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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 20 December 2005
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 20 December 2005
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 20 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 20 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 20 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his speech at the Treasury and World Bank conference to promote the economy in Palestinian territories, how much new money his Department is making available for this initiative; and what assistance he plans to provide to the private sector firms. | | (39271) | 2
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what target the Government has for minimising the overpayment of tax credits in 2004-05; and what targets have been set for (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (38933) | 3
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total and (b) average income increases resulting in the overpayment of tax credits were in 2003-04. | | (38934) | 4
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distribution of income increases was assumed in producing the Government's £800 million estimate of the additional final tax credit entitlement resulting from the £2,500 disregard in 2003-04; and what the statistical basis is for this distribution. | | (38935) | 5
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's estimate is of the additional final tax credit entitlement resulting from the change in the income increase disregard from £2,500 to £25,000; and what basic assumptions were made when making the estimate. | | (38936) | 6
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the evidence of his Department's officials to the Public Accounts Committee on 7th December, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the complexity of the benefits system on pension provision; and if he will make a statement. | | (38937) | 7
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pay-as-you earn accounts have been transferred out of Foyle House Tax Office in the last three years; to what other offices the accounts were transferred; and if he will make a statement. | | (39269) | 8
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time tax credit staff were working in (a) debt management and banking, (b) disputed overpayments, (c) bank liaison, (d) childcare provider checks, (e) complex cases, (f) employer liaison, (g) international claims, (h) persons from abroad, (i) postroom, (j) specialist trace unit, (k) claims processing, (l) appeals, (m) complaints, (n) valuables and (o) tax credit hotlines in each month since January 2003. | | (38947) | 9
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) financial assistance and (b) help in kind his Department has offered to (a) Citizens Advice Bureaux and (b) other voluntary advice agencies to help their advisers in tax credit cases. | | (39299) | 10
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) letters and (b) contacts through the MPs' Hotline his Department has received from each hon. Member on the issue of tax credits, listed in descending order according to the total number of such representations received. | | (39302) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 11
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in what circumstances Ministers may cease to answer Parliamentary Questions concerning the performance of a particular public service institution when its status has changed as a result of public sector reforms. | | (38168) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 12
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what cases qualify for legal aid; and if she will make a statement. | | (38165) | 13
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the name is of each person who has been appointed to a post of High Sheriff in each of the last 30 years; and in respect of which area each was appointed. | | (39288) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 14
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16th November 2005, Official Report, column 1250W, on the London Development Agency (Vendors), what criteria the London Development Agency (LDA) will use to decide whether to publish shortlists for contracts; and if she will ask the LDA to publish either a shortlist or the reasons for not publishing a shortlist in relation to each contract. | | (38938) | 15
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish the initial draft of the procurement strategy drawn up by the Olympic Delivery Authority Team; and whether it will include criteria for determining which contracts shortlists will be published. | | (39234) | 16
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of (a) the proportion of licensed premises to which children have access and (b) the proportion of these premises which (i) serve and (ii) do not serve food. | | (39359) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 17
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether orders for the necessary equipment have been placed in relation to the forthcoming deployment of United Kingdom personnel into southern Afghanistan; and whether preparations for the deployment are on schedule. | | (39270) | 18
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th December 2005, Official Report, column 1680W, on the Defence Export Service Organisation (DESO), whether the DESO has kept a record of the requests it has received for lists of agents. | | (38950) | 19
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British (a) servicemen and (b) women have been very seriously injured in Iraq in each month since March 2003. | | (39267) | 20
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration has been given to the re-use of RAF Lyneham as a location for the proposed joint headquarters for the Army Land and Adjutant General. | | (38909) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 21
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 1st December 2005, Official Report, column 681-2W, on housing, how many empty private sector dwellings there were in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04; and what percentage were returned to occupation in each year. | | (39336) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 22
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils entitled to free school meals achieved (a) 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C, (b) no GCSE qualifications and (c) no qualification in the last year for which figures are available. | | (38940) | 23
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had more than 20 per cent. of pupils entitled to free school meals in the last year for which figures are available; and what this represents as a percentage of the total number of schools in each sector. | | (38941) | 24
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the secondary schools where (a) 10 to 20 per cent. and (b) more than 20 per cent. of pupils gained no GCSE or equivalent qualification in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by local education authority; and what percentage of pupils in each school was entitled to free school meals. | | (38942) | 25
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what monitoring her Department conducts of the Graduate Earnings Premium; and if she will make a statement. | | (38167) | 26
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what change there has been in the use of consultants since the National Audit Office and Department for Education and Skills Internal Audit Report compiled in March entitled Engagement and Use of Consultants in the DfES. | | (39388) | 27
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the trade union side in her Department will receive a copy of the National Audit Office and Department for Education and Skills Internal Audit Report compiled in March 2005, entitled Engagement and Use of Consultants in the DfES. | | (39392) | 28
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase financial support for high quality out-of-classroom educational experiences; and if she will make a statement. | | (39233) | 29
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the forecast budget is for the Summer Enterprise School programme; how this budget is distributed between each pathfinder programme; and what the cost is for each school. | | (38889) | 30
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the organisations which bid to run the Summer Enterprise School pathfinder programme; which bid was successful; and what provision that bid made for the programme. | | (38890) | 31
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which organisations her Department consulted on the estimate of costs for the Summer Enterprise School pathfinder programme; and what comparisons have been made with similar schemes overseas. | | (38891) | 32
N | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set out in cash terms the increases for each local education authority in each year from 1997-98 to 2007-08 set out in percentage terms in the school funding settlement published in December. | | (38888) | 33
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will amend the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2005 to allow students undertaking full year unpaid work placements as part of their degree to receive the higher rate of loan from the Student Loan Company. | | (39305) | 34
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Schools White Paper, if she will ensure that local authorities will in future be able to provide services to (a) community schools, (b) trust schools, (c) foundation schools, (d) academies, (e) voluntary-controlled schools and (f) voluntary-aided schools. | | (38389) | 35
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of hosting the WorldSkills Competition in the UK on the (a) economy and (b) skills levels of (i) the host regional areas and (ii) the UK. | | (39309) | 36
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how the Government plans to prepare for the UK WorldSkills bid. | | (39310) | 37
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what monitoring her Department undertakes of vulnerable (a) children and (b) young adults placed by social services departments outside their own local authority area; and if she will make a statement. | | (39290) | 38
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which 50 areas have the highest proportion of registered vulnerable (a) children and (b) young adults per 10,000 head of population. | | (39292) | 39
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vulnerable (a) children and (b) young adults are in placements outside their own local authority area by social services departments. | | (39293) | 40
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many foundation schools were given notice to improve in each year since 1999. | | (39306) | 41
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she plans to publish the findings of the public consultation on building bulletin 110, Designing and Managing Against the Risk of Fires in Schools. | | (39344) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 42
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has evaluated on the zoonotic disease risks arising from the intensification of (a) meat and (b) dairy production in other countries. | | (38166) | 43
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the United Kingdom's poultry imports came from China in 2004-05. | | (39238) | 44
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why her Department has not banned live importation of birds from poultry shows in other European Union countries. | | (38170) | 45
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether live birds may be imported from poultry shows in European Union countries; and what risk assessment she has undertaken of the potential importation of avian influenza from these sources. | | (38171) | 46
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of how much money the British uplands generate for the tourist industry in each of the last five years. | | (39232) | 47
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the risk assessment carried out by the Environment Agency in relation to the use of Incinerator Bottom Ash in the Tesco construction site at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (38939) | 48
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2005, Official Report, column 1854W, on racehorses (whipping), what recent representations she has received about the practice of whipping racehorses. | | (39278) | 49
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 311W, on farming, in what circumstances an error regarding cattle movement regulations which occured before 2003, where the animal is now dead, would be considered an infringement of loss compliance rules. | | (38906) | 50
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the environmental consequences of a switch from recovered fuel oil to virgin fuels in those industries that use recovered fuel oil. | | (39340) | 51
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the alternatives to recovered fuel oil that will be used in (a) the manufacture of coated road stone and (b) other industrial processes after the Waste Incineration Directive is implemented in domestic law. | | (39389) | 52
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent studies she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated to compare the carbon dioxide and other emissions from burning (i) recovered fuel oil and (ii) gas oil. | | (39390) | 53
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the status of recovered fuel oil in the definitions of waste recovery contained in the revised Waste Framework Directive. | | (39391) | 54
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research's role in her Department's research and development strategy. | | (39337) | 55
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list her Department's contractual obligations to the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in each of the last 10 years. | | (39396) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 56
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. | | (39237) | 57
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation pertaining to the Sangha Hill trial in Pakistan and the threats being made against Yousaf Marik; and if he will make a statement. | | (38627) | 58
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent arrest of Saharawi human rights activists by the government of Morocco; and if he will make a statement. | | (38628) | 59
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Morocco on its decision to block the Association for a Referendum in Sahara Occidental website; and if he will take steps to make websites available for political activity in other countries. | | (38629) | 60
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he is taking to urge the Government of Indonesia (a) to refrain from executing and (b) to release the three Christians imprisoned and sentenced to death in Sulawesi; and if he will make a statement. | | (39395) | 61
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 17th November 2005, Official Report, column 1482W, what the cost of insurance for (a) the silver set in Washington, (b) the two chandeliers in Istanbul, (c) the rug in Havana and (d) the Jaguar XJ 4.2s in (i) New Delhi, (ii) Islamabad and (iii) Cairo was in 2004-05. | | (38546) | 62
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the works of art and antiques owned by his Department with a value over £20,000 each together with the (a) value and (b) location. | | (38547) | 63
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the art and antiques with a value of over £10,000 (a) sold and (b) purchased by his Department since 1997. | | (38548) | 64
| Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has put forward names of British women to the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues to the Secretary General to be placed on the central roster of candidates in accordance with Article 3 of the Security Council Resolution 1325. | | (39307) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 65
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the funding of children's hospices in England. | | (37654) | 66
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with strategic health authorities about the funding of out-of-hours general practitioner services in rural areas. | | (36641) | 67
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with the Health Minister in the National Assembly for Wales about differences in the ways waiting lists are compiled in England and Wales. | | (39265) | 68
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether outpatient waiting lists in England include referrals other than general practitioner letter referrals. | | (39266) | 69
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department ensures that quality of service is not affected when NHS trusts face monetary shortfalls. | | (38162) | 70
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust regarding their predicted cash shortfall. | | (38163) | 71
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Chief Executive of Walsgrave Hospital regarding its predicted monetary shortfall in 2005-06. | | (38164) | 72
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children had epilepsy in the UK in each year since 1997. | | (38765) | 73
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was to see a psychiatrist in Coventry South in the last 12 months. | | (38766) | 74
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on the waiting list for an NHS dentist in Coventry South. | | (38767) | 75
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was allocated in Coventry South for mental health services in each of the last three years. | | (38768) | 76
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has plans to visit Coventry South. | | (39236) | 77
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified nurses are on maternity leave from the NHS; and how many of these nurses qualified in the last 12 months. | | (39303) | 78
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th March 2005, Official Report, column 271W, on independent sector treatment centres, what the equivalent figures were for 2004-05. | | (38945) | 79
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost was per patient per bed of treatment in (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and (c) the community hospital in (i) Bridgnorth, (ii) Ludlow and (iii) Bishop's Castle in (A) 2003, (B) 2004 and (C) 2005. | | (38635) | 80
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in the event of closure of (a) Bridgnorth Community Hospital and (b) Ludlow Community Hospital, which entity would receive what proportion of the proceeds of divestment of the site on which the hospital operates. | | (38636) | 81
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time jobs would be lost if (i) Ludlow Community Hospital and (ii) Bridgnorth Community Hospital were closed. | | (38638) | 82
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the closure of (a) Ludlow Community Hospital and (b) Bridgnorth Community Hospital on community care services in Shropshire; and what assessment she has made of the financial impact on the relevant local authorities. | | (38639) | 83
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines she has issued on the minimum acceptable distance patients should be expected to travel to reach a hospital with an accident and emergency department. | | (38640) | 84
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the potential impact of the new general dental services contract on NHS dentistry. | | (38905) | 85
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of dental health; what the rate of tooth decay is in (a) adults and (b) children; and if she will make a statement. | | (38907) | 86
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent dentists were practising in England in the NHS (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (38908) | 87
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the age profile of dentists working under NHS contracts; and what assessment she has made of the implications of that age profile for the supply of NHS dental services. | | (38910) | 88
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) NHS dentistry and (b) the NHS as a whole in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (38911) | 89
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the transaction costs involved in allowing general practitioners to negotiate and hold individual contracts with providers under practice-based commissioning arrangements. | | (39282) | 90
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the size of the NHS tariff uplift (a) will be between 2005-06 and 2006-07 and (b) was between 2004-05 and 2005-06. | | (39283) | 91
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the possibility of compensation claims arising from complications in the use of unlicensed Mantoux-strength purified protein derivative. | | (39284) | 92
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of expenditure will be committed to support (a) the improvements in renal care announced on 15th October, (b) the provision of more scanning facilities announced on 11th October and (c) the improvements to prostate cancer awareness announced on 31st October by the Minister of State for Health Services; how much expenditure there has been on each programme; and whether the expenditure is financed from the Centrally Funded Initiatives and Services and Special Allocations budget of her Department in each case. | | (39285) | 93
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of expenditure will be committed to support (a) the improvements to alcohol treatment provision announced on 1st November and (b) the provision of health trainers announced on 11th August by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health; how much expenditure there has been on each programme; and whether the expenditure is financed from the Centrally Funded Initiatives and Services and Special Allocations budget of her Department in each case. | | (39286) | 94
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th December 2005, Official Report, columns 1578-9W, on tuberculosis, what steps she is taking to ensure nurses are familiar with the need for a Patient Group Direction to administer Mantoux-strength purified protein derivative. | | (39311) | 95
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th November 2005, Official Report, column 666W, on influenza, whether she has plans to vaccinate poultry handlers against influenza of subtype A/H5N1 should a vaccine become available; and what plans she has to vaccinate poultry handlers against other forms of highly pathogenic avian influenza. | | (39312) | 96
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2005, Official Report, column 1795W, on NHS dentistry, when she expects to publish the budget. | | (39313) | 97
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement of 1st December 2005, Official Report, column 37WS, on NHS finance data, what discussions she has had with Monitor regarding the publication of the year-end forecasts for NHS foundation trusts. | | (39314) | 98
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with solicitors regarding the administration of the unlicensed Mantoux-strength purified protein derivative by nurses, as stated in the Minutes of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's meeting of 14th July; what the content of these discussions was; what advice she has received as a result of these discussions; and whether this advice has been made available to the nursing and medical professions. | | (39324) | 99
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects Mantoux-strength purified protein derivative to receive a product licence from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. | | (39325) | 100
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the prescribing to a patient of a generic alternative to a branded medicine following the expiry of a patent in circumstances where they were initially prescribed a branded medicine and wish to remain on this medication. | | (39326) | 101
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received advocating the incorporation of osteoporosis in the new Quality and Outcomes Framework of the General Medical Services contract from April 2006. | | (39327) | 102
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to issue appraisals on (a) Velcade for multiple myeloma, (b) Taxotere for breast cancer, (c) Taxol for breast cancer, (d) MabThera for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, (e) Gemzar for advanced breast cancer and (f) Fludara for lymphocytic leukaemia. | | (39328) | 103
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will instruct the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to fast-track appraisals for the drugs (a) Arimidiex for early stage breast cancer, (b) Aromasin for early stage breast cancer, (c) Femara for early stage breast cancer, (d) Avatsin for colorectal cancer, (e) xeloda for colorectal cancer, (f) taxotere for prostate cancer, (g) aransep for chemotherapy-induced anaemia, (h) eprex for chemotherapy-induced anaemia, (i) neorocoromon for chemotherapy-induced anaemia, (j) eloxititan for colorectal cancer, (k) alimta for mesothelioma, (l) temodol for high grade gliomas, (m) Tarceva for non-small cell lung cancer, (n) rubetican for pancreatic cancer, (o) Campto for adjuvant-advanced colorectal cancer, (p) Alimta for non-small cell lung cancer, (q) Erbitux for locally advanced recurrent metastatic head and neck cancer, (r) atrasentan for prostate cancer and (s) Exetrol for hypercholestolaemia. | | (39329) | 104
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many different organisations are able to inspect hospitals for cleanliness. | | (39341) | 105
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average age at which people start smoking in England. | | (39343) | 106
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of expenditure will be committed to support the (a) improvements to sexual health services announced by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health on 20th July, (b) bowel cancer screening programme announced by the Minister of State for Health Services on 2nd August and (c) announcement of extra support for research into incurable diseases announced by the Minister of State for Quality and Patient Safety on 2nd December; how much expenditure there has been on each; and whether the expenditure is financed from the Centrally Funded Initiatives and Services and Special Allocations budget of her Department in each case. | | (39345) | 107
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the performance management abilities of strategic health authorities in managing NHS trusts and primary care trusts which are failing in their duties to break even year-on-year. | | (39346) | 108
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the commitment contained within the Labour Party 2005 Election Manifesto that investment in palliative care services will double, with particular reference to (a) the timescale over which this commitment will be met and (b) the size of the budget in the baseline year used for the purposes of the commitment; and whether the commitment will be financed from her Department's Centrally Funded Initiatives and Services and Special Allocations budget. | | (39347) | 109
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the FaCe It campaign on hepatitis C; what the total expenditure on the campaign has been since it was introduced; when funding for the FaCe It campaign will cease; and what steps she intends to take to heighten awareness of hepatitis C following the end of the FaCe It campaign. | | (39348) | 110
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her letter to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire dated 8th December, on pandemic influenza, what representations she has received from interested parties regarding the purchase of Relenza as an adjunct to the existing antiviral stategy; and when she expects to take a decision as to whether Relenza will be purchased. | | (39349) | 111
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list (a) the programmes funded from her Department's Centrally Funded Initiatives and Services and Special Allocations budget in each year since 1997-98 and (b) future expenditure commitments already announced by Ministers which will be financed from this budget in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (39350) | 112
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future of dental access centres operating under personal dental services pilots following the reforms to NHS dentistry to come into force from April 2006. | | (39351) | 113
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care trusts will be able to commission dental services from providers not operating under general dental services contracts and personal dental services agreements from April 2006. | | (39352) | 114
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will reconsider the pace at which primary care trusts are moved towards their target allocation under the weighted capitation formula. | | (39353) | 115
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence was used to inform the statement in her speech to the London School of Economics on 13th December that less of the country's health budget is spent on prevention than almost any other developed country. | | (39354) | 116
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her statement on the Dimbleby programme that her Department is examining its budget to ensure value for money is achieved, if she will list the programme budgets which are under review. | | (39355) | 117
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the total expenditure on NHS private finance initiative schemes in each year until 2013-14. | | (39356) | 118
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued on whether patients in hospital should pay prescription charges for their medication. | | (39357) | 119
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to permit general practitioners holding commissioning budgets under proposals for practice-based commissioning to pool their budgets for the purpose of collective commissioning of services. | | (39358) | 120
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) elective procedures and (b) other procedures financed by the public purse she expects to be provided by the independent sector by (i) 2008 and (ii) 2010. | | (39360) | 121
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the profits for the manufacturer derived from the prescribing of Herceptin for the treatment of early stage breast cancer will be subject to the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme. | | (39361) | 122
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which groups deemed at-risk by the Chief Medical Officer for the purposes of the influenza immunisation programme the Health Protection Agency does not require reports on uptake rates. | | (39362) | 123
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time for a first outpatient appointment has been in each year since 1997-98. | | (39363) | 124
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total number of of patients admitted onto the inpatient waiting list has been in each year since 1997-98. | | (39364) | 125
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received NHS-funded continuing care in each year since 1997. | | (39365) | 126
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to control gentamicin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. | | (39366) | 127
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate she has made of (a) the percentage of hospital admissions which are due to adverse drug reactions and (b) the resultant cost to the public purse. | | (39367) | 128
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any NHS organisations which have suspended the operation of payment by results for elective activity; whether suspension of payment by results has been sanctioned by her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (39368) | 129
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned into where smokers under the age of 16 years obtain their tobacco. | | (39369) | 130
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average length of time women wait for their first appointment to test whether they are carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. | | (39370) | 131
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received regarding occurences of the prescribing practice where patients are denied access to certain treatments at times of the year or month when budgets are likely to over-run; and what assessment she has made of how widespread this practice is. | | (39397) | 132
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of Mr Richard Douglas to the Health Committee on 6th December 2005, HC (2005-06) 736-i, on public expenditure on health and personal social services 2005, question 318, what the control totals are which sum to £200 million, broken down by strategic health authority; and which of her Department's budgets will be underspent to finance the NHS deficit anticipated for the 2005-06 financial year. | | (39398) | 133
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the Health Committee by Mr Richard Douglas of 6th December 2005, HC (2005-06) 736-i, on public expenditure on health and personal social services, question 292, what the costing is for the 18 week waiting time target. | | (39399) | 134
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 50 areas have the highest proportion of registered mentally ill people per 10,000 head of population. | | (39291) | 135
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken in the last six months to ensure that eggs imported into the UK meet the same food safety standards as eggs produced in the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (38550) | 136
N | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to restrict the supply of ostomy products and related care services. | | (38404) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 137
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since September 2001 an aircraft with registration number N85VM has transited a United Kingdom airport carrying a passenger who was not of US nationality. | | (39272) | 138
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were received regarding the recruitment process for National Criminal Intelligence Service posts at the regional office in Belfast advertised in Autumn 2003; and whether changes have been implemented as a result. | | (38442) | 139
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what disability recruitment guidelines were applied in the recruitment process for National Criminal Intelligence Service posts at the regional office in Belfast advertised in Autumn 2003. | | (38443) | 140
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for under-age tobacco sales there have been in each year since 1997; and how many convictions resulted from these prosecutions. | | (39342) | 141
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made in handling the immigration appeal submitted by Mrs J.B. of Aylesbury, reference B1148496; and if he will make a statement. | | (39239) | 142
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices have been issued in relation to the illegal use of fireworks by each police force area in Wales since the relevant legislation was introduced. | | (39294) | 143
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were found guilty of (a) drunkenness and (b) drunkenness with aggravation in (i) Wales and (ii) each local authority in Wales in each of the last 20 years. | | (39295) | 144
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving in Wales in each of the last 30 years. | | (39296) | 145
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in each police authority area in England and Wales in each of the last 20 years, grouped according to region and listed in descending order according to the percentage change over that period. | | (39297) | 146
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers there are in each (a) county and (b) constituency in Wales; and what the proposed change in each number is for each of the next three years. | | (39298) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 147
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the main categories of aid and supplies the UK has pledged to help victims of the South Asia Earthquake; and how much of each category which has been pledged has been delivered. | | (39304) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 148
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the criteria are for use by an organisation in Northern Ireland of the two tick disability symbol; in what circumstances organisations lose the right to use the symbol; and how many organisations have lost the right to use the symbol in each of the last five years. | | (38444) | 149
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to publish the Golfing Strategy for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (38887) | 150
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are used by Invest Northern Ireland to assess whether a grant application by (a) a large company and (b) a small or medium sized enterprise is eligible for funding. | | (38949) | 151
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to move the non-emergency Northern Ireland Ambulance Service control centre at Altnagelvin Hospital to another site. | | (39268) | Questions to the Prime Minister 152
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Prime Minister, what the name is of each person who has been appointed to a post of Lord Lieutenant of the County in each of the last 30 years; and in respect of which county each was appointed. | | (39287) | 153
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 6th December 2005, Official Report, column 1129W, on meetings, if he will list the dates of each meeting he has had with (a) each party and (b) the Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland during the last 18 months. | | (38489) | 154
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 5th December 2005, Official Report, column 1038W, on Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, on how many occasions he consulted (a) the political parties in Northern Ireland, (b) church representatives, (c) the Police Service of Northern Ireland, (d) victims groups and (e) healthcare professionals before the Government introduced the Bill. | | (38490) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 155
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions the Advocate General has had with the Scottish Executive on the commencement of sections 25 to 29 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990. | | (38631) | 156
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment the Advocate General has made of the implications for the legal services sector in Scotland of the non-commencement of sections 25 to 29 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990. | | (38632) | Questions to the Solicitor General 157
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions the Attorney General has had with the Scottish Executive on the commencement of sections 25 to 29 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990. | | (38633) | 158
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment the Attorney General has made of the implications for the legal services sector in Scotland of the non-commencement of sections 25 to 29 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990. | | (38634) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 159
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial support has been made available through the Export Credits Guarantee Department for (a) fossil fuel power plants, (b) nuclear plants, (c) renewable energy generation schemes and (d) carbon capture and storage sequestration technology schemes in each year since 1997. | | (38852) | 160
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to reply to letters from the hon. Member for Canterbury dated (a) 3rd August 2005 and (b) 10th October 2005. | | (38770) | 161
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) open individual export licences were issued and (b) open individual export licences issued with a validity period of (i) two years, (ii) three years, (iii) five years and (iv) more than five years by the Government was in the periods (A) January to March 2004, (B) April to June 2004, (C) June to September 2004, (D) October to December 2004, (E) January to March 2005, (F) April to June 2005 and (G) July to September 2005. | | (38948) | 162
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what pricing arrangements pertain to electricity produced from nuclear power stations, with particular reference to arrangements made under the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation. | | (38169) | 163
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications for the security of supply of the proposed India, Pakistan and Iran petroleum pipeline. | | (38872) | 164
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will reply to the letter dated 26th October from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on Exports to China. | | (38549) | 165
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been paid to solicitors acting on behalf of the Department for advising on mineworkers' compensation claims in each year since 1998. | | (39331) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 166
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has authorised negotiations with rail franchisees to secure agreements to invest in additional and higher quality rolling stock in return for an extension to the franchise period. | | (39332) | 167
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what laws apply to the use of motorised mini-scooters on (a) public highways, (b) public land and (c) private land. | | (39333) | 168
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) accidents and (b) casualties which arose in a year from the use of motorised mini-scooters. | | (39334) | 169
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the availability of advance cheap rail tickets over the Christmas period. | | (39335) | 170
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of changes in carbon dioxide emissions resulting from internet purchasing. | | (39338) | 171
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what lifecycle analysis he has (a) conducted and (b) evaluated on the carbon dioxide emissions of bicycle use. | | (39339) | 172
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve access to public transport for disabled people in Coventry South. | | (39235) | 173
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, on train operating companies, what mechanisms exist to ensure that the tendering process for franchises of train operating companies is competitive. | | (39373) | 174
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, on train operating companies, what the size is of the specialist team within his Department continuously managing the franchise contracts with train operating companies. | | (39374) | 175
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, on train operating companies, what assessment he has made of the value for money of each re-letting of a franchise to a train operating company since 1997. | | (39375) | 176
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, on train operating companies, what the criteria are for the evaluation of costs and benefits of propositions from train operating company franchise bidders. | | (39376) | 177
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, on train operating companies, what the benefits are whose delivery is monitored and enforced through continuous management of franchise contracts with train operating companies. | | (39377) | 178
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2005, Official Report, column 895W, on railways, how much was paid to each train operating company for each management only contract; and with which company each contract was made. | | (39378) | 179
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2005, Official Report, column 895W, on railways, how many franchises he expects his Department to operate under management-only contracts in each year between 2005 and 2008. | | (39379) | 180
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2005, Official Report, column 895W, on railways, how much his Department (a) was legally entitled to recover and (b) recovered from the Connex South Eastern franchise in 2003 when it discharged its duty under section 30 of the Railways Act 1993. | | (39380) | 181
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2005, Official Report, column 895W, on railways, how much his Department spent on external consultants in connection with the termination of the Connex South Eastern franchise under section 30 of the Railways Act 1993, broken down by consultancy. | | (39381) | 182
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2005, Official Report, column 1852W, on buses, what mechanism exists to ensure that the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (a) are kept under review and (b) will be developed in line with technology. | | (39383) | 183
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2005, Official Report, column 1852W, on buses, who the stakeholders affected by the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 are. | | (39384) | 184
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24th November 2005, Official Report, column 2220W, on rail subsidies, whether the Government plans to make further grants available to London and Continental Railways Limited for the completion of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link construction of section 2. | | (39385) | 185
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, on train operating companies, what mechanisms exist in the franchising process for train operating companies to ensure that an appropriate level of risk is transferred to the private sector; and what level of risk he deems appropriate. | | (39386) | 186
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, on train operating companies, what mechanisms exist to ensure that the interests of (a) passengers and (b) the public purse are protected through the franchise specification and tendering process for train operating companies. | | (39387) | 187
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions railway officials have been required to refuse passengers access to a train because of overcrowding in each of the past three years. | | (39279) | 188
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in passenger numbers on the railways in each year between 2006 and 2014. | | (39280) | 189
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operational passenger rail carriages there were on the rail network in each of the past 10 years. | | (39281) | 190
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 569W, on Road Traffic (London), if he will break down the figures provided by London borough. | | (38769) | 191
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will initiate a study to compare the number of night-time accidents on stretches of unlit motorway with stretches of motorway that have lighting; and if he will publish the conclusions. | | (38440) | 192
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to improve egress from the northbound carriageway of the M1 motorway at junction 29 to reduce congestion; and if he will make a statement. | | (38441) | 193
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many aircraft flight plans have been filed to the Integrated Flight Plans System for or on behalf of (a) the Central Intelligence Agency and (b) other departments or agencies of the United States Administration since the beginning of 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (38944) | 194
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will permit revenue raised from speed camera fines to be used to fund 20 mph zones outside schools. | | (39289) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 195
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) custodial sentences have been imposed and (b) driving licences have been confiscated for the persistent non-payment of maintenance by non-resident parents in each of the last three years (i) in the United Kingdom and (ii) in the Middlesbrough courts area. | | (38943) | 196
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken from application was for claimants to receive their payments of each benefit that the Department distributes in the last period for which figures are available. | | (39393) | 197
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of payments of each benefit that his Department distributes were not distributed within the target timescale in the last period for which figures are available. | | (39394) | 198
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres are imposing a £50 limit on the maximum amount from the Advisers Discretionary Fund which can be granted without a business case. | | (39308) | 199
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recorded job entries there have been in the United Kingdom excluding pathways to work pilots for incapacity benefit claimants who have been claiming benefit for (a) 0 to three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to 12 months, (d) 12 to 24 months and (e) 24 months and over since 1997. | | (38946) | 200
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken for claimants to receive the first payment of benefits has been since the introduction of the Customer Management System computer system. | | (38385) | 201
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total implementation costs of the new Debt Manager software package has been to his Department. | | (38386) | 202
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost has been to date of the implementation of the Customer Management System computer system. | | (38387) | 203
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the charge per minute is of telephoning the Jobcentre Plus contact centre from (a) a land line and (b) from each mobile phone network; and what the average call duration has been in the last 12 months. | | (38388) | 204
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single female pensioners, (b) single male pensioners and (c) married pensioner couples are receiving financial assistance to bring them up to the minimum pension level in (i) each constituency in Wales and (ii) each ward in the Vale of Clwyd. | | (39300) | 205
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of pensioners were living in absolute poverty in (a) each constituency in Wales and (b) each ward of the Vale of Clwyd constituency in each year since 1994. | | (39301) | 206
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received winter fuel payments in each ward in the Vale of Clwyd in 2004-05. | | (39330) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 207
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions since September 2001 an aircraft with registration number N829MG has transited a United Kingdom airport carrying a passenger who was not of US nationality. | | [Transferred] (38630) |
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