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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 13 December 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 December 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 13 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 Tuesday 13 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 13 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2005, Official Report, column 1902W, on 0870 numbers, what contractual arrangements Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has for the provision of the non-profit making 0870 lines. | | (37639) | 2
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has conducted into the quality of tender specification documents issued by public bodies to private organisations bidding for public contracts; and if he will (a) conduct a sampled investigation into (i) the quality of these documents and (ii) what additional costs and inefficiencies are created in the bidding process due to poorly written documents and (b) produce guidance to assist public bodies in drafting clearly comprehensible tender specification documents. | | (37579) | 3
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending the provisions of section 33 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 to city academies. | | (37330) | 4
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value added tax status will be of the trust schools proposed in the White Paper Higher Standards, Better Standards for All. | | (37331) | 5
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children died in hospital of an infection in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of children's deaths such deaths comprised in each year. | | (37332) | 6
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost of fraud relating to the tax credits e-portal; and if he will make a statement. | | (35699) | 7
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department first became aware of tax credit fraud in relation to the tax credits e-portal; and if he will make a statement. | | (35700) | 8
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the false use of Department for Work and Pensions staff identities in fraudulent tax credit claims. | | (35727) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 9
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many requests for information have been received by her Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force; how many requests have had their deadline extended beyond 20 working days to allow consideration of where the public interest lies; and how many requests have been refused on public interest grounds. | | (37644) | 10
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the availability of civil legal aid to people living in Gravesham. | | (37620) | 11
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the parish council in Gravesham about the re-use of cemeteries. | | (37621) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 12
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what means the Government's new licensing regime ensures that village hall managers and other responsible persons are informed of the number of applications for temporary event notices for events to be held in their premises; and if she will make a statement. | | (37676) | 13
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Disability Rights Commission on promoting the London Paralympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (37610) | 14
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on financial support for elite athletes. | | (37617) | 15
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications of lottery funding for the London 2012 Olympics for lottery grants for other sports; and if she will make a statement. | | (37618) | 16
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the amount of lottery funds distributed in the South East region in 2004-05. | | (37619) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 17
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 96W, on 0870 numbers, what contractual arrangements his Department has for the provision of 0870 lines. | | (37641) | 18
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the balance sheet value of the Atomic Weapons Establishment was on 31st March; what the (a) carrying charge and (b) applicable depreciation for that establishment is in the 2005-06 financial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (37636) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 19
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of affordable housing in Coventry South. | | (36238) | 20
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of spending by (a) Kent County Council and (b) Gravesham Borough Council was financed from council tax in each financial year since 1996-97. | | (37592) | 21
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the 2003 EU directive on energy performance will be implemented. | | (37578) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 22
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have used their developed capital to improve drinking water provision in each of the last three years. | | (37329) | 23
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8th November 2005, Official Report, column 443W, on 0870 numbers, what contractual arrangements her Department has for the provision of the non-profit making 0870 lines. | | (37640) | 24
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) financial and (b) other support her Department provides for part-time students in higher education; and if she will make a statement. | | [R] (37613) | 25
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons her Department decided to remove the obligation on governing bodies to hold an annual parents' meeting. | | (37659) | 26
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether payment will be made for school buildings and assets of independent schools that wish to become trust schools; and from what source any such payments would be funded under the arrangements proposed in the Schools White Paper. | | (37660) | 27
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there were for (a) parent governors and (b) school governors in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (37661) | 28
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the legal duties and responsibilities of governors of trust schools will be under the proposals in the Schools White Paper. | | (37662) | 29
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of demand for secondary school places in the next 10 years. | | (37663) | 30
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what duties (a) community schools, (b) trust schools, (c) special schools, (d) city academies, (e) pupil referral units, (f) federated schools and (g) foundation schools will have to admit (i) pupils with special needs with statements, (ii) pupils with special needs without statements and (iii) looked-after children under the proposals in the School White Paper. | | (37664) | 31
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether (a) pupil referral units and (b) special schools will be able to apply for trust status under the proposals in the Schools White Paper. | | (37665) | 32
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) demand and (b) resource implications for pupil referral units of proposals in the Schools White Paper. | | (37666) | 33
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the (a) workload and (b) time commitments for (i) governors and (ii) chairs of governing bodies of trust schools under the proposals in the Schools White Paper. | | (37667) | 34
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she will take to ensure that independent schools wishing to apply for trust status under the proposals in the Schools White Paper are (a) of an acceptable educational standard and (b) financially secure; and what criteria she will set in each case. | | (37668) | 35
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether (a) trust schools that were previously independent and (b) other trust schools will be permitted to become independent under the arrangements proposed in the Schools White Paper. | | (37669) | 36
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had with the (a) National Governors Council and (b) National Association of School Governors on the implications for school governors of the proposals in the Schools White Paper. | | (37670) | 37
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the cost of reducing primary school class sizes to 20 pupils. | | (37635) | 38
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the cost of reducing secondary school class sizes to (i) 15 and (ii) 12 pupils. | | (37646) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 39
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to increase funding for flood defences in Robertsbridge, East Sussex; and whether the funds will be spent on flood defences along Northbridge Street. | | (36900) | 40
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17th November 2005, Official Report, column 1364W, on 0870 numbers, what contractual arrangements her Department has for the provision of 0870 lines. | | (37642) | 41
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support local authorities in Bedfordshire in developing alternative methods of waste disposal; and if she will make a statement. | | (37637) | 42
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional measures the Government is taking to assist growth areas to develop alternative methods of disposing of waste; and if she will make a statement. | | (37647) | 43
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used when awarding local authorities permits for the disposal of annual amounts of biodegradable waste in landfill sites; and if she will make a statement. | | (37648) | 44
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the facilities available in areas of major housing growth for the disposal of waste; and if she will make a statement. | | (37649) | 45
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the permissible annual amounts of biodegradable waste which can be disposed of in landfill sites by local authorities in Bedfordshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (37650) | 46
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government makes of projected increases in population and households in Bedfordshire when determining annual amounts of biodegradable waste permitted for disposal in landfill sites by local authorities; and if she will make a statement. | | (37675) | 47
N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the Rural Payments Agency will begin processing applications under the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable scheme in time for Producer Organisations to meet the registration deadline of 15th December. | | (37282) | 48
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much plastic packaging has been (a) recovered and (b) recycled in each of the last seven years. | | (37604) | 49
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many facilities burn municipal waste; and where they are located. | | (37622) | 50
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the number of litres of (a) sparkling and (b) still water consumed in the United Kingdom in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2002. | | (37638) | 51
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to poultry farmers about making preparations to comply with any future instruction to contain their poultry under cover; what financial assistance her Department is making available to assist poultry farmers to comply with such an instruction; and if she will make a statement. | | (37283) | 52
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to seek sensitive product status for eggs in shells in the forthcoming World Trade Organisation talks. | | (37673) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 53
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with its counterpart in the US regarding the torture of detainees in third party countries. | | (36405) | 54
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the new flexibilities on timing of expenditure and the required level of match funding for the Structural Funds set out in his EU budgetary proposals on Monday 5th December would apply to Convergence Fund regions in the EU-15 in the same way as they apply to the EU-10. | | (37176) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 55
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated for mental ill-health in Hackney North and Stoke Newington in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by ethnic origin. | | (37624) | 56
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated for mental health services in Hackney North and Stoke Newington in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available. | | (37625) | 57
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to promote a better understanding of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 in England with respect to (a) individual assessments for carers and (b) the role of local authorities in working in partnership. | | (37627) | 58
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests for information have been received by her Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force; how many requests have had their deadline extended beyond 20 working days to allow consideration of where the public interest lies; and how many requests have been refused on public interest grounds. | | (37645) | 59
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost was of (a) a home birth, (b) an out of hospital birth and (c) a hospital birth in each NHS trust providing maternity care in 2004-05; and what assessment she has made of the reference cost for each category of birth. | | (37422) | 60
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the role of midwife-led birthing centres. | | (37423) | 61
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) target waiting times to see a (i) consultant psychiatrist and (ii) psychologist were in (A) Blackpool, (B) the North West and (C) England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (37656) | 62
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times were from general practitioner referral to receipt of counselling services in (a) Blackpool, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (37657) | 63
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the target waiting times are for (a) psychiatry and (b) psychology appointments. | | (37658) | 64
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effects on women of child bearing age of folic acid supplementation in protecting against babies being born with neural tube defects. | | (37655) | 65
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information her Department distributes informing women of child bearing age about folic acid supplementation. | | (37685) | 66
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her reply of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 405W, on primary care trust commissioning (Oxfordshire), whether discussions regarding the proposal to put primary care trust commissioning out to tender was initiated by Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority. | | (36898) | 67
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made towards its aim to eliminate waiting times of over six months for inpatient treatment by the end of 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (36903) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 68
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in developing the Government's proposals in relation to the use of juries in fraud trials. | | (36236) | 69
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received about the proposed restructuring of police forces in (a) Sussex, (b) Kent and (c) Surrey; and if he will make a statement. | | (36901) | 70
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 25th November from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green; when Mr Independencio So (Home Office reference S668821) will be granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with the ruling of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal; and if he will make a statement. | | (37576) | 71
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding applications for leave to remain on grounds of asylum there are from applicants from each member state of the European Union; and if he will make a statement. | | (37577) | 72
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Chief Constable of Kent about police restructuring since the publication of Closing the Gap by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. | | (37593) | 73
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the occasions (a) before and (b) after 26th October on which (i) he and (ii) his representatives contacted Kent Police about the Terrorism Bill; and what form that contact took. | | (37594) | 74
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 4th October from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, regarding Neville Harding, reference H353358. | | (37671) | 75
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 25th October from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, regarding Claudia Velvalee Love James, reference J1018480. | | (37672) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 76
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government has provided to the Maldives since the tsunami. | | (37614) | 77
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government has provided to the people of the Maldives to promote democratic governance; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (37615) | 78
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what collaboration there has been between the Government and the Commonwealth in support of countries affected by the tsunami. | | (37674) | Questions to the Leader of the House 79
N | Barbara Follett (Stevenage):To ask the Leader of the House, what recent assessment he has made of the level of services available to hon. Members who lose their seats. | | (36663) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 80
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many treatment-related complaints have been made to the Northern Ireland Ombudsman by people suffering from (a) mental health-related illnesses and (b) general medical health-related illnesses in each Health Board area in Northern Ireland in the last five years; and how many and what percentage of those complaints have been upheld by the Ombudsman, broken down by Health Board area. | | (37281) | 81
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the Police Service of Northern Ireland has brought cases regarding the breach of drinking by-laws to Belfast City Council in each year since November 2001. | | (37581) | 82
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who has the authority to prescribe hormonal emergency contraception in Northern Ireland other than general practitioners. | | (37582) | 83
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people work in the Police Service of Northern Ireland central statistics unit. | | (37583) | 84
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the elected representatives on each Neighbourhood Partnership in the four Belfast constituencies; and which political party each represents. | | (37584) | 85
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the security firms employed at each hospital in Belfast. | | (37585) | 86
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding each hospital in Belfast has allocated to security in each of the last five years. | | (37586) | 87
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many overnight stays he has made in Northern Ireland in each month since taking up office. | | (37587) | 88
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many overnight stays in Northern Ireland each Minister has made since taking up their post. | | (37588) | 89
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hybrid petrol/electric cars have been sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what grants are available to those who wish to buy such vehicles. | | (37589) | 90
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the locations of each fatal road traffic collision in East Belfast District Command Unit from 2000 to 2004. | | (37590) | 91
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the Police Service of Northern Ireland has brought cases regarding the breach of drinking by-laws to Castlereagh Borough Council in each year since November 2001. | | (37591) | 92
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what tonnage of plastic was (a) recovered and (b) recycled in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (37595) | 93
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals in Northern Ireland are in receipt of funding for preparation for the next Olympic Games. | | (37596) | 94
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many nurses were recruited to work in neurosurgery at the Royal Group of Hospitals in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (37597) | 95
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the waiting list for neurosurgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Northern Ireland. | | (37598) | 96
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many accidental deaths there were in Northern Ireland in each of the last 20 years. | | (37599) | 97
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people aged between 15 and 24 committed suicide in Northern Ireland in each of the last 20 years. | | (37601) | 98
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people applied to be members of each District Police Partnership in the most recent selection process; and how many were deemed to be appointable candidates. | | (37602) | 99
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cars in Northern Ireland run on biofuels. | | (37605) | 100
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children (a) are entitled to and (b) receive free school meals in each education board in Northern Ireland. | | (37606) | 101
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he will take to assist with insurance costs employers who wish to take on young apprentices for training. | | (37607) | 102
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers were working within the East Belfast District Command Unit on 3rd December. | | (37608) | 103
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his latest estimate is of the number of pensioner households in Northern Ireland. | | (37609) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 104
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the social and economic value of the rural post office network. | | (35728) | 105
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what date negotiations on Government funding for the rural post office network from 2008 onwards are planned to be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (35729) | 106
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 8th November 2005, Official Report, column 291W, on 0870 numbers, what contractual arrangements his Department has for the provision of non-profit making 0870 lines. | | (37643) | 107
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent research he has commissioned into the costs and benefits of windfarms; and if he will make a statement. | | (37612) | 108
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the costs and benefits of clean coal technology. | | (37616) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 109
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to change services on the Bexhill to London Victoria line following the award of the Integrated Kent Franchise. | | (36902) | 110
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid by his Department in rates to Coventry local authority in 2004-05. | | (36237) | 111
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to extend the coverage of disability discrimination legislation to cover (a) air and (b) sea travel; and if he will make a statement. | | (36781) | 112
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Department will support the proposed EU regulation on the rights of persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air. | | (36782) | 113
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Department has to commence talks with international counterparts on the accessibility of aircraft and airports for disabled people. | | (36783) | 114
N | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional manpower he plans to allocate to the British Transport Police for security duties on the London Underground. | | (37177) | 115
N | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional security measures have been instituted on the London Underground system following the terrorist attacks of 7th and 21st July. | | (37178) | 116
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices have been issued using incorrectly-worded pre-printed forms since decriminalisation of parking enforcement began; by which local authorities they were issued; and if he will make a statement. | | (37526) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 117
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh Assembly Government, (b) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and (c) the Disability Rights Commission on the impact of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics on Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (37611) | 118
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on rail passenger access for disabled travellers (a) in Wales and (b) at Port Talbot Parkway. | | (37623) | 119
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with (a) the Home Secretary, (b) Welsh Chief Constables and (c) chairs of police authorities on the proposed mergers of police forces in Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (37626) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 120
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received about stakeholder pensions; and what reviews his Department has undertaken on stakeholder pensions since they were introduced. | | (36899) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 121
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Inland Revenue staff in Northern Ireland have been dismissed as a result of misuse of computer systems in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (37600) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 122
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much funding has been made available to develop markets for biomass in (a) heat, (b) combined heat and power and (c) power generation in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (37603) |
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