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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 14 November 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 14 November 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 14 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 Monday 14 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 14 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost was of amending his travel arrangements and returning from Israel in order to vote in the House on 9th November; and if he will make a statement. | | (28566) | 2
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to support the creation of a single corporation tax base within the European Union; what assessment he has made of the development of such a base through decisions of the European Court; and what his policy is on the Kovacs' measures on tax harmonisation within the EU. | | (28610) | 3
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are to receive performance-related pay (PRP) in 2005-06; and for how many staff PRP is directly linked to revenue collection targets. | | (28611) | 4
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he has put in place to assess the impact on business and inward investment in the UK of the measures contained in the Finance Act (No. 2) 2005. | | (28612) | 5
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of aggregate arrears of pay as you earn and national insurance payments due from NHS trusts to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs as at (a) 20th October 2005 and (b) 20th October 2004. | | (28619) | 6
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what depreciation policy the Valuation Office Agency will apply to the recently purchased desktop valuation software system. | | (28620) | 7
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the costs incurred in respect of the deferred 2007 council tax revaluation the Valuation Office Agency (a) will write off and (b) recover from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. | | (28621) | 8
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projection he has made of the written down value of the expenditure by the Valuation Office Agency in respect of the deferred 2007 council tax revaluation at (a) 1st June 2009 and (b) 1st June 2010. | | (28622) | 9
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) amend the current definition of those subject to P11D returns as higher rate earners and (b) raise the threshold for the requirement to submit a P11D return. | | (28623) | 10
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people on the national minimum wage he estimates are required to submit P11D returns as higher rate earners. | | (28624) | 11
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an unmarried couple who each own a home would incur a capital gains tax disadvantage by marrying. | | (28625) | 12
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the long-term impact on tax rates of the national debt. | | (28647) | 13
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of rearranging his flight from Israel on 9th November, and whether the cost was met by public funds. | | (28886) | 14
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received regarding (a) productivity levels, (b) business investment and (c) United Kingdom competitiveness. | | (28949) | 15
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department between the end of the 2003-04 session and the end of April 2005, broken down by Act. | | (28473) | 16
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to his Department of his early return to the United Kingdom from Israel on 9th November. | | (28907) | 17
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the additional cost of (a) his and (b) his officials' early return from Israel to permit him to vote in the proceedings in the Terrorism Bill. | | (28111) | 18
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in East Lothian are eligible to receive the Child Trust Fund. | | (28836) | 19
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is being spent in 2005-06 on newspaper advertising to improve the take-up rate of the Child Trust Fund in the UK. | | (28837) | 20
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is being spent in 2005-06 on commercial radio in Scotland to improve the take-up rate of the Child Trust Fund. | | (28838) | 21
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies are providing the Helpline for Child Trust Fund enquiries; and how many staff they employ. | | (28839) | 22
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was received in taxation from (a) alcoholic drinks, (b) public houses and (c) tobacco products in Northern Ireland during the last year for which figures are available. | | (28222) | 23
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the working-age population was unemployed in each ward in Rochdale constituency in each year since 1997. | | (28935) | 24
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to exempt people with a disability from VAT charges on social care services they receive from private or not-for-profit organisations; and if he will make a statement. | | (28497) | 25
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on zero-rating VAT charges on social care delivered by the private and not-for-profit sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (28499) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 26
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd November, Official Report, columns 1353-4W, on the Strategy Unit, what the other phases of the work will be. | | (28823) | 27
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in his Department were affected by the increase in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28931) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 28
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many employees in her Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28968) | 29
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many agency staff are employed by her Department; and what the cost of employing them was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (27506) | 30
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent by her Department on consultancy fees in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; what the 2006-07 projected figure is; and if she will make a statement. | | (27507) | 31
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average renumeration is for a non-management lawyer employed in the Government Legal Services | | (27508) | 32
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance the Department has issued to coroners on making their reports available to doctors who request them; and if she will take steps to encourage coroners to make reports available when they are requested. | | (28725) | 33
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 7th November, Official Report, columns 165-6W, on the Great War Medal Index Cards, whether other (a) organisations and (b) museums were given the opportunity to bid for ownership of the cards; and how the Western Front Association was informed that the National Archives wished to pass on the cards. | | (28939) | 34
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the members of the Privy Council. | | (28861) | 35
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on how many occasions the Privy Council met in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (28862) | 36
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received from the charity sector on exempting charities from the list of organisations that are barred from calling people that have registered with the Telephone Preference Service; and if she will make a statement. | | (28734) | 37
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the inclusion of charities among the organisations that are barred from calling people that have registered with the Telephone Preference Service. | | (28751) | 38
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what opportunities there are for people who register with the Telephone Preference Service to exclude charities from the list of organisations barred from calling them. | | (28752) | 39
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of exempting charities from the list of organisations that are barred from calling people that have registered with the Telephone Preference Service. | | (28753) | 40
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidelines cover financial donations to political parties. | | (28470) | 41
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of people aged 18 to 21 years voted in the (a) 1992, (b) 1997, (c) 2001 and (d) 2005 general elections. | | (28927) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 42
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the London Development Agency (LDA) about the tendering process for Olympic projects; and if she will ask the LDA to publish the names of companies shortlisted for tenders. | | (28926) | 43
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees in her Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28967) | 44
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1st November, Official Report, column 896W, on departmental spending, if she will itemise the works of art bought in 2004-05; and what the cost of each was. | | (28754) | 45
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people over 75 years in Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency receive free television licences. | | (28964) | 46
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the letter dated 1st September from the honourable Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, ref CMS 22294/DC. | | (28888) | 47
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the proposed Olympic Park site is (a) greenfield and (b) brownfield land; and how much is planned to be (a) greenfield and (b) brownfield land after the games are completed. | | (28738) | 48
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the likely number of visitors to the Olympic Park for the 2012 games. | | (28739) | 49
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of visitors to the 2012 games Olympic Park are expected to use (a) private and (b) public transport. | | (28740) | 50
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what land is planned to be used for car parking for the 2012 games Olympic Park. | | (28741) | 51
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many car parking spaces will be made available for spectators going to the 2012 games in the Olympic Park. | | (28742) | 52
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding Sport England has allocated to areas of health inequalities in each of the last two financial years; and if she will make a statement. | | (28516) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 53
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records are maintained of US civil registered aircraft landing at UK military airfields. | | (28785) | 54
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records are maintained of individuals who arrive into the UK at military airfields on US registered aircraft. | | (28786) | 55
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28969) | 56
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army (a) handguns, (b) rifles and (c) other weapons went missing in the UK in each year since 1997; and how many were recovered over the same timescale. | | (25714) | 57
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November, Official Report, column 1260W, on departmental spending, if he will itemise the works of art bought in 2004-05; and what the cost of each was. | | (28654) | 58
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November, Official Report, column 1259W, on AWE Aldermaston, what further plans he has for additional funding for AWE Aldermaston. | | (28513) | 59
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the (a) management and (b) security of the Heapey ammunitions storage facility in the event of the closure Royal Ordnance Chorley. | | (28156) | 60
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the implications for the Smart Procurement Policy of the Prime Minister's recent statement at his monthly press conference that the recent performance of Swan Hunters should not preclude them for bidding for future work from the aircraft carrier programme. | | (28750) | 61
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to his Department which have been passed to the FOI clearing house for evaluation, broken down by (a) subject and (b) date of request. | | (28944) | 62
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) was consulted by and (b) offered advice to the Royal British Legion on the risks of pinning Remembrance Day poppies onto the clothing of purchasers. | | (26871) | 63
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department collects on the use of illegal recreational drugs by service personnel; and how many disciplinary cases arising from drug misuse there were in each of the armed forces in each of the past five years. | | (26872) | 64
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department is carrying out to establish whether the combination of immunisations against chemical and biological weapons given to service personnel before and during the 1990-91 Gulf War was medically harmful; and what the findings of the research have been to date. | | (27250) | 65
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes were made to the (a) number and (b) nature of the immunisations against chemical and biological weapons given to service personnel for service in the 2003 Gulf War compared with those given for service in the 1990-91 Gulf War. | | (27251) | 66
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the process he described in Washington DC as a final perusal of UK plans to build two large aircraft carriers; what aspects of the carrier programme are being perused; and whether this constitutes a lessening of the Government's commitment to build the carriers. | | (27462) | 67
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his South African counterpart about the extent to which South Africans serving in the UK armed forces have received the required approval to do so under the relevant South African legislation. | | (28326) | 68
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether agreement has been reached with the Kenyan Government on the resumption of British Army training in Kenya. | | (28928) | 69
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons applications from Fiji to join the Armed Services are on hold. | | (28929) | 70
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army live in Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency. | | (28958) | 71
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans in Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency have applied for veteran medals in the last five years. | | (28959) | 72
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many empty homes his Department owns; what the locations of these properties are; how many of these properties have been empty for more than six months; and how many of these properties his Department is prepared to offer to registered social landlords for short-term leases. | | (28824) | 73
N | Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the presence of British military forces deployed in Kosovo; what plans there are for continuing the deployment; and if he will make a statement. | | (27532) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 74
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28970) | 75
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been paid in insurance premiums by local authorities in relation to complaints of (a) sexual and (b) physical abuse arising out of residence in (i) care and (ii) residential schools in each year since 1992. | | (28791) | 76
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures the Government is taking to combat age discrimination in relation to housing. | | (28617) | 77
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to prevent minimum age restriction covenants in relation to housing. | | (28618) | 78
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make further funds available to local authorities to allow them to reduce council tax rates. | | (28593) | 79
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to establish a centralised mechanism to collect data on the number of planning permissions granted for housing development on green belt land. | | (28885) | 80
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library copies of each regional housing board's recommended investment strategy for 2006 to 2008. | | (28743) | 81
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria will be used to decide which Cabinet Minister in his Department will speak on issues concerning his Department at meetings of the Cabinet. | | (28744) | 82
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many meetings concerning issues for which his Department is responsible (a) he has, (b) the Minister for Communities and Local Government has and (c) both have attended since May. | | (28745) | 83
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated cost to his Department is in 2005-06 of making the Minister for Communities and Local Government a Cabinet Minister. | | (28746) | 84
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many letters (a) he and (b) the Minister for Communities and Local Government have written since May. | | (28749) | 85
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October, Official Report, column 876W to the honourable Member for Meriden, on Design for Manufacture Competition, how many of the 430 affordable homes being built on former NHS sites under the Design for Manufacture competition will be (a) social rented units, (b) for sale under a shared equity scheme and (c) for sale at £60,000. | | (28821) | 86
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will publish the consultation paper on the revision of standards for determining levels of household overcrowding; and if he will make a statement. | | (28822) | 87
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total expenditure on (a) Intermediate Rent, (b) Homebuy New Build and (c) Mixed Funded for Sale programmes has been, broken down by local authority. | | (28825) | 88
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homes have been built for key workers under each of the (a) Intermediate Rent, (b) Homebuy New Build and (c) Mixed Funded for Sale programmes; how many have been sold or let under each programme; and in cases where homes have remained empty how long they have been empty, broken down by local authority. | | (28826) | 89
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on funding for the Living Over the Shop organisation. | | (28827) | 90
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 18th July, Official Report, column 1440W, on homelessness, what the value was of funding for the project transferred from the Corporation of London; and which authority is now responsible for administering funding for this scheme. | | (28835) | 91
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October, Official Report, column 807W, to the honourable Member for Meriden on Design for Manufacture Competition, what English Partnerships' (a) estimated base valuations were for each of the sites under the Design for Manufacture Competition and (b) estimate was of projected sales prices for the mix of homes on each site. | | (28842) | 92
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) the average expenditure by (i) county councils and (ii) district councils on the functions for which they are responsible and (b) the average population served by (A) county councils and (B) district councils was in (1) 2002-03, (2) 2003-04 and (3) 2004-05. | | (28890) | 93
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Hostels Improvement Programme. | | (28891) | 94
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to put forward proposals for reform of the Disabled Facilities Grant. | | (28892) | 95
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will require English Partnerships to make a commitment to deliver social rented housing on the 17 sites being made available under the London Wide Initiative. | | (28893) | 96
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the progress of the National Brownfield Strategy in bringing hardcore derelict sites into use. | | (28894) | 97
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when his Department plans to monitor its performance in reducing the number of families with children living in overcrowded housing as part of Public Service Agreement 5. | | (28895) | 98
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of social rented housing in each local authority in London in each year since 1990 has been (a) bedsit, (b) one-bedroom, (c) two-bedroom, (d) three-bedroom and (e) four-bedroom or more. | | (28896) | 99
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of social rented housing in each Government office region in each year since 1990 has been (a) bedsit, (b) one-bedroom, (c) two-bedroom, (d) three-bedroom and (e) four-bedroom or more. | | (28897) | 100
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what training is provided to fire services on identifying injury caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. | | (28956) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 101
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information she collates on the provision of training by employers in the (a) private sector and (b) public sector, according to the age of employee receiving that training. | | (28668) | 102
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what criteria the decision to close Belford College in Werneth, Oldham, was based; how much notice was given to parents of learners; and what alternative provision will be made. | | (28688) | 103
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff in her Department were affected by the increase in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28930) | 104
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) unitary and (b) metropolitan local authorities have received claims for compensation for (i) sexual and (ii) physical abuse in residential schools in the last five years. | | (28788) | 105
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local authorities have received claims for compensation for (a) sexual and (b) physical abuse in residential schools; and what the total value of such claims was in respect of each authority in 2004-05. | | (28789) | 106
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been paid in compensation to complainants by local authorities for (a) sexual and (b) physical abuse in residential schools since 1992. | | (28790) | 107
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of the Adult Learning Inspectorate in 2005-06 is. | | (28637) | 108
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average cost is of providing an additional adult education place in 2005-06. | | (28638) | 109
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November, Official Report, column 131W, on special schools, what the complex issues are; and if she will make a statement. | | (28267) | 110
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funds have been made available in 2005-06 for adult education courses in Kent; and what percentage change this represents over the previous year. | | (28594) | 111
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which further education colleges in Gravesham will receive (a) a decrease and (b) an increase in their funding for adult education, not including for basic skills courses, in 2005-06 compared to the previous academic year. | | (28884) | 112
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to ensure that evidence given in family law cases is subject to the law on perjury. | | (28650) | 113
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many NHS establishments in Sheffield declined to participate in the Working Together to Safeguard Children Protocols pilot on sexual health. | | (28652) | 114
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the responsibilities in the field of Education and Skills are of (a) the Greater London Authority, (b) the Government Office for London and (c) the London Development Agency. | | (28557) | 115
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how the re-apportionment of funds as laid out in Priorities for Success will affect offender learning. | | (28572) | 116
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what adult guidance provision there is in each local authority area. | | (28573) | 117
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department has taken to persuade teachers who have left the profession to return. | | (28574) | 118
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes in funding to the Union Learning Fund are proposed as a result of Priorities for Success. | | (28575) | 119
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grades were achieved by those receiving the education maintenance allowance in each year that it has been available. | | (28576) | 120
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information and communication technology courses are available for teachers; and what funding is available for such courses. | | (28577) | 121
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her Department's policy is on adult guidance provision. | | (28578) | 122
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the courses funded through the Union Learning Fund are (a) basic skills courses, (b) Level 1 and Level 2 courses and (c) Level 3 and above courses. | | (28579) | 123
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the courses funded through the Union Learning Fund take under nine hours. | | (28580) | 124
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils in (a) specialist colleges and (b) schools which are not specialist science colleges took (i) separate science and (ii) dual award science in the last period for which figures are available. | | (28581) | 125
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of those studying science in higher education took (a) dual award science GCSE and (b) separate sciences at GCSE in the last period for which figures are available. | | (28582) | 126
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of learners who have enrolled on publicly-funded courses since 1992 have failed to complete those courses, broken down by age bands of 10 years. | | (28583) | 127
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual budget of Connexions has been in each year that it has been running; and what the budget of the pre-Connexions career service was in each year between 1992 and its replacement. | | (28584) | 128
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether data is held centrally on the attendance of students on post-16 courses. | | (28585) | 129
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which specialist colleges and schools which are not specialist science colleges and schools offer (a) separate science and (b) dual award science at GCSE. | | (28587) | 130
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reason she has decided not to allocate the funding of £22 million for protecting strategic subjects to centres of excellence. | | (28588) | 131
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reason she has decided to allocate the funding of £22 million for protecting strategic subjects to collaborative projects. | | (28589) | 132
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8th November to Question 24997, whether those referred to as other sources and partners, who will supply an average 15 per cent. of capital funding for an academy, are public or private bodies. | | (28602) | 133
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 18th October, Official Report, column 961W, on the Learning and Skills Council, when she expects learner numbers for 2004-05 to be available. | | (28603) | 134
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to paragraph 54 of Priorities for Success, which courses that currently carry nine or fewer guided learning hours she plans to subsume into larger courses and fund; and from which courses of nine or fewer guided learning hours she intends to withdraw funding. | | (28632) | 135
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October, Official Report, column 961W, on the Learning and Skills Council and of 8th November to Question 19348, what the funding per learner was for those (a) studying Levels four and five and (b) in higher education. | | (28651) | 136
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list courses under nine hours which further education colleges offered in their initial prospectuses for 2005-06; and which of these she expects will be affected by the changes in funding proposed in Priorities for Success. | | (28755) | 137
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she will take to ensure overlap does not occur in their work in relation to skills of the regional development agencies, the sector skills councils, the regional skills partnerships and the proposed Learning and Skills Council regional centres. | | (28760) | 138
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils studying in specialist colleges and schools, which are not specialist science colleges and schools, have gained (a) dual award science, (b) biology, (c) chemistry and (d) physics GCSEs, in each of the last five years broken down by grade. | | (28762) | 139
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grading levels will be used for Skills for Life qualifications. | | (28764) | 140
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the change in the burden of administration on adult guidance providers since the Learning and Skills Council was established. | | (28765) | 141
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria were used in making the decision explicity to include improving the skills of workers delivering public services in the Learning and Skills Council's Priorities for Success; and whether this excludes workers delivering private services. | | (28766) | 142
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answers to the honourable Member for Mid-Bedfordshire, of 2nd November, Official Report, columns 1203-04W, on Science, whether the figures in Table 2 are included in the figures in Table 1. | | (28940) | 143
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 7th November, Official Report, column 130W, on Skills for Life courses, if she will place in the Library the evidence referred to in her Answer to Question 24962. | | (28941) | 144
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November, Official Report, columns 124-5W, on offender learning schemes, whether she expects the proposals to be published before Christmas. | | (28942) | 145
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November, Official Report, column 124W, on offender learning schemes, when new offender learning and skills delivery arrangements will be extended to the rest of England. | | (28948) | 146
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the percentage of working-age adults with no qualifications is in each constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (28936) | 147
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many accidents have been recorded to learners within the (a) Millennium Volunteers, (b) Children's Fund, (c) Positive Activities for Young Persons, (d) Neighbourhood Support Fund, (e) Sure Start and (f) Local Network Fund programme since each was established, broken down by (i) fatal, (ii) major and (iii) those requiring over three days' absence. | | (28900) | 148
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many accidents have been recorded as occurring to Learning and Skills Council funded learners in each year since 2001 broken down by (a) fatal, (b) major and (c) those requiring over three days' absence; and how many of those learners were (i) under and (ii) over 16 years of age at the time of the accident. | | (28901) | 149
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, why her Department has opposed the installation of fire sprinklers in the new G3 Academy in Chelmsley Wood. | | (28511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 150
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees in her Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28882) | 151
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of live animals imported for slaughter in the last year for which figures are available. | | (28105) | 152
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact on beef products in England of the import of South American beef products. | | (28106) | 153
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which live animals exported from Brazil are subsequently imported as meat products into the UK. | | (28112) | 154
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to reduce emissions from aviation. | | (28596) | 155
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to continue to fund campaigns to encourage the use of cloth nappies. | | (28633) | 156
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental effects of the use of cloth nappies on maternity wards. | | (28634) | 157
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the members are of the Radioactive Waste Policy Group; on what dates the Group has met in the last 12 months; when the Group plans to meet in the next 12 months; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of meetings held in the last 12 months. | | (28503) | 158
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the secondees from British Nuclear Fuel Group (a) working and (b) who have worked during the last 12 months in her Department; what their (i) job role and title and (ii) grade is; and what the responsibilities were of each of the secondees. | | (28670) | 159
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to her Department which have been passed to the FOI clearing house for evaluation, broken down by (a) subject and (b) date of request. | | (28943) | 160
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many outstanding applications for Byways Open to All Traffic (BOATS) there were at (a) December 2003, (b) January 2005 and (c) May 2005. | | (27530) | 161
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Pegasus Birds quarantine centre continues to hold a licence to quarantine birds; and when Pegasus Birds quarantine centre was last inspected. | | (28713) | 162
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks were made on (a) Mr Howard Savage and (b) Mr Brett Hammond of Pegasus Birds to assess whether it would be appropriate to grant them a licence to quarantine birds. | | (28714) | 163
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether a public health issue would arise if a hospital worker was running the Pegasus Birds quarantine centre. | | (28715) | 164
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the possibility that birds that had come into contact with the bird flu virus may have left Pegasus Birds quarantine centre. | | (28716) | 165
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many facilities with licences to quarantine birds operate in the UK; and if she will order immediate inspections of them. | | (28717) | 166
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to prevent (a) deliberate and (b) accidental failures in the implementation of the quarantine rules. | | (28718) | 167
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) criminal convictions and (b) a history of breaching quarantine procedures are taken into consideration before a licence to quarantine birds is granted to an individual; and whether a (i) criminal conviction for fraud and (ii) a history of breaching quarantine procedures precludes the attainment of a licence to quarantine birds. | | (28719) | 168
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Pegasus Birds quarantine facility in South Fambridge meets all requirements of the licence to quarantine birds. | | (28720) | 169
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many senior veterinary posts there were in the State Veterinary Service in 1997; and how many there are in 2005-06. | | (28149) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 170
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the percentage of British (a) produced and (b) brokered arms which are used to commit human rights abuses. | | (28910) | 171
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of British (a) produced and (b) brokered arms whose end users are embargoed. | | (28911) | 172
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support an international arms trade treaty. | | (28912) | 173
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of a legally binding treaty on marking and tracing small arms. | | (28913) | 174
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to increase the (a) resources and (b) capacity available to enforce arms controls. | | (28914) | 175
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to assert full extra-territorial controls on arms brokering, including small arms. | | (28915) | 176
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the self-determination of the Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement. | | (25984) | 177
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 31st October, Official Report, columns 753-4W, on non-proliferation, what assessment he has made of whether instruments being defined for the next Financial Perspective 2007 to 2013 will allow community financing to support projects being implemented through legal and administrative frameworks created by countries participating in the G8 Global Partnership. | | (28483) | 178
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Burmese government's decision to move the seat of government from Rangoon to Pyinmana; what response he plans to make to this decision; what discussions he has had with other governments concerning this decison; and what steps he plans to take to support human rights in Burma. | | (28479) | 179
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28979) | 180
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost was of amending his travel arrangements and returning from Moscow in order to vote in the House on 9th November; and if he will make a statement. | | (28565) | 181
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he was first informed that anthrax supplied to Iraq was sourced from the United States. | | (28482) | 182
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. | | (28932) | 183
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on an arms embargo on the Sudanese government. | | (28934) | 184
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of rearranging his flight from Moscow on 9th November; and whether the cost was met by public funds. | | (28887) | 185
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports of detention centres for terror suspects run by the US Central Intelligence Agency in Central and Eastern Europe. | | (28729) | 186
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November, Official Report, column 174W, on the Iraq-Niger Unranium Deal, if he will ascertain from Senator Rockefeller's office when the Senator expects his investigation to report; and if he will place the information he receives in the Library. | | (28820) | 187
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr of 1st November, Official Report, column 950, on Iraq, if he will place in the Library a copy of the survey to which he refers; and whether he has any plans to fund further such surveys. | | (28787) | 188
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the additional cost of (a) his and (b) his officials' early return from Moscow to permit him to vote in the proceedings in the Terrorism Bill. | | (28110) | 189
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th October, Official Report, column 636W, on HRH Prince of Wales (US visit), what the (a) job title and (b) grade was of each of the (i) junior staff from the embassy in Washington who accompanied HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duchess of Cornwall throughout their recent visit to the US and (ii) staff based in (A) New York and (B) San Francisco who accompanied their Royal Highnesses. | | (26863) | 190
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31st October, Official Report, column 754W, on HRH Prince of Wales (US visit), whether it is intended that, in respect of the 60 per cent. balance of other costs referred to in his reply, (a) HRH the Prince of Wales' Household shall be billed for these amounts and (b) the charities shall be billed directly for these amounts; and what amounts will be paid by each charity. | | (26870) | 191
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31st October, Official Report, column 754W, on HRH the Prince of Wales (US visit), what the (a) details and (b) amounts are of the other costs referred to in his reply; and if he will make a statement. | | (26873) | 192
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the cost of HRH the Prince of Wales's visit to the US was met out of the UK ambassador's frais allowance. | | (26874) | 193
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the UK Embassy's press office staff accompanied HRH the Prince of Wales during his official visit to the US; on what occasions; how many person hours were involved; what proportion of the press office person hours were in connection with events relating to the Prince's charities; on what occasions; and if he will make a statement. | | (26875) | 194
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account his Department has taken of the recommendation of immigration Judge Maurice Cohen given in his determination of 14th September, Appeal No. OA/00652/2005, in respect of the appeal of Abdel Karim Taghouti that entry clearance be granted to the appellant without further delay; and if he will make a statement. | | (28022) | 195
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the decision of Asylum and Immigration Tribunal determined on 14th September in respect of Mr Abdel Karim Taghouti, Appeal No. OA/00652/2005, has not yet been sent by the Government to the UK Embassy in Tunis; when it will be sent; when a spouse's visa will be issued; and if he will make a statement. | | (28023) | 196
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the UK Embassy Entry Clearance office in Tunis has disregarded the submission of two faxed copies of the successful appeal of Abdel Karim Taghouti, Appeal No. OA/00652/2005, against their refusal to grant him a spouse's visa submitted to them by Messrs. Marziano Khatry Mak Solicitors; and if he will make a statement. | | (28024) | 197
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from which organisations the Government has received intelligence reports on the situation in Iran. | | (28325) | 198
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 13th June, Official Report, column 137W on Iraq, what progress has been made with his inquiries with the United States Administration. | | (28367) | 199
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK observers will be involved in the EU monitoring of the crossing between Egypt and Gaza at Rafah. | | (28961) | 200
N | Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo have been destroyed since KFOR's presence there; how many of the perpetrators have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted; and if he will make a statement. | | (27531) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 201
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated with the use of photodynamic therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration in the last 12 months; and whether photodynamic therapy is uniformly available throughout England. | | (28213) | 202
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many eye hospitals designated as preferred providers have fully implemented a fast track referral pathway for patients with early wet age-related macular degeneration; and what her estimate is of the average waiting time for treatment following initial contact with an eye care professional. | | (28215) | 203
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have not submitted patient safety data to the National Reporting and Learning System; and what action she will take to reduce this number. | | (28711) | 204
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were in England in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (28108) | 205
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intermediate care beds there were in England in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (28109) | 206
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how she expects (a) hospitals and (b) other assets providing clinical services owned by primary care trusts to be treated under her plans for commissioning a patient-led NHS. | | (28481) | 207
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees in her Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28978) | 208
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking (a) to improve capacity to deliver audiology services and (b) to reduce waiting times for fitting digital hearing aids. | | (28477) | 209
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the lead official is in respect of matters relating to carers within the Department. | | (28604) | 210
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on carers of the work of the Social Care Institute of Excellence. | | (28605) | 211
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to monitor the (a) implementation and (b) impact of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004. | | (28606) | 212
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to whom representations and submissions on good practice in relation to carers should be addressed within her Department. | | (28607) | 213
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to (a) co-ordinate and (b) monitor the implementation of the National Carers' Strategy; and who within her Department is responsible in each case. | | (28608) | 214
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the impact of the delay in the implementation of payment by results on the financial position of Ashford and St Peters' NHS Trust. | | (28613) | 215
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the cumulative impact of the delay in implementation of payment by results for non-foundation hospitals on the aggregate financial position of NHS trusts within the Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority area. | | (28614) | 216
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have not met the requirement to break even over a five year period. | | (28615) | 217
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the financial performance of Ashford St Peters' NHS Trust over the last five years for which figures are available, with particular reference to the requirement for NHS trusts to break even over a five year period. | | (28616) | 218
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts in England are not providing at least one cycle of IVF to eligible couples with infertility; and if she will make a statement. | | (28504) | 219
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the practice of primary care trusts of limiting the provision of NHS-funded infertility treatment to couples with no existing children; and if she will make a statement. | | (28505) | 220
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of whether primary care trusts are applying more restrictive female age criteria than the 23 to 39 years range set by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to couples seeking NHS-funded infertility treatment; and if she will make a statement. | | (28506) | 221
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action is being taken to ensure that the social eligibility criteria applied by primary care trusts to couples seeking infertility treatment is the same throughout the country. | | (28507) | 222
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will (a) bring forward proposals to define in statute the dental services that a primary care trust has to commission and (b) seek to ensure that the relevant legislation sets targets for primary care trusts on dentistry. | | (28509) | 223
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make condoms generally available to all people in prisons. | | (28559) | 224
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what long-term (a) safety and (b) efficacy data the Department makes available on insulin analogues. | | (28665) | 225
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has evaluated on the clinical effects of the use of insulin analogues by insulin-requiring diabetes patients. | | (28671) | 226
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a choice of insulins is made available to (a) patients and (b) to next-of-kin in cases where the patient is unable to express a preference. | | (28674) | 227
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether animal insulins are generally available to treat hospital patients according to their preference. | | (28675) | 228
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the safety of NovoRapid for use in children; and what assessment she has made of the post-marketing data available in this respect. | | (28676) | 229
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Department plans to arrange for pre-clinical trials of insulin analogues. | | (28678) | 230
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to ensure that people with insulin-requiring diabetes can make informed choices about alternative treatments following the discontinuation of some synthetic human insulin products. | | (28680) | 231
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will reconsider the referral of insulin treatments and their cost-effectiveness to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence with a view to developing standard guidance. | | (28681) | 232
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will incorporate the conclusions reached in the recent World Diabetes Federation position statement into her Department's guidance on insulins. | | (28684) | 233
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will consider the findings of the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee prior to issuing guidance in relation to the long-acting insulin analogue Lantus. | | (28723) | 234
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will issue guidance to the appropriate agencies that diabetes patients should have access to all animal, GM synthetic human and analogue insulin. | | (28724) | 235
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take up to 2008-09 to recruit nurses. | | (28597) | 236
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have experienced delays in 2005-06 in receiving the results of blood tests because of staff shortages at Gravesend and North Kent Hospitals. | | (28598) | 237
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations have been rescheduled because of lack of resources over the last eight years. | | (28599) | 238
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to change the role and structure of primary care trusts. | | (28600) | 239
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has had from the local primary care trust in Gravesham; and on what subjects. | | (28601) | 240
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Primary Care Trust does not (a) fund and (b) offer to patients. | | (28629) | 241
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on whether the proposed ban on smoking in public places will displace smoking from pubs to domestic environments. | | (28639) | 242
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether individuals who are deemed eligible for high band nursing care are automatically eligible for NHS continuing care. | | (28642) | 243
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to educate the public about the dangers of high blood pressure. | | (28646) | 244
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) MRSA and (b) other antibiotic resistant bacteria infections there have been at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in (a) private and (b) NHS patients in each of the last five years; and what the average number per acute hospital in England in each category was over the same period. | | (28498) | 245
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints there have been to the Healthcare Commission in each year since it was established; what the backlog is of complaints waiting to be considered by the Healthcare Commission; how many complaints have been considered and determined in each year since the Healthcare Commission was established; and what the estimated cost of considering a complaint is. | | (28682) | 246
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to review the provisions in the General Medical Services contract relating to the incentives to provide childhood vaccinations. | | (28666) | 247
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up rate of each vaccine offered as part of the routine childhood vaccination programme has been (a) in total and (b) in each (i) primary care trust and (ii) strategic health authority in each quarter since the quarter ending June 1997. | | (28667) | 248
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the new General Dental Services contract on the number of registrations with an NHS dentist; and whether dentists will be provided with incentives to ensure patients are registered. | | (28687) | 249
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have left the NHS in each year since 1997-98 (a) in terms of headcount and (b) as a percentage of the total number of dentists in the NHS (i) in total and (ii) broken down by Strategic Health Authority area. | | (28690) | 250
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November to Question 23008, Official Report, column 266W on NHS Finance, how the size of the uplift will be calculated. | | (28693) | 251
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November to Question 18076, Official Report, column 266W, on NHS Finance, when in the course of a financial year her Department typically set control totals for strategic health authorities. | | (28695) | 252
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of developing a DNA vaccine for use in the event of an influenza pandemic. | | (28696) | 253
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vaccinations for diseases associated with foreign travel have been provided free of charge on the NHS in each year since 1997-98; and at what cost in each year. | | (28698) | 254
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been registered with the General Dental Council in England in each year since 1997. | | (28699) | 255
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned on the trends in the (a) duration of a continuing care episode and (b) the cost of providing continuing care since NHS continuing care was introduced; and what research she has evaluated in this area. | | (28701) | 256
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis was for the statement on page 44 of the UK Pandemic Influenza Contingency Plan, published on 19th October, in relation to pneumococcal immunisation preventing some of the complications due to secondary pneumococcal infection following influenza infection; and whether the evidence indicates that this is an effective course of action for (a) adults over 65 years and (b) children. | | (28705) | 257
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with (a) the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations and (b) other interested parties on whether to extend the routine childhood vaccination programme to include immunisation against pneumococcal disease. | | (28706) | 258
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which manufacturers supply pneumococcal vaccines to the NHS; and what evidence she has received on the relative effectiveness of each. | | (28707) | 259
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up of the pneumococcal vaccine has been in (a) all those aged over 80 years and (b) all those aged over 65 years since 1997-98; and if she will make a statement. | | (28708) | 260
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria she uses to determine when she intervenes in individual funding decisions taken by (a) primary care trusts and (b) other NHS bodies; and what steps she is taking to ensure NHS organisations are informed of these criteria. | | (28712) | 261
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to mitigate stress suffered by NHS employees. | | (28883) | 262
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the review of specialised services commissioning. | | (28648) | 263
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the recommendations from the forthcoming review of specialised services commissioning will be binding on all primary care trusts. | | (28649) | 264
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how bingo halls will be treated under the proposed ban on smoking in public places. | | (28653) | 265
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have received digital hearing aids through the NHS in each year since 1997. | | (28840) | 266
| Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many independent financial investigations have been conducted at Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust in the last five years. | | (28904) | 267
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the use of eligibility criteria by primary care trusts in the provision of funding for infertility services. | | (28519) | 268
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which primary care trusts are making available sufficient funding for centrally-agreed levels of fertility treatment. | | (28520) | 269
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the progress that primary care trusts in England are expected to make in implementing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's clinical guideline on fertility. | | (28521) | 270
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the forthcoming (a) review of specialised services commissioning and (b) reorganisation of primary care trusts on progress towards implementing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's clinical guideline on fertility. | | (28522) | 271
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November to Question reference 21455, how much central contingency stock of influenza vaccine her Department holds; how many people this would treat; and if she will make a statement. | | (28320) | 272
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of (a) the cost of implemention and (b) the capital investment required for each of the five options for the Pennine Acute Hospital Trust under the Healthy Futures Site Options reconfiguration exercise. | | (28465) | 273
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the future capital investment programme is for the Pennine Acute Hospital Trust. | | (28466) | 274
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what income has been obtained from the sale of surplus land and property in the hospitals that make up the Pennine Acute Hospital Trust since 1997. | | (28467) | 275
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) primary care trusts, (b) health trusts and (c) acute trusts have overspent their budget in Greater Manchester in each of the last five years; and what the overspend was in each case. | | (28468) | 276
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what capital investment has taken place since 1997 in each of the hospitals that make up the Pennine Acute Hospital Trust. | | (28469) | 277
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research the Department has commissioned into combating MRSA. | | (28960) | 278
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant the Answer of 17th October, Official Report, column 760W, on Departmental Land Property, if she will list all properties in London that her Department is renting that are empty; when they were last in use; and what was the amount spent in rent of these properties in the last year for which figures are available. | | (28736) | 279
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list former Community Health Council buildings still used by health authorities; and what their current use is in each case. | | (28737) | 280
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is provided to ambulance personnel on identifying injury caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. | | (28957) | 281
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer from the Prime Minister of 9th November to the honourable Member for West Derbyshire, Official Report, column 302, what the evidential basis is for the statement about the pay of general practitioners compared with their European counterparts. | | (28365) | 282
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are required to make herceptin available to women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer; and what guidance her Department has given to PCTs on this matter. | | (28324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 283
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the regulation that prevents asylum seekers from securing employment in the UK. | | (28905) | 284
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of allowing asylum seekers to take paid work in the UK. | | (28906) | 285
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to bring forward the secondary legislation granting respondants to civil proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 access to retained assets to fund their legal representation; and if he will make a statement. | | (28319) | 286
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28972) | 287
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses were prosecuted for selling (a) tobacco products and (b) Lottery tickets and scratch cards to under 16s in Coventry South in the last five years. | | (27238) | 288
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to improve the quality of local policing in Coventry South; and if he will make a statement. | | (27239) | 289
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 5th July, 19th July and 5th October, regarding a constituent Mr Rastgouy; what the average response time to honourable Members' enquiries to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate is; and if he will make a statement. | | (28844) | 290
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which managed migration routes are being reviewed; if he will list countries which are on hold as a result of the review; and when he expects the review to be completed. | | (28673) | 291
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether the forensic services have sufficient capacity available to facilitate the investigation of terrorist offences; and if he will make a statement. | | (28843) | 292
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are on the force in Gravesham; and if he will take steps to increase this number. | | (28592) | 293
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers are awaiting deportation. | | (28627) | 294
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of extreme Islamic groups have been deported to (a) Jordan and (b) Libya since the Government signed memoranda of understanding with those countries. | | (28628) | 295
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the police requesting increased powers for prosecution of fly-tipping. | | (28643) | 296
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what he estimates the cost will be per head of introducing identity cards. | | (28644) | 297
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in the level of violent crime in Gravesham has been in each year since 1997. | | (28645) | 298
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to his Department passed to the FOI clearing house for evaluation, broken down by (a) subject and (b) date of request. | | (28946) | 299
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations his Department has received from (a) lobby organisations and (b) members of the public since 7th July on protection against terrorism. | | (28951) | 300
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart on the operation of detention policy for (a) terrorist suspects and (b) those suspected of aiding terrorists. | | (28954) | 301
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will commission research into the effect on families of there being no prison for women in Wales. | | (28728) | 302
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the question from the honourable Member for Sunderland South, reference 18605, tabled on 13th October. | | (28747) | 303
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on individuals employed by the Prison Service who wish to continue working beyond the age of 60. | | (28916) | 304
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications have been made online in each of the last five years. | | (28855) | 305
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the other Government departments with a view to preventing the advertising and selling of less lethal weapons via the internet. | | (28501) | 306
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in defining a code of practice concerning the wearing of Kirpans by Sikh employees of his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. | | (28923) | 307
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to the Passport Agency on the wearing of Kirpans by Sikhs visiting the Agency to obtain passports. | | (28924) | 308
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring is carried out of the length of time taken by medical practitioners contracted to visit prisoners to arrive at the holding cells where the prisoner is awaiting police questioning. | | (28515) | 309
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to the police on identifying injury caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. | | (28955) | 310
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the rules of engagement for armed police opening fire. | | (28555) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 311
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much money has been made from the provision of tours of the House during the summer recess. | | (28721) | 312
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost of providing the ticket-booth on Abingdon Green during the summer was; and who bears the cost. | | (28722) | 313
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what information the Commission has on whether works of art, furniture, books, records and other artefacts known to be within the ownership or custody of the House were originally owned by or displayed in the Parliament of Ireland prior to the Act of Union 1801; and if he will make a statement. | | (22148) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 314
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28973) | 315
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the UK is providing to the displaced population in the Darfur region of Sudan. | | (28933) | 316
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will ensure that it is a condition of the aid provided that public buildings being rebuilt in Pakistan using UK aid are earthquake-proof. | | (28636) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 317
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28974) | 318
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to tackle knife crime in Northern Ireland. | | (28774) | 319
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultations he has held on stronger measures to deal with knife crime in Northern Ireland. | | (28775) | 320
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to prevent the sale of knives to people under 18 in Northern Ireland. | | (28776) | 321
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to prevent the carrying of knives in public by (a) people under 18 and (b) others in Northern Ireland. | | (28777) | 322
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has plans to introduce powers to give schools means to stop pupils from bringing knives into schools in Northern Ireland. | | (28778) | 323
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many crimes occurred in (a) North Belfast and (b) Northern Ireland where knives were used in each year between 1997 and 2001-02. | | (28779) | 324
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to amend the powers of the police in Northern Ireland in relation to the stop and search of people suspected of carrying knives. | | (28780) | 325
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many abortions were carried out in Northern Ireland in the past 12 months. | | (28558) | 326
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of competition in the Northern Ireland retail market; and if he will make a statement. | | (28908) | 327
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what research has been undertaken by his Department into the market share of each of the four largest multiple retail chains in Northern Ireland. | | (28909) | 328
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department between the end of the 2003-04 session and the end of April 2005, broken down by Act. | | (28472) | 329
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what financial assistance is available to assist the start-up of new sub-post offices in rural areas in Northern Ireland; and to where applications for grant assistance can be submitted. | | (28484) | 330
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date the railway carriages in Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin, were cut up and repositioned. | | (28640) | 331
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what conditions the deposit of the railway carriages in Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin, laid down by the planning appeal tribunal in 1983 were set aside. | | (28641) | 332
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether works of art, furniture, books, records and other artifacts are known to be located in (a) the Stormont Parliament buildings and (b) other locations for which he has Ministerial responsibility that were originally (i) located or owned by the United Kingdom Parliament at Westminster and (ii) owned or displayed in the Parliament of Ireland, Dublin, prior to the Act of Union 1801; and if he will make a statement. | | (22149) | 333
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria were used in making the decision that no pilot tests would be carried out in connection with the removal of the 11 plus. | | (28763) | 334
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has asked the security services to provide the Irish government with the information they are seeking as a result of the Barron Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. | | (28366) | 335
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of smoking-related diseases in Northern Ireland. | | (28220) | 336
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Northern Ireland who smoke; and if he will make a statement. | | (28221) | 337
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been caught by road tax detection devices in each of the last five years, broken down by police region. | | (28845) | 338
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) medical school places and (b) junior doctor posts there have been in Northern Ireland in each year since 1990. | | (28846) | 339
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pensioners (a) were eligible, (b) applied for and (c) have received winter fuel payments in each year since payments started, broken down by constituency in Northern Ireland. | | (28847) | 340
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions officers from the Office of the Police Ombudsman used powers of arrest in each year since 2000. | | (28849) | 341
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the number of cormorants in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (28850) | 342
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Northern Ireland providing unpaid care to people aged 65 years and over. | | (28851) | 343
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many punishment beatings were reported in each of the last 12 months, broken down by district command unit. | | (28852) | 344
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many fixed penalties fines were issued in each district command by the operations command units during the most recent Operation Viper. | | (28853) | 345
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on perinatal mental illness in Northern Ireland. | | (28854) | 346
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients were treated in the accident and emergency departments of hospitals in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (28856) | 347
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was given to the Sports Council for Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (28857) | 348
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of under-age drinking the Police Service of Northern Ireland have brought to local councils in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years. | | (28858) | 349
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were killed on the roads of Northern Ireland (a) in each year from 1994 to 2004 and (b) in each month in 2005. | | (28859) | 350
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many company insolvencies there were in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (28860) | 351
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20 and (f) 21-year-olds were in further education in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (28863) | 352
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times the Police Service of Northern Ireland have brought cases regarding the breach of drinking by-laws to each of the local government authorities in each of the last five years. | | (28864) | 353
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) school and (b) library facilities are planned for closure in each of the education boards in Northern Ireland. | | (28867) | 354
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the (a) Operational Command Unit and (b) District Command Unit have used speed detection devices on the Upper Newtownards Road in each of the last six months. | | (28868) | 355
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were stopped for not wearing their seat belts in each of the last five years, broken down by Police Service of Northern Ireland district; and what type of fine was imposed upon each individual. | | (28869) | 356
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were fined for using mobile phones whilst driving in each year for which records are held, broken down by Police Service of Northern Ireland district. | | (28870) | 357
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money each District Policing Partnership received in each year for which figures are available. | | (28871) | 358
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on (a) advertising and (b) publishing in each year for which figures are available by each District Policing Partnership. | | (28872) | 359
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members each District Policing Partnership has, broken down by (a) independent members and (b) elected members. | | (28873) | 360
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of policing each District Policing Partnership public meeting in each year since their formation. | | (28874) | 361
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of recruiting independent members in each District Policing Partnership in each year since their formation. | | (28875) | 362
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) private and (b) public District Policing Partnership meetings were held by each District Policing Partnership in each year for which figures are available. | | (28876) | 363
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the (a) Operational Command Unit and (b) District Command Unit have used (i) speed detection devices and (ii) tax detection devices on the Comber Road. | | (28877) | 364
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 24th October, Official Report, column 120W, on stinger devices, how many stinger type devices there are in each police district in Northern Ireland. | | (28878) | 365
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal road traffic accidents have occurred in each of the last five years on the (i) Knock Dual Carriage Way, (ii) Comber Road and (iii) Upper Newtownards Road. | | (28879) | 366
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for drug crimes there have been for (i) illegal importation of drugs, (ii) illegal cultivation of drugs, (iii) possession of drugs with intent to supply, (iv) possession of drugs, (v) money laundering-related drugs offences and (vi) other drugs offences in each of the last five years, in each district command unit in Northern Ireland. | | (28880) | 367
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children were reported missing in each of the last five years, broken down by Police Service Northern Ireland district. | | (28881) | Questions to the Prime Minister 368
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of each Minister's unplanned return journey to London for the Terrorism Bill debate and votes on Wednesday 9th November. | | (28748) | 369
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost to public funds was of Ministers and accompanying officials (a) returning to Westminster for Parliamentary votes on 9th November and (b) returning thereafter to resume official duties away from Westminster. | | (28609) | 370
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with Chinese President Hu Jintao on (a) climate change and (b) energy technology support during his visit to London. | | (28953) | 371
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 9th November, Official Report, column 298W, to the Right honourable Member for Folkestone and Hythe, what means he used to calculate the conversion between gigabytes and feet. | | (28485) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 372
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28975) | 373
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department between May 1997 and the end of April 2005, broken down by Act. | | (28258) | Questions to the Solicitor General 374
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November, Official Report, column 1W, on corruption, whether the Serious Fraud Office was contacted by the Department of Trade and Industry in connection with the allegations of corruption involving a DTI employee prior to 13th October; and if he will make a statement. | | (27875) | 375
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to the Law Officers which have been passed to the FOI clearing house for evaluation, broken down by (a) subject and (b) date of request. | | (28947) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 376
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November, Official Report, column 1W, on corruption, when his Department was first informed of the allegations of corruption involving a Department for Trade and Industry employee; and if he will make a statement. | | (27874) | 377
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28976) | 378
N | Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the cost of the deposit of bond needed to open a new Post Office. | | (28266) | 379
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of increased energy costs on British manufacturing companies. | | (28480) | 380
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department between the end of the 2003-04 session and the end of April 2005, broken down by Act. | | (28471) | 381
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what grant support is available to community groups for (a) solar water heating, (b) wind, (c) hydro and (d) ground source heat pumps projects following the final deadline for community applications to his Department's Clear Skies programme. | | (28832) | 382
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to implement the (a) 2001 Opportunities for All and (b) 2003 Energy White Paper commitments to a 10 year solar photovoltaics programme. | | (28833) | 383
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimates he has made of the average government funding per annum for (a) 2002 to 2006 and (b) 2006 to 2009 for (i) the micro-renewables sector as a whole, (ii) the solar photovoltaic programme and (iii) the micro-renewable technologies hitherto supported by the Clear Skies initiative. | | (28834) | 384
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the take-up to date has been by (a) home-owners and (b) community groups of funding for technologies supported under the Clear Skies Initiative for (i) solar water heating, (ii) wind, (iii) hydro, (iv) ground source heat pumps, (v) automated wood pellet stoves and (vi) wood fuel boilers. | | (28965) | 385
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the take-up to date has been by (a) home-owners and (b) community groups of the funding for photovoltaics under the Major Photovoltaics Demonstration Programme. | | (28966) | 386
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions, in respect of senior appointments for agencies administered by his Department, the appointed candidate was not the highest-score candidate at interview for each year since 1997; and what (a) the sex of the person appointed and (b) the sex of the highest-scoring candidate was in each case. | | (28495) | 387
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in securing approval from the European Commission for the proposed subsidy for the two years to March 2008 to support the rural post office network; and if he will make a statement. | | (28496) | 388
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of a waiver of fines for breaching limits on carbon dioxide emissions in the event of a cold winter; and what assessment he has made of (a) the potential for a breach of carbon dioxide emissions targets, in the event of a cold winter a shortfall of gas supplies and (b) options to ensure security of supply. | | (28508) | 389
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether it is a target of his Department to achieve a 20 per cent. reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010; what progress his Department has made towards achieving its Public Service Agreement Target 4; and if he will make a statement. | | (28510) | 390
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department has had on the potential sale of British Nuclear Group over the last six months; and if he will make a statement. | | (28512) | 391
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of grant support to (a) school and (b) other community facilities for (i) wind, (ii) solar hot water, (iii) hydro, (iv) biomass and (v) ground source heat pump projects. | | (28514) | 392
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Government plans to provide on-going subsidies to support the rural post office network beyond March 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (28523) | 393
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Information Commissioner's Office regarding the enforcement of breaches of the telephone preference service; and if he will make a statement. | | (28554) | 394
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints regarding marketing calls have been received by the Information Commissioner from consumers following their registration for the telephone preference service for each year since 1999. | | (28560) | 395
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies have been subject to investigations by the Information Commissioner for breaches of telephone preference service arrangements for each year since 1999. | | (28561) | 396
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies have been subject to successful enforcement orders as a result of investigations into potential breaches of the telephone preference service arrangements imposed by the Information Commissioner in each year since 1999. | | (28562) | 397
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of fines imposed on each of the companies which have been subject to enforcement orders for breaches of the telephone preference service arrangements was in each year since 1999. | | (28563) | 398
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what procedures Ofcom undertook to ensure that no conflict of interest arose from awarding the contract for telephone preference services to Telephone Preference Services Limited; and if he will make a statement. | | (28564) | 399
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what formal co-ordination in respect of skills issues takes place between the regional development agencies, the Learning and Skills Councils and the sector skills councils; how frequently these agencies meet; and whether meetings take place at (a) board and (b) operational level. | | (28567) | 400
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the Export Credit Guarantee Department's (ECGD) negotiating position at the OECD Working Group on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees' negotiations for revisions to the Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits; and what new measures the ECGD believes should be included in this Action Statement. | | (28568) | 401
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much of the total expenditure in 2005 under the Capital Grant programme for biomass research was funded by (a) his Department and (b) the National Lottery. | | (28569) | 402
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which Members of the Government Sir George Bain has met in the process of compiling his report on the Royal Mail; and if he will publish minutes of these meetings. | | (28570) | 403
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of how many former workers at Rover are in full-time employment; what their average earnings are; how many are claiming unemployment benefit; and of these how many are in (a) full-time and (b) part-time education. | | (28571) | 404
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what initiatives his Department has in place to ensure that there will be progress by 2006 towards his Department's targets (a) to improve UK competitiveness and (b) narrow the productivity gap with the United States; and if he will make a statement. | | (28626) | 405
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which members of the Royal Family have taken part in trade visits to other countries in each of the last five years. | | (28630) | 406
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list each visit promoting UK business and onward investment undertaken by members of the Royal Family in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of each visit was broken down by (a) travel costs, (b) accommodation costs and (c) other costs. | | (28631) | 407
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the regional development agencies have paid to businesses (a) in 2005 and (b) in the previous three years in respect of research and development grants, broken down into (i) amounts paid to small and medium sized businesses and (ii) amounts paid to large sized businesses. | | (28659) | 408
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the response made by the Export Credit Guarantee Agency to the Berne Union Survey on Agent's Commissions, published in April. | | (28660) | 409
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 31st October, Official Report, column 699W, on departmental staff, what the (a) job role and title, (b) grade and (c) responsibilities are for each of the secondees working in his Department. | | (28661) | 410
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department has commissioned further research by Ernst & Young following their preliminary findings on the expenses of employees in UK Trade & Investment. | | (28662) | 411
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the long-term viability of the Post Office rural network in the event that on-going subsidies are not available; what estimate he has made of the number of Post Offices which would be at risk of closure; and if he will make a statement. | | (28663) | 412
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions his Department and Postcomm have had with the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and local authorities regarding supporting the rural Post Office network; and if he will make a statement. | | (28664) | 413
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Government's White Paper commitments to a 2002 to 2012 UK solar photovoltaics programme. | | (28669) | 414
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the deadline was for community grant applications to the Clearskies grant programme. | | (28672) | 415
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to identify (a) which businesses are likely to be most affected by a shortfall in gas supplies and (b) the impact of any shortfall on such businesses; what measures his Department is considering to address such concerns; and if he will make a statement. | | (28677) | 416
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the names of the awards are that have been sponsored by his Department in the last 12 months. | | (28679) | 417
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total estimated costs are of the investigation commissioned by his Department into the collapse of MG Rover; and what the expected timetable is for completing this work. | | (28683) | 418
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the recently commissioned review of extension of Sunday trading; and if he will make a statement. | | (28685) | 419
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the most recent timetable is for the completion of Sir George Bain's review into the issues facing the Royal Mail; what steps his Department will take following the review; and if he will make a statement. | | (28686) | 420
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in his Department have been absent on sick leave during the last two years for more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) 12 months and (d) two years. | | (28726) | 421
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements are in place to monitor the (a) operation of and (b) compliance with flexitime rules for staff in his Department. | | (28730) | 422
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of staff in his Department have flexitime included as a provision of their contract of employment. | | (28731) | 423
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the terms are of the flexitime arrangements for staff in his Deprtment. | | (28732) | 424
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements are in place to monitor attendance by staff in his Department at seminars and conferences; and how much was spent in each of the last five years on attendance at conference and seminars by members of staff in his Department, broken down into (a) travel and accommodation expenses and (b) fees for attendance. | | (28733) | 425
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many days sick leave on average staff in his Department have taken in each of the last five years; and what percentage of total working days this represented in each year. | | (28767) | 426
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidelines his Department has in place to deal with sickness absence; and what steps are being taken to reduce the rate of sickness absence. | | (28768) | 427
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 9th November, Question reference 23735, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Carbon Trust's survey findings on energy efficiency. | | (28769) | 428
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer on 31st October, what the total cost of (a) publications and (b) surveys by his Department were including (i) commissioning costs and (ii) printing costs. | | (28889) | 429
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, approximately how many hits a week the website Consumer Direct gets; approximately how many consumer complaints are submitted to the website each week; and which five items consumers have most frequently made complaints about in the last three months. | | (28917) | 430
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how best practice and key incentives are proactively shared between the regional development agencies; what regular meetings are held at board and operational levels; and if he will make a statement. | | (28918) | 431
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Management and Leadership programme of the Small Business Service; and whether complete coverage across England is expected by the end of 2005. | | (28919) | 432
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which agencies of his Department maintain offices overseas, broken down by (a) country where each office is maintained, (b) number of staff, (c) agency and (d) cost of each office in 2004-05. | | (28920) | 433
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what formal co-ordination takes place (a) between the overseas offices of the regional development agencies and (b) between the regional development agencies and UK Trade and Investment to attract inbound investment into the UK; how frequently consultation takes place and at what level; and if he will make a statement. | | (28921) | 434
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many small businesses have obtained contracts from Government bodies to conduct research on their behalf under the Small Business Research Initiative in the last two years, broken down by (a) number of different companies, (b) number of companies who have obtained more than one contract and (c) size of the contracts obtained. | | (28922) | 435
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 1st November, Official Report, columns 864-5W, on UK Trade and Investment, how many employees within UK Trade and Investment (a) are locally employed in overseas jurisdictions and (b) are seconded from the UK. | | (28938) | 436
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to his Department passed to the FOI clearing house for evaluation, broken down by (a) subject and (b) date of request. | | (28945) | 437
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information he has received from the European Commission in respect of proposals for a joint undertaking to organise research on radioactive waste management. | | (28952) | 438
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the draft Employment Equality (Age) Regulations on the provision of flexible retirement ages by private businesses. | | (28474) | 439
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice his Department has provided to businesses about the operation of flexible retirement ages in relation to the draft Employment Equality (Age) Regulations. | | (28475) | 440
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, under what circumstances an individual forced to retire over the age of 65 will be able to appeal on grounds of age discrimination under the draft Employment Equality (Age) Regulations. | | (28476) | 441
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what new companies have started up in the field of adult guidance provision since the Learning and Skills Council took over from the training and enterprise councils. | | (28586) | 442
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many representations he has received on the application of REACH proposals to the UK minerals industry, broken down by those (a) supporting and (b) opposing its application; and if he will make a statement. | | (28761) | 443
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) major UK oil and gas producers concerning the mitigation of the impact of rising energy prices on low-income households. | | (28492) | 444
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the regulation of distance-selling of less lethal weapons via the internet. | | (28502) | 445
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason vets will be prevented from charging for prescribing; and whether he plans to apply the same principles to other professional groups. | | (28113) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 446
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce his decision on the proposed train service changes along the Hastings to London Victoria line. | | (28216) | 447
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of train over-crowding along the Hastings to Charing Cross line; and if he will make a statement. | | (28217) | 448
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will respond to the letter of 19th October from the honourable Member for Bexhill and Battle on train services from Bexhill to London Victoria. | | (28218) | 449
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what decisions have been taken by the Highways Agency on public consultations with representatives of interest groups related to the proposed A21 upgrade. | | (28219) | 450
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent information he has received on pollution levels in residential areas near the M1 motorway in Twisley, Sheffield; what assessment he has made of the likely effect on pollution levels there of plans to widen the M1; and if he will commission independent research on this matter. | | (28925) | 451
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28977) | 452
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cycle journeys were made to schools in the 12 months (a) prior to the establishment of the Bike IT scheme and (b) since the establishment of the scheme. | | (28321) | 453
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Bike IT scheme; how many school travel advisers have been appointed under the scheme; and what is the average cost of employing a school travel adviser. | | (28322) | 454
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent developing the Bike for All website; and what assessment has been made of its effectiveness. | | (28323) | 455
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of congestion on the A43 Kettering-Northampton road at peak times; and what estimate he has made of the expected level of congestion in (a) 2011, (b) 2021 and (c) 2031. | | (28104) | 456
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average daily number of vehicles which use (a) junction 7, (b) junction 8 and (c) junction 9 of the A14; and what estimate he has made of the average daily number of vehicles which will use each junction in (i) 2011, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2031. | | (28107) | 457
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department between the end of the 2003-04 Session and the end of April, broken down by Act. | | (28368) | 458
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken to implement Project Cycleman on the monitoring of road transport for illicit radioactive material; what has been the costs to date of this implementation; and whether the principles of protection established via experience with the project are being developed to apply to monitoring other modes of transport. | | (28898) | 459
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his definition is of the national road network for the purposes of his Department's transport policy. | | [R] (28591) | 460
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times he met Network Rail in 2005; and what was discussed. | | (28841) | 461
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the merits of introducing an element of first aid training for people learning to drive; and if he will make a statement. | | (28214) | 462
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hybrid petrol/electric cars have been sold in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. | | (28848) | 463
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many aircraft flying into UK airspace the National Air Traffic Control Service computer processes in an average (a) day, (b) month and (c) year. | | (28865) | 464
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in each of the last 10 years permission has been withheld to aircraft requesting access to UK airspace. | | (28866) | 465
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish the report of the Consultation on the Transport Review of Class 2 and Class 3 Powered Wheelchairs and Powered Scooters (Invalid Carriages); and if he will make a statement. | | (28635) | 466
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th October, Official Report, column 597W, on the A19, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of personal injury accidents on the A19 between Tyneside and Teesside. | | (28757) | 467
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th October, Official Report, column 597W, on the A19, how many fatalities took place on the A19 between Tyneside and Teesside in the last five years. | | (28758) | 468
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th October, the A19, what steps his Department has taken to identify specific points of increased risk of personal injury accidents on the A19 between Tyneside and Teesside. | | (28759) | 469
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Office of the Rail Regulator to make a decision regarding the bid by Grand Central to run a rail service between Sunderland, Hartlepool and London. | | (28937) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 470
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have been employed on benefit fraud enforcement in each of the last eight years, broken down by type of benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (28772) | 471
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of losses due to error in the administration of benefits for each of the last eight years, broken down by the type of benefit. | | (28773) | 472
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken in response to the recommendation in the Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No. 243 that all disabled claimants and all care leavers should be made exempt from the single room rent restriction; and if he will make a statement. | | (28781) | 473
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the standard weekly rate of earnings disregard for housing benefit is; how often this has been uprated since its introduction; and what the earnings disregard would be if the initial rate of the disregard were uprated in line with inflation from the year in which it was introduced. | | (28782) | 474
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received regarding an uprating of the earnings disregard for housing benefit for single parents and disabled people; and if he will make a statement. | | (28783) | 475
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claims were subject to each rate of non-dependant deduction for the most recent year for which figures are available; how many claimants were living in (a) council housing, (b) registered social landlord housing and (c) the private rented sector, broken down by each rate; and what each figure represents as a percentage of total housing benefit claims in that year. | | (28784) | 476
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a consultation paper on his Department's proposals for piloting the local housing allowance in the social rented sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (28792) | 477
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords his Department has had discussions on piloting the local housing allowance in the social rented sector. | | (28793) | 478
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been allocated by his Department to piloting the local housing allowance in the social rented sector. | | (28794) | 479
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the local reference rent restrictions on housing benefit were for each property in each locality in flat rate local housing allowance pathfinder areas in 2002-03. | | (28795) | 480
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations his Department has received on the impact of the single room rent restriction on (a) homelessness and (b) poverty among young people. | | (28796) | 481
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young housing benefit recipients have been subject to the single room rent restriction in each year since its introduction. | | (28797) | 482
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the operation of the second-generation Customer Management System in call centres and benefits offices, with particular reference to efficiency in (a) call handling, (b) payment of benefits and (c) interaction with local authority housing benefit claims. | | (28691) | 483
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on progress in meeting the agreed staff headcount reduction targets for the Jobcentre Plus. | | (28692) | 484
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision is made for (a) notification and (b) consultation before the closure of a Jobcentre Plus office. | | (28694) | 485
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed by Jobcentre Plus; and how many were employed by Jobcentre offices in the last year of operation. | | (28697) | 486
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest estimate is of the cost of rolling out the Jobcentre Plus programme; what the annual running cost will be; and what the cost of running Jobcentre offices was in the last year of their operation. | | (28700) | 487
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus clients live more than 20 miles away from their nearest Jobcentre Plus office; and what arrangements are made to assist with their travel requirements. | | (28702) | 488
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres including Jobcentre Plus offices, have (a) opened, (b) closed and (c) been relocated in each of the past three years. | | (28703) | 489
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assaults there were on the staff of Jobcentre Plus in each of the last three years; and how many of these assaults resulted in successful prosecution. | | (28704) | 490
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent action he has taken to ensure that departmental staff involved with the restructuring of IT provision within his Department have the necessary skills. | | (28709) | 491
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many offers of (a) training and (b) other support have been made to individuals by Jobcentre Plus and subsequently rescinded for (i) budgetary or (ii) other reasons in the last 12 months. | | (28710) | 492
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer the Question reference 22185, tabled on 24th October by the honourable Member for Gordon. | | (27873) | 493
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1st October. | | (28971) | 494
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much information relating to Child Support Agency cases in Kent has been lost due to the new IT system. | | (28595) | 495
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many letters have been sent by the Pension Service this year advising pensioners to pay outstanding contributions in National Insurance in order to increase the total value of their pensions; how many responses have been received from pensioners; how many responses had been processed at 31st October; how many responses had been received but are yet to be processed at 31st October; what the average time period is for fully processing one of these payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (28727) | 496
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect on the economy of sickness absence due to obesity in the last five years. | | (28689) | 497
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what mechanism those not claiming pension credit will be able to claim the £200 council tax rebate. | | (28756) | 498
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents have been recorded as occurring to New Deal participants funded by his Department in each year since the New Deal began, broken down by (a) fatal, (b) major and (c) those requiring over three days' absence. | | (28899) | 499
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) improvement and (b) prohibition notices the Health and Safety Executive has issued in the last five years to (i) employers and (ii) learning providers, regarding the supervision of Learning and Skills Council learners and participants on the New Deal scheme. | | (28902) | 500
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections the Health and Safety Executive has conducted in the last five years of the arrangements made by training providers for the health and safety of learners and New Deal participants contracted to (a) his Department and (b) the Learning and Skills Council; and what other means are being used by the Government to verify the effectiveness of these health and safety arrangements. | | (28903) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 501
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many asylum appeals are outstanding in Scotland. | | [Transferred] (28962) | 502
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many immigration appeals have been held in Scotland in 2005. | | [Transferred] (28963) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 503
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local government manual workers who began employment before 1991 completed 12 months' service entitling them to membership of the local government pension scheme. | | [Transferred] (28500) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 504
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much grant aid has been provided to the Family Fund by (a) the Department and (b) other public funding sources in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (28770) | 505
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of Family Fund grants on demand for NHS services. | | [Transferred] (28771) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 506
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals the United Kingdom plans to put to the 11th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention to be held in Montreal from 28th November to 9th December. | | [Transferred] (28950) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 507
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) unit cost per test and (b) cost of the necessary equipment for testing for drugs whilst driving is using the latest methods of testing saliva; whether he plans to make these tests available for roadside testing; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] [Transferred] (28590) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 508
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when charities lost exemption from competition rules on exchange of information; what mechanism was used to make the change; for what reasons it was made; and how it was communicated to (a) Parliament, (b) charities and (c) the general public. | | [Transferred] (28556) |
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