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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 11 January 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 11 January 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 11 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 Wednesday 11 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 11 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those Private Members' Bills introduced during the current session where policy responsibility rests with his Department. | | (41729) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to write to hon. Members presenting a Private Member's Bill on a subject within his Department's responsibility to express his support, opposition or neutrality; and if he will make a statement. | | (41730) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to publish, as an annex to his annual report, a list of all publications by his Department in the preceding year; and if he will make a statement. | | (41731) | 4
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the operation of sections (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005. | | (41736) | 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects each section of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 to come into force; and if he will make a statement. | | (41737) | 6
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in the Southend West constituency. | | (41755) | 7
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed in Southend by HM Revenue and Customs, broken down by (a) sex and (b) grade. | | (41756) | 8
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provisions there are for a taxpayer to offset against taxes the cost of tax investigation by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (41174) | 9
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to treat payment made to people who mark examination papers as self-employed income. | | (41177) | 10
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the planned level of expenditure on the Common Agricultural Policy is for each of the next 10 years; and how much and what percentage each member state will contribute of the total. | | (41458) | 11
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for the negotiations with the EU on the derogation for red diesel use by pleasure craft; whether the case being made will be put in the public domain; and whether the public will be consulted. | | (41459) | 12
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Government's approach to equity release, with particular reference to maintaining older people in their homes. | | (41503) | 13
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41579) | 14
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the registered unemployed in Gateshead East and Washington West were (a) 25 years and under, (b) 26 to 35 years, (c) 36 to 45 years, (d) 46 to 55 years and (e) over 55 years of age in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (41624) | 15
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will visit Shrewsbury to discuss his main economic priorities with the Shropshire Chamber of Commerce and Shrewsbury Business Chamber. | | (41562) | 16
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on child poverty in the UK of (a) increasing child benefit by £5 for each child and (b) raising the child element of child tax credit by £500 per year; and if he will make a statement. | | (41213) | 17
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of eradicating child poverty in the UK by 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (41215) | 18
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the real terms level of child benefit for (a) the first child and (b) other children was in each year since 1976-77; and if he will make a statement. | | (41216) | 19
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Child Trust Fund for each year from 2004-05 to 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (41225) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of child tax credit on the number of children in relative poverty in each year since 2000-01; and if he will make a statement. | | (41288) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the UK workforce earned the (a) minimum wage, (b) less than £5.50 per hour, (c) less than £5.75 per hour, (d) less than £6.00 per hour, (e) less than £6.50 per hour, (f) less than £7.00 per hour and (g) less than £10 per hour in each year since 1997-98, broken down by region. | | (41290) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families there are with (a) one child, (b) two children, (c) three children, (d) four children, (e) five children, (f) six to 10 children and (g) more than 10 children. | | (41392) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the role of child benefit in reducing child poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (41397) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the share of gross income paid in tax by (a) each income decile and (b) each major household type in each year from 1996-97 to 2005-06, broken down by each major tax; and if he will make a statement. | | (41398) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the weekly amount of child benefit paid to the first child in each household is higher than the rate paid in respect of other children in the household; and if he will make a statement. | | (41424) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) total cost and (b) the effect on the proportion of children living in relative low income households of (i) increasing the rate of child benefit for all children to the rate for the first child and (ii) paying child benefit at the rate of £17.50 for all children aged up to 12 years and £12.00 for other eligible children. | | (41432) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of taxing child benefit at the marginal rate of tax; and if he will make a statement. | | (41433) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the rate of growth of incomes for (a) the top one per cent. of income earners, (b) the top 10 per cent. of income earners, (c) the bottom 10 per cent. of income earners and (d) the bottom 20 per cent. of income earners (i) for each year from 1978-79 and (ii) for the period as a whole; and if he will make a statement. | | (41443) | 29
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people he estimates were entitled to, but did not claim, tax credits in each year since 2000-01; how much he estimates was unclaimed; and if he will make a statement. | | (41463) | 30
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Child Trust Fund vouchers issued to date have been used to open accounts which are valued at (a) £500 and (b) £250; and if he will make a statement. | | (41465) | 31
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit overpayments were (a) disputed and (b) successfully disputed in each month from January to December 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (41466) | 32
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual revenue yield of taxing child benefit at the marginal rate of tax. | | (41485) | 33
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of council tax as a percentage of gross income in each (a) decile and (b) quintile (i) before and (ii) after council tax benefit. | | (41574) | 34
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements he has made for the launch of the Treasury Sustainable Development Action Plan; and whether he intends to make an oral statement to the House on the contents of the plan. | | (41182) | 35
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on his targets for the public sector borrowing requirement of the additional funds made available to arm's length management organisations to improve council homes. | | (41151) | 36
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the vacancy rates are in registrar offices in Greater London. | | (41120) | 37
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training the Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41279) | 38
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in whose deaths cold or malnutrition have been cited as the primary cause in each of the last 10 years, broken down by county and London borough. | | (41694) | 39
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of all those in employment were employed by the (a) public and (b) private sectors in Beverley and Holderness in each year since 1996. | | (41367) | 40
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage annual changes in job levels for the (i) private and (ii) public sectors were in Beverley and Holderness in each of the last five calendar years. | | (41368) | 41
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41209) | 42
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41257) | 43
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41272) | 44
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41313) | 45
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41348) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 46
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41578) | 47
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what training the Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41281) | 48
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41210) | 49
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41258) | 50
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41271) | 51
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the outturn time for implementation against planned time was. | | (41312) | 52
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41347) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 53
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects to produce a revised edition of the Code of Practice issued under section 42 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (41738) | 54
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of sections (a) 57 and (b) 58 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. | | (41739) | 55
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions she has had with stakeholders about the progress of each target in her Department's Objective (a) I, (b) II and (c) IV. | | (41740) | 56
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress of Operation Payback Two. | | (41741) | 57
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether Operation Payback Two was used in the Southend West constituency. | | (41742) | 58
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects each section of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 to come into force; and if she will make a statement. | | (41743) | 59
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of Part 1 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. | | (41744) | 60
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of sections 15 to 21 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. | | (41745) | 61
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the National Mediation Helpline. | | (41746) | 62
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on the National Mediation Helpline during the last 12 months. | | (41747) | 63
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the most recent internal phone directory for the Department was published; how often it is updated; and if she will place a copy in the Library. | | (41748) | 64
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by the Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41586) | 65
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what criteria were used in making the decision not to make a statement to Parliament on the Department's plans to introduce an innovations fund for elections. | | (41241) | 66
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what types of projects may be funded under the Department's elections Innovations Fund pilots. | | (41242) | 67
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 during its first year in force; and what estimate she has made of the cost of its implementation to (a) central government and its agencies and (b) local government. | | (41489) | 68
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the Legal Services Commissions' contracted suppliers in the London Borough of Croydon for (a) criminal matters, (b) employment, (c) family matters, (d) housing, (e) immigration, (f) mental health and (g) social payments. | | (41125) | 69
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on proposals to build a new court house at Colchester. | | (41479) | 70
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much her Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41202) | 71
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent by her Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41250) | 72
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones her Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41261) | 73
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much her Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41320) | 74
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41355) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 75
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioners in Hendon have received free television licences in 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (41618) | 76
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will commission research on the impact of violent computer games on individuals. | | (41520) | 77
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by her Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41582) | 78
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many historic sites were on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk list in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in each of the last five years. | | (41612) | 79
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the 2012 Paralympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (41473) | 80
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to meet its target for increasing the take up of arts and sports opportunities by people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement. | | (41474) | 81
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department plans to provide to disabled athletes to enable them to compete in the 2012 Paralympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (41475) | 82
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to ensure potential suitably qualified candidates for the Board of the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) are informed of the prospective recruitment; and whether she plans to make it her policy that each country within the United Kingdom is proportionately represented on the ODA board. | | (41543) | 83
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications have been granted for licences for 24 hour sale of alcohol in (a) Bristol and (b) the constituency of Bristol East. | | (41600) | 84
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) targets, (b) advice and (c) guidance her Department has given to executive agencies that fall under the remit of her Department on the reorganisation of their administrative functions on a regional basis; and if she will make a statement. | | (41645) | 85
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the percentage of audiences representing black and minority ethnic communities at (a) the National Theatre, (b) the Royal Opera House and (c) the English National Opera in the last year for which figures are available. | | (41132) | 86
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th December, Official Report, column 2181W, on digital broadcasting, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of sets that will ultimately become surplus to requirement as non-digitalised and (b) total cost to the public of compliance with digitalisation; what regulations govern disposing of excess sets; and what estimate she has made of the cost of disposing. | | (41145) | 87
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what training the Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41286) | 88
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the deprivation index used for resource allocation by the Big Lottery Fund. | | (41183) | 89
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Government officials will be attending FIFA World Cup matches in their official capacity. | | (41687) | 90
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41206) | 91
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by her Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41254) | 92
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones her Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41275) | 93
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41316) | 94
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by her Department on new works of art in each year since 1997; where each item is located; and whether each item is accessible to the public. | | (41327) | 95
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41351) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 96
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in the Southend West constituency. | | (41757) | 97
N | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK troops he expects to be based in Northern Ireland at the end of 2006. | | (40316) | 98
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the F35B version of the Joint Strike Fighter is the only aircraft that could operate from the proposed two new aircraft carriers. | | (41388) | 99
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Hendon residents are (a) eligible for and (b) have received (i) the Veterans' Badge, (ii) the Suez Campaign Clasp, (iii) the Arctic Convoy Badge and (iv) ex-gratia payments as former Far East Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees; and if he will make a statement. | | (41221) | 100
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the information upon which the decision to sell off the remaining Government stake in Qinetiq was taken. | | (41555) | 101
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the status of the UK's International Traffic in Arms Regulations waiver from the United States. | | (41653) | 102
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41584) | 103
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army were declared Fit For Role at the end of the last training year. | | (41654) | 104
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army have been mobilised more than once in the last five years. | | (41655) | 105
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army have been mobilised out of role in the last five years. | | (41656) | 106
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacancies there are in the Territorial Army. | | (41657) | 107
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many appeals against compulsory mobilisation under the Reserve Forces Act have been made in the last 12 months; and how many were successful. | | (41658) | 108
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of soliders on operational service are members of the (a) Territorial Army and (b) Regular Army Reserve. | | (41659) | 109
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strength of the Territorial Army is, broken down by (a) officers and (b) other ranks. | | (41660) | 110
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of the Officer Training Corps (OTC) are included in the current strength of the Territorial Army; and how many members of the OTC there are. | | (41661) | 111
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of the Officer Training Corps are eligible for mobilised service. | | (41662) | 112
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army qualified for their annual bounty in each of the last five years. | | (41663) | 113
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army who were mobilised and attended RTMC Chilwell subsequently were not deployed (a) on medical grounds, (b) because of failure of individual training directives tests at RTMC and (c) for other reasons in each of the last five years. | | (41664) | 114
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) targets, (b) advice and (c) guidance his Department has given to executive agencies that fall under the remit of his Department on the reorganisation of their administrative functions on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (41647) | 115
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the advice from the War Pensions Agency on the defensibility of the proposed restriction on compensation to civilian detainees of the Japanese to British citizens with a blood link with the UK was made known to Ministers when the decision was made to restrict payments. | | (41142) | 116
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British civilian detainees of the Japanese did not receive the compensation because they had no blood link with the UK; and what estimate he has made of the cost of including them in the scheme. | | (41143) | 117
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the letter of 10th April 2001 from Alan Burnham, acting Chief Executive of the War Pensions Agency, to Nick Gibbons of the Cabinet Office was seen by the responsible Minister when it was received. | | (41146) | 118
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were made redundant when the research and development facility was transferred from Colchester to Caversfield; how many staff from Colchester transferred to Caversfield; and how many of the transferred staff still work for R&D at Caversfield. | | (41477) | 119
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many General Service Medal Suez Canal Zone clasps for the period 16th October 1951 to 19th October 1954 have been issued; how many applications have still to be processed; on what date the first clasp was issued; and when he expects that the final award will be made. | | (41478) | 120
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the research and development facility at Caversfield. | | (41480) | 121
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will arrange for an independent review of the operation of the research and development facility following its transfer from Colchester to Caversfield in 2001. | | (41481) | 122
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41204) | 123
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41252) | 124
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41269) | 125
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the outturn time for implementation against planned time was. | | (41318) | 126
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41353) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 127
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in the Southend West constituency. | | (41754) | 128
| Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria his Department used in taking the decision that the Ikea application for a new store in the town of Bootle would result in a negative rating. | | (41236) | 129
| Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria English Partnerships used in deciding to end support for housing market renewal land remediation schemes in South Sefton. | | (41243) | 130
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if the Government will assess the merits of mergers of local authorities across county boundaries. | | (41175) | 131
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what records his Department keeps of the amount of development on different categories of brownfield land. | | (40528) | 132
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the loss of privately-owned green space as a result of new residential development. | | (40531) | 133
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his Department's financial contribution to the proposed new railway bridge over Aerodrome Road, Colindale. | | (41222) | 134
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what support his Department provides for local exchange trading systems. | | (41467) | 135
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether those who put together home information packs will be required to obtain negligence or indemnity insurance; and what arrangements have been put in place to deal with the production of packs for more complicated properties in rural areas. | | (41468) | 136
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department will provide support for independents in the field of estate agents, surveyors and solicitors as home information packs become required by law. | | (41469) | 137
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41577) | 138
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much public money has been provided to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in (a) revenue and (b) capital grants in each year since 1996-97. | | (41609) | 139
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many right-to-buy completions there were in each London borough in each year since 1996-97. | | (41610) | 140
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new-build units of affordable housing have been built in each London borough in each year since 1996-97. | | (41611) | 141
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions his Department has had with mobile phone operators on the siting of mobile phone masts; and if he will make a statement. | | (41472) | 142
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures are in place to ensure that planning applications that are in the eight-week target category, but which are not processed by a local planning authority within eight weeks, are not then given a lower priority than other applications where the target is achievable. | | (41567) | 143
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment has been made in respect of the explosion at the fuel depot at Buncefield of (a) the possibility of terrorist sabotage causing the conflagration, (b) the contribution to United Kingdom carbon emissions of the fires created by the explosion and (c) the cost of cleaning up the land contaminated at and around the site. | | (41487) | 144
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new (a) council houses, (b) houses for social rent and (c) private homes have been built in each year since 1977-78 ; how many are planned for 2006-07 in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (41437) | 145
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department has given to (a) other Government departments and (b) executive agencies within other Government Departments on reorganising their administrative functions on a regional basis. | | (41118) | 146
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he expects the decent housing targets will be met by 2010 by local authorities which have transferred their stock (a) to arm's length management organisations and (b) by large scale voluntary transfers. | | (41141) | 147
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in which housing authorities tenants have voted against transfer to (a) an arm's length organisation and (b) a registered social landlord; how many houses these votes affected; and what help these authorities will be given to reach the decent homes standard. | | (41147) | 148
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local authorities have been authorised to build new council housing in the last five years; and how this new housing will be financed. | | (41148) | 149
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the merits of an investment allowance as a revenue stream on which to base borrowing for council housing; and if he will introduce such an allowance to underpin the borrowing allowed under the Local Government Act 2004. | | (41149) | 150
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local authorities have used provisions in the Local Government Act 2004 to borrow for housing; against what (a) revenue stream and (b) security such borrowing is allowed; what the process of authorisation for such borrowing is; and whether such borrowing is (i) on and (ii) off balance sheet on (A) local and (B) national level. | | (41150) | 151
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local authorities have indicated that they do not wish to transfer their council housing. | | (41158) | 152
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what training his Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41278) | 153
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41211) | 154
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41259) | 155
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41270) | 156
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41311) | 157
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41346) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 158
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many qualified staff are available to support families with disabled children during school holidays in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Wakefield District and (c) Normanton constituency; and whether she plans to increase resources in this area. | | (41096) | 159
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on speech therapy services for children in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Wakefield District and (c) Normanton constituency; and whether she has plans to increase the allocated resources. | | (41097) | 160
| Ed Balls (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support and services are available for new parents whose children have been diagnosed at birth as suffering from learning difficulties in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Wakefield District and (c) Normanton constituency; and whether she plans to increase this assistance. | | (41098) | 161
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils of secondary school age on 1st January 2006 were without a school place; and what estimate she has made of the average length of time for these pupils to be allocated a place. | | (41566) | 162
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of refurbishing Ofsted offices in (a) Bristol, (b) Nottingham and (c) Manchester is expected to be; if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure for each office on items costing £500 or more including import and labour costs; and if she will make a statement. | | (41152) | 163
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to encourage schools and local education authorities to promote greater international links and opportunities with regard to curriculum-related activities; and if she will make a statement. | | (41155) | 164
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to encourage schools and local education authorities to promote international professional development opportunities for teachers and head teachers; and if she will make a statement. | | (41156) | 165
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received about encouraging schools and local education authorities to promote greater international links and opportunities; and if she will make a statement. | | (41157) | 166
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people received education maintenance allowances in (a) Stroud constituency, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) England in each year since the inception of the scheme; and what estimate she has made of the impact of the scheme on the percentage stay-on rate for 16 year olds. | | (41530) | 167
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) took up education maintenance allowances in (i) Stroud constituency, (ii) Gloucestershire and (iii) England in the last year for which figures are available. | | (41531) | 168
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent by her Department on salaries paid to civil servants in each year since 1997. | | (41576) | 169
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will reply to the Question tabled on 14th December (38605) by the hon. Member for Bognor, Regis and Littlehampton. | | (41596) | 170
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average point score at (a) Key Stage 3 and (b) GCSE and equivalent was for specialist schools in 2004, (i) in total and (ii) broken down by specialism. | | (41672) | 171
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of pupils attending specialist schools attained five or more GCSEs including English and mathematics in 2004 (a) in total and (b) broken down by specialism. | | (41673) | 172
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of pupils attending specialist schools achieved (a) level 5 or above and (b) level 6 or above in 2004, (i) in total and (ii) broken down by specialism. | | (41674) | 173
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were (a) stopped and (b) cautioned for truancy in (i) Wimbledon and (ii) the London Borough of Merton in each year since 1997. | | (41706) | 174
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of selection on religious grounds in state schools on social cohesion. | | (41127) | 175
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made by the Department of the effects of falling school rolls in (a) the North East and (b) Gateshead East and Washington West constituency. | | (41621) | 176
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the impact the proposals contained within the Education White Paper will have on local education authority powers to regulate home schooling. | | (41622) | 177
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of working age people in Gateshead East and Washington West were (a) qualified to (i) post-graduate level, (ii) graduate level and (iii) A-level and (b) without qualifications in each year from 1990. | | (41623) | 178
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to promote a national brand for (a) sixth form colleges and (b) general further education colleges, as recommended in the Foster Report. | | (41553) | 179
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the entitlement to a first level 2 qualification is available to citizens of other countries resident in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (41598) | 180
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the companies in receipt of funds in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 as part of the entitlement to a first level 2 qualification; and how much was received by such companies in each pilot area. | | (41620) | 181
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional funding has been made available for schools in Shrewsbury which have been unable to remain within their financial budgets for 2005-06. | | (41160) | 182
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of progress made by schools in (a) deprived areas and (b) affluent areas in raising educational standards since 1996-97; and if she will make a statement. | | (41212) | 183
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost to public funds was of (a) adult education and (b) education and training for those aged over 22 years in each year from 1996-97; what allocation has been made for each year to 2008-09; and if she will make a statement. | | (41224) | 184
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children's centres opened in each year from 1999-2000; how many she expects will open in each year to 2010-11; and if she will make a statement. | | (41296) | 185
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the purpose is of the Dedicated School Grant; how much will be spent on this in each of the next three years; how much will be received by each local authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (41297) | 186
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size is in primary schools in (a) affluent and (b) deprived areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (41298) | 187
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will rank local authorities by their proportion of (a) underachieving and (b) deprived school pupils; and if she will make a statement. | | (41299) | 188
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will announce the full conclusions of the Deprivation Funding Review; and if she will make a statement. | | (41300) | 189
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the allocation of funding to schools in deprived areas of Somerset; and if she will make a statement. | | (41301) | 190
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools offer extended hours from 8am to 6pm; and if she will make a statement. | | (41302) | 191
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her latest estimate is of the total average cost to public funds per student of attending higher education in England, including maintenance costs and student tuition; and if she will make a statement. | | (41439) | 192
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her latest estimate is of the average total cost to public funds of educating a pupil (a) from primary school to age 16 and (b) from primary school to and through university; and if she will make a statement. | | (41440) | 193
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of university places in England have been taken up by pupils from each (a) socioeconomic class and (b) income decile in each year since 1978-79. | | (41444) | 194
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the total costs of higher education were paid by (a) tuition fees and (b) public subsidy in each year from 1992-93; what the estimate is for each year to 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (41445) | 195
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her latest estimate is of the average total cost of Government education spending between the ages of 0 and 21 for a child from (a) the highest and (b) the lowest (i) income decile and (ii) socioeconomic class; and if she will make a statement. | | (41446) | 196
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her latest estimate is of the distribution of total education spending between pupils from (a) each income decile of parents, (b) each income quintile of parents and (c) each socio-economic group of parents; and if she will make a statement. | | (41447) | 197
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what per capita spending on primary school pupils in England was as a percentage of per capita spending on secondary school pupils in each year from 1978-79; and if she will make a statement. | | (41448) | 198
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on changes in social mobility in relation to inter-generational academic achievement between 1978 and 2005. | | (41449) | 199
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the introduction of top-up fees on the level of applications for university admissions in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and if she will make a statement. | | (41450) | 200
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of primary school pupils left primary school without attaining the target levels of (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in each year since 1996-97, broken down by local education authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (41451) | 201
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on academic performance by (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils in (i) Somerset schools, (ii) England and (iii) the South West. | | (41452) | 202
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the staying-on rates for 16 year olds in England were in each year from 1996-97; and if she will make a statement. | | (41453) | 203
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the effect on staying-on rates of the introduction of the education maintenance allowance; and if she will make a statement. | | (41454) | 204
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her estimate is of total spending on the education maintenance allowance for each year from 2003-04 to 2008-09. | | (41455) | 205
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her latest estimate is of per capita public spending on education for each age cohort in England from age three to age 21 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (41456) | 206
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils were in primary school classes of 25 or more pupils in each year since 1990-91; what percentage of the relevant age cohort this represents in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (41457) | 207
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that foster carers are not discouraged by the welfare and benefits system from taking children on foster placements, with particular reference to housing benefit; and if she will make a statement. | | (41597) | 208
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the role of local education authorities under the provisions of the Schools White Paper. | | (41185) | 209
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) targets, (b) advice and (c) guidance her Department has given to executive agencies that fall under the remit of her Department on the reorganisation of their administrative functions on a regional basis; and if she will make a statement. | | (41642) | 210
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of gross domestic product was spent on state-funded education in (a) 1979-80, (b) 1987-88, (c) 1997-98 and (d) 2004-05. | | (41126) | 211
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the real terms change in total revenue funding per pupil in schools will be in England between 1997-98 and 2007-08; and what the equivalent change was between 1979-80 and 1997-98. | | (41128) | 212
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children resident in the London Borough of Croydon are educated in other local authorities, broken down by the local authority of the school which the child attends. | | (41131) | 213
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children attend schools in the London Borough of Croydon, broken down by the local authority area in which the child is resident. | | (41133) | 214
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what training the Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41282) | 215
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils were recorded as having at least one incidence of truancy in 2004-05. | | (41667) | 216
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41196) | 217
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent by her Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41244) | 218
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones her Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41267) | 219
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41326) | 220
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41361) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 221
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what incentives the Government is making available for the development of refining and processing capacity for (a) biomass and (b) other biofuels. | | (41511) | 222
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the (a) National Farmers Union, (b) Farmers Union of Wales and (c) National Sheep Association on re-started live exports of sheep and cattle. | | (41512) | 223
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the animal welfare units at Aston Down and Polwhell have been closed; and if she will make a statement. | | (41513) | 224
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what testing of snares for catching wildlife her Department is carrying out; and what trials are planned. | | (41514) | 225
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK has met the EU directive requirement that all commercial poulty keepers are registered; and what definition of commercial is used for this purpose. | | (41515) | 226
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department makes available to wildlife rescue centres. | | (41516) | 227
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons gassing has been ruled out as a method of culling badgers. | | (41551) | 228
| Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by how much carbon dioxide emissions have changed in each of the EU member states which were signatories to the Kyoto protocol since 1990. | | (41413) | 229
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by her Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41583) | 230
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cubic feet of raw sewage has been discharged into the River Thames in London in each of the last three years. | | (41613) | 231
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken to ensure that Japan is aware of the UK's views on its increased scientific whaling within the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary; and if she will make a statement. | | (41470) | 232
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been conducted by her Department of the (a) energy, (b) economic and (c) environmental effects of the production of biofuels from (i) energy crops and (ii) waste straw. | | (41533) | 233
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) Ministers and (b) Departmental officials will attend the special trades union assembly of the United Nations environment programme in Nairobi from 14th to 17th January; and if she will place in the Library copies of the United Kingdom submissions to this assembly. | | (41538) | 234
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure maximum recycling of (a) Christmas wrapping paper and (b) Christmas trees. | | (41540) | 235
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department has obtained from the European Commission on the action plan on energy efficiency to which reference was made at paragraph 17 of the conclusions of the European Council meeting on 17th December 2005. | | (41541) | 236
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will (a) place in the Library and (b) post on her Department's web site documents prepared by her Department for the trade negotiations meeting in Hong Kong; which departmental officials accompanied her to the meeting; and what carbon offset measures were established to cover the Department's delegation. | | (41568) | 237
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) targets, (b) advice and (c) guidance her Department has given to executive agencies that fall under the remit of her Department on the reorganisation of their administrative functions on a regional basis; and if she will make a statement. | | (41644) | 238
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training her Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41410) | 239
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will exclude tallow from the Waste Incineration Directive. | | (41304) | 240
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how often rural workers are being kept informed of precautions to take with regard to the H5N1 influenza strain; and by what methods. | | (41681) | 241
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41205) | 242
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by her Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41253) | 243
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones her Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41268) | 244
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion of each system was. | | (41317) | 245
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41352) | 246
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which internet service providers have made commitments to the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit to combat the illegal trade in endangered species. | | (41139) | 247
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what commitment the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit has received from e-Bay about combating the illegal trade in endangered species on its website. | | (41140) | 248
| 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, what plans she has to accelerate further research to establish the health and safety implications of the 30,000 untested industrial chemicals in commercial use. | | (41172) | 249
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what appeal procedures are in place against the results of the tuberculosis test when a vet makes an error in administering the test. | | [R] (41181) | 250
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what circumstances her Department would not approve the use of a private tuberculin test; and in how many cases the use of such a test has been refused in the last two years. | | [R] (41231) | 251
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to introduce polymerase chain reaction testing to reinforce the tuberculosis test in cases where reactors are found. | | (41233) | 252
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to investigate the dispute between Mr Gilgan, Ms Quershi and Mrs Booton, constituents of the hon. Member for Leominster. | | (41234) | 253
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons her Department does not use the gamma interferon test to support tuberculosis tests. | | (41235) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 254
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the net contribution per head of population in the United Kingdom will be under the next EU budget. | | (41572) | 255
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide further financial support to the Caps Committee on Missing Persons towards their general programme of exhumations and identifications due to start in Spring 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (41334) | 256
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made in relation to the EU-Morocco fishing agreement; and what discussions he has had with representatives of the Saharawi people on the agreement. | | (41425) | 257
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) problems facing the oil industry in Muanda, in the Democratic Republic of Congo and (b) the impact of Angolese soldiers in that region; and if he will make a statement. | | (41426) | 258
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Ethiopia on the continuing imprisonment of Daniel Behele and Netsanet Demessie. | | (41526) | 259
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Pakistan on the growth in the number of cases being brought before the courts for the charge of blasphemy. | | (41527) | 260
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Nigerian government on its decision to remove homeless people from Lagos and Abuja; and if he will make a statement. | | (41528) | 261
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to investigate the allegations of harassment of Sudanese refugees in Cairo by the Egyptian authorities; and if he will make representations on behalf of those killed and injured as a result of the incident in Mostafa Mahmoud Park. | | (41529) | 262
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41587) | 263
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department last met Israeli officials to discuss the security wall; and if he will make a statement. | | (41476) | 264
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage a fair presidential election in Belarus in March. | | (41389) | 265
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Moldova. | | (41544) | 266
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Spain. | | (41564) | 267
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has asked the United States Administration to provide documented evidence to support the assurances provided by Dr Rice on the condition under which rendition of detainees has taken place in instances when United States aircraft have used United Kingdom airports for re-fuelling. | | (41486) | 268
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Ministers and (b) Departmental officials will attend the review meeting of the United Nations programme of action to prevent, combat and eradicate illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. | | (41537) | 269
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his interview on the Today programme on 12th December 2005, what methodology was used to check the allegations made by Liberty to several chief constables, to which he referred, on the United States policy of rendition of detainees. | | (41554) | 270
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the financial and other benefits of running each embassy and consulate. | | (41407) | 271
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential savings which would result from combining UK embassies and consulates with those of other English speaking countries. | | (41408) | 272
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether an agreement is in place with other EU member states to provide consular assistance to EU nationals. | | (41423) | 273
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date Henri Nswana was accredited to the UK from the Democratic Republic of Congo (a) as chargé d'affaires and (b) as ambassador; and when his accreditation ended. | | (41307) | 274
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training his Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41277) | 275
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the governments of India and Pakistan on including representatives of the people of Kashmir in the next round of peace talks. | | (41305) | 276
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided for projects in Jordan in each of the last five years; and how much such funding is planned for the 2005-06 financial year. | | (41179) | 277
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provided for good governance and democracy within the Arab world in each of the last five years, broken down by country; and what support is planned for each country for the 2005-06 financial year. | | (41180) | 278
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to respond to Lord Carter of Coles's Public Diplomacy Review. | | (41237) | 279
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the role of the BBC World Service in Central Asia. | | (41682) | 280
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how funding for the proposed BBC World Service Arabic TV channel will be sourced. | | (41683) | 281
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department provides to those on the Hajj pilgrimage. | | (41684) | 282
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41201) | 283
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41249) | 284
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41262) | 285
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41321) | 286
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41356) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 287
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information the Department collects on the ethnic origin of patients treated for mental ill-health in Hackney North and Stoke Newington. | | (41229) | 288
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made towards ensuring that an adequate vaccine against the human form of avian influenza is available in the UK. | | (41232) | 289
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the number of abortions in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (41634) | 290
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department last undertook an evidence review into the long-term consequences of abortion on women, with particular reference to (a) depression, (b) drug misuse, (c) anxiety, (d) attempted suicide and (e) alcoholism, that drew on (i) UK and (ii) international research; and if she will make a statement. | | (41635) | 291
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will commission an independent study of the long-term effects of abortion on the health of women, with particular reference to (a) depression, (b) drug misuse, (c) anxiety, (d) attempted suicide and (e) alcoholism; and if she will make a statement. | | (41704) | 292
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances are available to each hospital in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) Hertfordshire; and how many were available in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) 2000 and (iv) 2003. | | (41726) | 293
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology was used by her Department to make the estimate of 25,000 in paragraph 4.10.5 of the Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Prohibition of Abortion (England and Wales) Bill; and if she will make a statement. | | (41752) | 294
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology her Department used to make the conclusion in paragraph 4.10.4 of the Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Prohibition of Abortion (England and Wales) Bill that 15,000 illegal abortions would take place in the United Kingdom if the Bill were passed; and if she will make a statement. | | (41753) | 295
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 15379, on influenza, what assessment she has made of the relationship between the influenza virus and the rise of the angiotensin II chemical in the lung. | | (41092) | 296
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 15379, on influenza, whether she has examined what contribution acute respiratory distress syndrome makes to the mortality rate in influenza outbreaks. | | (41093) | 297
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 15379, on influenza, what assessment she has made of whether the angiotenism II chemical caused by the body's response to acute respiratory distress syndrome could be triggered by the influenza virus. | | (41094) | 298
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 15379, on influenza, what mechanisms she has put in place to monitor international research into the causes of influenza. | | (41095) | 299
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines are given to her Parliamentary Response Unit on dealing with questions of a scientific nature. | | (41138) | 300
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has assessed the zoonotic disease risk in the UK posed by the intensification of meat and dairy production in other countries. | | (40530) | 301
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners in Hendon received free eye tests in 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (41617) | 302
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on plans to regulate counsellors; whether this will include voluntary counsellors; and if she will make a statement. | | (41498) | 303
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent midwives there are in each maternity unit; and how many vacancies there are in each unit. | | (41499) | 304
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts restrict funding for IVF treatment to women aged 30 years and over. | | (41500) | 305
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she is taking to ensure that primary care trusts meet the clinical criteria set out in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's clinical guidelines on the assessment and treatment of people with fertility problems. | | (41501) | 306
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported cases of tuberculosis there were in Gloucestershire in each of the last 10 years. | | (41502) | 307
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) powers are of the turnaround team sent into the Cotswold and Vale Primary Care Trust; and when she expects it to report. | | (41508) | 308
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department issues to (a) primary care trusts and (b) general practititoners on the issue of prescriptions to patients who pay for drugs to ensure that amounts issued by practices in prescriptions are monitored. | | (41650) | 309
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bidders have been short-listed for the Standish Hospital site, Stroud; when a decision will be made; and what requirement there will be for community involvement in the project. | | (41651) | 310
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by her Department on salaries paid to civil servants in each year since 1997. | | (41590) | 311
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th January to Question 3775 on the Goldman algorithm, if she will list the algorithms used by the NHS in the assessment of acute myocardial infarction. | | (41557) | 312
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff there were in the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust in each year since its creation. | | (41604) | 313
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are taken to monitor access to cancer treatments for patients in (a) the North East and (b) Gateshead East and Washington West; and what steps are taken to ensure access meets the targets the Department has set. | | (41625) | 314
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make representations to the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales Government on ensuring that funding for Welsh patients using English hospitals matches the per head funding for English patients. | | (41560) | 315
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many personal prescriptions have been prescribed in each year since 2000, broken down by primary care trusts; how much revenue has been raised from prescription charges in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement. | | (41101) | 316
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died as a result of adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals in each of the last five years. | | (41102) | 317
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to carry out an independent assessment of the use of animals in (a) drug safety testing and (b) medical research; and if she will make a statement. | | (41103) | 318
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of treating people who have suffered adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals in each of the last five years. | | (41104) | 319
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints were referred to the Fitness to Practice Department of the Nursing and Midwifery Council in each of the last five years. | | (41105) | 320
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have proceeded to hearing before the Professional Conduct Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the last five years; and how many of such cases led to a removal from the register. | | (41107) | 321
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of children were born with a low birth weight in each year from 1975-76; and if she will make a statement. | | (41309) | 322
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of sexual health education provision in Hertfordshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (41116) | 323
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library the current (a) financial forecast and (b) financial position of NHS Professionals. | | (41117) | 324
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assurances her Department gave the former hon. Member for St Albans of a new hospital being constructed by the West Hertfordshire NHS Trust. | | (41119) | 325
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) targets, (b) advice and (c) guidance her Department has given to executive agencies that fall under the remit of her Department on the reorganisation of their administrative functions on a regional basis; and if she will make a statement. | | (41643) | 326
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the pilot use in Croydon of minibuses instead of ambulances to ferry inebriated patients to hospital has been considered for introduction in other parts of the country. | | (41121) | 327
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities allow for the prescription of Femara. | | (41122) | 328
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts do not provide a grandstand standing frame to patients who require one on discharge. | | (41678) | 329
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training the Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41412) | 330
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there were within the NHS for podiatrists on average in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005. | | (41089) | 331
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS podiatrists successfully completed their training in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005. | | (41090) | 332
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people began training in podiatry in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005. | | (41091) | 333
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Department expects to be rolled forward into the next financial year as a result of delayed payment of pay as you earn tax and national insurance contributions by each strategic health authority and primary care trust in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (41640) | 334
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice the Department has issued to strategic health authorities on the use of delayed payment of pay as you earn tax and national insurance contributions as a form of cash management; and if she will make a statement. | | (41641) | 335
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts have discussed the use of delayed payment of pay as you earn tax and national insurance contributions as a form of cash management for the current financial year with the Department. | | (41652) | 336
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to encourage provision of care homes for the elderly. | | (41688) | 337
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners have been unable to obtain influenza vaccines in each London borough in 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (41697) | 338
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she had on raising thrombosis as a patient safety issue during the UK Presidency of the European Union. | | (41491) | 339
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the prevention of venous thromboembolism was raised at the Patient Safety Summit held in London on 28th to 30th November 2005. | | (41492) | 340
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes to undergraduate medical training have been put in place since the Government response to the Health Committee's report on Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in hospitalised patients. | | (41493) | 341
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals (a) have thrombosis committees and (b) undertake risk assessment on new patients for thrombosis. | | (41494) | 342
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received on implementing the Health Select Committee's recommendations on the prevention of venous thromboembolism in hospitalised patients; and if she will make a statement. | | (41495) | 343
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) remit and (b) composition is of the expert panel on venous thromboembolism (VTE) she has established to review the Health Select Committee's recommendations on the prevention of VTEs in hospitalised patients; and when she expects it to report. | | (41496) | 344
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate provision of NHS dentistry in East Yorkshire. | | (41228) | 345
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of five attended the accident and emergency department in hospitals in England in each of the last five years. | | (41364) | 346
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent per capita on NHS dentistry in (a) the Beverley and Holderness constituency, (b) East Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (41365) | 347
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in Beverley and Holderness were registered with an NHS dentist in each of the last 10 years for which records are available. | | (41366) | 348
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of children in Beverley and Holderness constituency are registered with an NHS dentist. | | (41369) | 349
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children under the age of five admitted to accident and emergency departments in hospitals in England in the last 12 months were subsequently taken into care by social services. | | (41377) | 350
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists serve the (a) Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust and (b) East Yorkshire Primary Care Trust. | | (41378) | 351
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in the Beverley and Holderness constituency (a) operate fully within the NHS and (b) offer NHS treatment only for children. | | (41379) | 352
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the report Meeting the Challenges of Oral Health for Older People: A Strategic Review, published in December 2005. | | (41380) | 353
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children under the age of five who attended accident and emergency departments in hospitals in England in the last 12 months were treated for conditions related to the consumption of inappropriate objects. | | (41381) | 354
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of five years attended the accident and emergency department in hospitals in (a) Hull and (b) the East Riding in each of the last five years. | | (41382) | 355
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the recent deaths in Turkey resulting from the H5N1 influenza strain; and whether her Department will be revising its recommendations with regard to the H5N1 influenza strain following these deaths. | | (41680) | 356
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41198) | 357
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by her Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41246) | 358
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones her Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41265) | 359
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41324) | 360
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41359) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 361
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the refusal to grant Ms Hussaini Begum asylum in the UK. | | (41230) | 362
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact he expects police force amalgamations to have on crime reduction. | | (41679) | 363
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will allow further time for consultation on the future of policing in Bedfordshire and the East of England. | | (41482) | 364
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees at the Yarl's Wood Detention Centre on 1st January had been detained for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) over 12 months. | | (41483) | 365
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has received a report from the Children's Commissioner on the condition of children detained in Yarl's Wood; and if he will make a statement. | | (41484) | 366
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the drop-out rate for education courses undertaken by prisoners. | | (40532) | 367
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to the London Borough of Barnet for special circumstances claims for asylum support costs in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (41214) | 368
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been excluded from the UK as Muslim extremists in the last five years; and how many individuals from around the world are on his Department's database as having demonstrated unacceptable behaviour. | | (41337) | 369
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which country each of those detained pending deportation originated; and to which country it is intended to deport them, subject to an acceptable Memorandum of Understanding. | | (41338) | 370
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationalities are of the non-British subjects of control orders. | | (41339) | 371
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries his Department is in negotiation concerning Memoranda of Understanding on deportation; and if he will make a statement. | | (41340) | 372
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pensioners in Hendon received free passports in 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (41615) | 373
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many records were held on the Police DNA Database in each of the last five years. | | (41471) | 374
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the change in the numbers of people who will be (a) arrested, (b) brought to court and (c) imprisoned in the next three years as a result of the Drugs Act 2005. | | (41698) | 375
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41588) | 376
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received by the Independent Police Complaints Commission regarding (a) the collection of DNA evidence from arrested persons and (b) the voluntary collection of DNA. | | (41668) | 377
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have refused to give police DNA samples for use in the national police DNA database in each year since 2000. | | (41669) | 378
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were (a) accused of, (b) arrested for and (c) charged with corruption-related offences in each year since 2000. | | (41670) | 379
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what access police will have to biometric information on the proposed national identity register in conducting criminal investigations other than for use in identifying a particular suspect. | | (41671) | 380
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested for and (b) charged with a recordable offence in each year since 1995. | | (41675) | 381
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people arrested in each year since 1995 had their DNA added to the National DNA Database. | | (41676) | 382
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people voluntarily gave DNA samples to be kept in the national police DNA database in each year since 2000. | | (41677) | 383
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were investigated in each year since 1995 for improperly adding samples to the National DNA Database. | | (41700) | 384
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to remove a DNA sample given (a) following an arrest and (b) following voluntary consent from the National DNA Database. | | (41701) | 385
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entries on the National DNA Database were destroyed in each year since 1995. | | (41702) | 386
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from whom DNA was taken following arrest for inclusion in the National DNA Database were arrested for (a) summary, (b) indictable including either-way and (c) indictable only offences. | | (41703) | 387
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) juveniles who will be registered on the national DNA database by 1st January (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, (iii) 2009 and (iv) 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (41099) | 388
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the rollout of safer neighbourhood policing teams will be completed for each ward in Wimbledon constituency. | | (41705) | 389
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people of school age (a) found guilty of a crime and (b) placed in custody had a previous history of being in care in (i) Wimbledon and (ii) the London Borough of Merton in each year since 1997. | | (41707) | 390
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people previously in custody have reoffended in (a) Wimbledon and (b) the London Borough of Merton in each year since 1997. | | (41708) | 391
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Metropolitan Police used in deciding to sponsor the Global Peace and Unity Conference at London's Excel Centre on 4th December; and if he will make a statement. | | (41614) | 392
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the planned identity card database will use council tax information held by (a) local authorities and (b) the Valuation Office Agency. | | (41238) | 393
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role council electoral registration departments will play in the administration of the planned identity card scheme. | | (41239) | 394
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which public sector body will levy the proposed fines outlined in the planned identity card scheme. | | (41240) | 395
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prisoners (i) entering adult prisons and (ii) leaving prison on release from their first sentence and (b) under 21 year olds entering Young Offender Institutions on their first custodial sentence could not read or write to a sufficiently high standard to apply for a job via a job centre in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (41547) | 396
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms he has put in place for the monitoring of community safety partnerships. | | (41154) | 397
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifiable offences were committed by young people aged under (a) 21, (b) 18, (c) 16, (d) 15, (e) 14, (f) 13, (g) 12, (h) 11 and (i) 10 years in each year since 1980-81; and if he will make a statement. | | (41194) | 398
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifiable offences were committed in England in each year since 1976-77, broken down by (a) burglary, (b) car crime, (c) robbery, (d) violent crime and (e) other offences; what the percentage change was in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (41306) | 399
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to repeat Operation Crackdown in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to reduce the supply of Class A drugs in the UK. | | (41571) | 400
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Government provides for support services for prisoners' families. | | (41573) | 401
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effects on re-offending rates on release of prisoners having maintained family ties during periods in custody. | | (41593) | 402
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research the Government has evaluated on the likelihood of children with parents serving a custodial sentence being at risk of serving a future custodial sentence themselves; and if he will make a statement on the Department's plans to support children assessed to be at higher risk of offending due to their family circumstances. | | (41594) | 403
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of prisoners serving custodial sentences in prisons and young offenders' institutions in England and Wales have dependent children. | | (41595) | 404
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) targets, (b) advice and (c) guidance his Department has given to executive agencies that fall under the remit of his Department on the reorganisation of their administrative functions on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (41646) | 405
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of vulnerable people in prison. | | (41153) | 406
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for the consumption of alcohol by under 18s in licensed premises in (a) England and Wales, (b) Greater London and (c) Croydon in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005. | | (41129) | 407
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for selling alcohol to under 18s in (a) England and Wales, (b) Greater London and (c) Croydon in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005. | | (41130) | 408
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual usage of Community Legal Service Direct has been in (a) England and Wales and (b) the London Borough of Croydon since its inception. | | (41135) | 409
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped and issued with a Recommendation 61 form in the London Borough of Croydon since its inception. | | (41136) | 410
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training the Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41280) | 411
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the recent Law Commission recommendation concerning the reclassification of the offence of murder. | | (41666) | 412
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to protect the elderly from fraud; and what recent discussions he has had on this issue. | | (41689) | 413
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had regarding the provision of burglar alarms to the elderly at a reduced cost. | | (41690) | 414
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why recent services at the mosque in Broadmoor Prison have been cancelled. | | (41685) | 415
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on rights of prison inmates in relation to a place of worship. | | (41686) | 416
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41200) | 417
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41248) | 418
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41263) | 419
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the outturn time for implementation against planned time was. | | (41322) | 420
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41357) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 421
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what restrictions apply to (a) individuals and (b) pressure groups and other organisations e-mailing hon. Members at their Parliamentary e-mail accounts; and if he will make a statement. | | (41638) | 422
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (SI 2426) will apply to pressure groups wishing to e-mail all hon. Members at their Parliamentary e-mail accounts; and if he will make a statement. | | (41639) | 423
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will take steps to establish a searchable archive on the Parliamentary (a) intranet and (b) internet of the (i) meetings of (A) Standing Committees and (B) Select Committees and (ii) Sittings of the House that were webcast in each of the last three sessions of Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (41732) | 424
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what medical facilities are available in the Palace of Westminster for (a) hon. Members' staff, (b) hon. Members and (c) visitors to the Palace; and if he will make a statement. | | (41733) | 425
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on the progess of the Parliamentary Information Management System Project. | | (41734) | 426
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Strategic Plan for the House of Commons administration was last updated; and if he will make a statement. | | (41735) | 427
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on the progress of each of the four core tasks set out on page 61 of HC 65; what discussions he has had with stakeholders about implementation of each of the four core tasks; and if he will make a statement. | | (41763) | 428
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how (a) members of the public and (b) public libraries may purchase the Vote Bundle; and if he will make a statement. | | (41764) | 429
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether it is possible for members of the public to order non-Parliamentary publications from the Parliamentary Book Shop; and if he will make a statement. | | (41765) | 430
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will list the meetings of (a) standing and (b) select committees that were webcast in the last session of Parliament for which information is available. | | (41766) | 431
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what discusssions he has had with stakeholders about implementation of Objective (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 in the Corporate Business Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (41767) | 432
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the retail cost of the Vote Bundle is per printed page; and what the retail cost per page was in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2004. | | (41768) | 433
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members have had to pay back postage costs to the House in each of the last five years. | | (41161) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 434
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what activities which were lawful before 1st May 2001 have since been made unlawful by legislation introduced by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (41636) | 435
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list Private Members' Bills introduced (a) under Standing Order No. 14(6), (b) Standing Order No. 23 and (c) Standing Order No. 57 which were (i) supported and (ii) opposed by his Department in each session since 1997-98. | | (41637) | 436
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much EU aid was given to (a) the United Nations Population Fund, (b) the International Planned Parenthood Federation and (c) Marie Stopes International in each year since 1999. | | (41760) | 437
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research projects on (a) abortion, (b) contraception, (c) reproductive health and (d) the effects of coercive abortion on women have been commissioned by his Department in each of the last five years for which information is available; and what the publication arrangements were in each case. | | (41761) | 438
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken during its G8 and EU presidencies to tackle coercive abortion; and if he will make a statement. | | (41762) | 439
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial contribution the UK has made to the (a) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Least Developed Countries Fund, (b) Special Climate Change Fund and (c) adaptation fund under the Kyoto Protocol. | | (41303) | 440
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department will provide in the next two years to reduce the spread of HIV Aids in Commonwealth of Independent States countries. | | (41699) | 441
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41591) | 442
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on proposals for changes to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to legalise an international market in terminator seeds. | | (41100) | 443
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) post on his Department's website documents prepared by his Department for the trade negotiations meeting in Hong Kong; which departmental officials accompanied him to the meeting; and what carbon offset measures were established to cover the Department's delegation. | | (41570) | 444
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what training the Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41283) | 445
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided for projects in Jordan in each of the last five years; and how much such funding is planned for the 2005-06 financial year. | | (41178) | 446
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41197) | 447
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41245) | 448
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41266) | 449
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41325) | 450
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41360) | Questions to the Leader of the House 451
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the merits of arranging for `will write answers' to hon. Members to be published in full in an annex to the Official Report. | | (41535) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 452
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41580) | 453
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training his Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41285) | 454
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on the participation of people known to be associated with a paramilitary organisation in community-based restorative justice schemes. | | (41383) | 455
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41208) | 456
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41256) | 457
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41273) | 458
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the outturn time for implementation against planned time was. | | (41314) | 459
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41349) | 460
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were stopped by police for suspected motoring offences in each of Northern Ireland's parliamentary constituencies in each of the last 24 months; and how many were subsequently prosecuted in each month. | | (41108) | 461
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were breathalysed in each of Northern Ireland's parliamentary constituencies in each of the last 24 months; and how many were subsequently prosecuted in each month. | | (41109) | 462
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times mobile speed cameras were used in each of Northern Ireland's parliamentary constituencies in each of the last 24 months. | | (41110) | 463
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many motorists have been caught speeding by mobile speed cameras in each of Northern Ireland's parliamentary constituencies over the past 24 months. | | (41111) | Questions to the Prime Minister 464
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will invite a group of children from Shrewsbury with special needs to visit 10 Downing Street for a tour. | | (41559) | Questions to the Solicitor General 465
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, how many copies of Cm 6531 were produced; how many were supplied free of charge; to whom; and if he will make a statement. | | (41727) | 466
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will make a statement on the responsibilities of each directorate in the (a) Treasury's Solicitor's Department, (b) Serious Fraud Office and (c) Crown Prosecution Service. | | (41728) | 467
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Solicitor General, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by the Law Officers' Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41585) | 468
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Solicitor General, how many people were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service on (a) 1st January 1997 and (b) 1st January 2005. | | (41184) | 469
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Solicitor General, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Law Offices in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41203) | 470
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent by the Law Offices on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41251) | 471
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones the Law Officers' Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41260) | 472
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Solicitor General, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the outturn time for implementation against planned time was. | | (41319) | 473
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Solicitor General, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41354) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 474
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in Southend West constituency. | | (41758) | 475
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of imports from Burma into the United Kingdom in 2005, broken down by type of product. | | (41592) | 476
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether agreements between his Department and (a) the Claimants Group Solicitors and (b) the Union of Democratic Mineworkers are effectively identical so far as the payment of compensation to claimants is concerned; and in what ways they differ so far as the claimant is concerned as stated in the Boyd-Smith Report. | | (38957) | 477
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claimants have gone through the full medical assessment process to date; how many of those have been found to be suffering from an additional lung disease; and how many have (a) pneumoconiosis, (b) asbestosis or asbestos particles in the lung and (c) asthma. | | (38958) | 478
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ensure that the data collected in relation to UK coal miners' health claims is passed to the Medical Research Council for archiving and further research. | | (38959) | 479
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many coal health claimants have been under surveillance since the scheme started; how many proven cases of fraud there have been in relation to (a) vibration white finger claims and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claims; what the total cost has been to date of audit investigations on counter fraud procedures for each scheme; and what estimate he has made of the savings made through surveillance procedures. | | (38960) | 480
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what policies his Department has put in place to promote and support small businesses in the food retail sector. | | (41427) | 481
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of current trends in food retailing in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (41428) | 482
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent research his Department has conducted into independent food retailing in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (41429) | 483
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings he has had with the Office of Fair Trading on structures in the grocery market; and if he will make a statement. | | (41430) | 484
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many participants submitted evidence to the recent Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Draft Strategic Plan. | | (41431) | 485
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether a change in Sunday opening would require primary legislation; and if he will make a statement. | | (41517) | 486
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications of the use of discarded cathode-ray tubes for vitrification of high-level nuclear waste; and whether he has discussed this with the Committee for Radioactive Waste Management. | | (41518) | 487
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will strengthen the measures that protect those who for religious reasons do not wish to work on Sunday; and if he will include such proposals in the forthcoming consultation on changes to Sunday trading laws. | | (41519) | 488
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to speed up the decommissioning of Magnox stations. | | (41552) | 489
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants. | | (41589) | 490
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what staffing reductions have occurred in the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council funded institutes in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the reductions on the scientific skills base. | | (41362) | 491
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has under the Shared Service Policy to merge Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council funded institutes; and if he will make a statement. | | (41363) | 492
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the sterling value was of mint postage stamps sold in post offices and by mail order in the United Kingdom in each year since 1997-98, broken down by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) other. | | (41601) | 493
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of first class mail was delivered to arrive the next day in each London postal district in (a) the most recent year available and (b) 1999-2000. | | (41602) | 494
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to promote trade with Namibia; and what the value of UK exports to Namibia was in (a) 2004 and (b) 2003. | | (41374) | 495
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value of UK exports to Poland was in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004. | | (41375) | 496
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans there are to replace the power station near Buildwas in the Shrewsbury constituency. | | (41376) | 497
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of defence military hardware exports to (a) Poland and (b) Hungary in 2005. | | (41563) | 498
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) post on his Departmental website documents prepared by his Department for the trade negotiations meeting in Hong Kong; which departmental officials accompanied him to the meeting; what carbon offset measures were established to cover the Department's delegation; and if he will make a statement on (i) matters discussed and (ii) the outcome of the negotiations. | | (41488) | 499
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate has been made by his Department of the amount of electricity used by (a) television sets, (b) video-recorders, (c) DVD player-recorders, (d) microwave ovens, (e) modems and (f) answer-phones in stand-by mode. | | (41532) | 500
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the costs of paternity benefits arising from measures in the Government's Work and Families Bill for each year from 2005-06 to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (41310) | 501
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether a copy of the Report on Revised SEIC (Sakhalin Energy Investment Company) River Crossings Strategy Document has been submitted to his Department. | | (41226) | 502
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) targets, (b) advice and (c) guidance his Department has given to executive agencies that fall under the remit of his Department on the reorganisation of their administrative functions on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (41649) | 503
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps will be taken by the Department following the consultation on the effectiveness of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as it applies to internal industry payments practices. | | (41123) | 504
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 in encouraging the timely settlement of construction industry debts. | | (41124) | 505
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what training his Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41284) | 506
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41199) | 507
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41247) | 508
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41264) | 509
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41323) | 510
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41358) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 511
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in the Southend West constituency. | | (41749) | 512
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research projects commissioned by his Department are being undertaken on the effects of seat belt wearing; and if he will make a statement. | | (41751) | 513
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what stage the approval by his Department of the Thameslink 2000 project has reached; what the estimated cost of the project is; and if he will make a statement. | | (41336) | 514
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pensioners in Hendon have (a) received discounted driving licences and (b) qualified for free bus travel in 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (41616) | 515
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to offer individual motorists the right to opt out from having their details passed on to third parties by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. | | (41521) | 516
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities of pedestrians have been caused by cyclists (a) on the road, (b) on pavements and (c) off-road in each of the last five years. | | (41522) | 517
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to decide on the acceptability of the Gloucestershire Local Transport Plan. | | (41523) | 518
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Gloucestershire County Council on its proposals for public transport in its Local Transport Plan with particular reference to buses. | | (41524) | 519
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the use of alternative fuels by water-borne pleasure craft. | | (41525) | 520
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many responses to the first stage of the night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports consultation relating to Heathrow advocated a rise in the number of night flights over and above the existing movement restrictions at Heathrow; how many advocated (a) a reduction in the number of and (b) a ban on such flights in (i) the immediate short-term and (ii) the long-term; and if he will make a statement. | | (40913) | 521
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultation responses relating to Heathrow were received in the (a) first and (b) second stage of the night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports consultation; and if he will make a statement. | | (40914) | 522
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many responses to the second stage of the night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports consultation relating to Heathrow (a) supported and (b) opposed the proposal in paragraph 7.25 for a rise in the number of night flights over and above the existing movement restrictions at Heathrow; and if he will make a statement. | | (40915) | 523
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the (a) Thameslink 2000 and (b) the East London Line Extension projects will be completed. | | (41709) | 524
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of closing the Strategic Rail Authority. | | (41710) | 525
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were employed by the Strategic Rail Authority; and how many were employed in a (a) technical or advisory capacity and (b) administrative posts. | | (41711) | 526
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people previously employed by the Strategic Rail Authority in technical and advisory roles have been retained in similar roles elsewhere within the rail industry. | | (41712) | 527
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Strategic Rail Authority expects to report the findings of its consultation on the future of the Watford Junction to Brighton service. | | (41605) | 528
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable the Highways Agency has set for erecting the sign for Shrewsbury on the M6. | | (41561) | 529
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for United Kingdom transport policy of the EU sustainable development strategy noted in the EU Council Communiqué, Part VI, on conclusion of the European Council on 15th to 16th December 2005. | | (41542) | 530
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends (a) to announce the outcome of the Railways for All consultation and (b) to publish a strategy for rail accessibility. | | (41599) | 531
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) targets, (b) advice and (c) guidance his Department has given to executive agencies that fall under the remit of his Department on the reorganisation of their administrative functions on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (41648) | 532
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which commuting service into London had the highest Passengers in Excess of Capacity level in the last year for which figures are available. | | (41134) | 533
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training his Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41411) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 534
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make representations within Government in support of a direct rail link between London and Shrewsbury. | | (41558) | 535
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on development of passenger train links between Cardiff and Ebbw Vale. | | (41534) | 536
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the agreement at the European Council on 17th December 2005 on the EU financial perspective 2007-2013 on the economic regeneration of the South East Welsh Valleys. | | (41539) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 537
| Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps are being taken by the Government (a) to harmonise, (b) to consolidate and (c) to simplify (i) equality and (ii) employment law relating to pregnancy and maternity. | | (41173) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 538
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the additional cost of incapacity benefit resulting from a rise in the retirement age to (a) 66, (b) 67 and (c) 68 years. | | (41144) | 539
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in Southend West constituency. | | (41759) | 540
| Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people under the age of 60 years receiving (a) the middle rate of the care component, (b) the higher rate of the care component and (c) the higher rate of the mobility component of disability living allowance stopped receiving these benefits due to death in each month of the last five years. | | (41409) | 541
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change in take-up of pension credit has been in each quarter since it was introduced. | | (41569) | 542
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual credit and benefit overpayment cases have been referred to his Department by hon. Members since 2001. | | (40529) | 543
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Hendon receive pension credit (a) savings element and (b) guarantee element; what the average award was in each case in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (41218) | 544
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Hendon have received (a) winter fuel payments, (b) winter fuel payments for over 80s, (c) council tax help and (d) extra living costs help for over 70s in 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (41619) | 545
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of immigration on long-term unemployment. | | (41509) | 546
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will make a decision on the JobCentre Plus contracts for the New Deal, with particular reference to providers of basic skills training. | | (41510) | 547
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the National Audit Office on the Child Support Agency contract with Electronic Data Systems. | | (41665) | 548
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants in each year since 1997. | | (41581) | 549
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether receipt of pension guarantee credit affects the level of winter fuel payment. | | (41159) | 550
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in each year since 1975-76, measured in terms of (a) absolute low income, (b) relative low income and (c) material deprivation; and if he will make a statement. | | (41195) | 551
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the administration costs of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms using 2004-05 prices since 1996-97, broken down by business area; what the forecast is for each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (41217) | 552
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the Jobcentre Plus offices which (a) closed and (b) have had reductions in opening times of over one day per week since 1st January 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (41219) | 553
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children lived in workless households in each year since 1975-76; and if he will make a statement. | | (41223) | 554
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the New Deal in each year from 1997-98; how much has been allocated for each year to 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (41289) | 555
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of children in (a) working and (b) workless households were living in relative poverty in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (41291) | 556
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date he plans to start to measure the number of children experiencing material deprivation in the United Kingdom; what targets he will set for reducing this measure of deprivation; and if he will make a statement. | | (41308) | 557
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of (a) sickness and (b) unauthorised absence was in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies in each year since 1996-97; what progress has been made in meeting targets for a reduction in sickness and unauthorised absence; and if he will make a statement. | | (41328) | 558
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have been employed by his central Department in each year since 1996-97 (a) in total, (b) on press and publicity work and (c) on policy work; and if he will make a statement. | | (41329) | 559
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of internal fraud has been to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year from 2000-01. | | (41330) | 560
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of benefit fraud in each year since 1990-91; and if he will make a statement. | | (41331) | 561
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customer complaints were made to the Child Support Agency in each year from 1996-97. | | (41332) | 562
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department has for improvement in customer perception of the performance of the Child Support Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (41333) | 563
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what responsibilities of his Department have been transferred to HM Treasury since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (41335) | 564
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the special advisers employed by his Department; and what their responsibilities are in each case. | | (41341) | 565
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representations on pensions policy have been received by his Department since the publication of Lord Turner's final report on 30th November 2005; and if he will publish them. | | (41342) | 566
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department has given to the Treasury inquiry into the leaking of a letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Lord Turner in November 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (41343) | 567
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Child Support Agency has used its powers to withdraw the driving licences of non-compliant non-resident parents in each year from 2000-01; and if he will make a statement. | | (41345) | 568
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the compliance rate for deduction of earnings orders issued by the Child Support Agency were in each reporting period since 1st January 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (41370) | 569
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidelines are given to staff at the Child Support Agency in relation to the circumstances in which deduction of earnings orders can be imposed; and if he will make a statement. | | (41371) | 570
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency assessments have arrived at a nil assessment in each month since 1st January 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (41372) | 571
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Child Support Agency case compliance rate was on the (a) new scheme and (b) old scheme in each month since 1st January 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (41373) | 572
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of increasing the level of jobseeker's allowance (JSA) by (a) £1 per week, (b) £5 per week and (c) £10 per week for each rate of JSA. | | (41384) | 573
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy that there will be no major reductions in front line staffing at the Child Support Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (41385) | 574
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monthly figures were for the Child Support Agency of (a) applications received, (b) applications cleared, (c) first payments made, (d) first child maintenance premium payments made, (e) cash compliance, (f) case compliance and (g) the ratio of costs to maintenance collected between January and December 2005. | | (41386) | 575
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of cutting the rates of short-term incapacity benefit for people under state pension age to the rates of jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (41391) | 576
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of children living in relative poverty in the UK who are in households with (a) one or more adults in full-time work, (b) one adult only, not in work, (c) one adult only, in part-time work, (d) one adult only, (e) one adult on incapacity benefit, (f) one adult on income support and (g) one adult on jobseeker's allowance. | | (41393) | 577
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the minimum income which a UK household needs to live on; and if he will make a statement. | | (41394) | 578
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in households with incomes of less than 27 per cent. of median income in each year since 1990-91; and if he will make a statement. | | (41395) | 579
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the factors affecting child poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (41396) | 580
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed by the Child Support Agency at (a) 31st December 2004, (b) 31st March 2005, (c) 30th June 2005, (d) 30th September 2005 and (e) 31st December 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (41399) | 581
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the assessment of the Child Support Agency's Business Transformation Plan made by the new Chief Executive; and if he will make a statement. | | (41400) | 582
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the possible relationship between child poverty and families with higher numbers of children; and if he will make a statement. | | (41401) | 583
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to develop (a) a measure of and (b) a target for severe relative poverty of children; and if he will make a statement. | | (41402) | 584
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those aged 16 to 19 years are living in poverty; what research he has conducted on levels in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (41403) | 585
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the incidence of child poverty was in families with (a) children under the age of 10 years and (b) children over the age of 10 years in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (41404) | 586
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on progress in (a) securing improved management information and (b) resolving information technology problems at the Child Support Agency. | | (41405) | 587
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the accuracy rate of Child Support Agency assessments since 1st January 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (41406) | 588
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the age distribution of children living in relative low income households in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (41434) | 589
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of parents with care on income support and income-based jobseeker's allowance who are receiving maintenance for their children. | | (41435) | 590
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of children in relative low-income households have been living in poverty in each year since 1990-91. | | (41436) | 591
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the off-flow from jobseeker's allowance found work in each year from 1990-91; and if he will make a statement. | | (41438) | 592
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of gross domestic product was spent on (a) unemployment benefits, (b) invalidity benefits, (c) disability benefits and (d) income support in each year since 1978-79. | | (41441) | 593
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of (a) unemployment benefit, (b) income support, (c) invalidity benefit and (d) the basic state pension was as a proportion of average full-time earnings in each year from 1977-78. | | (41442) | 594
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what efficiency savings have been made by his central Department since 1st January 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (41460) | 595
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reports have been produced by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council since 1st January 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (41461) | 596
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people entitled to but not claiming (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit in each year since 1997-98; what the annual cost saving was from this unclaimed benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (41462) | 597
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he estimates were entitled to but did not receive each benefit administered by his Department and its agencies in each year since 1997-98; what the sum of unclaimed benefit was in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (41464) | 598
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's expenditure was on each benefit listed in the 7th December 2005 Uprating Statement in each year from 1990-91 in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms using 2003-04 prices. | | (41490) | 599
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the 10 most expensive advertising and publicity campaigns run by his Department and its agencies since 1st January 2004; and what the total cost was in each case. | | (41497) | 600
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to strengthen the Child Support Agency's powers to require non-resident parents to provide information on their current address and employment details; and if he will make a statement. | | (41545) | 601
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the debt arrears reduction target is for the Child Support Agency for (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and what the outstanding debt was in each month since 1st January 2004. | | (41546) | 602
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost savings from phasing out the higher rate of short-term incapacity benefit for people under state pension age for new claimaints; and if he will make a statement. | | (41565) | 603
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the take-up rate of council tax benefit (a) in total and (b) by income decile; and if he will make a statement. | | (41575) | 604
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what use has been made by the Child Support Agency of (a) attachment of earnings orders, (b) withdrawal of driving licences and (c) other enforcement powers in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of tagging absent parents failing to pay monies owed for their children. | | (41106) | 605
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the Disability and Carers Service's reorganisation of the Disability Benefits Unit to operate on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (41112) | 606
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the private sector firms that have been contracted for the reorganisation of the Disability and Carers Service; and what the value was of each such contract. | | (41113) | 607
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff hours he expects to be taken up by the (a) reorganisation of the Disability Benefits Unit and (b) subsequent training of staff; and what this represents in terms of financial cost. | | (41114) | 608
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice he has received from the Disability and Carers Service on the likely impact on assessment of claims during the reorganisation of the Disability Benefits Unit; and if he will make a statement. | | (41115) | 609
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were diagnosed as terminally ill in the latest year for which figures are available; and how many of those claimed attendance allowance. | | (41287) | 610
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total housing benefit paid to residents was in (a) the London Borough of Croydon and (b) Greater London in 2004-05. | | (41137) | 611
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training the Department has provided for (a) front desk and (b) administrative staff in relation to identity fraud. | | (41276) | 612
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the employment rate of the Turner Report's proposed three per cent. employer contribution to the National Pension Saving Scheme. | | (41387) | 613
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Pathways to Work pilots in getting existing incapacity benefit claimants into work; and if he will make a statement. | | (41691) | 614
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead of 12th December 2005, Official Report, column 1764W, on incapacity benefit, whether cost benefit analysis has been carried out in relation to the Pathways to Work pilot scheme. | | (41692) | 615
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead of 12th December 2005, Official Report, column 1764W, on incapacity benefit, what assessment he has made of the percentage of new incapacity benefit claimants eligible for mandatory entry into the Pathways to Work who entered jobs; and if he will make a statement. | | (41693) | 616
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which benefits and allowances are payable to claimants regardless of whether they are normally resident in the United Kingdom; what rules affect whether benefits are payable during short stays overseas; and what steps he takes to monitor the eligibility by place of residence of claimants into whose bank account benefits are paid. | | (41058) | 617
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reports he has received concerning benefit fraud by British citizens resident in Thailand; what steps he has taken to investigate them; and if he will make a statement on his policy on investigating allegations in newspapers. | | (41059) | 618
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. | | (41207) | 619
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. | | (41255) | 620
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year. | | (41274) | 621
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of each system was; and what the (a) planned and (b) actual date of completion was of each system. | | (41315) | 622
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. | | (41350) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 623
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of the inclusion of carers allowance recipients in the tax credit system. | | [Transferred] (41227) | 624
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many electors of all categories there are in each London borough according to the electoral registers now in force; and how many there were in the previous year. | | [Transferred] (41606) | 625
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of registered electors are EU nationals who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals in each London borough according to the electoral registers now in force. | | [Transferred] (41607) | 626
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of registered electors are (a) male and (b) female in each London borough according to the electoral registers now in force. | | [Transferred] (41608) | 627
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of lone parents were in employment (a) in total, (b) where the youngest child is under 11 years and (c) where the youngest child is between 11 and 18 years in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41220) | 628
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many lone parent families there were in the UK in each year since 1976-77; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41292) | 629
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the employment rate of lone parent families in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41293) | 630
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) workless households and (b) households with two or more earners there were in each year since 1978-79; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41294) | 631
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence the Prime Minister's Office has given to his Department's inquiry into the leaking of a letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Lord Turner in November 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41344) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 632
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect the public from excessive claims for commission by companies pursuing claims compensation. | | [Transferred] (41696) | 633
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the Government review of the proportional voting systems used for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and European Parliament elections. | | [Transferred] (41390) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 634
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the change in the amount raised through business rates was in each London borough in 2004-05 compared to the previous year. | | [Transferred] (41603) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 635
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the report, Leading by Example? Not Exactly, published by the Sustainable Development Commission on 16th December 2005. | | [Transferred] (41536) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 636
| Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what matters in respect of inward investment into the poorer regions of (a) the new member states from eastern Europe and (b) the United Kingdom were discussed at the European Council meeting on 15th to 16th December 2005; and what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the poorer areas of Wales of the agreed conclusions of the council. | | [Transferred] (41556) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 637
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will increase the fixed penalty for offences under section 14(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to £80; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41750) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 638
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will introduce legislation preventing credit card companies sending out credit card statements which are received by customers too late for customers to avoid incurring late penalty charges and interest; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41176) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 639
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the real increase in the income of each income decile was in each year since 1978-79; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (41295) |
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