Customs' Special Compliance Office in each of the last eight years; and what proportion of these referrals were about tax credits for each relevant year. | | (25248) | 19
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for tax credits were received via the internet in each of the last five years. | | (25249) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit awards have been terminated on suspicion of organised fraud in each month since April 2003. | | (25250) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether when a tax credit overpayment is suspended the award continues (a) at the same level it was before the overpayment was identified and (b) at a new rate; and if he will give an illustration. | | (25251) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the value of additional tax credits awarded in cases of hardship following the identification of an overpayment is added to the total overpayment to be recovered; and if he will give an illustration. | | (25252) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a case where a tax credit recipient had been told by HM Revenue and Customs staff on the helpline that the award was correct even though the recipient believed there to be an error would pass the Revenue's test of reasonableness for the writing off of overpayments. | | (25253) | 24
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were (a) employed and (b) unemployed in each electoral ward in Cleethorpes constituency in each of the past 10 years. | | (24754) | 25
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with representatives of the Corporation of London in the last six months. | | (25083) | 26
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Table 5.1 of the HM Treasury Report of December 2004 on Long-term public finance report: an analysis of fiscal sustainability; what the projected cost of public service pensions for each decade is expected to be, based on the framework agreement announced on 18th October. | | (24875) | 27
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will break down savings on public services pensions announced on 18th October by the periods (a) 2003-04, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2023-24, (d) 2033-34, (e) 2043-44 and (f) 2053-54; and how much of the savings he expects to arise from (i) future and (ii) current employees. | | (24876) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 28
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what account is taken of differences between the value of Civil Service pension provision and that of workers in comparable jobs in the private sector in setting the pay of civil servants. | | (24819) | 29
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cohort life expectancy of (a) male and (b) female civil servants retiring in normal health at age 60 (i) was in 1972, (ii) is based on the latest available data and (iii) is projected on dates for which estimates are available up to 2045. | | (24879) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 30
| Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average time was between the receipt of papers by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal from the Home Office appeals processing centre and the relevant appeal taking place in the last period for which figures are available. | | (24872) | 31
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been collected in fines at magistrates' courts in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (25170) | 32
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will place in the Library annotated copies of Acts proposed to be substantially amended by the Electoral Administration Bill, showing in each (a) the omissions and (b) the additions proposed by the Bill. | | (24966) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 33
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which day in 2006 has been earmarked for the return of the football World Cup trophy to England in the event of victory in Germany. | | (24817) | 34
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many concessionary television licences for (a) over-75s and (b) blind people were issued in each constituency in the Yorkshire and Humber region in each of the past two years. | | (24753) | 35
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the Department has issued on the grounds for appealing a Licensing Act 2003 licensing appeal decision of the magistrates' court to the Crown Court. | | (24968) | 36
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the Government has provided to local authorities on informing local residents of a premise's licence application made under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (24969) | 37
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes have been made to the proposed budget for security for the 2012 Olympics since the London terrorist attacks. | | (25208) | 38
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will support the creation of a Scottish Olympic team if it is clear that this is what Scottish people want. | | (24258) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 39
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 374W, on aircraft crashes, what function (a) the radar altitude hold on the Chinook HC1 and (b) the radar altimeter hold on the Chinook HC2 performed; and if he will make a statement. | | (25112) | 40
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 374W, on aircraft crashes, why the radar altitude hold was not cleared for use on the Chinook HC1; and if he will make a statement. | | (25113) | 41
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 344W, on aircraft crashes, why the radar altimeter hold cleared for use on the Chinook HC2 was subject to restrictions; and if he will make a statement. | | (25114) | 42
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedure was followed in clearing the radar altimeter hold for use on (a) the Chinook HC1 and (b) the Chinook HC2. | | (25194) | 43
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the bases which are designated areas under the terms of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. | | (25009) | 44
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of spending on the Aldermaston Weapons Establishment has been on (a) UK subsidiary companies of US corporations and (b) US corporations in each year since 1997. | | (25010) | 45
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of capital equipment purchased for the Aldermaston Weapons Establishment has been purchased in the US in each year since 1997. | | (25011) | 46
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of the personnel at the Aldermaston Weapons Establishment are (a) US citizens, (b) employed by US corporations and (c) employed by the US government, broken down by grade. | | (25012) | 47
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many garments in each category of the Cut and Sew contract were checked for faults; how many faults were found; and what specific criteria were used to check for different faults. | | (24731) | 48
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was of his trip in July to discuss the sale of BAE Systems' Typhoon fighter planes to the Saudi Arabian defence forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (25286) | 49
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has (a) to replace and (b) to upgrade the L30A1 high-pressure 120mm rifled gun fitted to the Challenger 2 tank. | | (25095) | 50
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to upgrade the (a) L31 HESH and (b) L34 smoke rounds used by the L30A1 gun. | | (25099) | 51
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to modify the CHARM 3 L27 depleted uranium kinetic energy round. | | (25100) | 52
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 37W, on the D530 Mark 2 naval gun, what defence Type-23 frigates have against fast-attack craft until the gun is fitted; and if he will make a statement. | | (25172) | 53
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent at Aldermaston in each of the last three years; how much was paid to (a) in-house services, (b) UK-owned companies, (c) US-owned and subsidiary companies and (d) other companies; and if he will make a statement. | | (25279) | 54
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely value of the contract awarded to Swan Hunter to convert the final ship in the Landing Ships Dock (Auxiliary) programme into a hospital ship. | | (24820) | 55
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) type and (b) quantity of ammunition which was acquired from outside the United Kingdom in 2004-05; and what the source was in each case. | | (24821) | 56
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to issue Interceptor Body Armour to troops on operational deployments, with particular reference to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (24822) | 57
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has paid compensation to BAE Systems in settlement of claims made by BAE Systems from Swan Hunter for delays in the delivery of design information as part of the Landing Ships Dock (Auxiliary) programme. | | (24828) | 58
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to transfer design authority for the Landing Ships Dock (Auxiliary) vessels from Swan Hunter to BAE Systems following his decision to award lead ship status to the BAE-built vessel, Mounts Bay. | | (24832) | 59
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to award a through-life support contract for the Landing Ships Dock (Auxiliary) vessels to Swan Hunter. | | (24833) | 60
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received further requests from Swan Hunter for additional funding to complete the two ships being built by Swan Hunter as part of the Landing Ships Dock (Auxiliary). | | (24834) | 61
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where (a) boxer caps, (b) initiators and (c) other manufactured components have been supplied from during the interruption of supply from Chorley Royal Ordnance. | | (24704) | 62
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreement has been reached between Royal Ordnance and the Government on security of supply of initiators and boxer caps following the announcement on the Chorley Royal Ordnance site. | | (24705) | 63
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tests and quality checks have been conducted on the new supplies of (a) initiators and (b) boxer caps; and when these tests were carried out. | | (24706) | 64
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many self-harm incidents have been recorded among members of the Royal Highland Fusiliers (a) at Fort George Barracks, Inverness and (b) on overseas duty in Cyprus in the past two years. | | (25296) | 65
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to address bullying among members of the (a) 23 Pioneer Regiment and (b) Royal Logistics Corps at Bicester camp, Oxfordshire, in the past two years. | | (25300) | 66
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the likely in-service date is of the Future Rapid Effect System; and what the cost of the system has been to date. | | (24853) | 67
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Future Rapid Effect System. | | (24880) | 68
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to undertake studies to assess the levels of public (a) support for and (b) opposition to the continued possession of nuclear weapons by the United Kingdom as long as other countries have them. | | (23737) | 69
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the in-service dates for the two future aircraft carriers remain 2012 and 2015 respectively. | | (23738) | 70
| 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 correspondence from the general public. | | (24770) | 71
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) people from Northern Ireland and (b) citizens of the Republic of Ireland are serving in the UK armed forces. | | (25220) | 72
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 16-24 year olds are expected to be recruited following the most recent annual Royal Air Force recruitment campaign. | | (25261) | 73
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new recruits there have been to the Royal Air Force on average in each of the last 10 years. | | (25262) | 74
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision his Department has made for veterans suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder. | | (24841) | 75
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account is taken of differences between the value of pension provision of members of the armed forces and that of workers in comparable jobs in the private sector when settling the pay of members of the armed forces. | | (25065) | 76
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27th October, Official Report, column 518W, on ammunition manufacturers, whether BAE Systems Land Systems (a) manufactures the small arms ammunition in the UK and (b) is on a fixed term contract; what proportion that company's supplies represents of small arms ammunition supplied to British forces; and where the balance comes from. | | (25289) | 77
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is evaluating the USA Buffalo armoured vehicle; and whether his Department plans to introduce this vehicle for work against roadside explosive devices. | | (25290) | 78
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the bandwidth is of Bowman at each of its levels of deployment. | | (25291) | 79
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is in negotiation with the French government in order to participate in the Nuron programme. | | (25292) | 80
| Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution the Department has made to the Cave Review of Public Sector Spectrum Holdings; what assessment he has made of the potential for (a) increasing efficiency in the Department's use of the radio spectrum and (b) sharing spectrum with other organisations; and if he will make a statement. | | (24823) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 81
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether conditions can be placed on the geographical location of a property bought with the aid of financial assistance provided through a cash incentives scheme. | | (24261) | 82
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures are in place to ensure that persons who receive financial assistance to buy a property through a cash incentives scheme are not subsequently provided with social housing. | | (24262) | 83
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people have received financial assistance to buy a property in Basildon District through a cash incentives scheme, broken down by local authority of origin. | | (24263) | 84
| Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information his Department collects on the (a) closure of (i) post offices, (ii) bank branches and (iii) independent retail shops and (b) effects on number of miles travelled to access services. | | (24773) | 85
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the timetable is for the building of the Thames Gateway project. | | (25068) | 86
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government plans to build houses on green belt land in East Tilbury, Thurrock. | | (25070) | 87
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to extend (a) motorways and (b) A roads in Essex to take account of the Thames Gateway. | | (25081) | 88
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of the Thames Gateway project will be accounted for by social housing. | | (25082) | 89
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what consultation there has been between the Government and (a) Essex County Council, (b) Thurrock Council, (c) Basildon Council, (d) Havering Council and (e) Barking and Dagenham Council in connection with the plans to build the Thames Gateway. | | (25084) | 90
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many properties the Government plans to build in (a) Essex, (b) Basildon, (c) Southend, (d) Thurrock and (e) East Tilbury in the context of the Thames Gateway project. | | (25097) | 91
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost of the East of England regional chamber (a) was for the last two years and (b) is projected to be in the next two years. | | (24845) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 92
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Department has for reviewing the levels of funding allocated to further education in (a) Coventry and (b) England. | | (24040) | 93
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the timetable is for the latest round of bids under Building Schools for the Future; when the round was announced; and what the closing date is. | | (24713) | 94
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the next round of bids under Building Schools for the Future is planned to take place. | | (24714) | 95
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects to name the board members of the School Food Trust. | | (25276) | 96
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding she plans to make available under Building Schools for the Future for the refurbishment and re-building of school kitchens. | | (25277) | 97
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Ribble Valley receive free transport to (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. | | (24631) | 98
| Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her most recent assessment is of the comparative performance of students studying in (a) sixth-form colleges, (b) further education colleges and (c) sixth-forms in schools; and if she will make a statement. | | (24874) | 99
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October, Official Report, columns 217-22W, on schools, if she will list the actions she has approved for each school; and whether she has exercised her powers under section 45 of the Education Act 2005. | | (24324) | 100
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools had been in special measures for (a) less than one year, (b) between one and two years, (c) between two and three years and (d) over three years on 31st December in each year since 1997. | | (24325) | 101
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many times she has exercised powers under section 19 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 in each year since 1998. | | (24326) | 102
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the White Paper, High Standards, Better Schools for All, what the issues are that arise for special schools from trust status; and if she will make a statement. | | (24952) | 103
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to improve the quality of citizenship education in schools. | | (24385) | 104
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have been trained as specialists in citizenship education in each year since it was introduced as a statutory part of the national curriculum. | | (24386) | 105
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to ensure that staff teaching citizenship education have appropriate opportunities for continuing professional development. | | (24387) | 106
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size was in each primary school in Cleethorpes in each year since 1997. | | (24755) | 107
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school children in Cleethorpes constituency receive free school meals, broken down by school. | | (24756) | 108
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school children in (a) North East Lincolnshire and (b) North Lincolnshire are eligible for free school meals; and what the take-up rate has been in each of the past five years. | | (24757) | 109
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the construction industry is anticipating a skills shortage due to the building requirements of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (24961) | 110
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of people taking Skills for Life courses have previously taken leisure courses. | | (24962) | 111
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff employed by the Learning and Skills Council have previously worked in administrative posts in the offender learning sector. | | (24963) | 112
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Fareham of 18th October, Official Report, column 962W, on the Learning and Skills Council, by whom those learners not funded by the Learning and Skills Council were funded. | | (24964) | 113
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff employed by the Learning and Skills Council have previously worked in the offender learning sector. | | (24965) | 114
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many colleges have offered courses tailored to their local area in each of the last five years. | | (24978) | 115
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Skills for Life courses at Entry Level One cover elements of the Skills for Life course at Entry Level Two. | | (24979) | 116
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many adults on the Skills for Life programme have achieved (a) two Skills for Life qualifications, (b) three Skills for Life qualifications and (c) four or more Skills for Life qualifications since the programme began. | | (24980) | 117
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the truancy figures were from colleges of further education (a) in England and (b) broken down by constituency, in the last year for which figures are available. | | (24981) | 118
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October to the honourable Member for Fareham, Official Report, column 962W, on the Learning and Skills Council, how many learners will be funded in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (24985) | 119
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October to the honourable Member for Fareham, Official Report, column 962W, on the Learning and Skills Council, what (a) level 4, (b) level 5 and (c) higher education courses the Learning and Skills Council funded in 2003-04. | | (24986) | 120
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of those graduating from national skills academies since they were established have found work in the sectors for which they were trained. | | (24987) | 121
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of those graduating from national skills academies since they were established left with (a) Level 2, (b) Level 3 and (c) Level 4 qualifications. | | (24988) | 122
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people have studied in national skills academies since they were established. | | (24989) | 123
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people have successfully completed courses at national skills academies since they were established. | | (24990) | 124
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment her Department has made of the pilot schemes for offender learning. | | (24991) | 125
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to ensure that the forthcoming green paper on Reducing Reoffending through Skills and Employment addresses (a) education and training whilst in custody and (b) support for former prisoners after their release; and if she will make a statement. | | (24992) | 126
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the green paper on Reducing Reoffending through Skills and Employment will be published. | | (24993) | 127
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes there have been in funding for training organisations providing apprenticeships in the last five years. | | (24994) | 128
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the funding mechanism is for training organisations providing apprenticeships. | | (24995) | 129
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much (a) manufacturing, (b) construction, (c) food and drink and (d) financial services industries have spent on education and training in each of the last five years. | | (24996) | 130
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the contribution from public funds to the four proposed national skills academies will be; and how much funding will come from industry. | | (24997) | 131
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of those graduating from national skills academies since their inception have gone on to higher education. | | (24998) | 132
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many further education students went on to university in the last year for which figures are available. | | (24999) | 133
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of course provision is allocated to (a) A-levels and (b) other vocational courses in each college in England. | | (25000) | 134
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the potential requirement for additional training of staff for extended schools. | | (25001) | 135
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Ministers with responsibility for further education her Department has had since 1997. | | (25004) | 136
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students who failed to obtain a Level 2 qualification at their first attempt studied (a) five, (b) six, (c) seven, (d) eight, (e) nine, (f) 10, (g) 11, (h) 12, (i) 13, (j) 14, (k) 15 and (l) 16 or more GCSE subjects or equivalent qualifications in the last year for which figures are available. | | (25036) | 137
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what role the skills councils of the relevant industries will have in each of the proposed National Skills academies. | | (25037) | 138
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October, to the honourable Member for Fareham, Official Report, column 961W, on the Learning and Skills Council, what the cost of support per capita was at each level. | | (25060) | 139
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of the expressions of interest that her Department received in establishing academies were from the private sector. | | (25061) | 140
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Fareham of 18th October, Official Report, column 962W, on the Learning and Skills Council, in what circumstances the level is not specified. | | (25062) | 141
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5th October, Official Report, column 2785W, on work experience, what the figures were for (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-04. | | (25064) | 142
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what effect she expects (a) the splitting of the Learning and Skills Development Agency and (b) the establishment of the Learning and Skills Network to have on costs; and if she will make a statement. | | (25067) | 143
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether a cost benefit analysis has been undertaken of the role of training brokers in the Train2Gain programme. | | (25074) | 144
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, where the responsibility for Adult Guidance Provision will lie when the Connexions model is replaced with that proposed in the Every Child Matters and Youth Matters white papers. | | (25085) | 145
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many adult guidance providers are running at a loss. | | (25086) | 146
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what role the Learning and Skills Council played in developing the support strategy set up for redundant Rover workers. | | (25087) | 147
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what is the role of a training broker in the Train2Gain programme. | | (25088) | 148
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in which areas of England graduates are eligible for free career support. | | (25089) | 149
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, why she has removed the right to free career guidance from anyone who achieves level 2 qualifications from 1st August; and if she will make a statement. | | (25090) | 150
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who is eligible for (a) one and (b) more than one free interview with an adult guidance practitioner. | | (25091) | 151
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pages of (a) guidance and (b) other paperwork universities received from (i) her Department and (ii) non-departmental public bodies in the sector on each day in 2004. | | (25093) | 152
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the percentage of the population who lack basic skills, broken down by (a) 18 to 24, (b) 25 to 29, (c) 30 to 34, (d) 35 to 39, (e) 40 to 44, (f) 45 to 49, (g) 50 to 54, (h) 55 to 59, (i) 60 to 64, (j) 65 to 69 and (k) 70 to 75 age groups. | | (25125) | 153
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the cost benefit to the economy of training to level 2 those adults who lack skills at level 2. | | (25126) | 154
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Key Stage 3 pupils undertook work experience in each year between 1995 and 2005, broken down by year group; and in which sectors. | | (25127) | 155
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what change to the administration costs of the Learning and Skills Council she expects through the planned streamlining operation. | | (25128) | 156
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the impact on training providers of the removal of the training and subsidised job options from the New Deal for Young People; and if she will make a statement. | | (25203) | 157
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is on veterinary school lecturers receiving commercial funding. | | (24764) | 158
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of the reduction in Learning and Skills Council funding to Leicestershire upon community centres and adult learning in Leicestershire. | | (25129) | 159
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was the average amount spent on school meals per pupil per day in the last period for which figures are available. | | (25098) | 160
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to encourage more students in secondary schools to take language GCSEs. | | (25182) | 161
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to encourage secondary school leavers to go into further education. | | (25183) | 162
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to ensure that children in schools undertake more physical exercise. | | (25184) | 163
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the relationship between pupils' diet and (a) behaviour and (b) academic attainment. | | (25185) | 164
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure young children are eating a well-balanced diet. | | (25187) | 165
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases of child (a) physical and (b) sexual abuse there have been in each year since 1997. | | (25265) | 166
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have been excluded permanently from schools in Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (25178) | 167
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of students who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants from Suffolk Local Education Authority for the 2005-06 academic year received them in time for the start of that year; and what the equivalent figures were in the 2004-05 academic year. | | (25179) | 168
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the pupil-teacher ratio in (a) Suffolk, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) Essex and (d) Norfolk has been in each year since 1997. | | (25180) | 169
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are taken to deal with failing schools. | | (24562) | 170
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Oral Answer to the honourable Member for South Antrim of 27th October, Official Report, column 441, on the Education White Paper, what the basis was for her statement that the decision to abolish grammar schools in Northern Ireland was taken by the devolved assembly. | | (25293) | 171
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Oral Answer of 27th October to the honourable Member for Barnsley East and Mexborough, Official Report, column 442, on the Education White Paper, whether her policy that looked-after children will have top priority in admissions applies equally to faith schools. | | (25294) | 172
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Oral Answer of 27th October to the honourable Member for Faversham, Official Report, column 440, on GCSE results, what the evidential basis is for her statement that improvements in reading, writing and arithmetic followed after 50 years of no progress at all in raising primary school standards. | | (25295) | 173
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what account is taken of differences between the value of pension provision of teachers in the public sector and that of teachers in the private sector when setting teachers' pay. | | (24816) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 174
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to update the guidance on the Recovery and Disposal of Controlled Substances Contained in Refrigerators and Freezers. | | (25005) | 175
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she plans to publish guidance for local authorities on the disposal of discarded television sets. | | (25006) | 176
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate how many orchards there are in England; and how many have preservation orders applied to them. | | (25007) | 177
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the emissions of the Kyoto basket of gases will be between 2008 and 2012 if the trend in emissions of the last (a) five years, (b) four years, (c) three years, (d) two years and (e) one year continue; and whether the Kyoto target would be met under each projection. | | (25008) | 178
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of CFCs has been recovered from refrigerators and freezers since the implementation of EU Regulation 2037/2000; and what percentage this represents of the total amount contained in those refrigerators and freezers. | | (25022) | 179
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date the new treatment standards for waste electrical and electronic equipment will be published; and if she will make a statement. | | (25023) | 180
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on EU guidance on the vaccination of poultry. | | (25042) | 181
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of using ring-vaccination of poultry to combat an outbreak of avian influenza. | | (25043) | 182
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are in place to deal with full payments due to farmers under the Single Payment Scheme in 2005 not being made by the 30th June 2006 deadline. | | [R] (24736) | 183
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for ending the EU ban on British beef. | | (25229) | 184
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent European Court of Justice ruling on GM crops. | | (25230) | 185
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's latest recommendation is on field separation distances between GM and non-GM crops. | | (25232) | 186
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the membership is of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. | | (25233) | 187
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Task Force on Biomass ruled out a renewable heat obligation. | | (25234) | 188
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the danger to (i) badgers, (ii) livestock and (iii) domestic animals from snares. | | (25280) | 189
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) land and (b) property her Department owns in Kettering constituency. | | (24381) | 190
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the fruit-growing industry in (a) England and (b) Lancashire. | | (24953) | 191
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much fruit was grown in England in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by type; and how much was destined for (a) export, broken down by country, and (b) the domestic market in each case. | | (24954) | 192
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping have been recorded in each of the last five years. | | (25297) | 193
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of clearing up fly-tipping in each of the last five years. | | (25298) | 194
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was imposed in fines for fly-tipping in each of the last five years. | | (25299) | 195
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her planned measures to help the English beef market. | | (25305) | 196
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grants from her Department's Rural Development Service have been made in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley; and what each grant was used for. | | (25306) | 197
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the latest outbreak of avian influenza in China. | | (25307) | 198
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on cattle passport fraud. | | (25308) | 199
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of household waste each council in the Yorkshire and Humber region recycled in the last period for which figures are available. | | (24762) | 200
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's assessment is of the risk of the feral pigeon population as a disease reservoir for avian influenza; and if she will make a statement. | | (25124) | 201
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Environment Agency and (b) Lancashire County Council on the environmental implications of the proposed Northern Bypass. | | (24498) | 202
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role the Environment Agency has in assessing the flood risk of planning applications. | | (24499) | 203
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers the Environment Agency has to prevent development projects going ahead which could increase the risk of flooding to households. | | (24500) | 204
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many chickens have been imported from Thailand in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (24194) | 205
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Environment Agency telephone helpline is unable to process calls without the name and address of callers. | | (24840) | 206
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to the public concerning (a) the Government's policy on avian influenza, (b) the length of the ban on poultry at markets, shows and fairs determined by Decision 2005/745/EC, (c) the provisions under which the ban as determined by Decision 2005/745/EC can be (i) renewed and (ii) revoked, (d) which species of birds are affected, (e) the circumstances under which events such as market, shows and fairs can proceed subject to a veterinary risk assessment and (f) the details of how a veterinary risk assessment can be obtained; for what reasons this information is not available on her Department's website; and if she will make a statement. | | (24843) | 207
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what circumstances victims of flooding are eligible for compensation from her Department. | | (24932) | 208
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the European Union on the duration of Decision 2005/745/EC. | | (24940) | 209
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what circumstances poultry industry events will be authorised based on a veterinary risk assessment specific to that event, as permitted under Decision 2005/745/EC. | | (24941) | 210
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people are employed in the poultry industry; what the economic value of the poultry industry was in 2004-05; and if she will make a statement. | | (24942) | 211
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will propose to ministerial colleagues that poultry auctioneers who are closed down as a result of Government measures to prevent an outbreak of avian infuenza be exempt from council tax and rates on their auction sites for the period of their closure. | | (25034) | 212
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish new advice to poultry-keepers regarding measures that they can take to reduce the risk of spreading avian influenza. | | (25052) | 213
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to introduce a standstill policy for poultry movements in the event of an avian influenza outbreak. | | (25053) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 214
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the UK's current relations with Zimbabwe. | | (24972) | 215
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government has made to (a) the UN and (b) the government of Zimbabwe regarding the human rights record of the Zimbabwe regime; and if he will make a statement. | | (24975) | 216
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is for British ratification of the UN Convention Against Corruption; what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Parliament in relation to corresponding orders; and if he will make a statement. | | (24635) | 217
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the bilateral treaties, conventions, agreements and similar instruments made between the United Kingdom and Ireland from 1921 to date are still in force. | | (24739) | 218
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in Kettering constituency. | | (24384) | 219
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether US Federal Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald (a) contacted and (b) sought assistance from his Department concerning the allegations made in British official policy documents that Iraq sought to procure uranium from Niger as part of the recent US Grand Jury inquiry. | | (24936) | 220
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the lifting of embargoes on the Turkish Republic of northern Cyprus. | | (24831) | 221
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to ask his French counterpart to increase that country's budget contributions to the EU. | | (25329) | 222
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will visit the new eastern border of the EU to see the border controls in place to protect the EU from illegal immigration. | | (25338) | 223
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Norway to encourage that country to join the European Union. | | (25341) | 224
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th October, Official Report, column 76W, on the European Court of Human Rights, how many cases have been defended by Government departments at the European Court of Human Rights since 1997; and which was the lead department in each case. | | (25111) | 225
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on human rights in China. | | (25317) | 226
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on negotiations with the Iraqi government concerning troop withdrawals. | | (25318) | 227
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Darfur. | | (25319) | 228
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on human rights in Zimbabwe. | | (25320) | 229
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Iranian involvement in the insurgency in Iraq. | | (25325) | 230
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on human rights in Pakistan. | | (25340) | 231
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to try to stop the evictions of white Zimbabwean farmers; and if he will make a statement. | | (25115) | 232
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help the Yemeni government fight terrorism. | | (25116) | 233
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help Algeria to tackle terrorism. | | (25117) | 234
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals have been convicted and sentenced to death for drug smuggling in (a) Thailand and (b) Singapore in the last five years. | | (25207) | 235
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking to support the development of democracy in Algeria. | | (25274) | 236
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals have been convicted and been given life sentences for drug smuggling in (a) Thailand, (b) Singapore, (c) Turkey, (d) Morocco, (e) Tunisia and (f) the Netherlands in the last five years. | | (25275) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 237
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the terms of reference of the Department's strategic review of Patient and Public Involvement in Health; and when she expects it to be completed. | | (24264) | 238
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she has taken to encourage patients to keep dental appointments; and what research her Department (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effects of abolishing the capacity of dentists to impose a charge on patients for missed appointments to support the abolition of the option for general dental practitioners to make a small patient charge for missed appointments. | | (24559) | 239
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department plans to inform (a) dentists and (b) patients about the new General Dental Services contract; and how much has been allocated to publicise the contract. | | (24560) | 240
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department has taken to produce culturally-sensitive breast cancer awareness information in a variety of formats and languages. | | (24708) | 241
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent employee reductions the Department has made as a result of the Gershon review; what cost savings relating to IT projects were achieved; what value of efficiency savings (a) were achieved in 2004-05 and (b) are expected to be achieved in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement. | | (24329) | 242
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in her Department (a) were relocated in 2004-05 and (b) are expected to be relocated in 2005-06 as a result of the Lyons review of public sector relocation; to which place they have been relocated; and if she will make a statement. | | (24330) | 243
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the Department's research and development priorities in cancer treatment. | | (24027) | 244
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effects of mycophenolate mofetil on patients with auto-immune diseases, with particular reference to (a) scleroderma and (b) systemic lupus erythematosus. | | (24740) | 245
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of treatment of an auto-immune disease with (a) mycophenolate mofetil and (b) cyclophosphamide. | | (24741) | 246
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to primary care trusts on the prescription of mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of auto-immune disease. | | (24742) | 247
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in England are prescribing mycophenolate mofetil for patients with auto-immune diseases. | | (24743) | 248
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with auto-immune diseases are being prescribed mycophenolate mofetil from a (a) hospital consultant and (b) general practitioner. | | (24744) | 249
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have agreed to fund mycophenolate mofetil for patients with auto-immune diseases. | | (24745) | 250
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance the Department has given to (a) directly managed hospitals and (b) foundation trusts on the replacement of staff with volunteers; and what advice it offers to (i) patient and public involvement teams and (ii) voluntary service managers on brokering such arrangements. | | (24715) | 251
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance given to general practitioners regarding avian influenza; and if she will make a statement. | | (25284) | 252
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to ensure that doctors trained in the UK are not lost to other countries if they are unable to secure a training post. | | (25321) | 253
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the management of a successful transition to Modernising Medical Careers. | | (25322) | 254
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to prohibit smoking in secure mental health units; and if she will make a statement. | | (24093) | 255
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28th October, Official Report, column 573W, on carbon monoxide poisoning, how many leaflets will be available for distribution to general practitioner surgeries. | | (25063) | 256
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (b) Ofgem, (c) the Health and Safety Commission and (d) CORGI with regards to the proposal from the Health and Safety Commission for a levy on the gas industry to fund a watchdog to promote carbon monoxide awareness; and if she will make a statement. | | (25278) | 257
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) land and (b) property her Department owns in Kettering constituency. | | (24383) | 258
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients have been treated at Kettering General Hospital in each year since 1997. | | (24750) | 259
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds have been available at Kettering General Hospital in each year since 1997, broken down by major category. | | (24751) | 260
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the £1 billion allocation to mental health services has been directed to mental health services for (a) child and adolescent mental health services and (b) services of those over 60 years of age. | | (24944) | 261
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists serve the Shropshire Primary Care Trust. | | (25333) | 262
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed in communication roles in Shropshire Health Authority in October. | | (25335) | 263
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency (a) operate fully within the NHS and (b) only offer NHS treatment for children. | | (25336) | 264
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 442W, on lupus, whether the part of her Department's research and development budget which is allocated to and managed by individual NHS organisations is ringfenced solely for the purpose of research and development. | | (25066) | 265
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations she has received from (a) staff employed by Oxfordshire Mental Health NHS Trust and (b) other interested parties on proposed changes to the services the trust offers; and what the content of these representations was. | | (25103) | 266
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast year-end deficit of Oxfordshire Mental Health NHS Trust is in 2005-06; and what the year-end position of the trust has been in each year since 1997-98. | | (25104) | 267
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inpatients detained under sections (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 4 of the Mental Health Act 1983 have absconded from psychiatric hospitals in each year since 1997; and from which hospital in each case. | | (25105) | 268
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the security of psychiatric hospitals in England; and what steps she is taking to improve the security of such hospitals. | | (25106) | 269
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the tender for the contract to run the consultation on the Health Outside Hospitals White Paper was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | | (25107) | 270
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects final proposals for the reconfiguration of primary care trusts to be published; whether these proposals will be put out for public consultation; and when she expects the proposals to be given effect. | | (25108) | 271
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patients who have waited longer than 20 weeks for (a) an MRI and (b) a CT scan at a hospital run by an NHS foundation trust will be offered the choice to be treated elsewhere. | | (25109) | 272
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence was used to inform paragraph 45 of the individual regulatory impact assessment on the smokefree aspects of the Health Bill, presented on 27th October 2005, with particular reference to the statement that the Department does not consider these measures will disadvantage any group; and if she will make a statement. | | (25268) | 273
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists received gross earnings from the NHS of (a) over £500,000, (b) over £250,000, (c) over £100,000 and (d) over £50,000 in each year since 1997; and what her most recent estimate is of the average net earnings a dentist receives from the NHS. | | (25269) | 274
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been employed in each year since 1997 under (a) General Dental Service contracts and (b) Personal Dental Service contracts. | | (25270) | 275
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what model was used to determine the costs and benefits of options one to four for banning smoking in enclosed public places contained within the partial regulatory impact assessment on the smokefree aspect of the Health Bill. | | (25271) | 276
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her most recent estimate is of the proportion of pubs which will fall into the category of preparing and serving food for the purposes of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places; and what estimate she has made of the percentage of pubs which will discontinue serving food as a result of the proposals contained within the Health Bill. | | (25272) | 277
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to vaccinate poultry handlers against (a) seasonal influenza and (b) influenza of subtype A/H5N1. | | (25273) | 278
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the Office for National Statistics and the Health Protection Agency in the study of the proportion of deaths which may be associated with hospital acquired infections. | | (25288) | 279
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Department's press release dated 20th October, on capital investment in mental health services, whether capital investment will be made available to NHS mental health trusts which are anticipating year-end financial deficits on their income and expenditure account. | | (25302) | 280
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults were recorded on ambulance service staff (a) in Blackpool and (b) in each ambulance service area while on duty in each of the last five years; and how many prosecutions resulted in each case. | | (25239) | 281
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking (a) to reduce the number of assaults on ambulance staff while on duty and (b) to increase the number of prosecutions in cases where assaults have been made on ambulance staff while on duty. | | (25240) | 282
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department has taken to disseminate best practice in reducing assaults on ambulance staff while on duty. | | (25241) | 283
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) charges and (b) receipts from NHS land sales have been each year since 1990. | | (25255) | 284
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) location and (b) capacity is of each completed private finance initiative hospital project; what the cost was of each; and what the (i) location, (ii) planned capacity and (iii) expected cost is of each planned private finance initiative hospital project. | | (25256) | 285
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute hospitals have provided Type 1 accident and emergency facilities in each year since 1990. | | (25281) | 286
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute hospitals have provided consultant-led maternity facilities in each year since 1990. | | (25282) | 287
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total NHS capital expenditure has been in each year since 1990. | | (25283) | 288
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used by each strategic health authority for allocating funds to primary care trusts. | | (24827) | 289
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed in her Department on 30th September; and if she will make a statement. | | (24830) | 290
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will set up discussion groups of NHS staff affected by her proposals for primary care trusts, moderated by Opinion Leader Research; and if she will pay participants for attendance. | | (24814) | 291
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it remains her policy to require primary care trusts to divest themselves of their provider status by 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (24824) | 292
| Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the roll out of the newborn hearing screening programme. | | (24746) | 293
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £250 million efficiency savings planned for the NHS will be re-directed to front-line services; what proportion will be allocated to Gloucestershire; and if she will make a statement. | | (24931) | 294
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to tackle obesity in (a) children and (b) adults. | | (25096) | 295
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to develop wards specifically for young cancer patients. | | (25118) | 296
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on hospitals' publication of mortality rates. | | (25119) | 297
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many secondary school-age children suffered from (a) high cholestorol levels, (b) heart failure and (c) diabetes in each year since 1995. | | (25186) | 298
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase the standards of cleanliness in hospitals. | | (25188) | 299
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase the number of NHS dentists. | | (25206) | 300
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's policy is on healthy eating in primary schools. | | (25211) | 301
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected spending from central government funding was per head of the population for each primary care trust in England in 2004-05. | | (25071) | 302
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time in attending 999 calls in (a) East Anglia and (b) England has been in each year since 1997. | | (25072) | 303
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses per 100 beds there have been in (a) England and (b) the West Suffolk Hospital in each year since 1997. | | (25073) | 304
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to respond to an influenza pandemic. | | (24497) | 305
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision her Department has made for veterans suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder. | | (24842) | 306
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are eligible for a free influenza vaccination. | | (24937) | 307
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of influenza vaccine are available in (a) Herefordshire, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England. | | (24938) | 308
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Herefordshire, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England have received a free influenza vaccine. | | (24939) | 309
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account is taken of differences between the value of NHS pension provision and that of workers in comparable jobs in the private sector in setting the pay of health workers. | | (24815) | 310
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of beds available in community hospitals in (a) West Kent, (b) East Kent, (c) Thames Gateway, (d) Medway and (e) Medway and Swale. | | (24619) | 311
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists serve the Swale Primary Care Trust area. | | (24620) | 312
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority was first informed of the deficit at Swale Primary Care Trust; what action it took; and how many meetings it has since held of non-executive directors of the board to discuss the matter. | | (24621) | 313
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds Medway Primary Care Trust procured from Swale Primary Care Trust between 2003-04 and 2004-05 for (a) Sheppey Community Hospital and (b) Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital. | | (24622) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 314
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average time is from the receipt of an application to the dispatch of an acknowledgement of that application from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. | | (24709) | 315
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average time is from the receipt of an application to the payment of a successful claim by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. | | (24710) | 316
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is from application to a decision on whether compensation will be paid by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. | | (24711) | 317
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for introducing Orders in Council under Part Eleven of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (24630) | 318
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the parliamentary questions tabled by the honourable Member for Orkney and Shetland on 19th October, ref (a) 21134 and (b) 21135. | | (24712) | 319
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the policing of the protest during the official Chinese visit in October 1999 in preparation for the forthcoming State Visit of the Chinese Premier; and if he will make a statement. | | (25035) | 320
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many road safety violations by (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic heavy goods vehicles in England and Wales were recorded by the police in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2004. | | (25133) | 321
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of vehicle excise duty evasion in each of the last six years. | | (24629) | 322
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were granted to health workers from overseas in (a) 2004 and (b) each month in 2005 for which records are available, broken down by country. | | (24259) | 323
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th October, Official Report, columns 488-9W, on the National Offender Management Service, if he will publish the business case for the National Offender Management Service. | | (24328) | 324
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cautioning policy has been issued by his Department for breaking (a) a domestic property window and (b) a commercial property window. | | (24825) | 325
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure compensation awarded as a result of an assault covers costs incurred for dental treatment. | | (24829) | 326
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to tackle the overcrowding in Shrewsbury Prison. | | (25330) | 327
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why the grant to West Mercia Police Authority on a per head of population basis differs from the neighbouring police authority areas. | | (25337) | 328
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested in connection with the 7th July attacks; how many were (a) detained for between seven and 14 days, (b) charged and (c) released without charge in each case, broken down by (i) age, (ii) sex, (iii) ethnicity and (iv) religion. | | (24950) | 329
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Somalian nationals have claimed asylum at Heathrow arriving on flights from (a) Nairobi and (b) Addis Ababa in the last five years. | | (25121) | 330
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many caseworkers have been employed by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to work on asylum applications in each year since 1997. | | (25122) | 331
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms certificate applications were processed by each police force in England and Wales in each of the last three years for which records are available. | | (24732) | 332
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police officers from outside the North Wales Police area were deployed in the North Wales area in each of the last three years for which records are available; and from which forces those officers were deployed in each case. | | (24733) | 333
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish First Minister about the interaction between the UK Government's policy on asylum and immigration and the Scottish Executive's policy on attracting fresh talent to the country. | | (25323) | 334
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken to inform (a) schools and (b) housing providers promptly after the removal of failed asylum seekers. | | (25324) | 335
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many air weapon offences were committed in the Humberside Police area in each of the last five years. | | (24737) | 336
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded theft and unauthorised taking of vehicle offences there were in the Humberside Police area in each of the past five years. | | (24758) | 337
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for (a) carrying a child under 14 years without a seatbelt (i) in the front and (ii) in the rear seat, (b) driving a car with an unrestrained child under 12 years and (c) failure to wear a seatbelt in the Humberside Police area in each of the past five years. | | (24759) | 338
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for (a) driving while uninsured, (b) driving while banned and (c) driving without having passed a test in the Humberside police area in each of the past five years. | | (24760) | 339
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people involved in road traffic accidents in the Humberside police area were (a) uninsured, (b) banned from driving and (c) had not passed a driving test in each of the past five years. | | (24761) | 340
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions were made by the British Transport Police in each British Transport Police area, for (a) selling alcohol or attempting to sell alcohol to a person who is drunk, (b) selling alcohol or attempting to sell alcohol to an individual under 18 years, (c) being drunk and disorderly, (d) being drunk and incapable and (e) violence against the person in each year for which figures are available. | | (24967) | 341
| Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was between the receipt of an appeal by his Department's appeal processing centre and the despatch of that appeal to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in the last period for which figures are available. | | (24873) | 342
| Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has held with (a) the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers on extending the rules of engagement of Operation Kratos to other police operations. | | (24747) | 343
| Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the replacement of retiring police chief constables. | | (24748) | 344
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to make community service offenders wear recognisable clothing. | | (25205) | 345
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what punishments are available for serious sex offenders. | | (25263) | 346
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders have been in prison in each year since 1997. | | (25264) | 347
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to improve the security of animal testing centres from attack by extremists. | | (25266) | 348
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to improve child safety on the streets. | | (25267) | 349
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recorded rate of crime was in Suffolk for each year since 1997 for (a) burglary of dwellings, (b) violence against the person, (c) vehicle crime, (d) robbery, (e) sexual offences, (f) total violent crime, (g) theft and handling of stolen goods and (h) criminal damage. | | (24844) | 350
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the projected funding per head of the population was for each police authority in England and Wales in 2004-05. | | (24934) | 351
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were prosecuted for driving without insurance in each police authority area in each year since 1997. | | (25039) | 352
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) convictions and (c) cautions there were in each police authority area for offences relating to (i) the possession and (ii) dealing in Class (A) A, (B) B and (C) C drugs in each year since 1997. | | (25040) | 353
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of knife crime was in each police authority area in each year since 1997. | | (25041) | 354
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under 18 years have DNA profiles stored in the police national database without having been charged or cautioned for any offence. | | (24974) | 355
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, during which hours each day (a) passport control and (b) customs and immigration checks are operated at (i) Newhaven Port and (ii) Eurotunnel. | | (25140) | 356
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics his Department collects on the number of police officers deployed to stop motorists who exceed speed limits. | | (24933) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 357
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the House's expenditure on flowers was in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (24495) | 358
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the expenditure on cleaning the Serjeant at Arms's official residence was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (24496) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 359
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK Government has given to humanitarian projects in Zimbabwe since September 2001; and what types of project have been supported. | | (24973) | 360
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department first received warning of a food crisis in Niger from (a) the Early Warning System of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, (b) the Famine Early Warning System Network of the US Agency for International Development, (c) the FAO-WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission and (d) his Department's officials based in that country. | | (24260) | 361
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of people in need of food aid in Darfur. | | (24388) | 362
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the international aid for Iraqi reconstruction. | | (25339) | 363
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the aid to Africa agreed at the G8 summit is being allocated between countries. | | (25210) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 364
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many cases the remains of deceased people from Foyle constituency have been retained in Belfast for three days or more since the amalgamation of the Derry Coroner's District with the Greater Belfast Coroner's District. | | (24730) | 365
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many race crimes have been referred by the Police Service for Northern Ireland to the Public Prosecution Service over the past three years; how many prosecutions were brought; and how many convictions were secured. | | (24734) | 366
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland will include in its annual report statistics on the number of (a) reported race crimes, (b) cases prosecuted, (c) cases securing convictions and (d) cases not prosecuted. | | (24735) | 367
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether (a) he and (b) another minister was advised of the impact in terms of the valid consideration of wider policy objectives consistent with EU rules of the Procurement Policy Review commissioned by the Northern Ireland Executive. | | (24738) | 368
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the level of Sports Council funding for minority sports in Northern Ireland in 2005-06. | | (24847) | 369
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the percentage of road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland which were attributed to mechanical failure since the introduction of electronic MOT vehicle test procedures. | | (24848) | 370
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are used in Northern Ireland for MOT vehicle tests; and whether there is a requirement for speedometers to include kilometres per hour as well as miles per hour. | | (24849) | 371
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) actions and (b) activities to be funded by the children and young people's funding package announced in Budget and Priorities 2006 to 2008, indicating (i) the amounts attached to each and (ii) the planned delivery mechanisms. | | (24850) | 372
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to consult directly with (a) children, (b) young people and (c) their families on priorities and possibilities for the funding package announced in Budget and Priorities 2006 to 2008. | | (24851) | 373
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date the Department of Social Development Taskforce Report on funding for the community and voluntary sector will be published. | | (24852) | 374
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the staff breakdown by community background is of each district council in Northern Ireland; which district councils in Northern Ireland have implemented affirmative action measures in response to staff under-representation; and what affirmative action measures have been taken by district councils with identified under-representation in each case. | | (25301) | 375
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Police Service of Northern Ireland Diving Unit was last provided with new diving suits and equipment; and what resources and equipment are available to the Unit. | | (24716) | 376
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) size and (b) composition of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Diving Unit is; what its budget was in each of the last five financial years; and what its allocation is for 2005-06. | | (24717) | 377
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the Northern Ireland draft budget will be allocated to child protection services in 2006-08; and what his funding priorities are in this area. | | (25303) | 378
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that children in Northern Ireland are afforded the same legislative protection from abuse as is afforded to children in England and Wales. | | (25304) | 379
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list recipients of consultancy fees paid by each Government Department in the Province over each of the last three years. | | (24855) | 380
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many newly diagnosed cases of cardiomyopathy there were in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (24856) | 381
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time for (a) emergency and (b) routine ultrasound scans was in each health trust in the Province in 2004-05. | | (24857) | 382
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients are awaiting an ultrasound scan in the Province. | | (24858) | 383
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints have been made against each health trust in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (24859) | 384
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints have been made against general practitioners in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (24860) | 385
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the likely costs resulting from clinical negligence in the Province in each of the next five years. | | (24861) | 386
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many clinical negligence cases are pending within each health trust in the Province. | | (24862) | 387
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the prevalence of mental ill health in the Province. | | (24863) | 388
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of health spending in the Province was allocated to mental health (a) services and (b) promotion in each of the last five years. | | (24864) | 389
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued to individuals from each district council area in the Province. | | (24865) | 390
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of those living in each district council area in the Province are (a) professionals and (b) skilled workers. | | (24866) | 391
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to improve respite services for severely disabled young adults within the Eastern Health and Social Services Board area. | | (24867) | 392
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average expenditure on the training of (a) a general practitioner registrar and (b) a doctor in the year after completing their general practitioner registrar year was in the Province in 2004-05. | | (24868) | 393
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many doctors have completed general practitioner training in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (24869) | 394
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people he estimates are living in fuel poverty within each Westminster Parliamentary constituency in the Province. | | (24870) | 395
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many households received funding from the Warm Homes Scheme in the last 12 months in each Westminster Parliamentary constituency in the Province. | | (24871) | 396
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the projects being undertaken by the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety Research and Development Office. | | (24881) | 397
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been allocated to the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety Research and Development Fund in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on access to genetic testing for individuals in the Province. | | (24882) | 398
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on current research he has funded into retinitis pigmentosa. | | (24883) | 399
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the number of people living in fuel poverty within each district council area in the Province. | | (24884) | 400
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to improve psychiatry facilities on the Ards Hospital site. | | (24885) | 401
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many admissions there have been to the psychiatry unit at Ards Hospital in each of the last five years. | | (24886) | 402
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the addictions service offered to those in Strangford constituency. | | (24887) | 403
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many admissions to the psychiatry unit at Ards Hospital in each of the last five years have been for addictions. | | (24888) | 404
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hospital beds there are within each hospital trust in the Province dedicated to addictions treatment. | | (24889) | 405
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many households received funding from the Warm Homes Scheme in the last 12 months in each district council area in the Province. | | (24890) | 406
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding has been allocated by each health board in the Province for disease modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis in each of the last five years. | | (24891) | 407
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding will be provided to implement the Province's Children and Young People strategy. | | (24892) | 408
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on children's services in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (24893) | 409
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on mental health services in the Province in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (24894) | 410
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on mental health promotion in the Province in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (24895) | 411
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the priorities agreed at the World Health Organisation European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health in January. | | (24896) | 412
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many paramilitary (a) shootings and (b) assaults have been recorded by each Police District Command Unit in the Province in each of the last seven years. | | (24897) | 413
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list locations of traffic calming schemes that the Road Service expects to introduce in the Province within the next 12 months. | | (24898) | 414
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Road Service expects to commence construction of the A20 Frederick Street Link in Newtownards. | | (24899) | 415
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost of benefit fraud in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (24900) | 416
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employees of health trusts in the Province are on sick leave, broken down by profession. | | (24901) | 417
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the costs resulting from sick leave amongst NHS employees in the Province in 2004-05. | | (24902) | 418
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many overseas nurses are employed by each health trust in the Province. | | (24903) | 419
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many nursing vacancies there are in each health trust in the Province. | | (24904) | 420
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals commencing social care study in the Province (a) failed to complete and (b) completed their university course in each of the last five years. | | (24905) | 421
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants are based in each of the (a) district council areas and (b) parliamentary constituencies in the Province. | | (24906) | 422
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding he expects to be allocated to the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety Research and Development Fund in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (24907) | 423
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to public funds of absence from work in the Province in the last five years. | | (24908) | 424
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects ambulance control centres at (a) Altnagelvin, (b) Antrim and (c) Craigavon to close. | | (24909) | 425
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what equality impact assessment was conducted in relation to closure of ambulance control centres at (a) Altnagelvin, (b) Antrim and (c) Craigavon. | | (24910) | 426
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in the Province in the last 12 months were tested for their suitability for trastuzumab at the point of diagnosis. | | (24911) | 427
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether breast cancer sufferers in the Province are informed immediately if they are found to be suitable for trastuzumab treatment. | | (24912) | 428
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many women have been given trastuzumab in the Province in the early stages of breast cancer in the last 12 months. | | (24913) | 429
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many early stage breast cancer patients in the Province have requested trastuzumab but been refused in the last 12 months. | | (24914) | 430
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many women have been given trastuzumab in the Province for advanced breast cancer in the last 12 months. | | (24915) | 431
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 20th October, Official Report, column 1238W, on waiting lists, if he will take steps to record waiting times for radiotherapy in the Province. | | (24916) | 432
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what obligations school nurses are under to inform school staff when they are approached by eleven year old girls seeking contraceptive treatment on school property. | | (24917) | 433
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the Province who suffer from enzyme disorders. | | (24918) | 434
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals in the Province would be covered by the antiviral drugs stockpiled to counter an outbreak of avian influenza. | | (24919) | 435
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision is made in the Province for sufferers of lysosomal storage disorders; and what estimate he has made of the number of people in the Province who suffer from lysosomal storage disorders. | | (24920) | 436
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many infections were acquired (a) in hospitals and (b) elsewhere within the health service in the Province in each of the last 10 years. | | (24921) | 437
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of patients discharged from hospitals in the Province were readmitted within two months in the last five years. | | (24922) | 438
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information he collects on the prevalence of spiking drinks in the Province. | | (24923) | 439
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he made of the cost to public funds of absence from work in the Province due to work-related illness in the last five years. | | (24924) | 440
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what treatment is available on the NHS in Northern Ireland for porphyria vareigate; how many consultants in the Province specialise in this area of medicine; how many sufferers there are in the Province; and if he will make a statement. | | (24982) | 441
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Government buildings in Northern Ireland remain to be adapted to meet the needs of people with disabilities; and when the necessary adaptations are expected to be completed in each case. | | (24983) | 442
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost has been of upgrading roads and footpaths at (a) Lagan College and (b) the Millennium Primary School in the Strangford constituency. | | (25014) | 443
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many integrated (a) primary and (b) post primary schools are planned in each education and library board area over the next three years. | | (25015) | 444
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children in each education and library board area are awaiting assessment for a statement; and if he will make a statement. | | (25016) | 445
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the breakdown of religious affiliation of senior management is in each Government Department in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (25018) | 446
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what timescale is planned for the ending of selection by religious affiliation for recruitment for the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (25019) | 447
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in each board area have died of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (25020) | 448
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time for surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm was in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (25021) | 449
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what budget is planned for the Office of the Commissioner for Victims; how many staff are expected to be employed in that office; and when the office will open. | | (25161) | 450
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Protestant and (b) Catholic teachers are employed in (i) the state controlled sector, (ii) the Catholic maintained sector and the (iii) integrated sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (25162) | 451
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the religious composition is of the (a) Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, (b) Northern Ireland Policing Board and (c) Parades Commission. | | (25171) | 452
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Roman Catholics sit on education and library boards; and if he will make a statement. | | (25195) | 453
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Protestants sit on the Council of Catholic Maintained Schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (25196) | 454
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints he has received from police officers regarding (a) actions by officers from the Ombudsman's Office and (b) investigations carried out by the Police Ombudsman in each of the last five years. | | (25148) | 455
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been paid out due to medical negligence in each health board in each of the last 10 years. | | (25149) | 456
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were employed in the manufacturing sector in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (25150) | 457
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Housing Executive properties there are in each Northern Ireland housing district. | | (25151) | 458
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Housing Executive properties have been sold to (a) tenants, (b) property developers and (c) others in each Northern Ireland housing district in each of the last 10 years. | | (25152) | 459
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many industrial tribunal applications were lodged against the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2004-05; and what the status is of each case. | | (25153) | 460
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many road traffic collisions involving stolen vehicles there have been in each of the last five years; and how many were (a) fatal collisions, (b) serious collisions and (c) slight collisions in each year. | | (25154) | 461
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many road traffic collisions involving hit and run vehicles there have been in each of the last five years; and how many were (a) fatal collisions, (b) serious collisions and (c) slight collisions in each year. | | (25155) | 462
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning applications there have been to construct or add to existing telecommunication masts in each local authority in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; and how many applications were (a) approved and (b) refused in each year. | | (25156) | 463
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to put in place for telecommunication mast sharing. | | (25157) | 464
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by how much and what percentage the regional rate has changed in each of the last 20 years. | | (25164) | 465
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in each district command unit in Northern Ireland are under home detention curfew. | | (25165) | 466
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police cells are in use in each district command unit in Northern Ireland. | | (25166) | 467
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the administration cost of the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland has been in each of the last five years; and what the expected expenditure is in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (25167) | 468
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding has been allocated in each year of its operation to the budget of the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland. | | (25168) | 469
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many car thefts there were in each district command unit in each of the last five years. | | (25169) | 470
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been allocated to learning disability services in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (25212) | 471
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of funding that makes up the learning disability programme of care is allocated to each aspect of the programme. | | (25213) | 472
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of vehicles on the road in Northern Ireland without a valid test certificate; and if he will make a statement. | | (25214) | 473
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of providing the vehicle testing service in Northern Ireland has been in each of the last five years. | | (25215) | 474
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been received through vehicle test fees in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (25216) | 475
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the current average waiting time is for a vehicle test in Northern Ireland. | | (25217) | 476
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many compensation claims have been made to his Department under the Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2002; how many payments have been made in each year of the operation of the scheme; and what the total value of claims was in each year. | | (25218) | 477
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning enforcement officers there are in each area of Northern Ireland. | | (25219) | 478
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the level of real personal disposable income was in each of the last five years; and what the percentage change from the previous year was in each year. | | (25221) | 479
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been responsible for testing for illegal fuel in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and where they were based. | | (25222) | 480
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many permits have been issued to the public for use of fireworks in each of the last three years. | | (25223) | 481
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the percentage change in civil servant salaries in Northern Ireland has been in each of the last 10 years. | | (25224) | 482
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to each health board in Northern Ireland of contracting procedures out to the private sector has been in each of the last five years. | | (25225) | 483
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list (a) dissident Republican and (b) Loyalist groups which have been linked to punishment beatings since July. | | (24767) | 484
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many armed robberies have taken place in West Belfast since July. | | (24768) | Questions to the Prime Minister 485
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to be accompanied by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on all trips to (a) China and (b) India. | | (25013) | 486
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost was of his trip in July to discuss the sale of BAE Systems' Typhoon fighter planes to the Saudi Arabian defence forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (25287) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 487
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on funding targets set for renewable energy sources in the UK; and whether funding targets have been met. | | (24707) | 488
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria he uses when determining whether to intervene in a matter being reviewed by the Office of Fair Trading. | | (24442) | 489
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations the Office of Fair Trading has received from the European Commission on the legality of magazine distribution in the UK. | | (25326) | 490
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons the Government decided to repeal the Land and Vertical Agreements Exclusion Order 2000. | | (25327) | 491
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the measures being taken by other European Union countries to ensure that they are compliant with relevant European Union competition law in respect of magazine wholesalers and distributors. | | (25328) | 492
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to expand skills retraining services for displaced workers in Coventry. | | (24028) | 493
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of (a) imports from India to the UK and (b) exports to India from the UK in each of the last five years. | | (24623) | 494
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of his Department's trade missions involving representatives from companies there have been to India in each of the last five years. | | (24625) | 495
N | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what fund will replace the Phoenix Fund in relation to Bolton Business Ventures Ltd. | | (24416) | 496
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on (a) proposals to replace the Major Photovoltaic Demonstration Programme and the Clear Skies Initiative and (b) the resources to be made available for new programmes. | | (24929) | 497
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the practicality of developing nuclear-based combined heat and power energy services in the North East. | | (24935) | 498
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps have been taken to provide funding to encourage Shropshire farmers to grow biofuels. | | (25334) | 499
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much compensation was paid to members of the public for letters lost or stolen whilst in the possession of the Royal Mail in the last three years for which information is available. | | (24948) | 500
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many letters (a) were lost or stolen and (b) had items stolen from inside the letter whilst in the possession of the Royal Mail in the last three years for which information is available. | | (24949) | 501
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on animal health of the coming into force of the Supply of Relevant Veterinary Medicinal Products Order 2005. | | (25285) | 502
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure full account is taken of the interests of developing countries during the World Trade Organisation negotiations on agriculture. | | (24440) | 503
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking towards ensuring that developing countries are not obliged to open up their markets through international trade agreements. | | (24441) | 504
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the outcome of discussions held on 19th and 20th October with World Trade ministers on the preparations for the World Trade Summit in Hong Kong on 13th December. | | (25174) | 505
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will support at the World Trade Summit measures to allow developing countries the right to set their own level of tariff reductions in accordance with their own development needs. | | (25175) | 506
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Skills concerning the Work and Families Bill. | | (25094) | 507
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities about the retirement age for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement. | | (24826) | 508
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which companies are the five largest suppliers of natural gas in the UK. | | (25120) | 509
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's policy is on unofficial strikes. | | (25209) | 510
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to help small businesses to expand. | | (24561) | 511
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he was first informed that he would be responsible for public sector pensions reform. | | (25163) | 512
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, from which Departments officials who accompanied him to meetings with trade union representatives to discuss public sector pensions reform came. | | (25198) | 513
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) the dates of and (b) those present at meetings attended by him to discuss public sector pensions reform with trade union representatives. | | (25199) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 514
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to upgrade infrastructure along the Hastings to London Victoria line; and if he will make a statement. | | (24624) | 515
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to upgrade the infrastructure at Bexhill-on-Sea train station; and how much funding it has received in each year since 1997. | | (24626) | 516
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to upgrade the infrastructure at (a) Crowhurst, (b) Battle, (c) Robertsbridge and (d) Etchingham train stations in East Sussex; and if he will make a statement. | | (24627) | 517
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will encourage train operating companies to undertake public consultations for rail users affected by train timetabling changes on the Hastings to London Victoria and Hastings to Charing Cross lines. | | (24628) | 518
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of the proposed A21 upgrade on the local community; and if he will make a statement. | | (25101) | 519
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what surveys his Department has conducted on the effect of the proposed A21 upgrade on local businesses; and whether these surveys have been made available to residents in the areas affected by the route. | | (25102) | 520
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received opposing the Bexhill to Hastings link road; and if he will make a statement. | | (25237) | 521
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the economic impact of the Bexhill to Hastings link road on the local community; and if he will make a statement. | | (25238) | 522
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures are in place for local authorities to be able to cross-check details with (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and (b) the police when neither the recipient of a penalty notice, nor their vehicle, has been in the vicinity of the relevant local authority area. | | (24854) | 523
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent employee reductions his Department has made as a result of the Gershon review; what cost savings relating to IT projects were achieved; what value of efficiency savings (a) were achieved in 2004-05 and (b) are expected to be achieved in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (24331) | 524
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in his Department (a) were relocated in 2004-05 and (b) are expected to be relocated in 2005-06 as a result of the Lyons review of public sector relocation; to which places they have been relocated; and if he will make a statement. | | (24332) | 525
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of road usage by (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic heavy goods vehicles in the United Kingdom in 2004. | | (25132) | 526
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of transcontinental haulage lorries in the United Kingdom in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004 were non-domestic; and if he will make a statement. | | (25134) | 527
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road safety violations by (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic heavy goods vehicles in England and Wales were recorded by the British Transport Police in England and Wales in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (25135) | 528
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of travel insurance policies which cover air carrier insolvency. | | (25141) | 529
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of leisure air passengers who were protected by the Air Traffic Organisers Licence in each year since 1995. | | (25142) | 530
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the proportion of leisure air passengers who will be protected by the Air Traffic Organisers Licence in each year to 2010. | | (25143) | 531
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of leisure air passengers who flew without Air Traffic Organisers Licence protection in each year since 2000. | | (25144) | 532
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the total regulatory compliance cost of the Air Traffic Organisers Licence bonding requirements for tour operators. | | (25145) | 533
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK airlines have become insolvent since 2000. | | (25146) | 534
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on his plans in respect of airlines which have not taken voluntary measures in relation to airline insolvency insurance. | | (25158) | 535
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in Kettering constituency. | | (24382) | 536
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on road traffic calming measures. | | (24976) | 537
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's budget has been allocated to road safety initiatives in financial year 2005-06. | | (24977) | 538
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the road safety implications of variable or rolling advertising billboards at road junctions; and if he will make a statement. | | (25002) | 539
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in the Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency. | | (25331) | 540
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to upgrade the infrastructure at Shrewsbury railway station. | | (25332) | 541
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the timing of the pedestrian phase of traffic lights; what monitoring takes place to ensure that such guidance is adhered to; and if he will take action to prevent the length of the pedestrian phase of traffic light sequences being set so high as to cause unnecessary traffic congestion. | | (23353) | 542
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of the documents on the Central Railway project that were released by his Department to Central Railway plc following an application under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (25254) | 543
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the amount of debt on the Humber Bridge was in each year since its opening; and what rate of interest was paid on the debt in each year. | | (24771) | 544
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the toll for the Humber Bridge was in each year since its opening. | | (24772) | 545
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department plans to recommence the rail passenger partnership funding for new passenger rail services; what plans he has to review such funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (24945) | 546
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the consultants' final report on the review of the Northern Rail franchise; whether its recommendations will be incorporated into the 2006 Rail Timetable Planning Conference; and if he will make a statement on the implications of the review for the Northern Way initiative. | | (24946) | 547
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department plans to publish the final regional planning assessment for North East England; and whether its recommendations will be incorporated into the 2006 Rail Timetable Planning Conference. | | (24947) | 548
| 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 correspondence from (a) the general public and (b) honourable Members. | | (24769) | 549
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what costs have been incurred by the review of Northern Rail services; and what the expected final costs are. | | (25017) | 550
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has in the context of the Thames Gateway to build new transport links in Essex. | | (25069) | 551
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) road traffic accidents and (b) road fatalities there have been on the A14 in Suffolk in each of the last 10 years. | | (25181) | 552
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 384W, on what date a committee was appointed to advise on priorities for investment in transport for the Eastern region; and who the members of the committee are. | | (24984) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 553
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October, Official Report, column 252W on Health Services, whether he discusses the delivery of health services in Wales in Cabinet as the voice of Wales. | | (24970) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 554
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the take-up of stakeholder pensions; and what the average employee contribution to stakeholder pension schemes has been. | | (25236) | 555
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the recent reductions in staffing at job centres arose from (a) resignation of personnel who have not been replaced, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy. | | (24765) | 556
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change was in claimant count unemployment attributable to (a) new claims and (b) changes in the duration of existing claims in each of the last 12 calendar months. | | (24766) | 557
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent employee reductions there have been in his Department as a result of the Gershon review; what cost savings relating to IT projects were achieved; what value of efficiency savings (a) were achieved in 2004-05 and (b) are expected to be achieved in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (24333) | 558
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) incapacity benefit and (b) severe disability allowance claimants there were in each quarter since February 2003, broken down by Jobcentre Plus district. | | (24080) | 559
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the quarterly off-flows from (a) incapacity benefit and (b) severe disability allowance for each quarter from February 2003 to the latest available date, broken down by (i) Jobcentre Plus district and (ii) reason for termination. | | (24327) | 560
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times he has met representatives of DNA Bioscience since May in connection with his ministerial responsibilities. | | (24494) | 561
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assets were transferred to Sema/Atos Origin in the 1998 Benefits Agency Medical Services Contract; whether (a) offices and (b) other premises were transferred assets in that contract; and what assets were transferred to Atos Origin in the 2005 Benefits Agency Medical Services Contract. | | (24943) | 562
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to helplines dealing with claims for jobseeker's allowance (a) were received, (b) were handled, (c) received an engaged or busy tone and (d) were abandoned by the caller in each month since January 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (24951) | 563
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have had (a) work-focused interviews every six months, (b) their income support reduced as a sanction for failure to attend a compulsory work-focused interview and (c) their work-focused interview deferred or waived since the sanctioning regime was introduced. | | (25257) | 564
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of income support recipients were disabled in (a) May 1997 and (b) May 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (25258) | 565
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of income support recipients receiving a disability premium have been on the benefit for (a) less than one year, (b) less than two years, (c) less than five years and (d) less than eight years. | | (25259) | 566
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parents on income support have been on the benefit for (a) less than two years, (b) less than five years and (c) less than 10 years. | | (25260) | 567
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each constituency in the Yorkshire and Humber region received a state pension in each of the past three years. | | (24752) | 568
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency has received but not yet passed on to the parent with care. | | (25235) | 569
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what further education and training has been available through the New Deal for Young People in each region in each year since 1998; and what education and training is planned to be available through the programme in each region until 2008. | | (25092) | 570
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the funding of Jobcentre Plus on the number of (a) directly employed staff and (b) contracted staff. | | (25173) | 571
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which training companies providing courses under the New Deal for Young People he expects to have their contracts renewed. | | (25200) | 572
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of those on the New Deal for Young People have a criminal record. | | (25201) | 573
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of young people (a) starting and (b) completing the New Deal for Young People have lacked basic skills. | | (25202) | 574
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of single women pensioners living in poverty. | | (25038) | 575
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners received means-tested benefits (a) in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) in the equivalent period in 1997, broken down by sex. | | (25059) | 576
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with (a) the Financial Services Authority and (b) life assurance companies about what constitutes best advice with regards to private funded pensions following the Pensions Regulator's assessment of the deficit of final salary schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (24930) | 577
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received pension credit in (a) March and (b) June. | | (25176) | 578
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects a decision by the European Court of Justice in the case being brought by Amicus against the Government. | | (25177) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 579
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the announcement on public sector pensions of 18th October, at what rate he assumed current members of public sector pension schemes would be replaced by new employees in each decade for the purposes of estimating the revised cost of public sector pensions. | | [Transferred] (24877) | 580
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis was for the estimate of (a) gross savings on the cost of public sector pensions of £26 billion and (b) net savings of £13 billion over the next 50 years announced by officials on 19th October. | | [Transferred] (24878) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 581
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether he has drafted regulations to be laid before Parliament under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 in the event of an influenza pandemic. | | [Transferred] (25110) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 582
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has (a) to retrain and (b) to prepare for civilian life members of the Royal Irish Regiment; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (25159) | 583
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Irish Regiment who will be made redundant by 2007 reside in the Strangford constituency. | | [Transferred] (25160) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 584
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of current energy usage in the public sector the Government estimates can be saved through energy efficiency measures. | | [Transferred] (24971) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 585
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recommendations she made regarding GM Maize - GA21 prior to its submission to the EU regulatory authority. | | [Transferred] (25231) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 586
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he collects on the treatment in their country of origin of failed asylum seekers who were Christian converts from Islam and are returned to Islamic countries; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (24818) | 587
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of youths (a) drinking and (b) buying alcohol. | | [Transferred] (25147) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 588
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the (a) training and (b) subsidised job options will remain as options in the New Deal for Young People in (i) London and (ii) the North East. | | [Transferred] (25204) |
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