Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 12 January 2006

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 12 January 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 12 January 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 12 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 Thursday 12 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 12 January see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were diagnosed with (a) prostate cancer, (b) breast cancer, (c) bowel cancer, (d) lung cancer and (e) all other cancers in each of the last 10 years.

(41166)

2
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died from (a) prostate cancer, (b) breast cancer, (c) bowel cancer, (d) lung cancer and (e) all other cancers in each of the last 10 years.

(41167)

3
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the five-year survival rates were for (a) prostate cancer, (b) breast cancer, (c) bowel cancer, (d) lung cancer and (e) all other cancers in each of the last 10 years.

(41168)

4
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the mortality rate was for cancer in people under 75 years in each of the last 10 years.

(41169)

5
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department expects to conclude its assessment of the implications of not securing an extension to the UK's current derogation from the EU energy products directive which enables non-commercial boats to purchase red diesel; and if he will make a statement.

(41948)

6
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies and other services placed with (i) Deloitte and Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iii) KPMG, (iv) PriceWaterhouseCoopers and (v) all other consultants in 2004-05 by his Department and its agencies.

(42069)

7
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost to public funds of errors in the tax credit system.

(42174)

8
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the plans to change the procedures for the processing of tax returns such that HM Revenue and Customs will no longer issue receipts for self assessment tax returns handed into tax offices; whether this change was agreed with the Institute of Chartered Accountants; and whether the Chartered Certificate Institute was informed of this change.

(42226)

9
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of not reclaiming overpaid tax credits from those whose incomes rise by less than £25,000.

(41714)

10
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who failed to renew their tax credit applications by the annual deadline in 2005 have ceased receiving payments.

(41717)

11
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many alcohol-related deaths there have been in each year since 1997, (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) sex and (ii) socio-economic group.

(41959)

12
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2005, Official Report, column 1062W, on health expenditure, what percentage of the United Kingdom's gross domestic product he estimates has been spent on health in 2005-06; what percentage this will be in 2006-07, broken down by (a) public and (b) private expenditure; and what the most recent estimate is of the (i) EU-15 and (ii) EU-25 average health expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product.

(41999)

13
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths there have been from diabetes in each year since 1997.

(42020)

14
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made by his Department of the total cost to the Exchequer of introducing a national identity card scheme; what approval for such expenditure has been given by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(41505)

15
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions since May 2005 officials from his Department have consulted their Freedom of Information Officer on answers to parliamentary Questions from (a) the hon. Member for Yeovil and (b) all hon. Members.

(41854)

16
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total cost, including legal fees, of reaching the settlement with EDS concerning tax credits.

(41989)

17
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which legal firms were involved in the settlement with EDS for problems with the tax credit system on which Queen's Counsels opinions were sought; how many hours were charged by lawyers for work in connection with the settlement; and how many face to face meetings took place between (a) lawyers and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff and (b) the HMRC's lawyers and EDS's lawyers.

(41990)

18
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the written advice from (a) internal and (b) external lawyers recommending accepting the settlement with EDS concerning compensation for problems with the tax credit system.

(41991)

19
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of bilateral debt repayments to the United Kingdom by each country in Africa was for (a) the calendar year 2005 and (b) financial year 2004-05; and what the expected value is for 2005-06.

(42085)

20
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net flow of resources between the United Kingdom and Africa was when the bilateral debt repayments from all African countries to the United Kingdom are subtracted from the United Kingdom aid budget to Africa excluding debt cancellation for (a) the 2005 calendar year and (b) financial year 2004-05; and what the expected figure is for 2005-06.

(42086)

21
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the national targets are for the Valuation Office Agency; and what the performance of relevant offices in the South West Region has been against those targets.

(41993)

22
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs officers seized drugs at Glasgow Airport in 2005.

(42034)

23
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs staff detected the illegal sale of untaxed spirits in Scotland in 2005.

(42035)

24
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs officers are permanently based at Glasgow Airport.

(42036)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

25
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what percentage of the total public appoinments for which he is responsible carry entitlement to a pension.

(41936)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

26
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the current waiting time is from allocation to hearing for small claims at Tamworth County Court.

(42074)

27
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the Secretary of State will reply to the letter dated 22nd November 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mrs S. Ali.

(41839)

28
Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she plans to institute charges for freedom of information requests assessed to cost less than £450.00 to prepare.

(41811)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

29
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):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) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire.

(42115)

30
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from (a) church halls, (b) village halls and (c) users of other community buildings about the Licensing Act 2003.

(41855)

31
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications have been granted for 24 hour sale of alcohol licences in (a) Swansea East and (b) Wales; and if she will make a statement.

(42043)

32
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of rural tourism in Staffordshire; and if she will make a statement.

(42076)

33
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the term of office of the current chairman of the Press Complaints Commission is due to end.

(41870)

34
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what commitments the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games has given to the International Olympic Committee with regard to enabling them to monitor and regulate betting on the Olympic Games.

(42215)

35
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to reply to Question 38358 tabled on Tuesday 13th December by the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent, on funding for elite athletes.

(41186)

36
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what aspirational target for medals at the 2012 Olympic Games has been set by (a) UK Sport and (b) her Department; and what representations have been received on these targets from the British Olympic Association.

(41188)

37
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations (a) the Department and (b) UK Sport received from the British Olympic Association on UK Sport's submission to the Treasury on the funding of elite athletes prior to the publication of the Pre-Budget Report.

(41189)

38
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions UK Sport met the British Olympic Association to discuss the funding of elite athletes prior to the publication of the Pre-Budget report.

(41192)

39
N Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the (a) set up costs, (b) annual running costs, (c) projected lifespan, (d) total cost and (e) impact on Barnett formula funding of Icons online.

(41549)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

40
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a definitive statement about the deployment of troops into Helmand Province in Afghanistan; and what their role will be.

(42047)

41
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Royal Navy's surface fleet is (a) at sea and (b) available to put to sea at a week's notice.

(42049)

42
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2759W, on the Defence Export Service Organisation (DESO), whether records of such requests are kept or recorded in DESO's overseas offices.

(41627)

43
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Export Services Organisation last visited Iraq; which agencies and companies they met; and what was the outcome of the visit.

(42068)

44
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is allowed to use the resources of the Royal Flight; on what criteria eligibility is based; and whether he has plans to alter these criteria.

(42175)

45
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future of the Royal Flight.

(42176)

46
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Crown immunity applies in the case of the AWE planning application for a new laser facility at Aldermaston; and if he will make a statement.

(41945)

47
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many procurement contracts for military equipment with a value greater than £1 million have been agreed with non-UK companies in each year since 2001; what their total value was in each year; how many such contracts were won by (a) US companies, (b) non-EU companies and (c) EU companies in each year since 2001, broken down by country; what the value was of each such contract; and if he will make a statement.

(42070)

48
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the opening up of the European defence procurement market; and if he will make a statement.

(42071)

49
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the awarding of UK defence procurement contracts to non-UK companies; and if he will make a statement.

(42072)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

50
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will, as part of the review of local government finance, take account of the additional spending needs of authorities with a disproportionately high number of unadopted, privately owned, roads, walls and bridges in need of repair.

(42172)

51
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what account his Department takes of the single assessment process in the guidance for the Supporting People assessment; and how the resulting support plan operates in relation to the single assessment care plan.

(41902)

52
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, to what assessment a person applying for access to an Extra Care scheme under Supporting People is subject.

(41904)

53
N Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations for which his Department had responsibility on 1st January (a) 2001 and (b) 2006; how many people were employed by each body in each year since 2001; and what the salary of the chief executive of each body was in each year since 2001.

(41506)

54
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the capital receipts from the sale of local authority housing stock in Tamworth were in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of this income was (a) received by the borough council and (b) passed to his Department.

(42075)

55
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless families in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire (i) were living in temporary accommodation and (ii) sleeping rough in each of the past five years.

(42077)

56
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many beds were available for homeless families in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last five years.

(42078)

57
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the annual per capita allocation of revenue support grant was in Tamworth Borough Council in each of the last eight years; what the annual percentage increase was; and what the average per capita allocation was for English local authorities in each of the last eight years.

(42103)

58
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) council tenancies, (b) registered social landlord tenancies and (c) private landlord tenancies there were in (i) England, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) Birmingham in each of the last 20 years.

(42222)

59
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households there were on (a) council and (b) registered social landlord waiting lists in each of the last 20 years.

(42223)

60
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what financial help will be offered to Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority in relation to the expansion of Milton Keynes.

(42064)

61
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which organisation will be responsible for the collection of the planning gain supplement.

(42065)

62
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the levels of deprivation were in each lower level super output area in (a) Cleethorpes constituency and (b) Great Grimsby constituency in the last year for which figures are available, in ascending order from the most deprived.

(42104)

63
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2006, to Question 38875, if he will provide the figures for best value performance indicator 64 for (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04 expressed as a percentage of the number of dwellings returned to occupation or demolished in those years.

(41893)

64
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2006, to Question 37947, what steps he is taking to encourage each growth location to secure local agreement on (a) priorities and (b) funding of growth location business plans.

(41894)

65
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many students living in private rented accommodation were recorded in total in England on form CBT1 returned by local authorities on 21st October 2005.

(41876)

66
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning applications were appealed in respect of proposals to replace houses and bungalows with flats in each of the last five years.

(42216)

67
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice and guidance he has given to (a) local councils and (b) the Audit Commission on the way in which local councils should deal with hon. Members' correspondence on behalf of constituents regarding planning applications.

(42217)

68
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Lyons Inquiry into council tax is expected to finish taking evidence.

(42218)

69
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions Ministers and officials in his Department had with their counterparts in the Department of Health on the reorganisation of primary care trusts in Kent and Medway prior to the publication on 14th December 2005 by Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority of the consultation on new strategic health authority and primary care trust arrangements in Kent and Medway.

(42200)

70
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the (a) cost and (b) feasibility of undergrounding overhead power lines in Kent Thameside as part of the ongoing regeneration of the area.

(42201)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

71
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether medical students with a first degree from a UK institution will be permitted to defer payment of up-front tuition fees.

(41857)

72
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many responses were received by her Department to the public consultation on the draft guidance Building Bulletin 100, Designing and Managing Against the Risk of Fires in Schools.

(41849)

73
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parents (a) in England, (b) in each region and (c) in each local education authority are educating their children at home.

(42067)

74
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2736W, on foundation schools, when she expects this analysis to be completed.

(42191)

75
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase skills training opportunities for those wishing to pursue skills relevant to heritage restoration; and what support she has made available to the Heritage Academy partnership between Woodchester Mansion Trust, Cirencester College, the Royal Agricultural College and Stroud College.

(42186)

76
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the evidential basis was on which the decision was taken to remove subsidised milk from schools.

(42256)

77
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people were (a) eligible for and (b) took up education maintenance allowances in (i) Barnsley and (ii) Doncaster in the last year for which figures are available.

(42116)

78
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of part-time undergraduate students would be eligible for the financial support package announced in October 2005 if the threshold of access was (a) 50 credits, (b) 40 credits and (c) 30 credits; and what estimate her Department has made of the additional costs of extending eligibility in each case.

(41162)

79
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of part-time undergraduate students are likely to study at less then 60 credits per annum in the first three years of the operation of the financial support package announced in October 2005.

(41163)

80
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of part-time undergraduate students will be eligible for the financial support package announced in October 2005; and what the estimated cost is of this package for each of the first three years of its operation.

(41164)

81
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools her Department classed as (a) low-attaining and (b) under-performing in its analyses of school performance in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004.

(42037)

82
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children are participating in the Sure Start programme in Tamworth constituency.

(42079)

83
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what opportunities are made available by her Department in Tamworth constituency (a) to retrain, (b) to reskill and (c) to educate local adult residents to improve their chances of taking up paid employment.

(42080)

84
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 27th October 2005, Official Report, column 1778W, on good practice, what information she has received from Ofsted on the extent to which faith schools have adopted the good practice published on www.teachernet.gov.uk/faithschools; and what assessment she has made of the impact of the adoption of the good practice on outcomes in terms of educational achievement.

(41851)

85
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will reply to the letter dated 30th November 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr A. Diamond.

(41837)

86
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Minister of State for Children will reply to the letter dated 30th November 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mrs Nazia Parvega.

(41838)

87
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who advises her on who should be placed on List 99; and how such people are (a) chosen and (b) trained.

(42090)

88
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria she uses when deciding who should be placed on List 99.

(42091)

89
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether being placed on the Sex Offenders' register is a criterion for being placed on List 99.

(42092)

90
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the review of the criteria for inclusion on List 99.

(42093)

91
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people are on List 99; and how many people were on List 99 in each of the last 10 years.

(42105)

92
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have been taken off List 99 in each of the last 10 years.

(42106)

93
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) criteria and (b) procedures are used when it is decided to take someone off List 99.

(42107)

94
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, where the National Parenting Academy will be based.

(42108)

95
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has made to ensure country-wide access to the National Parenting Academy.

(42109)

96
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what powers the National Parenting Academy will have.

(42110)

97
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria will be used by the National Parenting Academy when it decides which parents its trained professionals should assist.

(42111)

98
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what methods will be used by the National Parenting Academy to assist professionals to help parents to bring up their children.

(42112)

99
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how it will be decided which professionals will attend the National Parenting Academy.

(42113)

100
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total funding per pupil in (a) cash and (b) real terms is for each local education authority in England for 2005-06, calculated on the basis used for the figures provided to the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire on 9th November 2004; what the figures are planned to be in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what the national average is for each year.

(42022)

101
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the national targets are for the Adult Learning Inspectorate; and what the performance of relevant offices in South Devon has been in relation to those targets.

(41994)

102
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people on the list of registered sex offenders have been employed in schools in each year since 1997.

(41416)

103
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people are on List 99; and how many of these are on the List of registered sex offenders.

(41417)

104
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people are on the List of registered sex offenders but not on List 99.

(41418)

105
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she has approved any person on the Register of Sex Offenders to work at a school in her period as Secretary of State.

(41419)

106
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements her Department has in place to ensure that registered sex offenders seeking employment in schools are considered for being placed on List 99.

(41420)

107
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of those (a) enrolling in and (b) obtaining (i) post-graduate and (ii) doctoral degrees in (A) 1995 and (B) 2005 attended (1) fee-paying secondary schools and (2) state-funded secondary schools.

(41915)

108
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the change in the number of forms issued by her Department to teachers since 2002.

(41929)

109
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the level of pupil enrolment for a school to remain viable.

(41930)

110
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the changes in the attitude of the teaching profession to the amount of forms issued to teachers since 2002.

(41931)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

111
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on UK environmental schemes of the recent reduction in Pillar II rural development funding.

(41864)

112
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's landfill policy.

(41867)

113
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the competitive position of the dairy processing industry in each EU member state.

(41868)

114
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle passport applications were refused because the application was received late over the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

(42193)

115
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued for (a) graffiti, (b) fly-posting and (c) dog fouling in each of the last four years.

(42154)

116
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage manufacturers and retailers to reduce packaging waste, with particular reference to supermarkets.

(41988)

117
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve surveillance to try to prevent avian influenza in the United Kingdom.

(42251)

118
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the veterinary profession on veterinarians' responsibilities for the treatment of wildlife.

(42252)

119
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the minutes of the discussions she has had with HRH the Prince of Wales on bovine tuberculosis.

(42253)

120
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a regime whereby single farm payments can be made to farmers who develop an animal health and welfare strategy in conjunction with a veterinary surgeon.

(42254)

121
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compatibility with the Berne Convention of the practice of licensing individual farmers to cull badgers.

(42255)

122
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to make illegal the (a) sale and (b) use of glue traps; and if she will make a statement.

(41944)

123
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet (a) Professor Stephen Harris and (b) Les Stocker MBE to discuss the findings of her Department's working group on snares.

(42001)

124
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to introduce a statutory code of practice on the use of snares.

(42002)

125
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will seek to introduce a legal requirement to have a stop on snares.

(42003)

126
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commission further research into the use of animal snares, with particular reference to (a) the welfare impacts and (b) alternative methods of control.

(42004)

127
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the proposed withdrawal of the subsidy for the provision of milk in nursery and primary schools.

(42041)

128
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) she has had and (b) officials within her Department have had with (i) representatives from Milk for Schools, (ii) local education authorities, (iii) headteachers and (iv) Dairy UK about the proposed withdrawal of subsidy for the provision of milk in nursery and primary schools.

(42042)

129
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recycling points there are per 1,000 population in (a) the constituency of Ruislip-Northwood, (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon, (c) Greater London and (d) England.

(41826)

130
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) incidents of fly-tipping were reported and (b) prosecutions were made as a result in (i) the Ruislip-Northwood constituency and (ii) the London Borough of Hillingdon in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(41827)

131
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government funding (a) the Ruislip-Northwood constituency and (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon received to support recycling in each year since 1997.

(41828)

132
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter dated 14th November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Alexander Scott-Marlow.

(41847)

133
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she has prepared for game farmers and gamekeepers regarding the release of game birds during 2006 in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza.

(42061)

134
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prepare for the isolation of free range poultry flocks in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza in the UK.

(42062)

135
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of scrapie have occurred in North Ronaldsay sheep in each of the last five years.

(42063)

136
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding is available to promote energy efficiency amongst households in Swindon.

(42171)

137
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned vehicles were removed and destroyed in each local authority area in Kent in each of the last five years.

(42199)

138
N Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 5th December from the hon. Member for Leominster about the treatment of his constituents Ms Qureshi and Mrs Booton by officials in her Department.

(41190)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

139
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government supports the lifting of the EU embargo on arms exports to China.

(42046)

140
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in securing the return from Iran of the naval and military equipment seized by them in the Shatt-al Arab.

(42048)

141
N Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions in the past 12 months on which Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Russian government to discuss the security of energy supply to the United Kingdom and EU.

(41629)

142
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2005, Official Report, column 2496W, on the UN Convention Against Corruption, how many written representations his Department has received from (a) businesses, (b) business organisations and (c) non-governmental organisations on the UK signing and ratification of the UN Convention Against Corruption; and how many of these stated that they were intended to remain confidential between the parties involved.

(41626)

143
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 9th November 2005, Official Report, column 539W, on diplomatic immunity, if he will set out in his proposed Written Ministerial Statement whether a prosecution for the offence was undertaken in the home country of the person holding the diplomatic immunity.

(41903)

144
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the closure of the British Embassy in Madagascar.

(42008)

145
N Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Myanmar regarding the detention of Su Su Nwe.

(40789)

146
N Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government supports the proposal for a United Nations Security Council resolution by Vaclav Havel and Desmond Tutu in their report `A Threat to the Peace'.

(40790)

147
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with Condeleeza Rice regarding the situation in Burma.

(42244)

148
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether at the meeting of the General Affairs Council of the EU on 21st and 22nd November 2005 he proposed supplying tactical lift helicopters to the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur.

(42182)

149
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether at the meeting of the EU General Affairs Council on 21st and 22nd November 2005 he proposed assisting the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur by providing it with output from satellite surveillance.

(42183)

150
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether at the meeting of the EU General Affairs Council on 21st and 22nd November 2005 he proposed providing intelligence from electronic interception to the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur.

(42184)

151
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the use by the Sudanese authorities of amputation as a deterrent for crimes; and what representations he has made to them to end such punishment.

(41814)

152
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether Iran is organising training camps for non-Iranian operatives for (a) military and (b) terrorist activity.

(41829)

153
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence he has received that Iran is removing control seals from nuclear installations.

(41830)

154
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help resolve the dispute between the North and South of Sudan over the allocation of oil wells; and if he will make a statement.

(41831)

155
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether there are links between Hamas and Interpal; and if he will make a statement.

(42089)

156
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has received advocating the broadening of the scope of EU structural funding to include a wider range of projects.

(41815)

157
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Government funding for the Palestinian Authority is made (a) through the World Bank Trust Fund and (b) directly to the Palestinian Authority.

(41933)

158
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the source was of the advice to his Department that the recent use of Tactica water cannon vehicles by police in West Papua was for the purpose of dispersing a violent incident during which demonstrators were seeking to cause criminal damage to a public facility.

(41946)

159
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what lines of inquiry his Department is pursuing to investigate the events that led to Tactica water cannon vehicles being used recently by police in West Papua on demonstrators, in addition to information from the Indonesian government.

(41947)

160
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th December 2005, Official Report, column 1562W, on West Papua, what the reasons are for not making the reports available to (a) the public and (b) hon. Members; what his response would be to a Freedom of Information request for the same documents; and if he will make a statement.

(42000)

161
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the wording of questions (a) he and (b) his officials have put to the US Administration about rendition in each of the last six months.

(41856)

162
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 5th December 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr T. Iqbal.

(41840)

163
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 5th December 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms R. Hughes.

(41841)

164
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is towards Moldova joining the European Union.

(41810)

165
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the 2005 International Whaling Commission (IWC) to secure a debt amnesty in the IWC which would permit the participation of Costa Rica, Kenya and Uruguay.

(41812)

166
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the United Kingdom Government is taking to check Japan's progress towards obtaining a majority bloc at the International Whaling Commission; and if he will make a statement.

(41813)

167
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of a pre-emptive strike by Israel on Iran's nuclear facilities.

(41898)

168
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 14th December 2005, Official Report, columns 2064-6W, on the Global Opportunities Fund, if he will list the countries where his Department has supported democracy building projects under the Global Opportunities Fund in each of the last three years; and how much financial support was provided to each country.

(41809)

169
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding was contributed by his Department to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in each year since 2001.

(41949)

170
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Israel regarding (a) nuclear weapons and (b) Dr Vanunu.

(41927)

171
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the steps proposed on the reform of the European Council put forward in the Prime Minister and Chancellor Schroeder's joint letter of 25th February 2002 to the President of the Council have since been adopted.

(42023)

172
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals his Department supports to improve the decision-making process of the European Council.

(42024)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

173
N Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent to which general practitioners' surgeries in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have been able to obtain sufficient supplies of influenza vaccine to inoculate all patients who fall into risk categories.

(40738)

174
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many maternity units there are in each primary care trust in England.

(42050)

175
Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 15379, on influenza, if the Department will (a) commission and (b) evaluate research on the relationship between (i) angiotensin-blocking drugs used to treat high blood pressure, (ii) angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and (iii) the prevention of acute respiratory disease syndrome.

(41817)

176
Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 15379, on influenza, on what (a) advice and (b) evidential basis the Department decided that there was no logical basis for examining the effect of blood pressure treatments on influenza.

(41818)

177
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients opted out of NHS dentistry treatment in (a) 2004-05 and (b) each year since 1997.

(41866)

178
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the National Health Service has made towards meeting its target of a maximum two-month wait from urgent GP referral to first treatment for all cancers.

(41170)

179
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account her Department takes of the Supporting People assessment in the guidance for the single assessment process; and how the resulting single assessment care plan operates in relation to the support plan.

(41900)

180
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Written Statement of 1st December 2005, Official Report, column 37WS, on NHS finance data, what planned financial support each (a) strategic health authority, (b) primary care trust and (c) NHS trust will (i) receive and (ii) provide in 2005-06 at (A) month six of 2005-06 and (B) year end 2005-06; and what the forecast gross financial position of each body is at each date.

(41901)

181
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role her Department has in assessment of people applying for access to an Extra Care scheme under the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Supporting People scheme.

(41905)

182
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to revise single assessment process guidance to cover (a) housing-related needs and (b) housing-related service options.

(41906)

183
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th December 2005, Official Report, column 1799W, on care homes, whether local authorities have (a) a duty and (b) discretion (i) to contract with a care home for an individual's accommodation and care and (ii) to charge the individual under the charging rules according to their financial circumstances.

(41907)

184
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish the detailed results of the evaluations of the state of readiness to become foundation trusts of all hospitals that were examined in the pilot project in 2005.

(41848)

185
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department issues on the compilation of outpatient waiting lists.

(41548)

186
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the incremental funding available to the NHS since 1997 has been spent on (a) higher wages, (b) shorter working hours, (c) administrative costs including contractors, consultants and external legal expenses and (d) incremental medical services provided to patients.

(42187)

187
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the allocations to each primary care trust within the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority were in each of the last three years; and what the capital allocations to each primary care trust were in each year.

(41816)

188
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department offers to those bodies offering family planning concerning whether there is a minimum age for offering contraception (a) with and (b) without parental consent.

(42224)

189
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell of 14th December 2005, Official Report, column 2131W, on coeliac disease, if she will commission research into whether there is an adverse reaction upon coeliacs caused by consumption of genetically-modified foodstuffs.

(42225)

190
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis is for the policy that it is (a) clinically effective and (b) cost effective to restrict NHS funding for IVF treatment to women aged 30 years and over.

(42257)

191
Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to receive the recommendation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence relating to (a) Donepezil, (b) Rivastigmine, (c) Galantamine and (d) Memantine; and if she will make a statement.

(42203)

192
Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 398W, on Alzheimer's disease, what discussions she has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence since her meeting of 9th June regarding appraisal of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

(42204)

193
Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of treating a patient suffering from Alzheimer's disease with (a) Donepezil, (b) Rivastigmine, (c) Galantamine and (d) Memantine.

(42205)

194
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist nurses there are for patients with colitis and Crohn's disease; and how many there have been in each of the last five years.

(42087)

195
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that patients with (a) colitis and (b) Crohn's disease receive adequate healthcare.

(42088)

196
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by the NHS per head in each local government area in the last year for which information is available; and if she will make a statement.

(41713)

197
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial position of (a) the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority, (b) Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, (c) Wycombe Primary Care Trust, (d) Buckinghamshire Mental Health Trust and (e) Two Shires Ambulance Trust was during 2004-05; and if she will make a statement.

(41719)

198
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact on intake of calcium in children's diets of the proposed withdrawal of the provision of milk in schools, with particular reference to areas of social deprivation.

(42039)

199
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of the provision of milk in schools on children's health.

(42040)

200
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what improvements have been made to the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of mal de debarquement syndrome on the NHS; and if she will make a statement.

(42044)

201
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the regulation of the cosmetic surgery industry.

(42045)

202
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of (a) the recent report by the Association of Directors of Social Services on learning disabilities services and (b) the likely impact of its recommendations on social care in Staffordshire.

(42081)

203
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency calls were answered within the Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust in each of the last five years.

(42094)

204
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of emergency calls resulted in an ambulance arriving at the scene of the reported incident within the Government's target response times in Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust in each of the last five years.

(42095)

205
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th January 2006 to Question 32905 on influenza vaccination, if she will include in the groups recommended to receive influenza vaccination those people who are at greater risk of dying from respiratory disease because they are severely mentally ill with psychosis.

(42038)

206
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2005, Official Report, column 1472W, on smoking, how weighted data differs from unweighted data; and if she will provide the unweighted data for the percentage of adults over 16 years who were smokers, broken down by sex in each year since 1998.

(41953)

207
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 278W, on waiting times, what meetings her Department has held with stakeholders about the (a) resourcing, (b) implementation and (c) monitoring of the 2005 Labour Party manifesto commitment that all women with breast symptoms should be seen within two weeks of referral by their general practitioner; which groups attended these meetings; what the content of these meetings was; what the timetable is for developing a framework determining the (i) resourcing, (ii) implementation and (iii) monitoring of this commitment; and if she will make a statement.

(41954)

208
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish a summary of results of the survey of young people's attitudes to cooking and culinary ability; how much this survey cost; what public health interventions its evidence will be used to support; and if she will make a statement.

(41955)

209
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2005, Official Report, column 2600W, on alcohol, for what reasons data for 2004-05 were omitted; and if she will publish the data for 2004-05 on counts of finished consultant episodes.

(41956)

210
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2005, Official Report, column 2603W, on alcohol, for what reasons data for 2004-05 were omitted; and if she will publish the data for 2004-05 on counts of finished admission episodes.

(41957)

211
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th December 2005, Official Report, column 1575W, on NHS finance,what the end-of-year financial position of the NHS in total was in each year since 1997-98.

(41958)

212
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS walk-in centres have cost in each year since their establishment.

(41960)

213
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the infrastructure of Choose and Book in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 to date.

(41961)

214
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of attenders at genito-urinary medicine clinics were not given an appointment within two weeks in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(41962)

215
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals she has visited in each month since May 2005.

(41963)

216
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the total cost to the NHS of providing care to those with diabetes for the most recent year for which figures are available.

(41964)

217
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost was of providing answers to calls to NHS Direct in each year since 1998.

(41965)

218
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the total cost of the website providing information for people considering cosmetic surgery, as announced by her Department's Chief Medical Officer on 22nd December 2005, broken down by cost area; and what her latest estimate is of the website's annual running costs.

(41966)

219
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the total number of people with (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes in each year since 1997; how many finished episodes of care relating to the treatment of diabetes there have been in each year since 1997; what estimate she has made of the total number of patients who will have (i) type 1 and (ii) type 2 diabetes in 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(41967)

220
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an individual primary care trust will be permitted to vary the value of a unit of dental activity between different dentists with whom it holds contracts from April 2006.

(41968)

221
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many press releases were issued by her Department in each year since 1992.

(41969)

222
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether smoking on stage in theatres as part of the presentation will be permitted under the Government's proposed ban on smoking in public places.

(41970)

223
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) HIV, (b) chlamydia, (c) gonorrhoea, (d) syphilis, (e) genital warts and (f) genital herpes there have been in England in each year since 1997.

(41971)

224
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of expenditure by NHS organisations on audits of local consultations in the most recent year for which figures are available; what assessment she has made of the merits of such audits; and how much has been spent by NHS organisations on contracts awarded to the communications consultancy Clear in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(41996)

225
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances there have been at walk-in centres in each quarter since 1st January 2003.

(41997)

226
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement of 1st December 2005, Official Report, column 37WS, on NHS finance data, if she will publish the year-end financial forecasts for (a) strategic health authorities, (b) NHS trusts, (c) primary care trusts and (d) the NHS in total as at (i) month seven, (ii) month eight and (iii) month nine of the financial year.

(41998)

227
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of a pandemic strain of influenza developing resistance to oseltamivir; and whether she intends to stockpile (a) M2 inhibitors and (b) other antivirals as an alternative strategy.

(42018)

228
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has spent purchasing gas in each financial year since 2000-01.

(42019)

229
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many service users of social services departments have been in receipt of direct payments in each year since 1997; and how many adults receiving community care services provided by social services departments there were in each year since 1997.

(42021)

230
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Public Health in Standing Committee E of 6th December 2005, Official Report, column 70, what exemptions must be made to a ban on smoking in workplaces and public places to satisfy compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights.

(42073)

231
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of the development of the Fuel for Living booklet; how many copies of the booklet will be published; at what cost; and if she will make a statement.

(42189)

232
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average percentage of the overall budget of (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS trusts which was spent on IT in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(42190)

233
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the availability of diamorphine to the NHS.

(41899)

234
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will visit Little Haven Children's Hospice in Castle Point to review the work of the hospice and its funding levels.

(42220)

235
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent nurses are employed by (a) general practitioners, (b) other primary care NHS organisations and (c) acute sector NHS organisations in (i) England and (ii) each primary care trust area in Kent, broken down by nursing specialty.

(42202)

236
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of whether the policy developments set out in the letter dated 13th December 2005 to a Director of Development of a Primary Care Trust from the NHS LIFT Policy Lead of the Capital Investment Branch of her Department outlining mandatory changes to the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) scheme are consistent with (a) the findings of the recent National Audit Office Report on the LIFT scheme and (b) the letter from the Chief Executive of the National Health Service to the Chair of the LIFT Liaison Organisation for Business Investors dated 25th October 2005; and if she will make a statement.

(41914)

237
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking (a) to encourage organ donation and (b) to raise the profile of the online organ donation register.

(42026)

238
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department takes to ensure that individuals are aware of their blood type.

(42027)

239
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the number of patients required for a hospital to remain viable.

(41928)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

240
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour orders.

(41858)

241
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in the number of recorded violent crime in each of the last four quarters.

(41872)

242
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will sign the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings.

(41873)

243
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) police officers and (b) the population of England and Wales is from ethnic minorities; and what the equivalent figures are for West Yorkshire.

(41833)

244
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the police about the illegal use of miniature motorbikes and quad bikes; what plans his Department has to tackle this misuse; if he will establish a compulsory registration scheme for such bikes; and if he will take steps to prohibit ownership for a set period of time by individuals who have been caught using them illegally.

(41834)

245
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with convictions for indictable offences were granted UK citizenship in the last year for which figures are available.

(42185)

246
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the population of each young offender institution was in each of the last eight years.

(42051)

247
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects e-borders to be fully operational.

(42052)

248
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is which has elapsed before asylum applicants judged late and opportunistic are deported; and what measures are in place to ensure that such applicants are deported quickly.

(42053)

249
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost has been of dealing with each asylum applicant judged late and opportunistic.

(42054)

250
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants judged late and opportunistic have been considered unsuitable for detention in each month of the past two years; and where thay have been located.

(42055)

251
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nine asylum routes are under the New Asylum Model.

(42056)

252
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the New Asylum Model.

(42057)

253
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to detain those asylum applicants that are judged late and opportunistic; and how many such applicants have been detained.

(42058)

254
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants judged late and opportunistic have been deported in each month of the last two years.

(42059)

255
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions have been taken in each month of the last two years; and how many have been judged as late and opportunistic.

(42060)

256
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of anti-social behaviour orders issued to (a) under 18s and (b) under 16s have been breached in each year since 1999.

(42146)

257
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting orders have been issued since 1999 where (a) a child safety order has been made, (b) an anti-social behaviour order has been made, (c) a sex offender order has been made in respect of a child or young person and (d) a child or young person has been convicted of an offence.

(42147)

258
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting contracts have been signed in each of the past two years.

(42148)

259
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting contracts have been breached in each of the past two years.

(42149)

260
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breached parenting contracts have led to parenting orders in each of the past two years.

(42150)

261
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of children and young people convicted of an offence have been subject to (a) an anti-social behaviour order, (b) a parenting order and (c) a parenting contract in each of the past two years.

(42151)

262
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many closure orders have been issued in each of the past two years.

(42152)

263
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been successfully claimed back under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each of the past two years.

(42153)

264
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting orders have been made without the child or young person appearing in court for offending in each of the past two years.

(42155)

265
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) the capacity and (b) the population is of each young offender institution.

(42162)

266
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people detained in young offender institutions have received rehabilitative treatment whilst imprisoned in each of the past eight years.

(42163)

267
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department expects to publish the Youth Resettlement Action Plan.

(42164)

268
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have left a young offenders institution without (a) unemployment and (b) accommodation in each of the past eight years.

(42165)

269
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people detained in young offenders institutions have received (a) rehabilitative treatment and (b) educational training on leaving that institution in each of the last eight years.

(42166)

270
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed by young offenders in each of the last eight years.

(42167)

271
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recidivism rate amongst young offenders was in each of the last eight years.

(42168)

272
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14th December 2005, Official Report, column 2031W, on home detention curfews, how many of those offenders on home detention curfews that were recalled to custody were recalled for committing a criminal offence in each year since 1999.

(42188)

273
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of anti-social behaviour orders have been breached in each year since 1999.

(42227)

274
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices for disorder have been contested in each of the last two years.

(42228)

275
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been imprisoned for defaulting on the payment of a fixed penalty notice given for a disorder offence in each of the last two years.

(42229)

276
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been raised from the collection of fixed penalty notices for disorder in each of the last two years; and how much money is expected to be raised from them over the next two years.

(42230)

277
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices for disorder offences have been issued in the past two years; and what total cash value they represent.

(42231)

278
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have led to an application for (a) an anti-social behaviour order and (b) a possession order.

(42232)

279
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have contained a statement that the continuation of unacceptable behaviour may lead to an application for (a) an anti-social behaviour order and (b) a possession order.

(42233)

280
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in the past two years; and what proportion has been breached.

(42234)

281
Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers the police have to place a person found guilty of a sexual offence against a child committed prior to the commencement of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 on the register of sexual offenders; and if he will make a statement.

(42236)

282
Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers the police have to investigate an individual found guilty of a sexual offence against a child committed prior to the commencement of the Sexual Offences Act 1956.

(42237)

283
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists stopped for breaking the speed limit in (a) Tamworth, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England and Wales received a (i) warning and (ii) caution in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(42096)

284
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were convicted of motoring offences in (i) Tamworth, (ii) Staffordshire and (iii) England and Wales in 2004, broken down by offence.

(42097)

285
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Tamworth are (a) registered as asylum seekers and (b) registered migrants awaiting a decision on the granting of a right to remain.

(42098)

286
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of levels of (a) violent crime, (b) car crime, (c) robbery and (d) burglary in Tamworth constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(42099)

287
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money seized as a result of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 was allocated to (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire in each year of the Act's operation; and if he will make a statement.

(42100)

288
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average period has been in each of the last five years between police recruits applying to and starting training in (a) Staffordshire Police Force, (b) West Midlands Police Force, (c) Shropshire Police Force, (d) West Mercia Police Force and (e) Warwickshire Police Force, broken down by (i) sex and (ii) ethnic origin.

(42101)

289
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time to an emergency call to the police in Staffordshire was in each year since 1997.

(42102)

290
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Minister's statement in the Standing Committee on the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill, on 25th October 2005, column 237, when the full review and evaluation of section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004, will be completed; if he will place a copy of the study and its results in the Library; and if he will make a statement.

(41908)

291
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 22nd November 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms A. Khalik.

(41842)

292
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 5th October 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs H. Akhtar.

(41843)

293
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 28th November 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss Sabrina Williams.

(41844)

294
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of restructuring the police force in North Yorkshire.

(41875)

295
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reported level of (a) burglaries and (b) robberies was in the last period for which figures are available.

(41913)

296
N John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been for (a) anti-semitic attacks and (b) other racist attacks in each of the last three years.

(40736)

297
Albert Owen (Ynys Môn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many business plans for police forces in Wales were received by 21st December 2005.

(41835)

298
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much investment is earmarked for parenting programmes in 2006; and if he will make a statement.

(41937)

299
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are to be put in place to ensure that there is a lead organisation in every locality to deal with the most challenging families; and if he will make a statement.

(41938)

300
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which organisations other than the police the National Police DNA database is made available.

(41877)

301
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many records on the Police National DNA database fall within the voluntary category.

(41878)

302
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of cruelty towards animals in Swindon in each year since 1997.

(42169)

303
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have been received; and how many cases the Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred back to the courts.

(42025)

304
Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences have been committed by offenders released under the Government's early release scheme during periods they would otherwise have served in custody.

(42083)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

305
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the House authorities had with (a) Westminster City Council and (b) English Heritage on the recently installed covered walkway in Star Chamber Court; and what aspects of the final design are the results of those discussions.

(41926)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

306
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conclusions were reached by the meeting in Brussels on 20th December 2005 to draw lessons from the emergency aid and relief effort for the victims of the South East Asia tsunami of 26th December 2004; and if he will make a statement.

(42173)

307
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the threat of famine in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti.

(41415)

308
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce infant mortality in the Sudan; and what help is available to Sudan from Government reconstruction funds.

(41832)

309
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) birth rate, (b) death rate and (c) infant mortality rate in Fallujah was in each year since 1990.

(42206)

310
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the population of Fallujah was in each year since 1990.

(42207)

311
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment his officials have made of the humanitarian situation in Fallujah.

(42208)

312
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of the Commission for Africa Report in Africa.

(42209)

313
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made by his Department of the impact of tax evasion and tax avoidance on government finances in developing countries; and if he will make a statement.

(42210)

314
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what role his Department has given to African civil society groups in the African Partnership Forum.

(42211)

315
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what procedures were used by his Department for the recruitment of staff for the secretariat for the Commission for Africa.

(42212)

316
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total population in Fallujah had access to (i) clean water and (ii) electricity in each year since 1990 for whch records are available.

(42235)

317
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2679W, on the World Water Forum, by what process national governments will (a) contribute to and (b) sign up to the Ministerial Declaration for the World Water Forum; and if he will make a statement.

(42270)

318
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2679W, on the World Water Forum, when the inter-governmental negotiating session on the Ministerial Declaration for the World Water Forum will take place; where it will be held; and which governments he expects to attend.

(42271)

319
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2679W, on the World Water Forum, whether the UK Government will be attending the inter-governmental negotiating session on the Ministerial Declaration for the World Water Forum; and what his aims and objectives are for UK contributions to the declaration.

(42272)

320
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect of the barrier dividing the West Bank from Israel on the Palestinian economy.

(41932)

321
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is giving to the Palestinian Authority (a) to ensure the efficient running of the forthcoming elections and (b) to reconstruct Gaza.

(41934)

322
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to visit Gaza and the occupied West Bank in the next four months.

(41935)

323
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his officials have had with UNICEF about the development of new anti-retroviral medicines for children suffering from HIV/AIDS in developing countries.

(41940)

324
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress is being made in developing new anti-retroviral medicines for children suffering from HIV/AIDS in developing countries; and if he will make a statement.

(41941)

325
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with UN Habitat about temporary housing schemes for people whose homes were destroyed in land clearance in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.

(41942)

326
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress is being made in providing emergency shelter for people whose homes were lost in land clearance in Zimbabwe.

(41943)

327
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the United Kingdom aid budget to sub-Saharan Africa excluding debt cancellation was for (a) the 2005 calendar year and (b) financial year 2004-05; and what the expected budget is for 2005-06.

(42084)

328
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the projects being supported by his Department for the promotion of democracy in (a) China, (b) the Balkans region, (c) Kenya, (d) Uganda, (e) Eritrea, (f) the Russian Federation, (g) Pakistan and (h) Burma; what the nature of the support is in each case; and how much funding has been allocated to each project.

(41950)

329
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the criteria used by his Department to assess the effectiveness of projects to promote democracy.

(41951)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

330
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients in Northern Ireland had to travel to other parts of the UK or further afield to receive treatment on the NHS in each of the last five years; which procedures such patients received; what the cost of such treatment has been over the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(42258)

331
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on progress on reaching a decision on the Gabion wall at Killyleagh.

(42259)

332
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the (a) Department of Education and (b) South-Eastern Education and Library Board are taking to ensure that (i) statemented and (ii) special needs children are not disadvantaged as a result of the deficit in the Board's budget.

(42260)

333
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when a decision will be made on the future provision of (a) a school crossing person at Brooklands Primary School at Dundonald in Strangford and (b) the retention of the toy and book library at the school.

(42261)

334
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when a decision will be made on whether the proposed integrated high school in Saintfield will be approved; and if he will make a statement.

(42262)

335
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients in each hospital in Northern Ireland (a) contracted MRSA and (b) died of MRSA in the last two years; how many of each were senior citizens; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the guidelines for greater hygiene practice have had on the number of incidents.

(42263)

336
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what investment was made in Strangford constituency in the last five years by Invest NI; and if he will make a statement.

(42264)

337
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) police and (b) prison personnel in each parliamentary constituency were informed that they had to move from their homes following the collapse of the Stormont spy ring prosecutions.

(42265)

338
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the rate of delayed discharge was in each major hospital in Northern Ireland on the last date for which figures are available.

(42266)

339
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the costs have been to each health board of employing private agency staff in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(42267)

340
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the waiting time was for hip replacements in each health board area in Northern Ireland on the last date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(42268)

341
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many specialist staff are available for the treatment of bulimia and anorexia in Northern Ireland; what facilities are available; and if he will make a statement.

(42269)

Questions to the Prime Minister

342
N Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions in the last five years when he has discussed energy issues with President Putin of Russia.

(41628)

343
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to establish a scheme to provide compensation to British citizens who are the victims of terrorist acts abroad; and if he will make a statement.

(42178)

344
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with General Sir Michael Rose concerning Iraq and the situation in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement.

(41939)

345
N Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Government holds information which records President Bush's discussions with him about the bombing of the Al Jazeera television station in Qatar.

(41191)

346
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will visit Little Haven Children's Hospice in Castle Point to review the work of the hospice and its funding levels.

(42219)

Questions to the Solicitor General

347
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 1st December 2005, Official Report, column 731W, on the Serious Fraud Office, if he will place in the Library the paper commissioned by the Attorney General from the Serious Fraud Office on the policy and legislative changes they thought would assist them in the investigation and prosecution of overseas corruption offences.

(41414)

348
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 1W, on corruption, whether the Serious Fraud Office has commenced an investigation into the allegation of corruption involving a Department of Trade and Industry employee.

(41631)

349
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent by the Law Officers on plants in each year since 1997.

(41193)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

350
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what new infrastructure will be put in place to help producers of electrical and electronic equipment to comply with recycling obligations under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and the Restrictions on Hazardous Substances Directive.

(41859)

351
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what mandatory targets the UK implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive will put in place regarding (a) the reduction and (b) the recycling of electronic and electrical waste.

(41860)

352
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many waste electronic and electrical collection facilities for domestic users the Government plans to set up in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; where these will be based; and whether doorstep collections will be arranged if there is no collection facility nearby.

(41861)

353
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the planned (a) domestic and (b) industrial collection facilities will be financed when the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive is implemented; and by whom.

(41862)

354
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of electronic and electrical waste came from domestic users in 2004-05; which sector produced the largest amount of elctronic and electrical waste in 2004-05; what measures are in place to deal with this waste; and what further measures the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive will put in place.

(41863)

355
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Department spent on (a) marketing consultants and (b) employment and recruitment specialists in each year since 1997.

(41909)

356
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Royal Mail spent on employment and recruitment specialists in each year since 1997.

(41910)

357
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the board members of Royal Mail; and what the date of appointment was of each one.

(41911)

358
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what executive performance bonus scheme Royal Mail operates; and if he will make a statement on its objectives.

(41912)

359
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ask the Office of Fair Trading to investigate bus service provision at district council level in metropolitan districts and larger unitary district councils.

(41845)

360
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many pupils have taken part in the British Association's CREST scheme for gifted and talented young people, broken down by local education authority; what other national schemes for gifted and talented young people are supported by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(42066)

361
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he proposes to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive in the United Kingdom.

(42179)

362
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the reason is for the postponement in implementing the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive in the United Kingdom announced by his Department on 15th December 2005.

(42180)

363
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the incremental costs that will be borne by (a) local authorities and (b) the recycling industry as a result of the postponement of the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive announced by his Department on 15th December 2005.

(42181)

364
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assist small and medium-sized enterprises with the costs of compliance with the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive; and if he will make a statement.

(42005)

365
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the UK Government has to ratify the Cape Town Treaty.

(42028)

366
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Cape Town Treaty on the purchase of more efficient and less environmentally damaging new aircraft in developing nations.

(42029)

367
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether any UK companies have registered with the registry that will be overseeing the operation of the Cape Town Treaty.

(42030)

368
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the economic effects of the Cape Town Treaty.

(42031)

369
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on NHS and private dentistry of the General Dental Council's decision of 7th December to prevent public access to dental care professionals without referral by dentists; and if he will make a statement.

(41879)

370
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Department plans to take to promote the sale of carbon capture equipment for coal-fired power stations to other countries in 2006.

(42033)

371
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the feasibility of running gas turbine engines on renewable biofuel; and if he will make a statement.

(42198)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

372
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent survey his Department has made of bicycle use.

(41836)

373
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2005, Official Report, columns 1857-8W, on the Ladbroke Grove crash, when he expects the remaining four recommendations from public inquiry reports to be implemented.

(41846)

374
John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) regional and (b) local stakeholders have participated in the development of the North East Regional Planning Assessment.

(42007)

375
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what criteria the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency selects those customers who qualify to be sold the names and addresses of vehicle owners.

(42177)

376
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency began the practice of selling the names and addresses of vehicle owners.

(42192)

377
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include in the forthcoming Road Safety Bill measures to introduce additional penalties for those who continue to use hand-held mobile phones whilst driving.

(42194)

378
Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements he has made to manage the transition of South East Trains to Govia; and if he will make a statement.

(42238)

379
Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that all staff are transferred from South East Trains to Govia without any loss of benefits in their terms and conditions of employment and pension rights.

(42239)

380
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will work with the United States' Federal Aviation Administration on its research into (a) possible contaminants present in aircraft cabin air and (b) the medical effects on passengers and cabin crew of exposure to contaminated air.

(41982)

381
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking in relation to contaminated air events on commercial aircraft.

(41983)

382
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average increase in ticket prices in the Greater Western Franchise was in each of the last five years.

(42156)

383
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of future passenger numbers in the Greater Western Franchise.

(42157)

384
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the passenger figures were for the Greater Western Franchise in each quarter of the last five years.

(42158)

385
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the passenger revenue for the Greater Western Franchise was for each of the last five years, broken down by rail operator.

(42159)

386
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) the absolute and (b) the moving annual average rates for (i) punctuality and (ii) reliability for companies operating the Greater Western Franchise were for each quarter of the last five years.

(42160)

387
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public expenditure was allocated to (a) tracks, (b) estates and (c) rolling stock on the Greater Western Franchise in each of the last five years.

(42161)

388
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce legislation to require car manufacturers to ensure exhaust pipes on motor vehicles are fitted on the offside; and if he will make a statement.

(41992)

389
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the last review took place of security arrangements at Glasgow Airport.

(42032)

390
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit Canvey Island to assess the need for an additional access route for the island from the Northwick area; and if he will make a statement.

(42221)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

391
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on police force restructuring in Wales.

(41874)

392
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what dates and for how long he has (a) attended sessions of the National Assembly, (b) spoken at sessions of the National Assembly and (c) met the National Assembly to discuss the Government's legislative programme.

(40739)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

393
N Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many eligible pensioners failed to claim winter fuel payments in the last three years for which figures are available.

(40737)

394
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of stakeholder pensions.

(41871)

395
John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed the mobility component of disability living allowance in each year since 1997 in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds Metropolitan district.

(41869)

396
John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Easington constituency aged (a) 20 to 25, (b) 25 to 30, (c) 30 to 35, (d) 35 to 40, (e) 40 to 45, (f) 45 to 50, (g) 50 to 55, (h) 55 to 60 and (i) 60 to 65 years are in receipt of incapacity benefit.

(42006)

397
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the timetaking to issue new contracts to training providers of government-funded Jobcentre Plus training programmes.

(42249)

398
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to send letters to those on disability living allowance to inform them that, as they have it paid directly to a bank, their pension will now be paid in a similar manner; and what measures have been put in place for those with a visual impairment who are receiving their pension in this way.

(42250)

399
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received winter fuel payments in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in 2004-05.

(42118)

400
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons levels of carers' allowance reduce when carers reach pensionable age.

(41720)

401
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what basis applications for additional assistance for carers wishing to take a break in their care provision are selected for means testing.

(41721)

402
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants moving into work in the last 12 months who are financially worse off.

(41630)

403
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many software and management information system IT updates agreed with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) have been made to the CS2 computer system since March 2003; what future planned IT software releases have been agreed between the Child Support Agency and EDS; and on what date each is expected to be released.

(41715)

404
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the costs in staff time and (b) other costs associated with the delayed introduction and faulty performance of the CS2 computer system since its introduction in March 2003.

(41716)

405
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of the basic pension would have been for (a) individuals and (b) couples in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 2006-07 if it had been increased in line with average earnings each year from April 1980.

(41722)

406
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether child poverty in Northern Ireland is included in assessments made in relation to child poverty targets.

(41718)

407
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the reform of incapacity benefit.

(41504)

408
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12th December, Official Report, column 1774W, on Jobcentre Plus, if he will carry out a sample survey of calls from warm phones; and whether calls from a warm phone can (a) receive an engaged tone and (b) be put into a queue to be answered.

(41850)

409
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department is undertaking of the merits of the Pensions Commission's recommendation of a national pension savings scheme run by an independent not-for-profit body.

(41852)

410
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions since May 2005 officials in his Department have consulted their Freedom of Information Officer on answers to parliamentary Questions from (a) the hon. Member for Yeovil and (b) all hon. Members.

(41853)

411
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken by the Child Support Agency is to update maintenance payments by absent parents where the income of the absent parent has changed.

(41895)

412
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people worked for his Department in (a) January 1997 and (b) January 2006.

(41896)

413
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by (a) the Child Support Agency, (b) Jobcentre Plus and (c) other agencies of his Department in (i) January 1997 and (ii) January 2006.

(41897)

414
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he intends to bring forward legislation to amend the law so that the adult dependency benefit can be claimed by married women.

(41952)

415
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of winter fuel payments to each constituency in the UK has been since the introduction of the payments; and what the overall total was in each year.

(41632)

416
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received winter fuel payments in each ward in each constituency in the UK in 2004-05, broken down by region; and what the value was of these payments in each case.

(41633)

417
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the additional transport costs which may be incurred by jobseekers as a result of the Benefit Agency office closure programme.

(41819)

418
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help jobseekers in rural areas with additional transport costs incurred as a result of the Benefit Agency office closure programme.

(41820)

419
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed to work on (a) crisis loans, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) incapacity benefit in each of the past 24 months.

(41821)

420
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department received from (a) hon. Members, (b) advice agencies and (c) the public in each of the last 24 months.

(41822)

421
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the free telephone service on the take-up of (a) crisis loans and (b) other benefits.

(41823)

422
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many crisis loans were made in each of the last 24 months.

(41824)

423
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to reduce the complexity of the benefits system.

(41825)

424
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the national targets are for the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate; and what the performance of relevant offices in South Devon has been against those targets.

(41995)

425
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to notify widows and widowers of the monetary benefits available to them when a spouse has passed away.

(42170)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

426
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what percentage of environmental taxes went to funding environmental projects in 2004-05.

[Transferred] (41865)

427
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the registered unemployed in Barnsley East and Mexborough were (a) under 25 years, (b) 26 to 35 years, (c) 36 to 45 years, (d) 46 to 55 years and (e) over 55 years according to the latest figures.

[Transferred] (42114)

428
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Doncaster and (b) Barnsley were diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (42117)

429
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the registration rate is in each ward of each constituency in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) Scotland, listed in descending order and grouped according to region.

[Transferred] (41187)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

430
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ministers' photographs are included in the booklet Respect Action Plan; and which Ministers wrote their own words.

[Transferred] (42082)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

431
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on advertising in respect of benefit fraud in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

[Transferred] (41984)

432
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for national insurance numbers have been waiting more than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months for them to be issued.

[Transferred] (42214)

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