Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Wednesday 7 December 2005 (the 'Questions Book') Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 7 December 2005 This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 7 December 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 7 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 7 December see Part 2 of this paper. Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 345W, on official travel costs, for what reasons two officials from his Department accompanied him on his return from his trip to Israel; and if he will make a statement. | (36057) | 2 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what activities have been made unlawful by legislation introduced by his Department since 1st May 2001; and if he will make a statement. | (36058) | 3 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those Private Members' Bills introduced under (a) Standing Order No. 14(6), (b) Standing Order No. 23 and (c) Standing Order No. 57 which were (i) supported and (ii) opposed by his Department in each session since 1997-98. | (36059) | 4 | Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the public expenditure implications of the proposals in the Pensions Commission's second report; and if he will make a statement. | (35625) | 5 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35628) | 6 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) working men's clubs and (b) other private members' clubs there were in (i) Barnsley East and Mexborough and (ii) South Yorkshire in (A) 1997 and (B) 2004. | (35622) | 7 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate what the path of employee and employer national insurance contributions would be up until 2050 under the proposals of the Pension Commission for the basic state pension and second state pension. | (35715) | 8 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the mechanism employed in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses to differentiate between spending that can only be identified on a national basis between Scotland and England and expenditure that can also be identified on a regional basis within England; and how this mechanism affects the allocation of identifiable and non-identifiable expenditure between Scotland and England. | (35856) | 9 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list programmes in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses where it is possible to provide a spending comparison between Scotland and England but not between the English regions; how these are allocated in terms of identifiable and non-identifiable expenditure for Scotland and England; and if he will make a statement. | (35857) | 10 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (35926) | 11 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. | (35927) | 12 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35928) | 13 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of the intervention in Iraq from the beginning of operations until the end of this financial year (a) in total and (b) broken down by each service; and from what budgets that cost has been met. | (36060) | 14 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises in Tamworth constituency were eligible for research and development tax credits in each of the last five years; and what the take-up was in each year. | (35816) | 15 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has conducted on the costs of nuclear energy. | (35838) | 16 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of telephone calls (a) made to and (b) picked up by the tax credits helpline in November; how many of these were (i) engaged and (ii) abandoned; and if he will make a statement. | (35688) | 17 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the affordability of the pension proposals made in the Second Report of the Pensions Commission; and if he will make a statement. | (35695) | 18 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fraudulent tax credit claims have been identified since April 2003; what the combined value is of fraudulent claims identified; and if he will make a statement. | (35696) | 19 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates since April 2003 Ministers have been briefed on organised fraud involving the tax credits system; and if he will make a statement. | (35697) | 20 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for tax credit were made over the e-portal in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 to date; and if he will make a statement. | (35698) | 21 N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths resulted from an overdose of (a) methadone, (b) heroin and (c) other classified drugs in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | (35477) | 22 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the unemployment rate in (a) Doncaster North and (b) each ward of the constituency was in each year for which figures are available. | (35678) | 23 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Treasury and (b) HM Revenue and Customs staff have worked on the new residential self-invested personal pension proposals over the last four years, broken down by grade. | (36062) | 24 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to hold an Enterprise summer school in Wales. | (36063) | 25 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the changes to self-invested personal pensions announced in the Pre-Budget Report on (a) take-up and (b) anticipated cost of tax revenue as set out in the relevant Regulatory Impact Assessment. | (36067) | 26 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid by his Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London. | (35995) | 27 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the recent performance of the tax credits system. | (36087) | 28 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35875) | 29 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid by his Department in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London in 2004-05. | (35893) | 30 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35894) | 31 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35895) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 32 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff work in the EU Presidency Team within the Cabinet Office; what the (a) Civil Service grade and (b) job description is of each; and how many are agency or contract staff. | (35744) | 33 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) total and (b) staff budget is for the EU Presidency Team within the Cabinet Office; if he will break this down by individual budget line; what the purpose of the team is; and when it was created. | (35796) | 34 | Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the annual amount which would be raised if civil servants were required to pay a six per cent. contribution to their pension scheme. | (35592) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 35 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much her Department and its predecessors has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35635) | 36 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many staff are employed by her Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement. | (35914) | 37 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement. | (35915) | 38 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in her Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to her Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35916) | 39 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources made available to the Information Commissioner to carry out his responsibilities; and what discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner on ways to speed up the processing of Freedom of Information Act appeals made to his Office. | (35802) | 40 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was paid by her Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London. | (36014) | 41 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for her Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35870) | 42 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was paid by her Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London. | (35950) | 43 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by her Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35951) | 44 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which she has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35952) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 45 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35633) | 46 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets her Department has set for the use of sporting facilities in England. | (35712) | 47 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes (a) have been made and (b) will be made to the allocation of expenditure as identifiable or non-identifiable in the Department's Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (PESA) as a result of the English Tourism Council being subsumed into Visit Britain; and what criteria were used for the allocation of identifiable and non-identifiable expenditure for Visit Britain in the most recent PESA. | (35817) | 48 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value was of grants paid to the (a) English Tourism Council, (b) Greater London Authority and (c) Scottish Executive and Visit Scotland in each year since 2001; and how these were allocated in terms of identifiable and non-identifiable expenditure in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses. | (35818) | 49 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff are employed by her Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement. | (35905) | 50 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement. | (35906) | 51 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in her Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to her Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35907) | 52 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with local authorities on allocation of resources to promote involvement of young people in Olympic sports events; and what plans she has to create centres of sporting excellence in (a) Wales and (b) Blaenau Gwent in relation to participation in the 2012 Olympics. | (35767) | 53 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid by her Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London. | (35988) | 54 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for her Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35873) | 55 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what responsibilities newspapers have to check on the legality of services advertised in their publications. | (35588) | 56 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who is responsible for regulating and inspecting libraries to ensure compliance with the age restrictions on videos for loan. | (35597) | 57 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid by her Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London. | (35941) | 58 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by her Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35942) | 59 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which she has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35943) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 60 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35627) | 61 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the formal visits undertaken by official Opposition spokespersons which were funded by his Department over the last two years. | (35209) | 62 | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason members of the Royal Irish Regiment were refused permission to wear uniform for the annual laying of wreaths on the morning of Remembrance Sunday, 13th November, in the Castlederg area of West Tyrone; and if he will make a statement. | (35863) | 63 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (35887) | 64 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. | (35888) | 65 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35889) | 66 | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the target date is for the submission of a Main Gate proposal for the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability programme. | (36036) | 67 | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Assessment Phase of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability project is expected to be complete; whether it is considering (a) converting existing commercial ships and (b) building (i) hulls and (ii) complete ships abroad; and what the estimated cost of the assessment phase is. | (36037) | 68 | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether companies undertaking Assessment Phase work are (a) reimbursed for the costs of that work and (b) undertake work at their own risk. | (36038) | 69 | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are members of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability Integrated Planning Team; and what the Team's budget is. | (36039) | 70 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) acreage and (b) purpose is of each military (i) establishment and (ii) site in Wales; and what plans he has to dispose of establishments and sites in Wales. | (35781) | 71 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research has been commissioned on the effects on British forces of anthrax vaccines. | (35786) | 72 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British troops have visited the Iraqi Interior Ministry Building in the Jadriya district of Baghdad. | (35803) | 73 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates aircraft registered in the US by Stevens Express Leasing have landed at military UK airfields in each of the last five years. | (35998) | 74 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 24th November 2005, Official Report, columns 2201-2W, on the Army Prosecuting Authority, if he will make a statement on the case in which investigations have now been completed. | (36064) | 75 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, columns 2201-2W, on the Army Prosecuting Authority, if he will place in the Library the relevant correspondence between him and the Attorney General. | (36093) | 76 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid by his Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London. | (35997) | 77 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35868) | 78 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department permits participation in UK-awarded contracts by firms that have engaged in activities that violate international humanitarian law. | (35735) | 79 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London. | (35890) | 80 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35891) | 81 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35892) | 82 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research he has commissioned on microwave weaponry. | (35766) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 83 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Office and its predecessor departments spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35630) | 84 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many affordable homes were provided by housing associations in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley in each year since 1997. | (35730) | 85 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental implications of the proposed materials recycling facility at Ford in West Sussex. | (35855) | 86 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost will be of removing the Wiltshire Fire Services Control Room from the joint services control room at Devizes when the Regional Control Room in Taunton has been completed. | (35683) | 87 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many IT and communication systems are used by the South West Fire Services; how he will unify them; and how much this will cost. | (35684) | 88 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his current estimate is of the overall cost of establishing regional fire control centres in (a) the South West, (b) the other regions and (c) in total. | (35685) | 89 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (35920) | 90 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. | (35921) | 91 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35922) | 92 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of homes in Tamworth constituency he estimates did not meet the Decent Homes Standard in each year since 1992. | (35658) | 93 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many orders have been made by local councils in (a) England, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Tamworth constituency to remove hedges under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003. | (35659) | 94 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning applications have been granted for mobile phone masts in Tamworth since 1997. | (35671) | 95 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made with training arrangements for building professionals to ensure proper support for monitoring and measuring in buildings required by the EU Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (2002/91/EC); whether he expects sufficient skilled building inspectors to be in place when the directive enters into force in January 2006; and if he will make a statement. | (35782) | 96 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much money has been raised to date from the sale of council houses; and what proportion of the revenue has been reinvested in the repair and upgrading of council housing stock. | (35806) | 97 N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what account he takes of forecasts of severe weather when assessing the adequacy of provision of places for rough sleepers. | (35478) | 98 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was paid by his Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London in that year. | (35993) | 99 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35877) | 100 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many visits (a) he and (b) the Minister for Local Government and Communities has made on departmental business to each government office region since May. | (35580) | 101 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department spent on occupational health in each of the last five years. | (35581) | 102 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many street wardens are employed in each London borough. | (35584) | 103 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious fire emergency calls have been received in (i) Brent and (ii) London in each year since 1997. | (35589) | 104 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department took to celebrate and promote non-Christian religious festivals in 2005. | (35590) | 105 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many mobile phones are (a) rented and (b) owned by his Department; and at what total cost in 2004-05. | (35591) | 106 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London. | (35956) | 107 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35957) | 108 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35958) | 109 | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cases were recorded of attacks on firemen while working on emergencies in each year since 2003-04; how many have been recorded in 2005-06; how many prosecutions were pursued; and what sentences were imposed on those found guilty in each case in which all proceedings are complete. | (35862) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 110 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on the use of broadcast and print media analysis. | (36040) | 111 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35636) | 112 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects to announce which communities within (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Stroud will be nominated for the location of new children's centres. | (35212) | 113 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whom she has asked to carry out the review of the framework for teaching mathematics; what the terms of reference are; and which experts have been invited to submit evidence. | (36020) | 114 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many responses she has received to her Department's consultation on reviewing the Framework for teaching mathematics. | (36021) | 115 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her Department's policy is on the use of online message boards for public consultations. | (36022) | 116 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 475W, on the Basic Skills Agency, if she will list the local authorities which are not members of a Quality Mark partnership. | (36023) | 117 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 478W, on Departmental Staff, what remuneration is received by the tutor in basic skills from the Learning and Skills Council. | (36024) | 118 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 15-year-olds took Level 2 Key Skills and Basic Skills qualifications regarded as functional equivalents to a GCSE in mathematics or English in the last year for which figures are available. | (36025) | 119 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on progress with the consultation on new English and mathematics performance indicators on secondary school achievement and attainment tables. | (36026) | 120 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd November 2005, Official Report, column 1326W, on vocational qualifications, how many 15-year-olds achieved five or more A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent including a full intermediate GNVQ (a) as a proportion of all 15-year-olds and (b) as a proportion of all 15-year-olds who achieved five or more A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent. | (36027) | 121 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 478W and column 321W, on departmental staff, how much was spent by the Learning and Skills Council on the development of basic skills (a) within her Department and (b) in all Government Departments in the last year for which figures are available. | (36028) | 122 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff are employed by her Department in each region of England; and if she will make a statement. | (35896) | 123 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each region of England; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement. | (35897) | 124 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in her Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to her Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35898) | 125 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding was made available for youth services in (a) England, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Tamworth constituency in each of the last 10 years. | (35669) | 126 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools are fitted with (a) solar panels, (b) photovoltaic roof tiles, (c) micro combined heat and power and (d) micro generation technologies. | (35804) | 127 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to enhance the skills base to enable people to participate in sustainable construction for the 2012 Olympic Games. | (35835) | 128 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children under 16 years of age entered sixth form in the last year for which figures are available. | (35598) | 129 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the relevant cohort in Doncaster North is eligible for an education maintenance allowance, broken down by ward. | (35599) | 130 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of teenagers in Doncaster North have stayed in education after reaching 16 years of age in each year since 1995. | (35600) | 131 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the relevant cohort in (a) Doncaster North, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England entered higher education in each year since 1995. | (35601) | 132 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost is of the education maintenance allowance scheme in 2005-06; and what estimate she has made of the cost if the lower age limit were abolished. | (35602) | 133 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in Doncaster North constituency receive free school meals; and what the figures were in each year since 1997. | (35679) | 134 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) A-level and (b) GCSE results for each school in Doncaster North constituency were in each year since 1995; and what the average results were for all schools in (i) Doncaster North, (ii) Yorkshire and (iii) England. | (35680) | 135 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children from each secondary school in Eddisbury have joined the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth. | (35611) | 136 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes in funding to the Union Modernisation Fund have been proposed as a result of Priorities for Success. | (35612) | 137 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the costs of (a) temporary and agency staff and (b) consultants fall within (i) gross administration costs and (ii) staff costs as referred to on page 12 of the Resource Accounts 2004-05. | (35613) | 138 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the National Employer training programme will continue with the Employer Training Pilot model of weighting funding towards the successful completion of qualifications by participating employees. | (35614) | 139 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was paid to HM Prison Service by her Department for the post of Head of Learning and Skills for the last three years; what the projected expenditure is for these posts over the next five years; and what the projected costs over the next five years are for the Learning and Skills Co-ordinator posts in prisons in the South West. | (35615) | 140 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 124W, on Learning and Skills Council, whether "further savings" means savings within the projected administration budgets for 2006-07 and 2007-08; and in what circumstances these savings (i) would and (ii) would not be released to the sector. | (35736) | 141 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2005, Official Report, column 946W, on prison education, what proportion of the £1.05 million for higher education and access to higher education courses for offenders in custody is expected to be spent on fees for external tutors attending prisons. | (35737) | 142 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 9th November 2005, Official Report, column 598W, and 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 124W, on Learning and Skills Council, what the Learning and Skills Council's core administration costs were in 2001-02; and why different figures were provided in each answer. | (35822) | 143 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21st July, Official Report, column 2056W, on employer training, what definition she uses of a fair contribution for employers to pay towards the cost of wider employee training. | (35823) | 144 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9th November 2005, Official Report, column 598W, on the Learning and Skills Council, why the figure for the administration costs in 2004-05 differs from that provided in Learning and Skills Council Annual Report and Accounts 2003-04. | (35824) | 145 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2005, Official Report, column 1613W, on adult education, what percentage of colleges charged fees to adults for a first full level 2 course, in each year since 2001-02. | (35825) | 146 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the Learner Support Funds were distributed to (a) 14 to16 year olds, (b) 16 to 19 year olds and (c) those aged over 19 years in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05; and what estimate she has made of the likely proportion in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07 and (C) 2007-08. | (36044) | 147 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many GCSEs on average were taken by a year 10 pupil in 2005; and what the range in the number of GCSEs taken was. | (36045) | 148 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how adults without a qualification at level 2 are prioritised in the (a) learndirect and Next Step services. | (36046) | 149 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) employers and (b) employees who were eligible signed up for employer training pilots in the last year for which figures are available. | (36047) | 150 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was paid by her Department in rates to each local authority in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each region and (b) London in each year. | (35986) | 151 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for her Department in (i) each region and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35867) | 152 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many exclusions there were of (a) boys and (b) girls from schools in (i) Brent and (ii) London in each of the last five years; and what the (A) age and (B) ethnic origin was of each excluded child. | (35578) | 153 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people in (a) Brent and (b) London have been granted an education maintenance allowance. | (35585) | 154 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was paid by her Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each region and (c) London. | (35932) | 155 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by her Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35933) | 156 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which she has responsibility in (a) total and (b) each region and (c) London in 2004-05. | (35934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 157 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of section 27 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. | (35978) | 158 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list those Private Members' Bills introduced under (a) Standing Order No.14(6), (b) Standing Order No.23 and (c) Standing Order No.57 which were (i) supported and (ii) opposed by her Department in each session since 1997-98. | (35979) | 159 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what activities have been made unlawful by legislation introduced by her Department since 1st May 2001; and if she will make a statement. | (35980) | 160 N | Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1st December, Offical Report, columns 652-3W, on greenhouse gas emissions, if she will produce an annual report to Parliament on greenhouse gas emissions. | (35522) | 161 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on environmental regulation of the EU Directive on Services in the Internal Market. | (35746) | 162 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Department and its predecessors spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35629) | 163 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with water companies on their ability to protect vulnerable individuals in the event of a breakdown in water supplies; and if she will publish (a) the protocol for identifying such individuals and (b) guidance on how support will be provided to them. | (35776) | 164 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the proposals are for the BCG vaccine in badgers trial planned for Gloucestershire; what the scale of the trial will be; what the timetable is for the trial; and in what area it will take place. | (35777) | 165 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from where plastic recycling schemes are being operated; and whether her Department has assisted each scheme (a) financially and (b) through the provision of advice. | (35778) | 166 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she is offering to farmers on whether they will need to register with the Environment Agency for (a) a waste management licence and (b) a pollution prevention and control permit. | (35779) | 167 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at what meetings the Minister responsible for Animal Welfare discussed bovine tuberculosis in the last 12 months. | (35780) | 168 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed by her Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement. | (35917) | 169 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement. | (35918) | 170 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in her Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to her Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35919) | 171 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average weight in kilograms of waste per household in each of the last 20 years. | (36031) | 172 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the quality of the water supply in Tamworth. | (35673) | 173 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) matters were discussed and (b) decisions were taken at the EU Environment Council on 2nd December; on which decisions a vote took place; and how matters affecting the environment in Wales were represented. | (35775) | 174 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria she uses in deciding whether additional security measures may be needed to protect road or rail shipments of radioactively contaminated soils from remediated sites. | (35788) | 175 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria she uses in deciding whether to include upland farms covered by restrictions due to Chernobyl radioactive fall-out in areas to be designated under the revised radioactive land contamination regime. | (35789) | 176 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total compensation has been paid to date to United Kingdom farmers as a result of economic losses from restrictions on sheep movements. | (35833) | 177 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sites have been identified as radioactively contaminated within the scope of Part IIA of the Environment Act 1990. | (35839) | 178 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1061W, on Home Information Packs (HIPs), what information on contaminated land she proposes should be included in HIPs; and if she will place the full submission to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (a) in the Library and (b) on her Department's website. | (36015) | 179 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria govern the number of papers a candidate must have published to be considered an expert member of her Department's statutory advisory bodies; and whether, when considering applications for membership of such bodies, her Department takes into account the declaration of conflict of interest at the end of papers published by scientific journals. | (35797) | 180 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings with pesticide companies the Government has had in the preparation of its response to the report by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution Crop Spraying and the Health of Residents and Bystanders; and what meetings with pesticide companies are planned. | (35798) | 181 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Government departments will be involved in consultations and discussions about the Government's response to the report by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution report, Crop Spraying and the Health of Residents and Bystanders. | (35799) | 182 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish on the internet (a) the detailed record of discussions of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP), (b) the agendas and minutes of the ACP's Medical and Toxicology Panel and (c) a declaration of interests of the ACP's Medical and Toxicology Panel. | (35800) | 183 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will require the members of (a) the Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP) and (b) the ACP's Medical and Toxicology Panel to update their declarations of interests within a fortnight of any change; and if she will publish the declarations on the internet. | (35801) | 184 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to safeguard the efficient use of agricultural land affected by the proposed expansion of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey. | (35750) | 185 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid by her Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and what the total paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London was in that year. | (35992) | 186 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage more countries to sign the International Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. | (36089) | 187 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for her Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35878) | 188 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department is taking to encourage the use of markets. | (35582) | 189 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the Rural Payments Agency's inspection report on the operation of the School Milk Subsidy scheme on the Isle of Wight has not been published; and if she will place a copy in the Library. | (35440) | 190 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid by her Department in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London in 2004-05. | (35953) | 191 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by her Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35954) | 192 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which she has responsibility in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London in 2004-05. | (35955) | 193 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency requests figures from recyclers on the amount of CFC recovered from recycled refrigerators. | (35662) | 194 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the CFC removed from a refrigerator is from (a) the insulating foam and (b) the coolant. | (35663) | 195 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many firms are accounting for all CFC gases (a) destroyed properly and (b) missing due to mishandling during the process of recycling refrigerators. | (35664) | 196 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions her Department has pursued for releasing CFC while collecting refrigerators for recycling. | (35665) | 197 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of recycling a refrigerator (a) with and (b) without the CFC from its (i) coolant and (ii) foam insulation. | (35666) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 198 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the policy of the Government to support the expansion of the mandate of the UN Peacebuilding Commission to allow for a conflict prevention role. | (35731) | 199 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of the United Arab Emirates regarding the fair and equal treatment of homosexuals. | (35734) | 200 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the decision of the Russian Parliament on the regulation of non-governmental organisations and (b) the impact this will have on (i) the ability of international human rights organisations to operate within Russia and (ii) the protection of human rights in that country. | (35743) | 201 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the African Peace Facility will continue beyond 2007; and how it is proposed to be funded. | (35747) | 202 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to promote non-conditional annual joint funding to the African Union's Peace Fund during the UK Presidency of the EU. | (35748) | 203 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to assist the African Union to have greater control over the disbursal of the African Peace Facility's funds. | (35751) | 204 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account he has taken of the World Bank's assessment that designating two per cent. of products as sensitive products could counter progress made in trade liberalisation in his assessment of the EU proposal to protect eight per cent. of products as sensitive. | (35752) | 205 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the EU's proposal for World Trade Organisation negotiations. | (35753) | 206 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the Government is putting forward within the EU to support the African Union and Regional Economic Communities in strengthening their capacity to (a) prevent conflict and (b) respond to violent conflict. | (35754) | 207 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consistency with which trade rules on the protection of sensitive products are applied to (a) developed and (b) developing countries. | (35757) | 208 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the matter of the conflict in nothern Uganda at the UN Security Council during the British Presidency. | (35759) | 209 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts to co-ordinate pressure on the United States to cut subsidies to the cotton sector. | (35760) | 210 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the decision by the government of Uganda to imprison an opposition politician on progress towards democracy, good governance and respect for human rights in Uganda. | (35761) | 211 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by his Department to help resolve the conflict in northern Uganda. | (35762) | 212 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had regarding the establishment of a standing fund within the UN to allow it to respond more effectively to emergencies. | (35763) | 213 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has had made of reports that Indonesian authorities have used British-made arms against civilians. | (35764) | 214 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the 2007 Commonwealth Summit will be held in Kampala if political unrest in Uganda continues. | (35765) | 215 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will instruct the British Ambassador to Cameroon to make urgent representations to President Biya concerning the arrest and detention of Dr Nfor Ngala Nfor. | (32154) | 216 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June 2005, Official Report, column 474W, on EU directives, if he will make a statement on the further progress of the EU Directive on Services. | (36061) | 217 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35632) | 218 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the proposed Ledra Street, Nicosia crossing point, with particular reference to Turkish Cypriot encroachment at the site. | (36077) | 219 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the recently reported statements of Mockbul Ali, departmental Islamic issues adviser, on the Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaal-e-Islami as pragmatic reformist liberal movements reflect his Department's policy; and if he will make a statement. | (36078) | 220 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether the Lords Resistance Army is willing to engage in peace talks with the government of Uganda. | (35210) | 221 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the formal visits (a) undertaken by and (b) participated in by official Opposition spokespersons which were funded by his Department in the last two years. | (35211) | 222 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (35899) | 223 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. | (35900) | 224 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35901) | 225 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made since June 2004 to the Iraqi government on investigating allegations that detainees have been tortured by official agencies or agents of the Iraqi government. | (35785) | 226 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the Government has asked the US Administration what the purpose has been of aircraft registered with the United States Central Intelligence Agency landing at United Kingdom (a) civilian and (b) military airports since 11th September 2001. | (35807) | 227 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are used to assess the effectiveness of projects supported by the Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Programme. | (35617) | 228 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the members of the panel of experts referred to in the Global Opportunities Fund report. | (35618) | 229 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are used to differentiate the support for the promotion of democracy from (a) human rights and (b) good governance under the Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Programme. | (35619) | 230 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the projects being supported under the Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Programme for the promotion of democracy in (a) China, (b) the Balkans region, (c) Kenya, (d) Uganda, (e) Eritrea, (f) Russia, (g) Pakistan and (h) Burma; and what the (i) nature of support and (ii) level of funding is for each project. | (35620) | 231 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was paid by his Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each region of the UK and (b) London in that year. | (35985) | 232 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent illegal fishing in the waters surrounding South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and if he will make a statement. | (36065) | 233 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the petrel populations around (a) South Georgia, (b) the South Sandwich Islands and (c) the British Antarctic Territory. | (36066) | 234 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent pollution from old whaling stations from damaging the environment around (a) South Georgia, (b) the South Sandwich Islands and (c) the British Antarctic Territory. | (36075) | 235 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much Government funding has been allocated in each of the last five years to the Antarctic Research stations of (a) Halley, (b) Bird Island, (c) Signy Island and (d) Rothera. | (36076) | 236 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many illegal whalers were prosecuted for activities in and around (a) the Antarctic, (b) South Georgia and (c) the South Sandwich Islands in each of the last eight years. | (36079) | 237 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was in 2004-05 of (a) preventing illegal fishing and (b) maintaining sustainable fisheries in the waters surrounding (i) South Georgia and (ii) the South Sandwich Islands. | (36080) | 238 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect whales in and around (a) the Antarctic, (b) South Georgia and (c) the South Sandwich Islands. | (36081) | 239 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visitors to the British Antarctic Territory there were in each of the last eight years, broken down by purpose of visit. | (36082) | 240 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent in each of the last eight years on removing pollutants from the whaling stations and other whaling industry sites around (a) South Georgia, (b) the South Sandwich Islands and (c) the British Antarctic Territory. | (36083) | 241 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will take steps to reduce the use of longline fisheries in the waters around (a) South Georgia, (b) the South Sandwich Islands and (c) the British Antarctic Territory. | (36084) | 242 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what penalties can be imposed on people who are found to be responsible for deaths to albatrosses in the waters around (a) South Georgia, (b) the South Sandwich Islands and (c) the British Antarctic Territory; and whether there are plans to change these penalties. | (36085) | 243 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to protect the albatross populations in (a) South Georgia, (b) the South Sandwich Islands and (c) the British Antarctic Territory; and how much funding was allocated to their protection in each place in each of the last eight years. | (36086) | 244 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure carnivorous rodents and other invasive species are controlled on (a) Gough Island and (b) other breeding areas for rare birds. | (36088) | 245 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many fishermen were prosecuted for illegal fishing in UK waters around (a) South Georgia, (b) the South Sandwich Islands and (c) the British Antarctic Territory in each of the last eight years. | (36090) | 246 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last visited (a) South Georgia, (b) the South Sandwich Islands and (c) the British Antarctic Territory; and whether he has any plans to do so. | (36091) | 247 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) encourage tourism to (i) South Georgia, (ii) the South Sandwich Islands and (iii) the British Antarctic Territory and (b) to restrict the impact of tourism on the wildlife in those areas. | (36092) | 248 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35866) | 249 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation in the Bayelsa state of Nigeria. | (35574) | 250 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent elections in Haiti. | (35575) | 251 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was paid by his Department in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London in 2004-05. | (35935) | 252 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35936) | 253 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35937) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 254 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) land and (b) property her Department owns in Southend West constituency. | (35965) | 255 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure that National Health Service doctors suspended by hospital trusts have their cases dealt with (i) justly and (ii) speedily; and if she will make a statement. | (35966) | 256 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent evaluation her Department has undertaken of public opinion on Part I of the Health Bill; and if she will make a statement. | (35967) | 257 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals were consulted by her Department before publication of her Department's White Paper on smoking; and if she will make a statement. | (35968) | 258 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research projects on (a) abortion, (b) contraception, (c) reproductive health and (d) the effects of abortion on women have been commissioned by her Department in each of the last five years for which information is available; and what the publication arrangements were in each case. | (35969) | 259 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were suffering with obesity in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) Greater London and (e) England in (i) 1994 and (ii) 2004. | (35970) | 260 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the availability of free dental care for children (a) in England and (b) within Buckingham constituency. | (35732) | 261 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by her Department to improve access to free dental care for children. | (35733) | 262 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st December, Official Report, column 726W, on obesity, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's evaluation of the local delivery plans. | (36049) | 263 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether treatment will be defined as the fitting of a hearing aid if one is required in relation to the target due to be introduced in 2008 that no-one will wait more than 18 weeks for treatment in audiology services. | (35571) | 264 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects of the new 18 week target on NHS hearing aid users who are waiting to switch from analogue to digital hearing aids. | (35572) | 265 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the 18-week target for treatment in audiology to be introduced in 2008 will be limited in its application to those patients accessing audiology services by consultant referral. | (35826) | 266 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the EU Directive on Services in the Internal Market on (a) the National Health Service and (b) privately-owned care homes owned by an identity based in another EU member state. | (35745) | 267 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35638) | 268 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many isolation units there are in each region; and where each is located. | (35790) | 269 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rules are on eligibility for NHS treatment for (a) students from EU countries and (b) other foreign students, broken down by (i) pre-16 years, (ii) 16 to 19 years and (iii) adult; and whether in each case charges are applicable. | (35791) | 270 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what health standards foundation trusts are required to meet by the Healthcare Commission. | (35792) | 271 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Health Protection Agency teams have appointed micro-biology water specialists, broken down by region. | (35793) | 272 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) IT, (b) redundancies, (c) property and (d) other costs of merging the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire ambulance services. | (35708) | 273 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the (a) short, (b) medium and (c) long-term savings of merging the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire ambulance services. | (35709) | 274 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incident prioritisation systems are in operation in the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire ambulance services; how they would be unified in the event of a merger of the ambulance services; and what estimate she has made of what the unification would cost. | (35710) | 275 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many communication systems are in operation in the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire ambulance services; which of them are interoperable with those of the police services; how they would be unified in the event that the ambulance services were merged; and what the unification would cost. | (35711) | 276 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate her Department has made of the effect on costs to the NHS of the contribution of the hospice movement. | (35607) | 277 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public funding has been provided to hospices in the Gravesham area in each year since 1997. | (35608) | 278 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed by her Department in each region; and if she will make a statement. | (35902) | 279 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each region; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement. | (35903) | 280 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in her Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to her Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35904) | 281 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private patients were treated in NHS hospitals in each of the last 10 years. | (36035) | 282 | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases were cleared on average per month by the NHS Pension Agency (a) before the introduction of the new pensaver software, (b) after the introduction of pensaver phase 1 and (c) after the introduction of pensaver phase 2. | (35881) | 283 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the additional needs element of the weighted capitation formula for primary care trust (PCT) resource allocation reflects the degree of health inequality in the PCT's locality; and if she will make a statement. | (35692) | 284 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adolescent mental health beds there are in (a) Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority and (b) Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust. | (35656) | 285 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were recorded as HIV positive in Staffordshire in each of the last 10 years. | (35657) | 286 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clients aged 16 to 19 years were seen by social services in Tamworth in each of the last five years. | (36029) | 287 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid by her Department in rates to each local authority in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each region and (b) London in that year. | (35987) | 288 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for her Department in (i) each region and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35874) | 289 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new tuberculosis cases have been recorded in the UK in each year since 1990. | (36048) | 290 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what use is being made of each former community health council building in England on which her Department is paying rent; and how much rent her Department is paying on each property. | (35576) | 291 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed in the NHS in each strategic health authority in London. | (35621) | 292 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd November 2005, Official Report, column 2107W, on the departmental estate, how much rent has been paid by the Department on the properties to which the Answer refers since they ceased to be used as Community Health Council buildings. | (35820) | 293 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid by her Department in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each region and (c) London in 2004-05. | (35938) | 294 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by her Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35939) | 295 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which she has responsibility in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London in 2004-05. | (35940) | 296 | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases were recorded of attacks on (a) ambulance crews and (b) nurses in each year since 2003-04; how many there were in 2005-06; how many prosecutions were pursued in each case; and what sentences were imposed on those found guilty in each case where all proceedings are complete. | (36012) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 297 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been found to be carrying knives in public without a good reason or lawful authority in (a) Southend West constituency, (b) Essex, (c) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (d) Hertfordshire since the coming into force of the Knives Act 1997; how many of these received a prison sentence; and what the sentence was in each case in which proceedings are complete. | (35976) | 298 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued by his Department to officials on ordering refreshments at meetings in which (a) officials only and (b) non-civil servants will be present; and if he will make a statement. | (35977) | 299 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the creation of an EU maritime border guard corps to tackle illegal immigration in the Mediterranean. | (35749) | 300 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35639) | 301 N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the development of an EU criminal intelligence model. | (35523) | 302 N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the European Commission's document Developing a Strategic Concept on Tackling Organised Crime would involve the formulation of criminal offences at an EU level. | (35530) | 303 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many internal communication systems are used by the police forces in the South West; how he would unify them in the event of an amalgamation; and what the cost could be. | (35686) | 304 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police communication systems are interoperable with the (a) local fire service and (b) ambulance service; and what plans he has to ensure that interoperability continues after the proposed amalgamation of police forces. | (35687) | 305 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts during investigations of offences alleged to have been committed at, immediately after, or in connection with the Countryside Alliance protests in Parliament Square on 15th September 2004. | (35714) | 306 N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most recent crime figures are for England and Wales according to (a) the British Crime Survey and (b) recorded crime statistics, broken down by (i) constabulary, (ii) region and (iii) basic command unit. | (35454) | 307 N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available, (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) region, (ii) constabulary and (iii) basic command unit. | (35455) | 308 N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms he plans to establish to deal with the personnel issues arising from his proposals to restructure police forces in England and Wales. | (35456) | 309 N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police authorities will receive Government grant to cover (a) the full and (b) part of the cost of the proposals for police force restructuring; and if he will make a statement. | (35457) | 310 N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the restructuring of police forces in England and Wales. | (35458) | 311 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (35908) | 312 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. | (35909) | 313 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35910) | 314 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 427W, on appeals (foreign evidence), if he will take steps to include the Criminal Case Review Commission as an investigative body that could raise a letter of request to another European jurisdiction under section 9(2) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003. | (35661) | 315 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses were prosecuted for selling Lottery tickets and scratch cards to under 16s in Tamworth constituency in the last five years. | (35672) | 316 | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters of 9th September and 9th November 2005 from the hon. Member for Richmond Park concerning Mr John Maurice Mubita, reference: M1203172. | (35623) | 317 | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial arrangements he will make to fund the new regional police force for the West Midlands; and what discussions he has had with the Deputy Prime Minister on the resultant changes in council tax bills for band D properties in the area affected. | (35660) | 318 | Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Doncaster North constituency are subject to anti-social behaviour orders; and how many are aged under 21 years. | (35681) | 319 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid by his Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London. | (35989) | 320 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether immigration officers dealing with removals of families of failed asylum seekers in Scotland have been given clearance to undertake work that involves contact with children under the Children (Scotland) Act 2005. | (35098) | 321 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether passengers on aircraft which land for a period, but who do not disembark at UK airports, fall within UK jurisdiction for the period they are on UK soil. | (35099) | 322 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35872) | 323 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is provision to remove from the National DNA Database details of a DNA sample of a minor who has never been charged or cautioned. | (35616) | 324 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made at football grounds of (a) premiership, (b) championship, (c) league one, (d) league two and (e) conference clubs in each of the last five years. | (35577) | 325 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls made to the hotline for hon. Members at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate were made by each hon. Member in each year since 2001. | (35586) | 326 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the financial impact on policing in Brent of the Government's decision to pass costs from the security operations following the July bombings onto the Metropolitan Police. | (35587) | 327 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24th November 2005, Official Report, column 2317W, on leave to remain, what percentage of postal applications was processed in (a) 20 and (b) 70 working days in the last year for which figures are available. | (35821) | 328 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London. | (35944) | 329 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35945) | 330 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35946) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 331 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2005 to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green, Official Report, column 571W, on light bulbs, whether the Commission plans to increase the use of energy efficient (a) fluorescent tubes and (b) lamps used on the parliamentary estate to 100 per cent. | (35794) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 332 N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to tackle HIV/AIDS in the developing world. | (34820) | 333 N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to promote free trade; and if he will make a statement. | (34821) | 334 N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely implications for developing countries of President Bush's recent comments on reducing global tariffs. | (34882) | 335 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken by his Department to tackle the use of child soldiers in northern Uganda. | (35738) | 336 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the United States on (a) the promotion of abstinence as a means of tackling HIV/AIDS in developing countries and (b) the effectiveness of this approach in assisting developing countries to slow the spread of the disease. | (35739) | 337 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Uganda on the impact of abstinence in tackling HIV/AIDS. | (35740) | 338 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) reports that there is a grave shortage of condoms in Uganda and (b) the impact this might have upon efforts to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in that country. | (35741) | 339 | John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken by his Department to tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS in southern Sudan following the end of the north-south conflict. | (35742) | 340 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35631) | 341 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work the informal advisory group on access to medicine has undertaken to increase the capacity of countries with an antenatal prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS of one per cent. or more to take full advantage of the flexibilities in the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property agreement; and if he will make a statement. | (35693) | 342 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work his Department has undertaken to increase the capacity of countries with an antenatal prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS of one per cent. or more to take full advantage of the flexibilities in the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property agreement; and if he will make a statement. | (35694) | 343 | Eric Joyce (Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to press for the United Nations Security Council to discuss and adopt a resolution on the conflict in northern Uganda during the UK's presidency. | (35701) | 344 | Eric Joyce (Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the transparency and accountability of World Bank funds channelled through the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | (35702) | 345 | Eric Joyce (Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the UK has provided to the demobilisation process in Burundi. | (35703) | 346 | Eric Joyce (Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that World Bank programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo do not have a negative impact on the (a) rights and (b) livelihoods of those who depend on the integrity of the forest ecosystem. | (35704) | 347 | Eric Joyce (Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures have been taken to ensure funds allocated by his Department are not diverted to pay the salaries of members of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | (35705) | 348 | Eric Joyce (Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the demobilisation process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | (35706) | Questions to the Leader of the House 349 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Leader of the House, what recent representations he has received regarding the pay rise for hon. Members; and if he will make a statement. | (35654) | 350 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Leader of the House, how many cases of violence towards hon. Members' staff in constituency offices have been made known to House authorities in each year since 1997. | (35579) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 351 | Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, why Northern Ireland is not included in the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme. | (36019) | 352 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Northern Ireland Civil Service staff in (a) Enniskillen, (b) Dungannon and (c) Ballymena are employed at (i) A.A., (ii) A.O., (iii) E.O.2, (iv) E.O.1, (v) Staff Officer and (vi) Deputy Principal grade. | (35596) | 353 N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how often the group of deputy secretaries known as the sustainable development champions within the Department of the Environment met in each of the past 12 months; and if he will list the occasions on which the Permanent Secretary of the Department of the Environment chaired such a meeting. | (35342) | 354 N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons no appointment has been made to the post of Deputy Secretary to take forward environmental policy and sustainable development within the Department of the Environment; and if he will make a statement. | (35343) | 355 N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what resources have been invested by the Department of the Environment in taking forward the sustainable development strategy; and if he will make a statement. | (35344) | 356 N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the sustainable development strategy for Northern Ireland will be published by the Department of the Environment. | (35345) | 357 | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure a fair representation from the Omagh area in filling vacancies within the Board of Sperrin Lakeland Trust. | (35847) | 358 | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure emergency services can respond promptly to terrorist or serious incidents in the south western part of Northern Ireland after the withdrawal of acute medical services from Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh; and if he will make a statement. | (35848) | 359 | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) the criteria are and (b) selection process is for filling the vacancies for the Board of Sperrin Lakeland Trust. | (35849) | 360 | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are on the public appointments list to be considered for vacancies on the Board of Sperrin Lakeland Trust; and when he expects the vacancies within the Board of Sperrin Lakeland Trust to be filled. | (35850) | 361 | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to initiate an upgrade of the main road from Belfast International Airport to the M1 Moira Junction. | (35851) | 362 | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of development proposals for new integrated schools in relation to their impact on established (a) controlled and (b) maintained schools within the same catchment areas. | (35864) | 363 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was paid by his Department in rates in 2004-05, broken down by local authority; and how much was paid in rates in 2004-05 in London. | (35991) | 364 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) Northern Ireland and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35869) | 365 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) London. | (36004) | 366 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts issued by his Department in 2004-05. | (36005) | 367 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility. | (36006) | Questions to the Prime Minister 368 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, on what occasions his Office did not pay valid invoices (a) within 30 days and (b) after the agreed credit period within financial year 2004-05. | (35971) | 369 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of (a) the in-house canteen and (b) other catering services provided by his Office in 2004. | (35972) | 370 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met the Prime Minister of Canada; and what was discussed. | (34702) | 371 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what reports he has received on the compliance with the Geneva human rights accords in respect of the United States detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. | (35784) | 372 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what considerations underpinned his decision to launch the energy review at the Confederation of British Industry conference. | (35805) | 373 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Prime Minister, how much his Office paid in rates in 2004-05. | (36013) | 374 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Prime Minister, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties. | (36000) | 375 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004-05 in (A) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the the UK and (B) London. | (36001) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 376 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was paid by his Department in rates in 2004-05, broken down by local authority; and how much was paid in rates in 2004-05 in London. | (36002) | 377 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) Scotland and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35880) | 378 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) Scotland and (c) London. | (36007) | 379 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts issued by his Department in 2004-05. | (36008) | Questions to the Solicitor General 380 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Law Officers' Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35626) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 381 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35637) | 382 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to ensure that the (a) implications and (b) costs of delivering the universal service obligation are shared with postal operators in addition to the Royal Mail. | (35769) | 383 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) share capital was received and (b) investment made by the Government in relation to the Royal Mail in each year for which figures are available since 1997. | (35770) | 384 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he is expecting the Royal Mail to publish details of its employee share scheme. | (35771) | 385 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when Sir George Bain is expected to publish his findings following his discussions with those stakeholders involved in the future of the Royal Mail. | (35772) | 386 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish his Department's analysis of other EU states with regard to whether they have a (a) fully state-owned postal service, (b) partially liberalised postal service and (c) fully liberalised postal service. | (35773) | 387 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Postcomm on whether the Royal Mail should end cross-subsidisation of services. | (35774) | 388 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what mechanisms exist (a) to monitor whether British firms violate (i) UK and (ii) international law on accepting contracts with Israel which include work in the Occupied Territories and (b) to enforce subsequent penalties. | (35624) | 389 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with his Brazilian counterpart about non-agricultural market access; and if he will make a statement on progress on this issue in advance of the Hong Kong World Trade Organisation negotiations. | (35603) | 390 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government has taken in its capacity as holder of the EU presidency to negotiate EU trade policy at the World Trade Organisation. | (35605) | 391 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures have been taken to reduce the effects of (a) European tariffs and (b) farm subsidies on the export earnings of developing countries. | (35606) | 392 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the allocation of expenditure on the UK Atomic Energy Authority in his Department's Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis is made on the basis of who benefits from the service. | (35858) | 393 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value of inward investment grants made to English regional development agencies was in each year since 2001; and how these grants are dealt with in the allocation of expenditure as identifiable or non-identifiable in his Department's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses. | (35859) | 394 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (35923) | 395 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. | (35924) | 396 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35925) | 397 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the future of nuclear power. | (35524) | 398 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of total energy supply he expects (a) fossil fuels, (b) renewables and (c) nuclear to supply by (i) 2020, (ii) 2040 and (iii) 2060. | (35525) | 399 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the future security of supply of the importation of gas. | (35526) | 400 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the future of the rural Post Office network. | (35527) | 401 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the reason was for the recent withdrawal of booklets on employment rights by the Department; and if he will re-introduce the publication of those booklets. | (35528) | 402 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on carbon dioxide emissions of an increase in the use of gas and oil to supply energy demands. | (35529) | 403 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received about the extension of Sunday trading hours; and if he will make a statement. | (35815) | 404 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has taken to accelerate the process of providing compensation to the widows and families of deceased miners; and if he will make a statement on the waiting time for compensation. | (35787) | 405 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to receive the final version of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's National Strategy. | (35834) | 406 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list foreign registered companies that have received a grant from each regional development agency (RDA) in each year since RDAs were created. | (35836) | 407 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assess the merits of using heat generated from the hot road sub-surface of new roads to provide heating in houses and commercial and industrial buildings. | (35840) | 408 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what cost-benefit analyses have been undertaken on different strategies to secure sufficient energy for the United Kingdom without increasing greenhouse gas emissions. | (35841) | 409 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with (a) Cadw and (b) the Countryside Council for Wales in relation to the proposed Tywi Route for the liquified gas pipeline from Milford Haven to Herefordshire. | (35595) | 410 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was paid by his Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London. | (35994) | 411 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35876) | 412 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London. | (35959) | 413 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35960) | 414 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35964) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 415 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money was used to pay for the Lamberhurst by-pass; and from which fund. | (35302) | 416 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Government regional funds have been used to pay for the Lamberhurst by-pass; and if he will make a statement. | (35303) | 417 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding was used to pay for the Lamberhurst by-pass along the A21 in East Sussex; and if he will make a statement. | (35304) | 418 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to publish regulations for local authorities on the designation of quiet lanes before 20th December. | (35682) | 419 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purpose his Department commissions analysis of print media; and how the results of such research are used. | (35883) | 420 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the use of broadcast and print media analysis. | (35884) | 421 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place copies in the Library of broadcast media reports undertaken for his Department since 2002. | (35885) | 422 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been paid to Milward Brown for print media analysis undertaken for his Department in each year since 2002. | (35886) | 423 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned any research into (i) broadcast and (ii) print media reporting in relation to the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington since 5th May. | (36011) | 424 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on developing passenger services on the Coventry-Nuneaton railway line; and what recent discussions he has had with Coventry City Council on this. | (34703) | 425 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the costs of developing passenger services on the Coventry-Nuneton railway line. | (34704) | 426 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on subsidies for rail and bus travel in each of the last five years. | (34705) | 427 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Birmingham Airport regarding the establishment of an (a) additional and (b) extended runway. | (34706) | 428 | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 562W, on festivals, how much was spent by the Department on the Celebration of Culture event on Friday 11th November 2005. | (35795) | 429 | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 562W, on festivals, how much money was made available by his Department for staff to travel to (a) the Swansea Chinese Association's New Year Celebration, (b) the 2004 Diwali Event at the NEC in Birmingham and (c) the November 2005 Asian Mela Event at the NEC. | (35819) | 430 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its predecessors has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35634) | 431 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority has recently sold on information about licence holders to a third party. | (35392) | 432 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of total UK emissions he estimates will be provided by aviation in (a) 2030 and (b) 2050 (i) with and (ii) without allowance for radiative forcing calculated at 2.7. | (35573) | 433 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (35929) | 434 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. | (35930) | 435 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35931) | 436 | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the (a) reliability and (b) punctuality of First Great Western services between London and Worcestershire in (i) the most recent period for which figures are available and (ii) the equivalent period in the previous year. | (35667) | 437 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the salary of the Chief Executive of the Vehicle Certification Agency differs from that of his predecessor. | (35827) | 438 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what bonuses the Chief Executive of the Vehicle Certification Agency has received since his appointment; and for what reasons in each case. | (35828) | 439 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Vehicle Certification Agency is involved in the work of the Management Systems Certification. | (35829) | 440 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultants the Vehicle Operating Service Authority employs; how long each has been employed; in what capacity; and at what cost. | (35830) | 441 N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account was taken of the potential call on resources of the transport infrastructure associated with the 2012 London Olympic Games in his decision not to allocate funding to the (a) Merseytram, (b) South Hampshire Rapid Transit and (c) Leeds Supertram schemes. | (35213) | 442 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of constructing a new tunnel or bridge to cross the Braintree to Liverpool Street railway line for the proposed southern route of the A120. | (35593) | 443 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of the new crossing over the River Brain required by the A120 Proposed Southern Route. | (35594) | 444 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the (a) total construction cost and (b) cost per mile of the dual carriageway Braintree bypass in 1989; and if he will express those costs at present day prices. | (35609) | 445 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the construction cost of the (a) crossing of the London to Liverpool Street railway line and (b) crossing of the River Brain required by the Braintree bypass in 1989; and if he will express those costs at present day prices. | (35610) | 446 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an assessment has been made of the likely impact on the A120 Proposed Southern Route of the additional heavy goods vehicle movements which are expected under plans to build a waste disposal plant on Rivenhall Airfield. | (35755) | 447 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria the Highways Agency uses when assessing the impact of transport schemes on (a) commercial and (b) residential property; and what weighting is given to (i) the preservation of established residential properties and (ii) recent commercial developments. | (35756) | 448 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidelines he has issued to the Highways Agency on timely response to statements of objection which arise from public consultations; and what upper limit for an acceptable response time he has set. | (35758) | 449 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used in balancing the needs of local communities affected by road schemes with wider strategic objectives. | (35842) | 450 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the public consultation on the expansion of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey complied with the Cabinet Office's Code of Practice on Consultation in relation to the (a) necessary publicity within affected areas, (b) location of consultation exhibitions and (c) publication and distribution of consultation documents. | (35843) | 451 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account was taken of the construction costs of the new crossings required by the A120 proposed southern route when judging whether the scheme achieved best value. | (35844) | 452 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the costs of the effect on railway services between Braintree and London Liverpool Street of the construction of a crossing for the proposed A120 southern route. | (35845) | 453 | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the costs were of (a) stabilising and (b) rerouting electricity lines included in the total project budget for the A120 proposed southern route. | (35846) | 454 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates planes registered in the US by Stevens Express Leasing have landed at domestic UK airfields in each of the last five years. | (35999) | 455 | Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Review of Northern Rail Services. | (36018) | 456 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid by his Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London. | (35996) | 457 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35865) | 458 N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when a decision will be announced on the funding of the Fareham-Gosport-Portsmouth Light Rapid Transit scheme. | (33619) | 459 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London. | (35961) | 460 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35962) | 461 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35963) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 462 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will ensure that the decorative lights on departmental Christmas trees are powered by electricity from renewable sources of power. | (35768) | 463 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what areas of (a) employment, (b) manufacture and (c) sports development in Wales he expects will benefit from the London 2012 Olympic Games. | (35832) | 464 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was paid by his Department in rates in 2004-05, broken down by local authority; and how much was paid in rates in 2004-05 in London. | (36003) | 465 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) Wales and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35879) | 466 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) Wales and (c) London. | (36009) | 467 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts issued by his Department in 2004-05. | (36010) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 468 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of men in the UK who will reach the age of 65 years in (a) 2006, (b) 2017 and (c) 2027 will have national insurance contributions of (i) 44 years or more, (ii) 41 to 43 years, (iii) 36 to 40 years, (iv) 31 to 35 years, (v) 26 to 30 years, (vi) 21 to 25 years, (vii) 16 to 20 years, (viii) 11 to 15 years, (ix) 6 to 10 years, (x) 1 to 5 years and (xi) 0 years. | (35981) | 469 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of women in the UK who will reach the age of (a) 60 in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2017 and (b) 65 in 2027 respectively will have national insurance contributions of (A) 44 years or more, (B) 41 to 43 years, (C) 36 to 40 years, (D) 31 to 35 years, (E) 26 to 30 years, (F) 21 to 25 years, (G) 16 to 20 years, (H) 11 to 15 years, (I) 6 to 10 years, (J) 1 to 5 years and (K) 0 years. | (35982) | 470 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what activities have been made unlawful by legislation introduced by his Department since 1st May 2001; and if he will make a statement. | (35983) | 471 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list those Private Members' Bills introduced under (a) Standing Order No. 14(6), (b) Standing Order No.23 and (c) Standing Order No.57 which were (i) supported and (ii) opposed by his Department in each session since 1997-98. | (35984) | 472 N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many deaths of children under the age of 18 years resulted from (a) swimming accidents and (b) swimming accidents in swimming pools in each of the last 20 years. | (35043) | 473 | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years. | (35640) | 474 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is of an incapacity case cleared by scrutiny. | (35713) | 475 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (35911) | 476 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. | (35912) | 477 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of (a) pay supplements, (b) bonuses and (c) other incentive packages that are payable in his Department on the basis of geographic location; how many people are in receipt of each payment; and what the total cost to his Department of each payment was in 2004-05. | (35913) | 478 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the basis was for the allocation of European expenditure to Scotland in 2003-04 in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis, comprising payments under European Social Fund (ESF), Payments in Advance under the ESF, and payments under European Regional Development funds. | (36016) | 479 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the basis was for the allocation of funding attributable to Scotland for administration of the Rent Service in the Public Sector Statistical Analysis; and which functions of the Rent Service relate to Scotland. | (36017) | 480 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Tamworth constituency have been in receipt of the carer's allowance in each year since it was introduced. | (35655) | 481 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies there are in Tamworth constituency; how many there were on the same date last year; and what the vacancy rate in England is per 1,000 of population. | (35670) | 482 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single women pensioners in Tamworth constituency are receiving financial assistance to bring them up to the minimum pension level. | (35674) | 483 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's jobs are located in Tamworth constituency. | (35675) | 484 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of inactive benefits in Tamworth constituency moved back to work in 2004-05. | (35676) | 485 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many community care grants were awarded in the (a) Staffordshire County Council area and (b) Tamworth Borough Council area in each year since 2001. | (35677) | 486 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent meetings he has had with the First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government; what was discussed; and what decisions were taken. | (35837) | 487 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has received a report from the Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency (CSA) with recommendations for the reform of the CSA; and what plans he has to make an oral statement to the House on this matter. | (35689) | 488 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's customer performance targets are being missed on the basis of the latest available information; and if he will make a statement. | (35690) | 489 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total processing time for each of his Department's administered benefits in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005 and (e) the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | (35691) | 490 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of staff reductions in his Department and its agencies on performance in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | (35707) | 491 | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for health and safety of electronically tagging workers in commercial warehouses. | (35882) | 492 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid by his Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004-05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) London. | (35990) | 493 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London in 2004-05. | (35871) | 494 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families received child maintenance payments in (a) Brent and (b) London in each of the last five years. | (35668) | 495 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid by his Department in 2004-05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK and (c) London. | (35947) | 496 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004-05 in (i) each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii) London. | (35948) | 497 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004-05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London. | (35949) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 498 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff are employed by the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit; and at what grade. | [Transferred] (35974) | 499 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit in each year since its inception; and what its functions are. | [Transferred] (35975) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 500 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Kettering of 28th November 2005, Official Report, column 1W, on the Olympic Games, who the members are of the Nations and Regions Group of London 2012; and what the relevant experience of each is. | [Transferred] (35831) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 501 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the annual tax revenue from applying business rates to the land holdings of development and property companies. | [Transferred] (36032) | 502 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the annual value of the exemption from council tax of vacant property. | [Transferred] (36033) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 503 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the recent reductions of sugar subsidies by the EU on (a) encouraging trade in developing countries and (b) the overproduction and dumping of sugar. | [Transferred] (35604) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 504 | Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Evidence to the Liaison Committee on 22nd November, what steps have been taken by the Government to find out how many Iraqi civilians have been killed as a result of action by Coalition forces since the invasion in March 2003. | [Transferred] (35783) | Questions to the Leader of the House 505 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, what the target time is for answering written Parliamentary Questions. | [Transferred] (35973) |
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