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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 16 November 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 16 November 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 16 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 Wednesday 16 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 16 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Chairman of the Administration Committee 1
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what plans there are to increase the number of news channels available on the House internal television system; if the Committee will add the Fox News channel; and if he will make a statement. | | (29295) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 2
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many excess winter deaths there were in London, broken down by each London borough, in each of the last five years. | | (29555) | 3
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many excess winter deaths of people aged over 65 years there have been in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (29041) | 4
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the measures outlined in the EU's Financial Services Action Plan have been implemented in the UK; whether an impact assessment has been made of each measure; and what estimate he has made of (a) the financial costs and (b) the benefits of each measure. | | (29451) | 5
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) guidance and (b) rules are in place on collections for charities within the Department and agencies for which he is responsible. | | (29465) | 6
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29416) | 7
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what economic assessment he has made of the 2003 Energy White Paper's commitment to a 2002 to 2012 solar photovoltaics programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (29334) | 8
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths in Staffordshire were caused by illegal drugs in each year since 1997. | | (29384) | 9
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the maximum amount of near cash resources is that (a) Government departments as a whole and (b) each Government department can use in 2005-06 drawn from public underspending in financial year 2004-05. | | (29396) | 10
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of public underspending by each Government Department in financial year (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. | | (29397) | 11
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29613) | 12
| Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of 65 to 74 year olds are recorded as having a long-term limiting illness in (a) Inner London local authorities, (b) Outer London local authorities, (c) English metropolitan authorities outside London, (d) Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council area, (e) Salford City Council area, (f) Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (g) South Tyneside Council area, (h) Leeds City Council area and (i) Wolverhampton City Council area. | | (29473) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 13
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who was responsible for vetting Sir Christopher Meyer's recent book and giving the approval for publication; and if he will make a statement. | | (29403) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 14
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many rape trials in which all proceedings are complete have been conducted in Teesside Crown Court under the revised definition of that offence in the Sexual Offences Act 2003; and what verdicts have been returned in each case. | | (29439) | 15
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase the number of female (a) judges and (b) magistrates sitting in the Teesside courts. | | (29440) | 16
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has for a specialist domestic violence court in Teesside. | | (29466) | 17
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what facilities for video-linked examination in chief and cross examinations are in use in (a) Teesside Crown Court and (b) Middlesbrough and Guisborough Magistrates Courts; and what further facilities are proposed in each of the next two years. | | (29467) | 18
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of the permanent judiciary in Teesside Crown Court is female. | | (29468) | 19
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many Queen's Counsel appointed in each of the last five years (a) in England and (b) on the North Eastern circuit were women. | | (29469) | 20
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of Crown Court recorders (a) in England and (b) sitting regularly in Teesside Crown Court are women. | | (29470) | 21
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of the magistrates sitting at Middlesbrough and Guisborough Magistrates courts is female. | | (29471) | 22
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when Lord Justice Wall is expected to report on his investigation into five cases in which the family courts were involved and children were subsequently killed during contact visits. | | (29333) | 23
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the special advisers in post in her Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to her Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29415) | 24
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court sessions took place at Chorley magistrates' court in each of the last three years. | | (29491) | 25
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to increase the number of court sessions in magistrates' courts to reduce the time from arrest to trial. | | (29492) | 26
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many magistrates operate from Chorley court; and if she will make a statement. | | (29493) | 27
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans there are to increase the number of magistrates in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire. | | (29494) | 28
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of Chorley Magistrates' Court. | | (29510) | 29
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on how many occasions in the past two years meetings of the Privy Council involving attendance of Ministers have been held (a) outside London and (b) in Scotland; how many Ministers were involved; and which of these meetings lasted in excess of 15 minutes. | | (28150) | 30
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the Lord Chancellor last met the Archbishop of York to discuss constitutional issues of mutual interest to the Government and the church; and if she will make a statement. | | (28151) | 31
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much her Department spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29575) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 32
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the special advisers in post in her Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to her Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29414) | 33
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the progress of leisure and tourism facilities towards complying with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. | | (29274) | 34
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29571) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 35
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential military use of an airport on St Helena by (a) the UK and (b) the US; what representations he has received on this matter from the US authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (29430) | 36
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department last reviewed the duty free status of cigarettes for armed service personnel. | | (29275) | 37
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of smoking amongst armed service personnel. | | (29276) | 38
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the armed forces' entitlement to duty free cigarettes on the prevalence of smoking amongst service personnel. | | (29277) | 39
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what services are offered to service personnel to assist them in giving up smoking. | | (29302) | 40
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to extend the training period for recruits with the Afghan National Army; and what discussions he has had with UK allies on this. | | (29598) | 41
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase recruitment and retention of the Afghan National Police (a) unilaterally and (b) multilaterally. | | (29599) | 42
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strength is of (a) the Afghan army and (b) the Afghan police; and what he estimates the required establishment to be in each case. | | (29600) | 43
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the likely impact of allowing service men and women not to be liable for income tax during operational tours, with particular reference to retention. | | (29606) | 44
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to lease more C17 aircraft. | | (29607) | 45
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are in Afghanistan, broken down by service and regiment; and what levels of deployment are expected once the UK takes on the leadership of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. | | (29608) | 46
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what commitment the UK made to Operation Maturin to help the earthquake victims in Pakistan and Kashmir; how many flights were made by the RAF; how many personnel were involved; what tonnage of (a) food and (b) other supplies were transported; and where. | | (29609) | 47
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements are being made to Kandahar airport; and what additional air capability this will enable. | | (29610) | 48
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29413) | 49
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November, Official Report, column 103W, on Territorial Army (Kettering), what the locations are of the units listed. | | (29082) | 50
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving (a) regular, (b) territorial and (c) reserve armed forces personnel were recorded as living in Kettering constituency in each year since 1997. | | (29257) | 51
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the process will be leading to a decision on the replacement of Trident; and in what ways he expects Parliament to be involved. | | (29591) | 52
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions armed forces commanding officers have (a) over-ruled courts martial verdicts and (b) reduced sentences imposed by courts martial in each of the last five years. | | (29564) | 53
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many criminal cases involving military personnel on active service have been transferred from military in which all proceedings are complete to civil jurisdiction for trial in each of the last five years; and what the reason was in each case. | | (29565) | 54
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what independent (a) inspection and (b) supervision is undertaken of investigations by military police; and if he will make a statement. | | (29566) | 55
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals he has for independent oversight of Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force prosecuting authorities once they merge; and if he will make a statement. | | (29567) | 56
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place to provide entertainment to service personnel in (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan and (c) other countries where the military serve. | | (29400) | 57
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers awarded the Distinguished Service Order since 1980 have had it withdrawn subsequently following a court martial or conviction in a civilian court. | | (29401) | 58
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British soldiers in Iraq are under investigation following allegations of misconduct, where no charges have yet been brought; and if he will make a statement. | | (29402) | 59
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of maintaining the garrison in the Falklands in 2004. | | (29404) | 60
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11th November, Official Report, columns 854-6W, on Iraq, whether British officials have issued an apology to the Iraqi authorities with regard to any aspect of the events of 19th and 20th September in Basra. | | (29629) | 61
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11th November, Official Report, columns 854-6W, on Iraq, what information he has received concerning the two alleged deaths in custody at the Jameat prison in Basra, with particular reference to (a) the identities, (b) circumstances involved and (c) dates of death of the victims. | | (29630) | 62
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29578) | 63
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the review of the Territorial Army to report. | | (29513) | 64
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is responsible for the purchase of mess dress for (a) senior non-commissioned officers and (b) warrant officers on promotion to that rank. | | (29534) | 65
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Territorial Army Infantry private soldiers available for Operation Telic 7 on 1st June remained available following the deployment, broken down by regiment. | | (29535) | 66
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army recruits completed their basic training in each year from 2002-03. | | (29536) | 67
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 380W, on military personnel, how many of the Territorial Army personnel who collected their bounty in 2004-05 were (a) first-year bounty, (b) second-year bounty, (c) third-year bounty and (d) over three years bounty; and how many voluntary leavers had not passed phase 1 and 2 of basic training. | | (29537) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 68
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding English Partnerships has allocated to local authorities in the Tees Valley for each of the next five years. | | (29514) | 69
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether English Partnerships funding is allocated (a) on a per capita basis to individual local authorities in the Tees Valley and (b) on a competitive bid basis to individual projects. | | (29527) | 70
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities in Tees Valley have been in receipt of funding from English Parnerships in each of the past five years, broken down by amount. | | (29530) | 71
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance he has issued on the relationship between the use of English Partnerships funding and private funding for council development projects; and whether the criteria for council development allow English Partnerships wholly to fund a building project. | | (29531) | 72
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Office, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29412) | 73
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on Fire and Rescue Service average response times in Blackpool North and Fleetwood of establishing a regional fire control room for the North West Region. | | (29332) | 74
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether any of the Government's HomeBuy schemes are planned to be piloted in Tamworth. | | (29383) | 75
| David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who the members are of the Public Sector Leasehold Working Party; when it last met; when it is next scheduled to meet; if he will place in the Library and on his Department's website the minutes of its meetings; and what its programme of work is. | | (29522) | 76
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious false alarm fire emergency calls have been received in Leeds North West in each year since 1997. | | (29434) | 77
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of spending by (a) Hertfordshire County Council and (b) Dacorum Borough Council has been financed from council tax in each year since 1st January 1996. | | (29568) | 78
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many public service agreements have been entered into with local authorities covering Hemel Hempstead constituency in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (29569) | 79
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many incidents of arson there were in (a) Dacorum and (b) Hertfordshire in each year since January 1997. | | (29570) | 80
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Office spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29573) | 81
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many shared ownership dwellings there are in the South West Bedfordshire constituency. | | (29500) | 82
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of council tax increases on pensioners; and if he will make a statement. | | (29263) | 83
| Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the social services formula share is in 2005-06 per (a) younger adult, (b) child, (c) elderly person and (d) person in (i) Inner London local authorities, (ii) Outer London local authorities, (iii) English metropolitan authorities outside London, (iv) Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council area, (v) Salford City Council area, (vi) Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (vii) South Tyneside Council area, (viii) Leeds City Council area and (ix) Wolverhampton City Council area. | | (29472) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 84
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) community, (b) voluntary aided, (c) voluntary controlled, (d) academy and (e) foundation schools have been opened in each of the last eight years, broken down by local education authority; and how many places there were in each school. | | (29261) | 85
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the establishment of a sector skills council for government, with particular reference to arrangements for (a) licensing and monitoring and (b) governance. | | (29529) | 86
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations her Department has received regarding extending the introduction of minimum nutritional standards in schools to children's homes and other accommodation for looked-after children; and what representations her Department has made to the Commission for Social Care Inspection in relation to nutritional standards regarding the planned review of National Minimum Standards for children's services. | | (29538) | 87
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were reported missing from care in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area. | | (29554) | 88
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the schools which (a) are failing and (b) have been judged to be failing for more than three years; on what date each was first identified as failing; in which local education authority area each school is located; how many pupils attend each school; and what the pupil capacity is of each school. | | (29146) | 89
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of conducting the numeracy, literacy and ICT skills tests prior to entering teaching (a) has been since their introduction and (b) was in 2004-05; and what the planned expenditure on the tests is in 2005-06. | | (29301) | 90
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of the initial teacher training skills tests on (a) standards of teaching and learning and (b) the efficacy of teachers in the discharge of their responsibilities since their introduction. | | (29308) | 91
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have applied to expand since the guidance to the decision-makers that there should be a presumption in favour of expansion was promulgated. | | (29495) | 92
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what boarding capacity is available in state schools for children suffering from serious epilepsy; and what plans she has to increase such capacity. | | (29533) | 93
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure all staff working in (a) schools and (b) other children's services receive sufficient and suitable training to equip them to work with children with autism. | | (29258) | 94
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which (a) local authorities and (b) primary care trusts are making use of the autism exemplar in the disabled children's module of the National Service Framework for Children 2004. | | (29259) | 95
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many copies of her Department's Early Support publication Information for Parents: Autistic spectrum disorders and related conditions have been delivered to parents since 2004. | | (29260) | 96
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grade was necessary for a pupil to achieve a level 4 at key stage 2 in (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) mathematics and (d) science in each year since 1995. | | (29540) | 97
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8th November, Official Report, column 444W, on ability grouping, if she will revise Ofsted inspection criteria to include monitoring of the proportion of classes that are banded by ability. | | (29556) | 98
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8th November, Official Report, column 444W, on ability grouping, on what basis it was decided to remove the requirement for Ofsted inspectors to distinguish between setting and banding by ability in the information recorded about lessons. | | (29557) | 99
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8th November, Official Report, column 444W, on ability grouping, what percentage of lessons was recorded as banded by ability in (a) Year 7, (b) Year 8, (c), Year 9, (d) Year 10 and (e) Year 11 in secondary schools inspected by Ofsted in each year between 1995 and 2004. | | (29558) | 100
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the special advisers in post in her Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to her Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29411) | 101
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10th November, Official Report, columns 728-9W, on free school meals, what steps she is taking to close the gap between those pupils eligible for free school meals and those taking free school meals (a) in Northamptonshire and (b) in England. | | (29310) | 102
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons A Parent's Guide to Direct Payments, distributed by her Department, is no longer available in languages other than English; and if she will make it available in other languages. | | (29562) | 103
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what capital funding her Department (a) provides and (b) facilitates for rural schools for premises expansion. | | (29593) | 104
| Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children per 10,000 children are looked after by local authorities in the (a) Inner London local authorities, (b) Outer London local authorities, (c) English metropolitan authorities outside London, (d) Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council area, (e) Salford City Council area, (f) Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (g) South Tyneside Council area, (h) Leeds City Council area and (i) Wolverhampton City Council area. | | (29475) | 105
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) referrals, (b) provisional listings and (c) confirmed listings have been made to the Protection of Children Act List since it was established; and if she will make a statement. | | (29349) | 106
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average pay of teachers in higher education was in 2004-05; and what percentage change in their pay there has been in the last three years. | | (29264) | 107
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding the Government has provided for higher education in each of the last five years. | | (29266) | 108
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff are employed in universities in England. | | (29281) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 109
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of regulations on farm businesses; and if she will make a statement. | | (29395) | 110
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her response is to the recommendation of the Committee of Public Accounts, Ninth Report of 2005-06, HC563, p5, that a levy on livestock farmers be introduced to pay for the cost of disease outbreaks. | | (29356) | 111
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the EU's most recent offer in the World Trade Organisation trade negotiations on (a) applied EU agricultural tariffs and (b) total levels of EU agricultural subsidy. | | (29489) | 112
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the special advisers in post in her Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to her Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29417) | 113
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) dairy, (b) arable and (c) mixed farms there are in Northamptonshire; and how many there were in each category in (i) 1975, (ii) 1980, (iii) 1990 and (iv) 2000. | | (29022) | 114
| Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) fines and (b) terms of imprisonment have been imposed on dog and cat home boarders found guilty of operating without a licence under the Animal Boarding Establishment Act 1963 in the last 12 months, broken down by local authority area. | | (29270) | 115
| Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dog and cat home boarders have been found to be operating without a licence under the Animal Boarding Establishment Act 1963 in the last 12 months, broken down by local authority area. | | (29271) | 116
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to co-ordinate Government work on climate change. | | (28533) | 117
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has published best practice guidance on the management of roof-nesting gulls. | | (29385) | 118
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK representatives on the EU Sugar Management Committee and Special Committee for Agriculture will support the proposal that the EU price used for calculation of the export refunds for manufactured goods containing sugar should include the proposed restructuring levy. | | (29436) | 119
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29577) | 120
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to put the supply of medicines for bees under the control of veterinary surgeons and licensed pharmacists. | | (29267) | 121
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Veterinary Medicines Directorate is taking to ensure that beekeepers can become qualified in the supply of products for the control of varroa mites. | | (29268) | 122
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to increase the number of bee inspectors; and if she will make a statement. | | (29283) | 123
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to address the increase in the incidence of European foulbrood in bee colonies. | | (29284) | 124
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for beekeepers to be required to make their own diagnosis of European foulbrood in their colonies. | | (29285) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 125
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of the US in bringing the suspected terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay to trial. | | (29511) | 126
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress towards the establishment of a comprehensive legal system in Afghanistan; and what assistance the UK is providing for this process. | | (29596) | 127
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress the UK has made in delivering capability in its lead responsibility for counter-narcotics in Afghanistan. | | (29597) | 128
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many countries are being invited to the forthcoming London conference on the future of Afghanistan; and whether Iran is included. | | (29601) | 129
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what grounds candidates were disqualified from standing in the recent Afghan elections; and if he will make a statement. | | (29602) | 130
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will conduct an inquiry into the implications for the UK of the manipulation of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq following the final Volcker report, with particular reference to (a) British citizens identified in the report and (b) those who received oil concessions from Iraq. | | (29603) | 131
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in reforming recruitment practices within his Department. | | (29604) | 132
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the EU's Comprehensive Monitoring Report's findings in relation to the justice system in Bulgaria. | | (29282) | 133
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of EU secondary legislation has been passed under first round reading agreements between the European Parliament and Council in each year since such fast track procedures came into operation. | | (29450) | 134
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the cost of running the UK presidency of the EU. | | (29452) | 135
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions on which the Government has overridden the scrutiny reserve resolution in each year since 1980. | | (29453) | 136
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list EU legislation in force which cites as its legal basis Article 308 of the treaties (a) wholly and (b) in part. | | (29454) | 137
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) directives, (b) regulations and (c) decisions have been adopted in the EU in each month in 2005. | | (29458) | 138
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) directives, (b) regulations and (c) decisions have been repealed in the EU in each month in 2005. | | (29459) | 139
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29410) | 140
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will press for trade justice at the meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong in December. | | (29476) | 141
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Foreign Office appointments, other than the post of UK Ambassador to the Holy See, have been advertised in (a) the Economist, (b) the Guardian, (c) the Daily Telegraph, (d) the Independent and (e) the Times in the past five years; which of these were also advertised in national newspapers of Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (29589) | 142
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK ambassadors are not UK citizens; and if he will make a statement. | | (29590) | 143
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Iranian government regarding the al Qaeda operatives they claim are in their custody. | | (29588) | 144
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the treatment of Christians in Indonesia, with particular reference to the case of three Christian women who have each been jailed for three years for giving Christian teaching to Muslim children with their parents' consent. | | (28813) | 145
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his counterpart in Nigeria measures to deal with email scams emanating from there. | | (29579) | 146
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Egyptian authorities that provision should be made for Egyptian citizens who are not members of the three official faiths to enable them to receive identity cards; and if he will make a statement. | | (29303) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 147
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS treatment is available for seasonal adjustment disorder. | | (29539) | 148
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intermediate care beds there have been in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (28224) | 149
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there have been in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (28225) | 150
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October, Official Report, column 762W, on emergency re-admissions, if she will provide equivalent figures for (a) quarter 4 of 2004-05, (b) quarter 1 of 2005-06 and (c) each quarter since January 2001, broken down by NHS trust. | | (29552) | 151
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the results of the National Diet and Nutrition survey of 2000; what impact the survey results have had on her public health and nutrition policy; and what plans her Department has to evaluate the nutritional status of people aged (a) under 19 and (b) over 64 years. | | (29553) | 152
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if her Department will obtain an analysis of the recent research by the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted by Irina Ermakova on GM-fed rats. | | (29431) | 153
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of information sharing on numbers of medical professionals being trained in European Union member states. | | (29502) | 154
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received regarding waiting times for MRI scans. | | (29278) | 155
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the incidence of child epilepsy; and what courses of treatment have been made available in the last three years. | | (29532) | 156
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under 16 years attended a sexual health clinic in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in the last year for which figures are available. | | (29042) | 157
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs per head of population there have been in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each year since 1997. | | (29043) | 158
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has for the funding of (a) the provision of HER 2 testing and (b) the prescribing of Herceptin to women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in the 2006-07 financial year. | | (29294) | 159
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to raise awareness amongst health professionals of primary sclerosing cholangitis. | | (29611) | 160
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire. | | (29612) | 161
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the special advisers in post in her Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to her Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29409) | 162
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of maternity units in England have vacancies in midwifery posts; and what proportion of these vacancies have been unfilled for at least three months. | | (29019) | 163
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to increase the number of (a) student midwives and (b) midwives in practice in the National Health Service. | | (29020) | 164
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the purpose was of her predecessor's visit to Kettering General Hospital in February; and from which budget the cost of his transport was met. | | (29021) | 165
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adolescent mental health beds there are in (a) Kent and (b) each county in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (29287) | 166
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make all published departmental materials intended for families available in languages other than English; and if she will make a statement. | | (29561) | 167
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of five year olds in Tamworth constituency have no decayed, filled or missing teeth. | | (29379) | 168
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by the Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority on management consultants in each of the last five years. | | (29380) | 169
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projects in the Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (a) have required and (b) will require the assistance of external management consultants in 2005. | | (29381) | 170
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long a patient has had to wait on average for a (a) heart bypass, (b) breast cancer treatment, (c) hip replacement, (d) cataract treatment and (e) kidney transplant at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield in each year since 1997. | | (29382) | 171
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of total pension liabilities in (a) England and (b) Durham following the reorganisation of primary care trusts. | | (29437) | 172
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of setting up primary care trusts in (a) England and (b) Durham under the Health Act 1999. | | (29438) | 173
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects of food additional to breast milk on babies aged between four and six months. | | (29594) | 174
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what controls her Department imposes on the contents of formula milk products sold in England. | | (29595) | 175
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she issues to NHS hospital trusts concerning the nature and duration of public consultation exercises related to proposals to reconfigure services. | | (29398) | 176
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will commission research to establish the cost of providing all care for the elderly free of charge. | | (29580) | 177
| Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many younger adult clients per 10,000 younger adults were seen by social services in (a) Inner London local authorities, (b) Outer London local authorities, (c) English metropolitan authorities outside London, (d) Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council area, (e) Salford City Council area, (f) Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (g) South Tyneside Council area, (h) Leeds City Council area and (i) Wolverhampton City Council area in 2004-05. | | (29474) | 178
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans are in place in East Sussex to combat an avian influenza pandemic; and if she will make a statement. | | (29304) | 179
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the scientific studies which informed her Department's decision to remove Sudan One from the market. | | (29213) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 180
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring is being undertaken of the impact of the provisions in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 on the conviction rate in rape cases. | | (29441) | 181
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the findings of the research project into the impact of section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 to be published. | | (29442) | 182
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd November, Official Report, column 1103W, on anti-social behaviour, what the role is of the head of the Anti-social Behaviour Unit in implementing the policies set out in the Answer; and what the reasons were for the time taken to reply to the Question. | | (29023) | 183
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10th November to the honourable Member for Teignbridge, Official Report, column 652W, on firearms certificates, what the equivalent information is for (a) England, (b) London and (c) each London borough. | | (29444) | 184
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November, Official Report, column 1253W, on domestic violence, what surveys on child and elder abuse have been undertaken by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (29559) | 185
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what time limits apply to information about minor convictions of UK citizens given to United States' authorities under their Visa Waiver programme. | | (29432) | 186
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Department has to re-evaluate the cost-effectiveness of legal assistance for asylum seekers. | | (29501) | 187
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers for truancy under Paragraph 1(2)(aa) of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last three years, broken down by police authority. | | (29343) | 188
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers for littering under paragraph 1(2)(d) of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29344) | 189
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued for drunk and disorderly behaviour in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29350) | 190
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the crimes committed by prisoners released on parole and (b) the number of individuals who committed each crime whilst on parole in the last year for which figures are available. | | (29351) | 191
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to provide more prison places over the next five years. | | (29353) | 192
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles being used in a manner which contravened sections 3 or 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 have been seized by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers under paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29354) | 193
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many abandoned vehicles have been removed by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers under paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29355) | 194
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each of the last four years (a) drugs have been seized from people and (b) names and addresses of those suspected of being in possession of drugs have been taken by (i) community support officers and (ii) police officers under paragraphs 7B and 7C of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002, broken down by police authority. | | (29357) | 195
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many phone calls his Department's press office has (a) received and (b) answered in each month since January 2004. | | (29358) | 196
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 16 have been required to surrender tobacco by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers under paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29359) | 197
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 have been required to surrender alcohol by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers under paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29360) | 198
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) required not to consume alcohol in a designated public place and (b) forced to surrender any alcohol or container for alcohol by (i) community support officers and (ii) police officers under paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29361) | 199
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children in contravention of their curfew notices have been removed to their place of residence by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers under paragraph 4B of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29362) | 200
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) groups have been dispersed and (b) under-16s have been removed to their place of residence by (i) community support officers and (ii) police officers under paragraph 4A of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29363) | 201
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many names and addresses of (a) drivers and (p) pedestrians have been taken by community support officers under paragraph 3A of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29364) | 202
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many searches have been carried out on detained persons for dangerous items or items that could be used to assist escape by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers under paragraph 2A of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29365) | 203
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained by a community support officer for up to 30 minutes under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29366) | 204
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many names and addresses of people acting in an anti-social manner have been taken by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29367) | 205
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cycles have been stopped by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers for the purpose of issuing a fixed penalty notice under paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | (29368) | 206
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of offenders on home detention curfew (HDC) failed to complete the HDC period successfully in 2004-05; and if he will list the reasons they failed to do so. | | (29369) | 207
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders on home detention curfew have committed (a) a sexual offence and (b) an act of violence against the person whilst still on the scheme in each year since 1999. | | (29370) | 208
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with (a) police chief constables and (b) the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis about using intercept evidence in court; and if he will make a statement. | | (29372) | 209
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with (a) police chief constables and (b) the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis about the introduction of a British border police force; and if he will make a statement. | | (29378) | 210
| Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether national guidelines were in place at the time of Steven John Toplass's arrest in February 2004 to ensure that appropriate national law enforcement authorities through whose territories a UK-initiated and supervised controlled delivery would pass were made aware of its existence before the cargo concerned was loaded, with particular reference to Spain. | | (29518) | 211
| Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK-controlled delivery operations took place involving (a) Spanish and (b) French territory between 1999 and 2004; and how many were aborted due to the detention of the cargo or driver by the (a) Spanish and (b) French authorities. | | (29519) | 212
| Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide financial compensation for Stephen John Toplass, in connection with his incarceration in Spain. | | (29520) | 213
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of families who would be affected by the national implementation of section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004. | | (29486) | 214
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29408) | 215
| Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was over the last 12 months of additional (a) overtime and (b) staff needed to replace officers suspended at HM Prison Brixton. | | (29253) | 216
| Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers are suspended on full pay (a) in the prison service and (b) at HM Prison Brixton. | | (29254) | 217
| Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was over the past 12 months of salaries paid to officers at HM Prison Brixton who had been suspended. | | (29255) | 218
| Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of salaries paid to prison officers suspended on full pay in the prison service was in the last 12 months. | | (29256) | 219
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that decisions to detain asylum seekers (a) are automatically and regularly reviewed as to lawfulness, necessity and appropriateness by a court or similar independent body and (b) are accompanied by the provision of legal aid; and if he will ensure that alternative non-custodial measures are considered before resorting to detention. | | (29516) | 220
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will seek a statutory prohibition on the detention of (a) vulnerable and (b) ill asylum seekers. | | (29528) | 221
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects (a) to acknowledge and (b) to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 28th June, Home Office Reference 52289997. | | (29280) | 222
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 19th September to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport regarding the domestic violence register on behalf of Debra Michele Powell which was forwarded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to his Department, DCMS reference CMS/23392. | | (29286) | 223
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vulnerable witnesses were interviewed by police in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (29340) | 224
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of the intermediary scheme provided for in the special measures for vulnerable witnesses under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999. | | (29341) | 225
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vulnerable witnesses used intermediaries provided for in the special measures for vulnerable witnesses under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 in each of the pilot schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (29342) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 226
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, why contractors were appointed in respect of the proposed airport on St Helena before an environmental impact assessment had been carried out. | | (29424) | 227
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the planning inquiry process followed in respect of the proposed airport on St Helena. | | (29425) | 228
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, why members of the Planning and Development Board on St Helena have been required to sign the Official Secrets Acts. | | (29429) | 229
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29407) | 230
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the timescale is for implementing the findings of the Commission for Africa report published in March; and if he will make a statement. | | (29447) | 231
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he is making funds available to charter helicopters in Pakistan to take relief aid to remote communities in Kashmir; and if he will make a statement. | | (29399) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 232
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29406) | 233
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November, Official Report, column 1378W, on police, how many members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Diving Unit have been available for operational duties in each month in 2005; and what the Unit's budget allocation was in each of the last five years. | | (28994) | 234
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce proposals for a statutory framework for community restorative justice schemes in Northern Ireland. | | (28995) | 235
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to extend the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (28996) | 236
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when work will be completed on the sub-regional transportation plan for Northern Ireland; when the plan will be published; and what consultation measures will be put in place for the plan. | | (29446) | 237
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the full report on the Review of Regional Museums will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (29448) | 238
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to upgrade the infrastructure on the Belfast to Dublin railway line to reduce the train travel time between Belfast and Dublin; and if he will make a statement. | | (29449) | 239
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has held with his ministerial counterpart in the Republic of Ireland regarding the adoption of a north-south approach to road safety to reduce deaths and serious injuries on roads throughout the island of Ireland. | | (29456) | 240
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take to tackle fuel poverty in Northern Ireland. | | (29457) | 241
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget is for 2006-07 for emergency planning in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (29477) | 242
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide funding for implementing an anti-poverty strategy in Northern Ireland. | | (29478) | 243
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the work of the Assets Recovery Agency since its establishment; and if he will take steps to provide the money recovered as a result of its work to Government departments in Northern Ireland. | | (29479) | 244
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to establish an independent Environmental Protection Agency for Northern Ireland; and when the Environment and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order is planned to be implemented. | | (29480) | 245
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to publish the Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland. | | (29481) | 246
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will increase the funding of the regional tourism partnerships; and if he will make a statement. | | (29496) | 247
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to introduce an economic development strategy for Northern Ireland; and what assessment he has made of regional disparities in (a) investment, (b) job creation and (c) wealth in Northern Ireland. | | (29497) | 248
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he is taking to improve secondary roads in South Down to improve access to the Belfast to Dublin corridor; and if he will make a statement. | | (29499) | 249
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the report commissioned by Inter-Trade Ireland on the regional development strategy for Northern Ireland and the national spatial strategy for the Republic of Ireland will be published. | | (29515) | 250
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to (a) education, (b) roads maintenance and (c) health in Northern Ireland. | | (29524) | 251
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the community care funding allocated to Down Lisburn Health Trust. | | (29525) | 252
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the funding for the Children's Fund set out in the budget for Northern Ireland is new money; and when the executive programme funds will be reinstated. | | (29526) | 253
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been spent to date by the South Eastern Education and Library Board on the public private partnership project for Comber High School and Bangor Academy. | | (29269) | 254
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage change there has been in the pay of those involved in teaching in higher education in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (29265) | Questions to the Prime Minister 255
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the dates on which the Ministerial Committee on Intelligence Services has met since December 2003. | | (29422) | 256
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Office, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Office of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29405) | 257
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Prime Minister, how much his Office spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29572) | 258
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his speech of 2nd November at the G8 climate change conference, whether his statement on external imposition of internal targets referred to (a) the Kyoto protocol and (b) the general concept of binding greenhouse gas reduction targets; and what assessment he has made of whether a framework of the kind he refers to for the private sector would require binding targets to be effective. | | (29517) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 259
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Office about the advertisement and recruiting procedure in relation to Scotland for the post of UK Ambassador to the Holy See. | | (28152) | 260
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change the rules for the election to the Scottish Parliament that will take place in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (29044) | 261
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29574) | Questions to the Solicitor General 262
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list the special advisers in post in the Law Officers' departments, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to these departments of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29419) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 263
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will make the outcomes of the Article 133 committee meetings it has chaired during its EU presidency available on the presidency website. | | (29455) | 264
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list for each member state the (a) full and (b) deputy representative of the Article 133 Committee of the Council of Ministers. | | (29460) | 265
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the EU's most recent offer in the World Trade Organisation trade negotiations on (a) applied EU non-agricultural tariffs and (b) services trade liberalisation. | | (29490) | 266
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29421) | 267
| Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claims were submitted later than the official cut-off date of 31st March; and what the name of the claim handler and solicitor was in each case. | | (29482) | 268
| Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims handlers and solicitors (a) had been working in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease scheme prior to the announcement of the cut-off date and (b) began offering their services after the announcement of the cut-off date; and how many of each category failed to submit claims by the cut-off date. | | (29483) | 269
| Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) the names of solicitors and claims handlers who have represented clients under the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease scheme, (b) the number of cases handled by each organisation, (c) the number of complaints against each organisation and (d) the month and year in which each organisation began operating within the scheme. | | (29484) | 270
| Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) legal and (b) financial assistance is available to an individual who believes that a solicitor or claims handler under Department's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease scheme was negligent in failing to submit a claim before the cut-off date for the scheme. | | (29485) | 271
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of manufacturing industry in Staffordshire. | | (29373) | 272
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to encourage the growth of social enterprises in the most deprived areas of Tamworth constituency. | | (29374) | 273
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many initiatives in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth have been awarded funding from the Phoenix Development Fund; and if he will extend funding to encourage the growth of social enterprises in disadvantaged communities. | | (29375) | 274
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new jobs have been created through social enterprise in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth since 1997. | | (29376) | 275
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Government funding social enterprises in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth have received in (i) the 2005-06 financial year and (ii) in 2004-05. | | (29377) | 276
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has received objections from National Air Traffic Services to the proposed development of the Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm in North Wales. | | (29272) | 277
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Government's solar photovoltaics Major Demonstration Programme on private sector investment in the UK solar industry. | | (29487) | 278
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure levels of capital grant support to the (a) solar photovoltaics and (b) other micro-renewable industries increase during the six years of the Low Carbon Building Programme. | | (29488) | 279
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the minimum average wind speed necessary for a site to be considered suitable for a wind farm. | | (29212) | 280
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will press for trade justice rather than free trade at the meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong in December. | | (29523) | 281
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the extent to which Ofgem consulted (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) Scottish local authorities and (c) Scottish consumer bodies about transmission investment for renewable generation, with particular reference to the proposals for the England-Scotland interconnector. | | (29290) | 282
N | Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make the spending plans of regional development agencies more accessible and transparent. | | (28530) | 283
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what export support for UK manufacturers has been introduced since 1997. | | (29435) | 284
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department's officials have had with representatives of the World Trade Organisation on the provisions of the EU's Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Directive. | | (29445) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 285
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the additional security measures announced on 2nd November will affect passengers on trains travelling from (a) Bexhill, (b) Battle, (c) Etchingham and (d) Robertsbridge stations. | | (29309) | 286
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are taken to ensure that fuel efficiency labels produced in accordance with European Directive 1999/94/EC accurately reflect vehicle carbon dioxide emissions produced under normal road use. | | (29352) | 287
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made by Network Rail of the impact on passenger safety of the proposal to reduce staff hours on stations covered by the Integrated Kent Franchise. | | (29443) | 288
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what records are maintained of US civil registered aircraft landing at UK airports. | | (28814) | 289
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the operation of the regulations introduced in December 2003 prohibiting the use of mobile phones whilst driving. | | (29348) | 290
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the current road improvement work in Coventry South with particular reference to new road construction. | | (29512) | 291
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the use of the Waterloo International Terminal platforms for other international services once Eurostar has moved to St Pancras in 2007. | | (29279) | 292
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) regulations and (b) advice (i) his Department and (ii) regulatory bodies within his Department's responsbility have issued to passenger train operators regarding the efficiency of passenger trains in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. | | (29305) | 293
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of a journey between London and Birmingham by (a) an electric train, (b) a diesel train and (c) a car. | | (29306) | 294
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the greenhouse gas emissions per distance travelled of passenger trains operating in the United Kingdom. | | (29307) | 295
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29420) | 296
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the relationship between the current threshold of earnings before income support is affected and school crossing patrols recruitment. | | (29542) | 297
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many school crossing patrols there were in West Sussex in (a) 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (29543) | 298
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the latest financial situation in relation to the Phase Three extension of the Metrolink tram network in Greater Manchester. | | (29592) | 299
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the revenue from fines resulting from speed camera convictions in Staffordshire was in the last year for which figures are available; and what sums were passed to (a) the Treasury and (b) the Staffordshire Safety Camera Partnership as a result. | | (29371) | 300
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce proposals to construct a filter slip lane on the exit from the northbound carriageway of the M1 motorway at junction 21 to enable vehicles to reach the M69 without having to negotiate the traffic island. | | (28114) | 301
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps (a) to reduce congestion and (b) to ease access to and egress from the M1 motorway at junction 21. | | (28115) | 302
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total costs have been incurred by the Government and Government agencies in the franchising and tendering of passenger rail services since April 2004. | | [R] (29262) | 303
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding was allocated to maintenance of (a) motorways, (b) trunk roads and (c) other roads in receipt of central funding in the most recent three years for which figures are available. | | (29273) | 304
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on external media relations in each year since 2001. | | (29576) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 305
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time spent on incapacity benefit in (a) pathways to work areas and (b) the UK excluding pathways to work pilots was in each quarter since each of the pilots began. | | (29211) | 306
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special advisers is for 2005-06. | | (29418) | 307
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Tamworth constituency receive maintenance allowance via the Child Support Agency under the (a) old and (b) new scheme. | | (29291) | 308
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Tamworth constituency were entitled to an income-related benefit in each year since 1997; and what proportion of pensioners claimed this benefit in each year since 1997. | | (29292) | 309
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of women pensioners in Tamworth constituency are (a) in receipt of a full basic state pension, (b) in receipt of a basic state pension of (i) 75 per cent. to 99 per cent., (ii) 50 per cent. to 74 per cent., (iii) 25 per cent. to 49 per cent. and (iv) one per cent. to 24 per cent. of the value of a full basic state pension and (c) not entitled to any basic state pension. | | (29293) | 310
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) been sent to prison and (b) lost their driving licence for a period of time for refusing to comply with the Child Support Agency in each quarter since 1995-96; and if he will make a statement. | | (28420) | 311
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what statutory obligations there are on non-resident parents who have been assessed for Child Support Agency maintenance to inform the Agency of any change of (a) address and (b) employment; and if he will make a statement. | | (28421) | 312
| Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants there are in Doncaster North; how many claimants there were in each year since 1984; and what proportion of the working age population this represented in each year. | | (29336) | 313
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors underlay his decision to propose changes to the system of medical examination for benefit claimants; and if he will make a statement. | | (29335) | 314
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of incapacity benefit were medically examined in each year since 1997. | | (29337) | 315
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for incapacity benefit (a) were medically examined as part of their claim and (b) received benefit in each year since 1997. | | (29338) | 316
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of medical examinations for incapacity claimants in each year since 1997; and how often on average existing claimaints have been re-examined . | | (29339) | 317
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people receiving incapacity benefit who are no longer incapable of working. | | (29521) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 318
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers for (i) graffiti and (ii) fly-posting under paragraph 1(2)(ca) of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | [Transferred] (29345) | 319
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers for dog fouling under paragraph 1(2)(c) of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority. | | [Transferred] (29346) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 320
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the disapplication of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in St Helena. | | [Transferred] (29423) | 321
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will require information held by the government of St Helena in respect of the proposed airport on the island to be eligible for release under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | [Transferred] (29426) | 322
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons publicly funded legal representation has not been made available to islanders on St Helena who are opposed to the building of an airport on the island. | | [Transferred] (29428) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 323
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of offences under sections (A) 21A, (B) 21B, (C) 21C, (D) 21D and (E) 21E of the Aviation Security Act 1982 in each year since 1993. | | [Transferred] (29296) | 324
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of offences under sections (A) 9, (B) 10, (C) 11 and (D) 12 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 in each year since 1993. | | [Transferred] (29297) | 325
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of offences under section 1 of the Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Act 1990 in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the operation of the Act. | | [Transferred] (29298) | 326
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of offences under section (A) 1 and (B) 2 of the Motor Vehicles (Safety Equipment for Children) Act 1991 in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the operation of the Act. | | [Transferred] (29299) | 327
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of offences under section 51 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the operation of the Act. | | [Transferred] (29300) | 328
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when in 2006 he expects figures to be available on the number of prosecutions and fixed penalties issued in 2004 for each of the police forces in England and Wales for the offence of using a mobile phone whilst driving. | | [Transferred] (29347) | 329
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what tests were carried out to investigate the accuracy of the LTI20/20 light-weight handheld speed camera before it was approved for use by police forces. | | [Transferred] (29288) | 330
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reliability of evidence produced by the LTI20/20 light-weight handheld speed camera. | | [Transferred] (29289) | 331
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars were impounded in Leeds North West in each year since 1997; and what the cost was in each year. | | [Transferred] (29433) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 332
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what statutory controls are in place to protect the environment on St Helena, with particular reference to (a) the feeding ground of the St Helena firebird and (b) the native giant earwig; and what steps the Joint Nature Conservancy Council has taken on this issue. | | [Transferred] (29427) | Questions to the Solicitor General 333
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Solicitor General, what arrangements exist for independent inspection of the Army Prosecuting Authority; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (29563) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 334
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was raised in business rates from (a) Wales and (b) Pembrokeshire in each year since 1990. | | [Transferred] (29498) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 335
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the higher disregards of earnings for the calculation of income support and minimum income guarantee to include school crossing patrols. | | [Transferred] (29541) |
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