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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 14 December 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 December 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 14 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 14 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 14 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the United Kingdom has contributed to European Union funds as a percentage of its gross domestic product in each year since 1975. | | (37528) | 2
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers would not pay (a) income tax and (b) national insurance contributions if the earnings level at which such payments began to be paid were raised in the forthcoming Budget to £10,000 per annum. | | (37845) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by his Department in Coventry. | | (37040) | 4
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, why duty on red diesel was not frozen in the recent Pre-Budget Report. | | (37809) | 5
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reduce the biofuels duty levy. | | (37939) | 6
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will exempt the cost of gravestones from VAT. | | (37729) | 7
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the death rate was for (a) cancer and (b) heart disease in (i) the West Midlands, (ii) Staffordshire, and (iii) Tamworth constituency in the last period for which figures are available. | | (37824) | 8
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average level of consumer debt was in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (37831) | 9
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency he expects to benefit from the reform to the tax credit system announced in the Pre-Budget Report. | | (37738) | 10
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Ministers were first informed of organised tax credit fraud via the e-portal; and if he will make a statement. | | (37915) | 11
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax revenue from the sale of (a) liquefied petroleum gas, (b) bioethanol/petrol blends, (c) biodiesel blended from straight vegetable oil and (d) standard unleaded petrol has been in each of the last five years. | | (37854) | 12
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue which will be generated annually as a result of the increase in excise duty on straight vegetable oil. | | (37855) | 13
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria biodiesel produced from straight vegetable oil does not satisfy in the amended Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979. | | (37856) | 14
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government will take to encourage people who may have dormant accounts to claim their money before the funds are used by the Government. | | (37963) | 15
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what adjustments were made to the Scottish budget as a result of the agreement with the Scottish Executive referred to in Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly in each year of its operation; and what policy decisions resulted in each adjustment. | | (37532) | 16
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average wage in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Stoke-on-Trent was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (37740) | 17
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to revisit (a) the research for and (b) the conclusions of the Wanless report relating to increased NHS spending, with particular reference to the four years after 2008. | | (37989) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 18
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost was of re-structuring central government departments in each year since 1997. | | (37932) | 19
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants worked from home for at least one day a week in the last year for which figures are available. | | (38018) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 20
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many retired Church of England clergy who are in receipt of a pension have subsequently returned to the ministry full-time. | | (37933) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 21
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what is the average time taken to process cases at the Information Commissioner's Office; and if she will make a statement. | | (37724) | 22
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) acceptances and (b) rejections there have been of the applications received by the Gender Recognition Panel; and what the reasons were for each rejection. | | (38057) | 23
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when section 42A of the Family Law Act 1996 will come into force; and if she will make a statement. | | (37762) | 24
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average time taken for contempt proceedings to be dealt with under the Family Law Act 1996 was prior to the amendments of the Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004. | | (37763) | 25
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she plans to introduce measures to ensure exchange of information between family and criminal courts for the breach of a non-molestation order under section 42A of the Family Law Act 1996. | | (37772) | 26
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she plans to adjust the criminal legal aid budget to provide for changes in criminal defence costs under the section 42A of the Family Law Act 1996. | | (37773) | 27
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the selection of juries is representative of the ethnic profile of the local population. | | (37748) | 28
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she has taken to address the issues raised by Lord Justice Auld in his 2001 review on the ethnic composition of juries; whether she intends to implement Lord Justice Auld's recommendation that where the court considers that race is likely to be relevant in a case, a jury could be selected which includes up to three people from any ethnic minority group; and if she will make a statement. | | (37749) | 29
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what data her Department collects on the ethnic composition of juries; and what recent research her Department has conducted into the under-representation of ethnic minorities on juries. | | (37759) | 30
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps the Department has taken to ensure that decisions taken by the National Parking Adjudication Service are consistent. | | (37967) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 31
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial assistance has been given to junior (a) Rugby League, (b) Rugby Union, (c) football and (d) cricket in (i) the West Midlands, (ii) Staffordshire and (iii) Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (37832) | 32
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials have held meetings with the Anschutz Entertainment Group; where each meeting took place; and which potential sites for casinos were discussed. | | (38049) | 33
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials have held in the last four months with casino operators interested in securing licences under the Gambling Act 2005. | | (38050) | 34
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2005, Official Report, column 1619W, on English Heritage, which sites owned and run by English Heritage she has visited in her official capacity as Secretary of State in the last 12 months. | | (37816) | 35
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public access 50 metre swimming pools there are in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Havering; and how many are planned prior to the Olympics in 2012. | | (37957) | 36
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent in each of the last five years in promoting tourism to the UK in China; and what assessment she has made of the effects of the promotion campaigns. | | (37960) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 37
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the Ballykelly Army Camp. | | (37843) | 38
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will happen to the proceeds raised by the disposal of former married quarters at Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry. | | (37844) | 39
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since September 2001 US-registered aircraft tail number (a) N313P and (b) N44982, formerly N8068V and N379P, has landed at United Kingdom military airfields with an airport in (i) Libya, (ii) Uzbekistan, (iii) Morocco and (iv) Egypt as its (A) origin and (B) destination. | | (35443) | 40
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since September 2001 US-registered aircraft tail number (a) N313P and (b) N44982, formerly N8068V and N379P, has landed at United Kingdom military airfields with an airport in (i) Jordan, (ii) Syria, (iii) Romania and (iv) Poland as its (A) origin and (B) destination. | | (35444) | 41
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what authority UK military police forces have in United States military bases situated in the United Kingdom. | | (35459) | 42
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since September 2001 US-registered aircraft tail number (a) N313P and (b) N44982, formerly N8068V and N379P, has landed at United Kingdom military airfields with (i) Kabul and (ii) Baghdad as its (A) origin and (B) destination. | | (35460) | 43
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many persons have been brought before the standing civilian courts in each of the past five years, broken down by category of offence; and what the rate of conviction was in each such category. | | (38044) | 44
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information is recorded on the (a) nature of charges brought, (b) rate of conviction and (c) sentencing outcomes of proceedings of the standing civilian courts. | | (38045) | 45
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his evidence to the Defence Select Committee on 1st November, whether the destructive power of the UK's nuclear force has been reduced in line with the 70 per cent. reduction in fire power referred to. | | (38058) | 46
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements his Department has made to facilitate the financial assistance offered by the US-based Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund to the families of British personnel lost on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. | | (36458) | 47
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Devizes of 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 98W, on married quarters, what the cost to his Department of the empty married quarters properties was in the last year for which figures are available; what plans his Department has for reducing this number; and if he will make a statement. | | (37767) | 48
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Devizes of 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 98W, on married quarters, where the married quarters in England which have been empty for longest are located; and if he will make a statement. | | (37768) | 49
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Devizes of 23rd November 2005, Official Report, column 2054W, on married quarters, how many properties in the married quarters estate he expects to be classified as empty in each of the next three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (37769) | 50
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10th November 2005, Official Report, column 1242W, on munitions, if he will make a statement on the mortar that was stolen in 1999. | | (37837) | 51
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2005, Official Report, column 1877W, how many complaints about (a) body armour, (b) weapons and (c) machinery have been recorded in the recent campaigns in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan. | | (37853) | 52
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10th November 2005, Official Report, column 705W, on departmental telephone lines, if he will list the organisations which hold the records on 0870 numbers used by his Department and the revenue received from them. | | (37949) | 53
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel have been (a) injured and (b) killed whilst performing temporary fire-fighting duties in each of the last 10 years. | | (37962) | 54
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian staff are employed at the storage and distribution site at Bicester; and how many of these are employed by (a) contractors and (b) agencies. | | (38017) | 55
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the military use of space. | | (37922) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 56
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received regarding the Local Government Finance Settlement. | | (37284) | 57
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many call-outs each retained fire service in Staffordshire has had in each of the last five years. | | (37821) | 58
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many times out-of-county fire appliances have been called to emergencies in Staffordshire due to Staffordshire services already being engaged in each of the last five years. | | (37822) | 59
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of the additional homes planned to be built in England are expected to be (a) council, (b) housing association and (c) private homes. | | (37784) | 60
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 8th December 2005, Official Report, columns 1501-2W, on designated growth areas, what procedures his Department will put in place to respond to rapid population growth within designated growth areas; and what evidential sources will be used to trigger such a procedure. | | (37946) | 61
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 8th December 2005, Official Report, columns 1501-2W, on designated growth areas, if he will list the providers of private funding; how much funding has been committed by each; what opportunities for private sector funding were identified by his Department in each of the growth areas; and what his Department's estimate is of the private funding that will be made available within each designated growth area by 2016. | | (37947) | 62
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local authority-owned playgrounds there were in each local authority in England in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2005. | | (37746) | 63
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) print, (b) broadcast and (c) internet media reports undertaken for his Department since 2002. | | (37775) | 64
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Department's policy on the use of (a) broadcast, (b) print and (c) internet media analysis. | | (37776) | 65
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to his Department was of (a) broadcast, (b) print and (c) internet media analysis in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (37777) | 66
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2005, Official Report, column 197W, on correspondence, how many letters he wrote in the same time period in (a) 2004 and (b) 2003. | | (37815) | 67
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has undertaken research into reporting in the (a) broadcast, (b) print and (c) internet media of the hon. Member for Brent East since 5th May. | | (37849) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 68
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department is taking to enhance the rights of carers. | | (37909) | 69
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in (a) Sprowston High School, (b) Kellesden High School, (c) King Edward School and (d) Norwich High Street in Norwich progressed to (i) medicine, (ii) law and (iii) science subjects at university in the last five years. | | (37916) | 70
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of applicants to study medicine in each of the last five years. | | (37917) | 71
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding is planned to be made available to schools in Gravesham for anti-bullying campaigns. | | (37838) | 72
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of whether the funding increase for schools in Gravesham will ensure that all the schools will be able to fulfil the planning, preparation and assessment initiative. | | (37839) | 73
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding was allocated to the provision of after-school care for children with disabilities in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997; and what future funding has been allocated. | | (37823) | 74
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of working age people in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) England hold a qualification at degree level or equivalent or above. | | (37825) | 75
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the operation of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. | | (37778) | 76
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions she has had with (a) local authorities and (b) education specialists in (i) the UK, (ii) the North East and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (37779) | 77
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the measures in the White Paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All which have been proposed to address (a) root causes of social disadvantage and (b) religious and culture segregation in education. | | (37780) | 78
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what account she took of the Swedish education model when preparing the proposals in the White Paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All. | | (37781) | 79
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research her Department has commissioned into the Swedish education model. | | (37782) | 80
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of whether school choice requires over-provision of school places. | | (37783) | 81
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make personal social and health education a statutory subject in all primary and secondary schools in England. | | (37810) | 82
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which recommendations made in the Personal, Social and Health Education in Schools: Time for Action report compiled by the Government's independent advisory groups on sexual health and teenage pregnancy she plans to implement. | | (37811) | 83
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will ensure that sex education is taught as a compulsory subject in all faith-affiliated primary and secondary schools. | | (37812) | 84
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the working relationship between local authorities and schools since 1997. | | (37847) | 85
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence her Department has evaluated on whether parents wish to play a more active role in (a) establishing new schools and (b) attending parents' councils. | | (37848) | 86
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what power the Schools Commissioner will have to compel local authorities to open new schools under the proposals in the Schools White Paper. | | (37713) | 87
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the website www.teachernet.gov.uk has cost her Department since it was set up. | | (38016) | 88
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many United Kingdom nationals entered higher education at institutions based in England in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (38002) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 89
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding is made available by her Department to provide homes with central heating; and if she will make a statement. | | (37991) | 90
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of her Department's funding in 2005-06 of research on GM crops and food was allocated to products aimed at benefiting developing countries. | | (38009) | 91
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of Government policy on waste management by (a) local authorities and (b) West Sussex County Council. | | (37734) | 92
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will pay interest on delayed payments under the (a) Entry Level Scheme and (b) single farm payments. | | (37902) | 93
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dead sheep have been collected as a result of the national survey for scrapie. | | (37903) | 94
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the production of maps to be used for applications under the Entry Level Scheme. | | (37904) | 95
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Environment Agency fulfills its contractual obligations to maintain the sea defences at Unit 20 of the Beachy Head to Selsey Bill Shoreline Management Plan. | | (37905) | 96
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many calls have been made to the Animal Health Divisional Office requesting collection of dead sheep in each year since 2002. | | (37906) | 97
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons she decided to adopt the regional route in determining entry level scheme payments. | | (37912) | 98
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of Tamworth Borough Council's response to new waste regulations which place a duty of care on householders for their household waste. | | (37826) | 99
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effects of (a) erosion on the coastline and (b) rising sea levels in the East Riding of Yorkshire; what assessment she has made of the effect on local communities; and if she will make a statement. | | (36713) | 100
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many venomous spiders that do not naturally live in the United Kingdom have been found in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years, broken down by type. | | (37951) | 101
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the Department's buildings are powered by renewable energy; and what plans she has to increase this proportion. | | (37958) | 102
| Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the farm mapping in respect of the deadline for single payments for farmers of 14th February 2006 is expected to be completed. | | (37737) | 103
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brent East, dated 9th December 2004, regarding Ms Rosanna Kelly. | | (37742) | 104
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many roadside pollution monitoring units there are in each local authority in England; what pollutants they monitor; and what criteria govern their placement. | | (37774) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 105
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UK's Presidency of the European Union; and what representations he has received from foreign governments about it. | | (37531) | 106
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to other EU governments on investigating allegations that detainees held by other states may have been tortured in their countries. | | (37041) | 107
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the UK Government has had with the government of Bangladesh regarding that government's human rights record. | | (37813) | 108
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the human rights situation in Bangladesh. | | (37814) | 109
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what definition the Government uses of (a) mental and (b) physical severe pain or suffering as set out in Article 1 of the UN Convention Against Torture. | | (37965) | 110
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date (a) he and (b) his officials first became aware of allegations that the United States was using civil aircraft for the purpose of the rendition of terrorist suspects. | | (37966) | 111
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the UK presidency of the EU. | | (37727) | 112
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received evidence to suggest that Osama Bin Laden is still alive; and whether the UK Government has been (a) involved with and (b) informed of the drawing up of trial plans in the event that he is captured alive. | | (37736) | 113
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2005, Official Report, column 1026W, on the EU-Israel Association Agreement, when he expects the proposed new EU-Israel working group on human rights to be convened; who will be represented on it; how often it will meet; whether its proceedings will be in public; whom it will report to; and how it will relate to the monitoring and implementation of the human rights obligations of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. | | (38005) | 114
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2005, Official Report, column 1028W, on Israel, if he will raise his concerns about the indiscriminate damage caused by low-flying aircraft in Gaza with the UN. | | (38014) | 115
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th November 2005, Official Report, column 744W, on embassy closures, if he will publish (a) a report of discussions about the closure of the embassies and (b) the cost-benefit analysis relating to the closure of each embassy. | | (37836) | 116
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the president of Iran, (b) his US counterpart and (c) counterparts in the European Union on the Iranian president's recent comments about Israel. | | (37952) | 117
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brent East, dated 28th April, regarding Mr Andrew Papworth. | | (37743) | 118
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money was allocated to Gibraltar from the Overseas Development Fund in each of the last five years; and what proportion of this money was used to pay the pensions of Spanish citizens affected by the closure of the border with Gibraltar. | | (37745) | 119
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken during the UK Presidency of the EU to promote European consensus on reform of the UN Security Council. | | (37920) | 120
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on reform of the UN Security Council. | | (37921) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 121
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care trusts have responsibility for monitoring the standard of care provided in detention centres for asylum seekers. | | (37846) | 122
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to primary care trusts on the minimum level of funding that should be provided for health visiting services. | | (37985) | 123
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Sure Start post-natal visits by health visitors to new mothers are recommended by her Department. | | (37986) | 124
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Rainham and Wennington and South Hornchurch wards and (b) the remaining wards of the London Borough of Havering were diagnosed with (i) lung cancer, (ii) asthma, (iii) pneumonia and (iv) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in each of the last five years; and what the national average number of cases of each disease was in each year. | | (34515) | 125
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many official complaints were made during the last eight years from people or relatives of people who contracted MRSA living in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Havering and (c) Hornchurch constituency in connection with hygiene conditions at the hospital or health centre where they or their family member contracted MRSA. | | (35306) | 126
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list each patient and public involvement forum in England; and what the funding body is for each forum. | | (37118) | 127
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department issues to patient and public involvement forums on working with local authority overview and scrutiny committees. | | (37119) | 128
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she provides to (a) primary care trusts and (b) acute trusts on the provision of rehabilitation services for the visually impaired, with particular reference to the recently diagnosed; and how many rehabilitation staff for visually impaired people are employed by each (i) primary care trust and (ii) acute trust. | | (37840) | 129
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will provide funding for training centres run by Guide Dogs for the Blind. | | (37841) | 130
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2005, Official Report, column 1222W, on contagious diseases, whether her Department plans to issue new regulations under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. | | (37651) | 131
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2005, Official Report, column 1222W, on contagious diseases, how many applications have been (a) made and (b) granted under sections 37 and 38 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 in each year since 1988. | | (37652) | 132
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2005, Official Report, column 1222W, on contagious diseases, whether an individual who had contracted avian influenza could be removed to, and detained in, hospital under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 or associated regulations. | | (37653) | 133
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to enhance the rights of carers. | | (37907) | 134
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will meet care organisations to discuss the merits of a carers' commissioner. | | (38013) | 135
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the use of the Goldman algorithm in the assessment of suspected acute myocardial infarction. | | (37757) | 136
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects guidelines to be issued by the National Cancer Research Institute on the administration of Herceptin prior to a licence being obtained for its use in early breast cancer and on related issues. | | (37715) | 137
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the optimum age at which breastfed babies will benefit from vitamin D drops; and which variety of vitamin D the Department recommends. | | (37918) | 138
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will seek advice from the Food Standards Agency on the levels of vitamin D in various foods for infants and issue appropriate guidance. | | (37919) | 139
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways the draft document on the Obesity Care Pathway used in the second round of consultations differed from that in the first round; and what assessment she has made of whether the consultation complied with the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Consultations. | | (38004) | 140
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was allocated in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire for mental health services in each of the last three years. | | (37797) | 141
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on services for sufferers of myalgic encephalomyelitis in Lancashire. | | (37798) | 142
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the length is of the waiting list for an NHS dentist in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley; and if she will make a statement. | | (37799) | 143
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) target waiting time was to see a (i) psychiatrist and (ii) psychologist for (A) adults and (B) children in Chorley in each of the last five years. | | (37800) | 144
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will estimate the cost of (a) treating sufferers of Alzheimer's disease with drugs according to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines and (b) providing such sufferers with residential care in lieu of drug treatment. | | (37796) | 145
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether new IT systems will be introduced in the NHS in connection with the new pension scheme regulations to be introduced in 2006. | | (38046) | 146
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the capacity of the existing IT systems in use by the NHS Pensions Agency to cope with the introduction of new pension scheme regulations in 2006. | | (38047) | 147
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that the NHS Pensions Agency is ready to deal with scheme members who will have preserved rights under the old pension scheme and service within the new scheme to be introduced in 2006. | | (38048) | 148
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of different means of providing anti-retroviral drugs to HIV/AIDS sufferers. | | (37628) | 149
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in Tamworth constituency in at-risk groups who have been unable to obtain a seasonal influenza vaccination. | | (37827) | 150
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been allocated to children's hospices serving Staffordshire in each year since 1997. | | (37828) | 151
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many job losses she expects as a result of the possible merger of primary care trusts in Staffordshire; what budget she has allocated for severance payments; and if she will make a statement. | | (37829) | 152
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2005, Official Report, columns 1725-6W, on patient choice, what communications have been sent to (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities to convey Government policy since Sir Nigel Crisp's letter of 28th July on Commissioning a Patient-led NHS. | | (37771) | 153
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that extra funding for Herceptin will be made available if it is required. | | (37925) | 154
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence review of the drug Velcade. | | (37786) | 155
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to primary care trusts concerning the use of the drug Velcade for the treatment of myeloma. | | (37787) | 156
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings of the (a) Committee of senior officials on public health, (b) Committee for the implementation of the Community action plan to combat cancer and (c) Committee on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products have taken place during the UK Presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if she will make a statement. | | (38042) | 157
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2005, Official Report, column 1802W, on child health and social services, if she will make a statement on the increases in (a) high cholesterol, (b) heart failure and (c) diabetes in the last 10 years. | | (37857) | 158
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th November 2005, Official Report, column 2300W, on waiting times, if she will break the figures down into (a) those admitted, (b) those transferred and (c) those discharged within four hours of arrival in an accident and emergency department since 2002-03. | | (37950) | 159
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of people in (a) each London borough and (b) England who have requested an influenza vaccination this winter but have not yet received one. | | (37956) | 160
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methods her Department employs to ensure that its data is up-to-date, with particular reference to information on people who have (a) moved house and (b) died. | | (37793) | 161
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brent East, dated 23rd March, regarding Ms Renae Tilley. | | (37744) | 162
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how she will measure performance of the 18-week waiting time target for courses of treatment involving multiple organisations. | | (37987) | 163
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances she would seek to impose restrictions on movement of people in order to reduce the risk of spread of pandemic influenza from human to human. | | (37988) | 164
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 67 of the document Commissioning an 18 week patient pathway: Proposed principles and definitions: A discussion document, what steps she is taking to ensure that the decision that subsequent treatment courses will not fall within the initial 18 week waiting target does not create an incentive for NHS trusts to make patients wait longer for subsequent treatment; and if she will publish information on these waiting times. | | (38006) | 165
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28th October 2005, Official Report, columns 566-7W, on blood, what percentage of (a) hospitals and (b) primary care trusts are (i) partially and (ii) fully compliant with current requirements and best practice. | | (38007) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 166
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether faith-based organisations will be able to secure contracts for the end-to-end management of offenders as part of his proposals for reform of the Probation Service. | | (37788) | 167
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is the Director of (a) the Probation Service, (b) the Southend Probation Service and (c) the Essex Probation Service; what relevant specialist qualifications each holds; and what the career of each has been to date. | | (37770) | 168
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to allow persons guilty of an offence under section 14(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, in lieu of a fine, to attend a driving safety course paid for by the offender that includes instruction on the benefits of wearing seat belts; and if he will make a statement. | | (38032) | 169
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to police forces relating to recruitment and promotion of minorities. | | (37725) | 170
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he issues to police forces on dealing with incidents of incitement of racial hatred, with particular reference to cases involving the display of the St George flag. | | (37896) | 171
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Victim Support will be allowed to run the new victim care units. | | (37285) | 172
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role is played by Victim Support in helping victims of crime in Chorley. | | (37731) | 173
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the re-offending rate was for individuals serving (a) custodial sentences and (b) community service orders in (i) England, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) Tamworth constituency in 2004-05. | | (37830) | 174
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to tackle (i) anti-social behaviour and (ii) anti-social behaviour outside nightclubs and public houses in Tamworth; and if he will make a statement. | | (37833) | 175
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued to citizens living in Tamworth constituency in each month since their introduction; and how many of them were breached in each month. | | (37834) | 176
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what organisational structures are being established in order to ensure the security of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (37795) | 177
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has commissioned, in addition to Closing the Gap by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, into the possibility of using lead forces to meet the demands of level 2 crime; and if he will place copies of the research in the Library. | | (37747) | 178
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress in implementing section 14 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. | | (37750) | 179
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of officers in the Metropolitan Police carry radios capable of accessing the Airwave network. | | (37751) | 180
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place copies of documents to which press releases relate on his Department's website at the same time that the press release is issued; and if he will ensure there is a full link to the document's URL as contained in the press release. | | (37752) | 181
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from (a) the Courts Service, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service, (c) the National Probation Directorate and (d) criminal justice boards about the proposed re-organisation of police forces in England and Wales; and if he will place copies in the Library. | | (37753) | 182
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when each pilot of section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 was established; how many families have had support withdrawn to date; and how many children have been affected. | | (37754) | 183
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) searches were carried out and (b) cash seizures were made in each of the last three years by (i) police officers and (ii) Customs officers exercising their powers under Part 5, chapter 3 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; and how much cash was seized in each case. | | (37755) | 184
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the daily cost is of holding a prisoner in a police cell in each police force area. | | (37756) | 185
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to encourage the take-up of individual support orders for young people subject to anti-social behaviour orders. | | (37758) | 186
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been held in police cells under lock-out arrangements in each region of England and Wales in the last 12 weeks; what the total cost of lock-outs was over this period; and what the average daily cost was. | | (37760) | 187
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are being held beyond their licence expiry date following recall to prison; and how many times in the last two years prisons have failed to release recalled prisoners on time. | | (37764) | 188
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Early Release and Recall Section of the National Offender Management Service monitors the performance of individual prisons in releasing recalled prisoners before their licence expiry date (LED); and what action is taken where a prison is known to have held a prisoner beyond their LED. | | (37765) | 189
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the likely change in police precepts as a result of the Government's commitment to increase the number of police community support officers to 24,000 by 2008; what (a) representations on this matter and (b) estimates of precepts he has received from (i) police authorities and (ii) local authorities; and if he will place copies in the Library. | | (37766) | 190
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement home visits were carried out by immigration service staff in England and Wales between 1st April and 30th September 2005. | | (37897) | 191
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to (a) develop the capacity of UK law enforcement agencies to detect and disrupt hostile reconnaissance of potential targets by terrorists and (b) to ensure that this work brings maximum benefit to (i) the public and (ii) commercial organisations; and if he will make a statement. | | (37898) | 192
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the research funded by his Department and conducted by the Food Standards Agency into the survivability of chemical and biological agents in bottled water and packaged food will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (37899) | 193
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish drug seizure and offender statistics for England and Wales for 2003; and what the reasons are for the delay in publication. | | (37900) | 194
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were sentenced to immediate custody for unlawful possession of cannabis in 2004 in cases where that was the most serious offence for which the individual was sentenced. | | (37901) | 195
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brent East of 3rd November 2005, Official report, column 1251W, on departmental websites, what the (a) set-up costs and (b) running costs between August 2004 and August 2005 were of (i) www.ask-the-football-fans.gov.uk, (ii) www.getgunsoffthestreets.co.uk, (iii) www.good2besecure.co.uk, (iv) www.secureyourmotor.gov.uk, (v) www.takingastand.co.uk, (vi) www.technicaladvisory.co.uk, (vii) www.thinkuknow.co.uk and (viii) www.together.gov.uk; and how many (A) unique visitors and (B) visits, as distinct from page views, each received between August 2004 and August 2005. | | (37924) | 196
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will summarise the material which was redacted in the published version of the HM Inspectorate Constabulary report Closing the Gap. | | (37940) | 197
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9th November 2005, Official Report, column 1784W, on unsolved murders, if he will make a statement on the increase in unsolved murders since 2000-01. | | (37817) | 198
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2005, Official Report, column 26W, on asylum immigration, if he will make a statement on the increase in deportations of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe. | | (37948) | 199
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of controls on the sale of violent video games; and what recent discussions he has had regarding (a) controls and (b) penalties for those who provide access to them for underage children. | | (37959) | 200
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants are in prison. | | (37961) | 201
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methods his Department employs to ensure that its data is up-to-date, with particular reference to information on people who have (a) moved house and (b) died. | | (37794) | 202
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2005, Official Report, column 1061W, on the influenza pandemic, if he will (a) publish the assessment and (b) place a copy in the Library when it is put to Ministers. | | (38008) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 203
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, which company is used to clean the Serjeant at Arms's residence; and how many people are employed for this purpose. | | (37728) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 204
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research his Department has funded on genetically modified crops and food since 1997; and at what cost. | | (38010) | 205
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contracts for projects relating to GM crops and foods have been let by his Department to external consultants in each year since 1997. | | (38011) | 206
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings of the (a) European Development Fund Committee, (b) Advisory Committee on the special system of assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas, (c) Committee on co-financing operations with European non-governmental organisations in fields of interest to developing countries and (d) Committee on food security and food aid have taken place during the UK Presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; which other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38043) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 207
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average time prisoners in Northern Ireland waited before having (a) hip and (b) knee replacement surgery was in each of the last five years. | | (37801) | 208
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of schoolchildren in Northern Ireland take extra curricular activities necessitating their remaining on school property after normal school finishing time. | | (37802) | 209
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed at HMP Magilligan on a (a) full and (b) part-time basis; and how much was earned in total by these personnel in the 2004-05 financial year. | | (37803) | 210
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers in Northern Ireland were offered early retirement packages on health grounds in 2004. | | (37804) | 211
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions in 2005 it was established that temporary premises offered by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to tenants while refurbishment work was carried out at their permanent homes were unfit for habitation. | | (37805) | 212
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the Department for Regional Development Road Service works on the A26 to conclude; and what the expected final cost is. | | (37806) | 213
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what nominations are expected to be made to non-departmental public bodies in Northern Ireland within the next six months. | | (37807) | 214
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Equality Commission in connection with the composition of the Commission's workforce as contained in the Monitoring report No. 15: A profile of the Northern Ireland workforce. | | (37808) | 215
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) meetings, (b) discussions and (c) correspondence he has had with political parties on the extension of the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill to include those identified by the Historical Inquiries Team as having committed murder. | | (37424) | 216
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) meetings, (b) discussions and (c) correspondence he has had with members of the Historical Inquiries Team in relation to the extension of the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill to include those identified by the Team as having committed murder. | | (37425) | 217
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) meetings, (b) discussions and (c) correspondence he has had with the (i) Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable, (ii) Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner and (iii) Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission about the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill. | | (37426) | 218
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Rural Development will meet fishermen from the fishing villages of Portavogie, Kilkeel and Ardglass in the spring of 2006. | | (37721) | 219
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the amount charged by local health trusts for visitors to park their cars in dedicated car parks affiliated to the hospitals they visit is; whether in respect of each hospital these car parks are (a) Private Finance Initiative operated and (b) solely the responsibility of the respective trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (37785) | 220
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has received regarding the case of Colin Worton; what representations he has received on extending the right to compensation for wrongful imprisonment to include people held on remand; and if he will make a statement. | | (37714) | Questions to the Solicitor General 221
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, who the director of (a) the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in Southend and (c) the Essex Crown Prosecution Service is; what relevant specialist qualifications each holds; and what the career of each has been to date. | | (37761) | 222
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, what action he takes to prevent the bringing of inappropriate (a) higher and (b) lesser charges by the Crown Prosecution Service. | | (38033) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 223
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action is being taken to protect vulnerable groups in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Wakefield district and (c) Normanton from unscrupulous and unfair lenders. | | (37850) | 224
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Guide Dogs for the Blind on the impact of louder fireworks on dogs and other animals. | | (37842) | 225
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on complaints about telephone sales by representatives of Toucan Telecom. | | (37735) | 226
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many business start-ups have taken place in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) the West Midlands in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking to increase the number in each case. | | (37835) | 227
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account he will take of the protection afforded to the North Wales coastline by the Constable Bank in considering the application for consent to develop the Gwynt-y-Mor wind farm. | | (37913) | 228
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account he will take of the cost of key components in considering the application for consent to develop the Gwynt-y-Mor wind farm. | | (37914) | 229
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals have been made by the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency for the demolition of nuclear power stations; when he received the proposals; what the anticipated costs were; and when he will make a decision on the proposals. | | (37712) | 230
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure British businesses have equal access to the new.eu domain name. | | (38003) | 231
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what payments have been made in each quartile under the Deceased Optional Risk offer scheme since payments began. | | (37935) | 232
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research he has commissioned into the effect of the recent increases in wholesale gas prices on the wood panel industry; and if he will meet representatives of the industry to discuss the matter. | | (37934) | 233
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy to cap wholesale gas prices; and what discussions he has had with UK industry on the effect of unregulated gas price increases on business. | | (37936) | 234
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether there is sufficient gas supply to meet the demand of UK industry for the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (37937) | 235
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department has commissioned research into the cost to British trade of piracy in international waters. | | (37923) | 236
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the rate of new business development per 10,000 population (a) was in 2004-05 and (b) is in 2005-06 in (i) England, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) Stoke-on-Trent. | | (37718) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 237
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to hold further public consultations regarding the proposed A21 upgrade between Flimwell and Robertsbridge in East Sussex. | | (37527) | 238
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the public consultation held on Wednesday 7th December, on the proposed A21 upgrade between Flimwell and Robertsbridge in East Sussex. | | (37529) | 239
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail franchisees on linking extended franchise periods to increased investment in rolling stock. | | (37726) | 240
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Coroner of Hertfordshire regarding the Potters Bar derailment. | | (37938) | 241
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Lancashire County Council and (b) district councils in Lancashire on the operation of the concessionary bus scheme. | | (37730) | 242
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the M1 motorway was closed in Leicestershire on 5th December; on whose authority; what steps were taken to ensure the period of the closure was kept to a minimum; and if he will make a statement. | | (36712) | 243
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when powers under section 15 of the Harbours Act 1964 to remove a Harbour Commissioner from office were last used; what the circumstances were in which these powers were used; and if he will make a statement. | | (36714) | 244
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has issued relating to (a) the conduct of Harbour Commissioners and (b) the practice to be followed on appointing new commissioners; if he will publish such guidance; and if he will make a statement. | | (36715) | 245
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the (a) Committee on the driving licence, (b) Advisory Committee on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes, (c) Advisory Committee on the definition and use of compatible technical and operating standards and specifications for the procurement of air-traffic-management equipment and systems and (d) Committee on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation have taken place during the UK presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38034) | 246
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the (a) Committee on implementation of Protocol 9 to the Act of Austria concerning transport by road and rail and combined transport (Ecopoints), (b) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of roadworthiness tests of vehicles, (c) Committee for a transparent system of harmonised rules for restrictions on heavy goods vehicles involved in international transport on designated roads and (d) Advisory Committee for the harmonisation and comparability of the accounting and annual accounts of railway undertakings have taken place during the UK presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38035) | 247
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the (a) Committee for the establshment of conditions for the interoperability of the trans-European high speed rail system, (b) Committee on the adaption to scientific and technical progress of legislation concerning the transport of dangerous goods, (c) Committee for the adaption of technical progress of recording equipment in road transport (tachographs) and (d) Community - Switzerland Transport Committee (rail and road) have taken place during the UK Presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38036) | 248
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the (a) Commitee on the system of charging for the use of transport infrastructure, (b) Committee on the development of the trans-European transport networks and (c) Committee for granting Community financial aid in the field of trans-European energy networks have taken place during the UK Presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38037) | 249
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the (a) Committee for granting Community financial aid in the field of trans-European transport networks, (b) Committee for granting Community financial aid in the field of trans-European telecommunications networks, (c) Advisory Committee on the management of the research programme for management and storage of radioactive waste and management of the Community plan of action in the field of radioactive waste and (d) Committee on application of the legislation on application of tonnage measurement of ballast spaces in segregated ballast of oil tankers have taken place during the UK Presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38038) | 250
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the (a) Implementation Committee on minimum requirements for vessels bound for or leaving Community ports carrying dangerous or polluting goods, (b) Committee on transfer of ships from one register to another within the Community, (c) Advisory Committee on aids to transport by rail, road and inland waterway, (d) Advisory Committee for the application of legislation on the development of the community railways and (e) Advisory Committee for the application of uniform principles on costing for railway undertakings have taken place during the UK Presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38039) | 251
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings the (a) Advisory Committee on transport, (b) EC-Bulgaria Joint Transport Committee, (c) EC-Romania Joint Transport Committee, (d) Consultative Committee European Energy and Transport Forum and (e) EC-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Transport Committee have taken place during the UK Presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38040) | 252
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the (a) Advisory Committee on measures to be taken in the event of a crisis in the market in the carriage of goods by road and for laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road haulage services, (b) Advisory Committee for the application of legislation on the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a member state and (c) Committee on the reciprocal recognition of national boatmasters' certificates of the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterways have taken place during the UK Presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (38041) | 253
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding the Government has allocated to developing (a) electric and (b) non-petrol fuelled automobiles in each of the last five years. | | (37953) | 254
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps have been taken to improve bus transport. | | (37954) | 255
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of railway stations have wheelchair access, broken down by (a) county and (b) London borough. | | (37955) | 256
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had on imposing penalties on train operating companies for operating trains that are overcrowded; and if he will make a statement. | | (37964) | 257
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what methods his Department employs to ensure that its data is up-to-date, with particular reference to information on people who have (a) moved house and (b) died. | | (37789) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 258
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government concerning the recent proposal for a carers' commissioner in Wales. | | (37910) | 259
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Assembly Government and (b) Secretary of State for Health on distribution of the carers special grant in England and Wales. | | (37911) | 260
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will meet (a) the Secretary of State for International Development and (b) the Welsh Assembly Government to discuss Wales's contribution to anti-poverty strategies and policies in developing countries. | | (38012) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 261
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps she is taking to meet the Government's obligations under Council Directive 2004/113/EC to enact goods and services protection for transgender people by the deadline of 21st December 2007. | | (37580) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 262
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in the Normanton constituency claimed incapacity benefit in each year since 1997. | | (37851) | 263
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the working age population in the Normanton constituency claimed incapacity benefit in each year since 1997. | | (37852) | 264
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have taken up stakeholder pensions in each year since their introduction; and what the average contribution by (a) employers and (b) individuals has been in each year. | | (37530) | 265
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Leeds applied for a Social Fund loan in each year since 2001. | | (37990) | 266
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to enhance the rights of carers. | | (37908) | 267
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households are eligible for the winter fuel allowance in Lancashire. | | (37732) | 268
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's estimate is of the amount paid in rent rebate to pensioners in 2004-05. | | (37818) | 269
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's estimate is of the amount paid in council tax benefit to pensioners in 2004-05. | | (37819) | 270
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made towards meeting the Government's 2005 child poverty targets in Tamworth constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (37820) | 271
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of non-resident parents have a net income such that they pay child support maintenance (a) at the £5 flat rate and (b) on the taper for net income between £100 and £200. | | (37927) | 272
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition of net income is used by the Child Support Agency for assessing maintenance liabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (37928) | 273
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment is made of income from capital in Child Support Agency maintenance calculations; and if he will make a statement. | | (37929) | 274
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Child Support Agency old scheme cases have not had a reassessment for more than (a) six months, (b) one year, (c) two years, (d) three years, (e) four years, (f) five years and (g) 10 years. | | (37930) | 275
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of fixing maintenance liabilities for periods longer than one week; and if he will make a statement. | | (37941) | 276
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason non-resident parents are not required to inform the Child Support Agency of a change in (a) job, (b) address and (c) income; and if he will make a statement. | | (37942) | 277
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24th November 2005, Official Report, column 2249W, on the Child Support Agency, for what reasons the Child Support Agency does not send a Deduction of Earnings Order to employers in all cases where an employed non-resident parent is not making regular payments. | | (37943) | 278
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2005, Official Report, column 72-3W, on the Child Support Agency, in which of the last eight years the Agency's accounts have been qualified by the National Audit Office. | | (37944) | 279
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 608W, on the Child Support Agency, what estimate he has made of the proportion of time staff at the Agency spent assessing (a) levels of maintenance and (b) enforcement and compliance activity in 1998. | | (37945) | 280
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methods his Department employs to ensure that its data is up-to-date, with particular reference to information on people who have (a) moved house and (b) died. | | (37790) | 281
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the value of fraudulent claims made in each of the last five years in the names of people who have died. | | (37791) | 282
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means his Department traces those in receipt of benefit for whom they have an incorrect address. | | (37792) | 283
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had on the future use of the Burslem Job Centre. | | (37716) | 284
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are based at Burslem Job Centre; and what plans there are to transfer them. | | (37717) | 285
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on reorganisation of (a) (i) Jobcentre Plus and (ii) social fund application services in North Staffordshire and (b) current services provided at Burslem Job Centre. | | (37719) | 286
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) full- and (b) part-time workers are employed at Burslem Job Centre. | | (37720) | 287
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) new build and (b) refurbishment of the Department's estate is underway in North Staffordshire; and what the (i) costs are and (ii) timetable is in each case. | | (37722) | 288
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation has been carried out of the revised jobseekers agreement piloted in North Staffordshire. | | (37723) | 289
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) cost and (b) ease of access for people using the Burslem Job Centre of using other centres; and if he will make a statement. | | (37733) | 290
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health-related benefit claims by the working age population (a) were made in 2004-05 and (b) have been made in 2005-06 in (i) England, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) Stoke-on-Trent. | | (37741) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 291
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pensioners in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency will be eligible for free installation of central heating announced in the Pre-Budget Report. | | [Transferred] (37739) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 292
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) strategies and (b) policies her Department is developing to enhance the rights of carers; and what discussions she has had with local government representatives on this topic. | | [Transferred] (38019) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 293
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the role of charities in the distribution of anti-retroviral drugs in developing countries. | | [Transferred] (37629) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 294
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to monitor the work of organisations in receipt of public money whose programmes are designed to increase the ability of British Muslims to enter the labour market. | | [Transferred] (37926) | 295
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many organisations in receipt of public money whose work involves promoting the participation in the labour market of British Muslims (a) do not publish an annual report, (b) had their accounts queried by auditors and (c) did not submit their accounts on time in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (37931) |
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