|
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 10 January 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 10 January 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 10 January 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 10 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 10 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used to decide which taxpayers will be subject to tax investigation. | | (40925) | 2
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used to determine which tax payers are required to fill in a self-assessment income tax return. | | (40926) | 3
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax investigations were carried out in each year since 1997. | | (40927) | 4
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of tax investigations by the Inland Revenue was in each year since 1997; and how many staff were employed to carry them out in each year. | | (40928) | 5
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional tax was recovered by the Inland Revenue as a result of tax investigations in each year since 1997. | | (40929) | 6
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of how many people tax investigations resulted in a recovery of income tax of (a) nil, or negative tax recovery, (b) under £500, (c) between £500 and £1,000, (d) between £1,000 and £2,000, (e) between £2,000 and £3,000, (f) between £3,000 and £4,000, (g) between £4,000 and £5,000 and (h) over £5,000 in each year since 1997. | | (40930) | 7
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-assessment tax returns were issued in each year since 1997. | | (40931) | 8
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been fined for filing their income tax return late in each year since 1997. | | (40932) | 9
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money was received in fines from filing late income tax returns in each year since 1997. | | (40933) | 10
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the EU's agriculture budget was spent on (a) direct payments, (b) market price support, (c) input subsidies and (d) export subsidies in the last period for which figures are available. | | (40948) | 11
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the EU budget will be spent on agriculture, including rural development, over the period 2007 to 2013; and what proportion of the EU budget was spent on agriculture, including rural development, in each year since 2000. | | (40949) | 12
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated value will be (a) in euros and (b) as a proportion of gross national income of each member state's (i) gross contribution to the EU including overseas aid spending, (ii) contribution to the UK abatement, (iii) receipts of EU spending and (iv) net contribution to the EU budget over the period 2007 to 2013. | | (40950) | 13
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of (a) the UK's gross contribution to the EU including overseas aid spending, (b) the UK abatement, (c) UK receipts of EU spending and (d) the UK net contribution to the EU budget will be in constant pound terms in each year from 2007 to 2013 under the recently agreed budget. | | (40951) | 14
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been generated from (a) the landfill tax and (b) landfill sites within the London Borough of Hillingdon in each year since 1997. | | (41039) | 15
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings of full-time employees in the constituency of Ruislip-Northwood were in April in each year since 2000. | | (41043) | 16
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from personal taxation in the constituency of Ruislip-Northwood in (a) 1997 and (b) the last financial year for which figures are available. | | (41044) | 17
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how HM Revenue and Customs traces those who owe tax for whom it has an incorrect address. | | (41028) | 18
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many items of departmental correspondence were addressed to people who had (a) died and (b) moved house in each of the last five years. | | (41029) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 19
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the judiciary in Chelmsford on the reform of the judges' lodging system; and if she will make a statement. | | (41013) | 20
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the total cost was of each judge's lodging housing a judge sitting in Chelmsford Crown Court in each of the last five years for which figures are available; on how many nights they were used by judges in each year; how many staff were employed in such lodgings in each year; and what the (a) capital value is of each freehold property and (b) surrender value is of each leasehold property. | | (41014) | 21
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the criteria are for appointing magistrates. | | (40986) | 22
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many Crown Court hearings were (a) held and (b) scheduled and then subsequently postponed in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Northamptonshire in each year since 1997. | | (41056) | 23
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many defendants to allegations of domestic violence in the criminal courts were allowed personally to cross-examine the complainant in (a) England and Wales, (b) Hemel Hempstead Magistrates' Court, (c) Watford Magistrates' Court and (d) St Albans Crown Court in 2005. | | (40970) | 24
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how local authority registration officers keep the electoral register up to date regarding deaths. | | (41025) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 25
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the contract for the F35 Joint Strike Fighter includes all the accompanying software, with particular reference to faults analysis software. | | (40924) | 26
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the two different engines proposed to power the F35 Joint Strike Fighter are still to be produced. | | (40958) | 27
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the three variants of the F35 Joint Strike Fighter with the different wings, power systems and weapons are still to be produced. | | (40959) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 28
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with stakeholders about implementation of each of the targets in his Department's Strategic Priority (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4 and (e) 5. | | (41015) | 29
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many copies of Cm 6526 were produced; how many copies were supplied free by his Department; and to whom such copies were supplied. | | (41016) | 30
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether it is his policy to write to hon. Members presenting a Private Members' Bill on a subject within his Department's responsibility to express his support, opposition or neutrality; and if he will make a statement. | | (41017) | 31
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to publish as an annex to his annual report a list of all publications published by his Department in the preceding year; and if he will make a statement. | | (41018) | 32
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the progress of each of the targets in his Department's Strategic Priority (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five. | | (41019) | 33
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list those Private Members' Bills introduced during the current session where policy responsibility rests with his Department. | | (41020) | 34
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list those Private Members' Handout Bills prepared by his Department that are expected to be introduced during the current session; what the proposed date of presentation is of each; and into which House each will be introduced. | | (41021) | 35
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions on which he has sought policy clearance for (a) legislation and (b) amendments to Government Bills from the Cabinet Committee on (i) Domestic Affairs and (ii) Economic Affairs during the current session. | | (41022) | 36
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the Private Members' Handout Bills put forward by his Department in each session since 1997; and which such Bills received Royal Assent. | | (41023) | 37
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the Government Bills sponsored by his Department that are expected to be introduced during the current session; what the proposed date of presentation is of each; and into which House each will be introduced. | | (41024) | 38
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 224(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. | | (41054) | 39
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what rights of appeal residents have to a proposed development by a statutory undertaking in accordance with Schedule II, Part 17 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/418). | | (40964) | 40
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many developments have been made by statutory undertakings in each of the last five years using powers contained in Schedule II, Part 17 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (S.I., 1995, No. 418). | | (40967) | 41
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much money he estimates the Government's proposed housing levy will raise in Milton Keynes Unitary Authority in each of the next five years. | | (40905) | 42
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the housing levy raised within the Milton Keynes Unitary Authority will be ringfenced for use solely within Milton Keynes Unitary Authority. | | (40906) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 43
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils were recorded as having at least one incidence of truancy in 2005. | | (41041) | 44
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the (a) feasibility and (b) merits of a national centre for early intervention for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement. | | (40939) | 45
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many non-UK national ERASMUS students have studied at UK institutions in each year since 1990; and what the total cost to her Department was of such students in each year. | | (40953) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 46
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of sections (a) 3 to 9, (b) 10 to 14 and (c) 28 to 32 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. | | (40995) | 47
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects each section of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 to come into force. | | (40996) | 48
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of (a) sections 1 to 5 and (b) Schedule 1 of the Hunting Act 2004. | | (40997) | 49
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Ragwort Control Act 2003. | | (40998) | 50
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which bodies are funded by her Department which are concerned with climate change; and how much funding these bodies received in 2003-04. | | (39724) | 51
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Government spent in 2003-04 on climate change adaption. | | (39725) | 52
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what penalties are in place for Government departments which fail their sustainable development targets, as reviewed by the Sustainable Development Commission on 16th December. | | (39726) | 53
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures to reduce aviation emissions the Government is considering. | | (39727) | 54
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the UK Government has proposed to help developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | | (39728) | 55
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy to promote reusable products over single-use disposable products. | | (40971) | 56
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Environment Agency report `Better Environment, Healthier People', which categories of chemicals she will prioritise for health and safety investigation after flame retardants and pharmaceuticals. | | (40879) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 57
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on religious freedom in China. | | (40039) | 58
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals for Common Agricultural Policy reform the Government has made; and if he will make a statement. | | (40235) | 59
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what EU (a) military and (b) policing operations in countries outside the EU (i) are under way, (ii) are planned and (iii) have been carried out since 1997. | | (40940) | 60
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of EU documents have been classed as restricted and therefore not available to the European Scrutiny Committee in each year since 1997. | | (40944) | 61
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many pieces and what proportion of EU legislation has been passed during periods when the House has been in recess in each year since 1997. | | (40945) | 62
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions on which the Scrutiny Reserve was overridden in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and what the reason was in each case. | | (40946) | 63
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the Scrutiny Reserve was overridden in (a) 2005 and (b) the last six months of 2005. | | (40947) | 64
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff are employed by the (i) European Commission, (ii) Council of Ministers, (iii) European Parliament and (iv) agencies of the EU. | | (40954) | 65
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which types of projects may qualify for EU structural funding. | | (40961) | 66
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent research his Department has commissioned on (a) religious discrimination, (b) church closures and (c) violence in West Java. | | (41030) | 67
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from religious minorities in Indonesia; and what plans he has to discuss religious minority rights with the Indonesian government. | | (41031) | 68
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to promote and protect religious freedom as a central objective of foreign diplomacy. | | (41032) | 69
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he plans to have with Ugandan President Museveni about the imprisonment of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. | | (41033) | 70
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from Christian minority groups from (a) Burma, (b) China and (c) Pakistan. | | (41048) | 71
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what review mechanisms the EU has established to assess how its agreements with third countries are being implemented with regard to human rights. | | (39319) | 72
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations from the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights network on their human rights review on the EU and Israel. | | (39320) | 73
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on arrangements for assessing compliance with the terms of the EU-Israel Association agreement. | | (39321) | 74
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the EU has set up a human rights sub-committee under the EU-Israel Association agreement. | | (39323) | 75
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the African Union force in Darfur. | | (40788) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 76
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by the NHS on treatment by (a) psychiatrists, (b) clinical psychologists, (c) psychotherapists, (d) cognitive and behavioural therapists and (e) other therapists in each of the last five years, broken down to the most local level for which figures are available. | | (40889) | 77
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many referrals there were to (a) psychiatrists, (b) clinical psychologists, (c) psychotherapists, (d) cognitive and behavioural therapists and (e) other therapists in each of the last five years, broken down to the most local level for which figures are available. | | (40890) | 78
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of treatment was following referrals to (a) psychiatrists, (b) clinical psychologists, (c) psychotherapists, (d) cognitive and behavioural therapists and (e) other therapists in the last year for which figures are available, broken down to the most local level for which figures are available. | | (40891) | 79
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of referrals to therapists have been for (a) individual treatment and (b) group therapy in each of the last five years, broken down to the most local level for which figures are available. | | (40892) | 80
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for treatment following referral to (a) a psychiatrist, (b) a clinical psychologist, (c) a psychotherapist, (d) a cognitive and behavioural therapist and (e) other therapists in each of the last five years, broken down to the most local level for which figures are available. | | (40893) | 81
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will estimate the number of full-time equivalent (a) psychotherapists, (b) cognitive and behavioural therapists and (c) other therapists working in the NHS, broken down to the most local level for which figures are available. | | (40894) | 82
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what qualifications are necessary to work in the NHS as (a) a psychotherapist, (b) a cognitive behavioural therapist and (c) other types of therapist. | | (40895) | 83
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which organisations she has held discussions on professional accreditation of therapy providers; and if she will make a statement. | | (40896) | 84
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what social and cultural factors she has identified as having (a) an impact on and (b) a correlation with the incidence of mental illnesses; and if she will make a statement. | | (40897) | 85
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the relation between different childcare environments and mental health outcomes in (a) infancy and (b) adulthood; and if she will make a statement. | | (40898) | 86
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has a preventative strategy on mental health; and if she will make a statement. | | (40899) | 87
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Havering Primary Care Trust was successful in obtaining a share of the £95 million which was offered to those PCTs which had successfully implemented the new `Choose and Book' system within the Government's deadline of 31st December 2005. | | (40882) | 88
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on disposable nappies in each year since 1997. | | (40972) | 89
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with regard to the use of reusable nappies in NHS hospitals. | | (40973) | 90
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the effect on costs to NHS hospitals of supplying reusable nappies on maternity wards in place of disposable nappies. | | (40974) | 91
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to tackle health inequalities in the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership area. | | (40988) | 92
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of general practitioners claiming entitlement for patients who have moved or died and not informed their general practitioner in each of the last five years. | | (41052) | 93
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much departmental correspondence was addressed to people who had (a) died and (b) moved house in each of the last five years. | | (41053) | 94
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken to reply to questions (a) telephoned and (a) emailed to the Student Grants Unit (i) helpline and (ii) email address was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (41037) | 95
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether automated responses are recorded by her Department as replies to questions put to the Student Grant Unit by email. | | (41038) | 96
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of introducing the vaccine Prevenar on the NHS. | | (40962) | 97
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received concerning her consultation with experts on how to introduce Prevenar on the NHS. | | (40963) | 98
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer the Question tabled by the hon. Member for Northavon on 12th October 2005, on non-emergency operations, reference 18887. | | (40901) | 99
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library a copy of the first Gateway Review by the Office of Government Commerce into the Bristol Health Services Plan when it is completed. | | (40902) | 100
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, over what time period an NHS trust which runs up a deficit during the 2005-06 financial year is required to repay the amount overspent; and if she will make a statement. | | (40903) | 101
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether private finance initiative funds have been earmarked by her Department for the Bristol Health Services Plan; and if she will make a statement. | | (40904) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 102
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will amend the Functions of Traffic Wardens (Amendment) Order 2002 to allow police and community support officers to enforce section (a) 14(3), (b) 15(2) and (c) 15(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988; and if he will make a statement. | | (40976) | 103
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under paragraph 10 of section 54 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839. | | (40977) | 104
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 20(1) of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1954. | | (40978) | 105
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 1(1) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971. | | (41010) | 106
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 131(2) of the Highways Act 1980, including that provision as applied by section 27(6) of the Countryside Act. | | (41011) | 107
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 132(1) of the Highways Act 1980. | | (41012) | 108
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress towards his Department's Strategic Objective II. | | (41055) | 109
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress towards his Department's Strategic Objective IV. | | (41060) | 110
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2005, Official Report, column 771W, on police, how many fatal accidents involving police service vehicles there were in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (40900) | 111
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the geographical distribution of organised crime. | | (40965) | 112
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will establish a national policing agency dedicated to countering terrorism and domestic extremism to address the findings in these areas of the O'Connor Report. | | (40966) | 113
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has received representations from the European Commission in respect of the restructuring of police forces in England and Wales. | | (40968) | 114
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to amend the criminal law in relation to environmental matters as a consequence of the judgement of the European Court of Justice of 15th September 2003. | | (41027) | 115
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the rollout of the remaining Safer Neighbourhood policing teams is planned to be fully completed in each ward of the London Borough of Wandsworth; and if he will make a statement. | | (40909) | 116
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department next plans to review the working of the EU Accession Countries Worker Registration Scheme; and when it next expects to publish a report. | | (40990) | 117
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is available to (a) Peterborough City Council and (b) other organisations in Greater Peterborough to meet the costs of the provision of extra services needed as a result of the migration of EU Accession Country migrants since May 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (40991) | 118
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions were secured by (a) the Metropolitan Police Force, (b) Greater Manchester Police, (c) West Midlands Police, (d) Merseyside Police and (e) West Yorkshire Police for (i) commercial robbery and (ii) cash in transit crimes in (A) 2003, (B) 2004 and (C) 2005; and how many incidents of each type of crime were recorded by each force in each year. | | (40969) | 119
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of identity fraud by applicants using a deceased person's details for a new passport have taken place in each of the last five years; and at what cost to his Department. | | (41049) | 120
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of identity fraud by applicants using false address details for a new passport have taken place in each of the last five years; and at what cost to his Department. | | (41050) | 121
| Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much departmental correspondence was addressed to people who had (a) died and (b) moved house in each of the last five years. | | (41051) | 122
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to process Police Community Volunteer applications in (a) the East Midlands and (b) England was in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by constabulary. | | (40883) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 123
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to ensure that (a) UK and (b) EU assistance to agencies working in Palestinian territories complies with International Court of Justice injunctions in relation to the wall constructed by Israel. | | (39322) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 124
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has received written representations from members of the armed forces in support of the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill. | | (40533) | 125
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many students at each university in Northern Ireland come from countries outside the European Union. | | (38952) | 126
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support and preparation is being offered by the Government to athletes from Northern Ireland for the Commonwealth Games. | | (38953) | 127
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what changes have been made to the Limavady bypass since its opening. | | (38954) | 128
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Department for Regional Development Roads maintenance budget expenditure in (a) Limavady and (b) Coleraine Borough Council areas was in each of the last three years. | | (38955) | 129
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time staff are employed by the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland. | | (38956) | 130
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many car parking spaces were provided by (a) Belfast City Hospital, (b) Mater Infirmorum Hospital, (c) the Royal Group of Hospitals and (d) Ulster Hospital in the last year for which figures are available; and how much was raised through parking charges by each hospital in that year. | | (40938) | 131
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2005, Official Report, column 1247-8W, on the Child Support Agency, what the problems are with the new system; what steps have been taken to solve them; and how effective these measures have been. | | (39273) | 132
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2005, Official Report, column 1866-7W, on prosecutions, how many people were prosecuted for shoplifting in each constituency. | | (39274) | 133
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons drill is included in the foundation training curriculum for police officers in Northern Ireland. | | (40934) | 134
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is essential for a trainee police officer (a) to pass a competence test and (b) to achieve competency in drill as a prerequisite for successfully completing foundation training. | | (40935) | 135
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) frequency and (b) duration was of drill performed by each intake of trainee police officers in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005. | | (40936) | 136
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many trainee police officers in each intake in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005 reported injuries as a result of performing drill; how many were forced to interrupt their initial training as a result; and for how long each was absent on sick leave. | | (40937) | 137
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans are in place to deal with a major pollution incident in Northern Ireland. | | (40992) | 138
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which areas of the Northern Ireland coast are judged to be most at risk from marine pollution. | | (40993) | 139
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether protocols are in place to work with authorities in (a) Scotland and (b) the Irish Republic in the case of a major pollution incident in Northern Ireland. | | (40994) | Questions to the Prime Minister 140
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Prime Minister, what was agreed at the Warwick National Policy Forum in regard to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. | | (40960) | 141
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Prime Minister, what costs were incurred at public expense in the production of the film `Day in the Life'. | | (40975) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 142
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received about the Fireworks (Amendment) Bill; how many (a) supported and (b) opposed the Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (40999) | 143
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy to publish as an annex to his annual report a list of all publications published by his Department in the preceding year; and if he will make a statement. | | (41000) | 144
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the operation of section 60 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004. | | (41001) | 145
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the operation of sections 1 to 4 of the Patents Act 2004. | | (41002) | 146
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy to support the Fireworks (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (41003) | 147
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the weighted average tariffs applied by the EU on (a) all imports from the rest of the world, (b) agricultural imports from the rest of the world and (c) non-agricultural imports from the rest of the world are in (i) most favoured nation terms and (ii) effectively applied terms. | | (40941) | 148
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the weighted average tariffs applied by the EU on non-agricultural imports from each country listed in the World Trade Organisation and World Integrated Trade Solution database will be if the EU's current WTO offer is accepted in (a) most favoured nation terms and (b) effectively applied terms. | | (40942) | 149
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the weighted average tariffs applied by the EU are on (a) imports, (b) agricultural imports and (c) non-agricultural imports from each country listed in the World Trade Organisation and World Integrated Trade Solution database in (i) most favoured nation terms and (ii) effectively applied terms. | | (40943) | 150
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on current negotiations on the services directive under the Austrian presidency of the EU. | | (40955) | 151
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on current negotiations on the Working Time Directive under the Austrian presidency of the EU. | | (40956) | 152
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which other EU member states support the UK's position on maintaining its opt-out from the 48-hour week in the Working Time Directive. | | (40957) | 153
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the market value is of 1MW/hr of power under the Renewable Obligation Certificate scheme; and what that value was in each year since the introduction of the scheme. | | (40880) | 154
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total traded value in (a) financial terms and (b) MW/hr of the Renewable Obligation Certificate scheme has been since its introduction. | | (40881) | 155
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultants the Government has invited to conduct the analysis of the case for deregulation of Sunday trading hours. | | (41034) | 156
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent written representations he has received on the (a) economic and (b) social implications of liberalised Sunday trading hours. | | (41035) | 157
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from business stakeholders concerning the proposed review of Sunday trading laws. | | (41036) | 158
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the planned cost-benefit analysis of liberalisation of Sunday trading hours will invite representations from groups interested in the social cost of longer trading hours; and if he will make a statement. | | (41047) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 159
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of passengers who will be using railways in Great Britain by 2014. | | (41040) | 160
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that railway ticket prices represent value for money for passengers. | | (41042) | 161
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list those companies supporting his Department's THINK! road safety campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (40979) | 162
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress of each Public Service Agreement target set for his Department. | | (40980) | 163
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with stakeholders about progress of each Public Service Agreement target set for his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (40981) | 164
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the occasions when the (a) A13 and (b) A127 between the M25 and Southend were closed in each direction for 30 minutes or longer during each of the last five years for which information is available; and what the (i) reason for and (ii) duration was of each such closure. | | (40982) | 165
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of seat belt wearing rates if persons guilty of an offence under section 14(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, in lieu of a fine, 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. | | (40983) | 166
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last undertook a review of the evidence relating to the effectiveness of seat belts in reducing deaths and injury that drew on (a) UK and (b) international research; and if he will make a statement. | | (40984) | 167
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will undertake a review drawing on international research and experience into the effects of requiring 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. | | (40985) | 168
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many copies of Cm 6527 were produced; how many copies were supplied free; to whom they were so supplied; and if he will make a statement. | | (41006) | 169
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the operation of sections (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the Railways Act 2005. | | (41007) | 170
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects each section of the Railways Act 2005 to come into force; and if he will make a statement. | | (41008) | 171
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is monitoring the impact of the M6 toll on the economy; and if he will make a statement. | | (41009) | 172
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to date of strengthening bridges to accommodate 44 tonne lorries. | | (40878) | 173
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the revised methodology for air quality around airports; and if he will place a copy in the Library. | | (41045) | 174
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the costs of strengthening bridges to accommodate 44 tonne lorries has been borne by (a) the Highways Agency, (b) local authorities, (c) Network Rail, (d) Railtrack, (e) British Rail and (f) other organisations. | | (41046) | 175
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has held with (a) Network Rail, (b) the Association of Train Operating Companies and (c) Alstom about the impact of the closure of the Alstom rail test track on (i) jobs and (ii) engineering capacity in the UK. | | (41057) | 176
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the arrangements are for the Government to oversee the work of Network Rail. | | (40910) | 177
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes were made to the guarantee arrangements for Network Rail's debt when the Strategic Rail Authority was abolished. | | (40911) | 178
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements have been made for the Government to guarantee Network Rail's debt. | | (40912) | 179
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the capital value of Network Rail's assets; and what charge he holds over those assets in the event that the company becomes insolvent. | | (40918) | 180
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the risk to (a) Network Rail's financial position and (b) its ability to service its debts if the Government should decide to reduce the level of activity it purchases from the Network; and whether he has made an assessment of the corresponding risk of the Government's guarantees being required. | | (40919) | 181
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency arrangements he has put in place in the event of Network Rail becoming insolvent. | | (40920) | 182
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submission to the Office of National Statistics concerning the classification of Network Rail's debt. | | (40921) | 183
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what ceiling the Government has placed on its guarantees of Network Rail's debts. | | (40922) | 184
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rights the Government has to define Network Rail's future activity. | | (40923) | 185
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are exposed daily between 05.00 hours and 07.00 hours to levels of noise from air traffic at Heathrow exceeding World Health Organisation guidelines Guidelines for Community Noise; and if he will make a statement. | | (40907) | 186
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many aircraft movements have taken place at Heathrow between (a) 23.30 hours and 06.00 hours and (b) 06.00 hours and 07.00 hours in each year since 1993; and if he will make a statement. | | (40908) | 187
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to ask the Highways Agency to review carriageway lighting in Cambridgeshire on the A47 and A1 routes in the next 12 months. | | (40989) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 188
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish a bill on housing benefit reform; and if he will make a statement. | | (40884) | 189
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence he has collected on the effect of the local housing allowance on work incentives in Pathfinder areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (40885) | 190
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change in average processing time for housing benefit claims was in (a) Pathfinder and (b) non-Pathfinder areas in each of the last two years. | | (40886) | 191
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average change has been in the amount of housing benefit overpayments going unrecovered in (a) Pathfinder and (b) non-Pathfinder areas since the Pathfinder pilots started. | | (40887) | 192
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the proportion of private sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit or local housing allowance who have elected to move to alternative private sector accommodation while continuing their claim in (a) Pathfinder and (b) non-Pathfinder areas since the Pathfinder pilots started. | | (40888) | 193
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Derpartment for Health on the potential effects of the expert patient programme on incapacity benefit reform; and if he will make a statement. | | (40916) | 194
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of rolling out the local housing allowance to (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland if additional central funding was provided to benefit authorities to support the transition at a level comparable to the funding provided to Pathfinder authorities. | | (40917) | 195
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the potential costs of social security provision for non-UK nationals resident in the UK as a result of Directive 2004/58/EC on free movement of persons. | | (40952) | 196
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Peterborough constituency were receiving incapacity benefit in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05. | | (40987) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 197
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local authorities operate a Home to School transport scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41004) | 198
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evaluation her Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake to ascertain why parents are not using Home to School transport provided by local authorities; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41005) |
|
