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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 19 January 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 19 January 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 19 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 19 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 19 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax relief was received by persons in the top tax bracket in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44511) | 2
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of (a) unemployment, (b) long-term unemployment and (c) youth unemployment was in Westmorland and Lonsdale in each year since 1997; and how many individuals this represented in each case. | | (43385) | 3
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is equal tax treatment for (a) UK-resident building sub-contractors and (b) those working in the UK who are resident in other EU countries. | | (44197) | 4
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2006, Official Report, columns 550-1W, on tax credit, whether the Paymaster General was presented with the option of closing down the online tax credit portal in June 2005; and what the average award of tax credits was to families with (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three children in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44244) | 5
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the UK's trade deficit. | | (44185) | 6
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Beverley and Holderness under the age of 25 years were economically inactive in each year since 1997. | | (44318) | 7
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was paid by online gambling companies in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44289) | 8
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Pool Re has (a) paid out as a result of the recent London tube and bus bombings, (b) paid out overall during its lifetime and (c) in reserves; and what income has been derived by HM Treasury from Pool Re since it was established. | | (43952) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 9
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people on renewable public appointments since 1997 did not have their contract renewed. | | (44199) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 10
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether a coroner can make a recommendation that the police re-open their inquiries in the case of a suspicious death where no charges have previously been brought. | | (44398) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 11
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Arts Council is planning to take to promote poetry in the 2005 to 2008 period; what funding has been allocated for this purpose in the budget for that period; and if she will make a statement. | | (44435) | 12
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what publicly-funded support is being provided to schemes to promote Islamic talent in the arts; and if she will make a statement. | | (44436) | 13
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what publicly-funded support is being provided to schemes to promote young Asian talent in the arts; and if she will make a statement. | | (44437) | 14
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) opera, (b)(i) classical, (ii) jazz, (iii) blues and (iv) choral music and (c) folk singing is recorded as participation in an arts activity for the purposes of her Department's Public Service Agreement performance target 3; and if she will make a statement. | | (44022) | 15
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether attending a (a) book or poetry reading, (b) street performance, (c) musical, (d) film, (e) cultural festival and (f) carnival is recorded as an attendance for the purposes of her Department's Public Service Agreement performance target 3; and if she will make a statement. | | (44026) | 16
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether attending a (a) world, (b) dance, (c) rock, (d) alternative, (e) blues, (f) electronica, (g) hip-hop, (h) rap, (i) rhythm and blues, (j) soul, (k) bangra, (l) jungle, (m) punk, (n) folk and (o) choral music event is recorded as an attendance for the purposes of her Department's Public Service Agreement performance target 3; and if she will make a statement. | | (44027) | 17
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) evidence she considered and (b) account she took of existing legislation when deciding to license (i) live music in bars and restaurants, (ii) Punch and Judy shows and (iii) circuses under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (44028) | 18
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has responded to the conclusion in the Statistics Commission's report that her Department's reporting against Public Service Agreement performance target 4 uses low level results from a sample survey which is not taken into account in target setting; and if she will make a statement. | | (44029) | 19
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether designing (a) clothes and (b) websites is recorded as participation in an arts activity for the purposes of her Department's Public Service Agreement performance target 3; and if she will make a statement. | | (44035) | 20
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) directing, (b) stage designing and (c) costume designing for (i) plays, (ii) television programmes and (iii) films is recorded as participation in an arts activity for the purposes of her Department's Public Service Agreement performance target 3; and if she will make a statement. | | (44036) | 21
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12th January, Official Report, columns 783-4W, on the 2012 Olympics, for what reason UK Sport has not set an aspirational target for Olympic medals at the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (43638) | 22
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings her Department's Green Minister has attended in the last 12 months in an official capacity; and if she will list the meetings at which her Department has been represented in the last 12 months on the delivery of sustainable development across government which have been co-ordinated by the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers. | | (44255) | 23
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department collects on internet-related problem gambling. | | (44290) | 24
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research she has commissioned on the effects of internet gambling. | | (44291) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 25
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart about the comparative incidences of Gulf War illnesses in US and UK forces involved in the invasion of Iraq in 2003; and what the results of those discussions were. | | (44217) | 26
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many neurologists were employed by his Department in 2003; and how many were deployed with Operation Telic. | | (44218) | 27
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel signed disclaimers before taking nerve agent pre-treatment tablets during Operation Telic; and what warnings were given to service personnel about potential side effects before they signed the disclaimers. | | (44219) | 28
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has (a) sought and (b) received from (i) the US armed forces and (ii) other Coalition armed forces concerning the administration to their forces of nerve agent pre-treatment tablets during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. | | (44220) | 29
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 30mg pyridostigmine bromide tablets (a) personnel from (i) the 7th Armoured Brigade, (ii) 3 Commando Brigade, (iii) 16 Air Assault Brigade, (iv) 102 Logistics Brigade and (v) HQ Armoured Division, (b) Royal Navy personnel in the Gulf and (c) Royal Air Force personnel in the Gulf took daily during the 2003 invasion of Iraq on Op Telic. | | (44221) | 30
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of (a) the 7th Armoured Brigade, (b) 3 Commando Brigade, (c) 16 Air Assault Brigade, (d) 102 Logistics Brigade, (e) HQ Armoured Division, (f) Royal Naval personnel in the Gulf and (g) Royal Air Force personnel in the Gulf took nerve agent pre-treatment tablets during the 2003 invasion of Iraq on Op Telic; and for how many days in each case. | | (44222) | 31
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nerve agent pre-treatment tablets were re-supplied to (a) the 7th Armoured Brigade, (b) 3 Commando Brigade, (c) 16 Air Assault Brigade, (d) 102 Logistics Brigade, (e) HQ Armoured Division, (f) Royal Naval personnel in the Gulf and (g) Royal Air Force personnel in the Gulf during the 2003 invasion of Iraq on Operation Telic. | | (44223) | 32
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how nerve agent pre-treatment tablets were administered during the 2003 invasion of Iraq on Operation Telic; what records of their administration were kept; and what monitoring of potential side-effects took place. | | (44224) | 33
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from the 2003 invasion of Iraq on Operation Telic have since developed symptoms similar to those experienced by personnel from Operation Granby. | | (44225) | 34
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from the 2003 invasion of Iraq on Operation Telic have since been diagnosed with recognised neurological illnesses. | | (44226) | 35
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) EU and (b) NATO colleagues about the use of British naval ships to combat people and narcotic smuggling in the Mediterranean. | | (44227) | 36
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress on the future aircraft carrier programme. | | (44208) | 37
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the independent assessment of the sale of equity in QinetiQ in 2002. | | (44093) | 38
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of assets of QinetiQ prior to the sale of shares in 2002. | | (44096) | 39
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what benefits employees of QinetiQ will receive from the company's flotation. | | (44178) | 40
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what aspects of the QinetiQ flotation makes it unsuitable for private investors. | | (44179) | 41
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors influenced the decision to sell the initial stake in QinetiQ in 2002 to Carlyle, as opposed to other major bidders. | | (44180) | 42
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the professional advisers who assisted in the sale of shares from QinetiQ to Carlyle; and whether any declared a potential conflict of interest. | | (44181) | 43
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the total number of weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq since March 2003; and how many of these were classified as (a) nuclear, (b) chemical and (c) biological. | | (44460) | 44
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what studies have been undertaken by his Department of the effects of depleted uranium on (a) Coalition forces, (b) Iraqi forces and (c) civilians in Iraq since May 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (44461) | 45
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total strength was of UK forces in Iraq in each month since May 2003; and what he expects the figure to be by May 2006. | | (44462) | 46
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the disposal of Departmental land in Livingston constituency. | | (44020) | 47
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the nature of the special share in QinetiQ to be retained by the Government. | | (43775) | 48
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the availability of shares in QinetiQ to QinetiQ employees. | | (43849) | 49
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to reserve a proportion of shares in QinetiQ for small shareholders. | | (43850) | 50
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the availability of shares in QinetiQ to retail investors. | | (43851) | 51
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the flotation of QinetiQ; and if he will make a statement. | | (43852) | 52
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the RAF and (b) industry on fitting a fuel tank inerting system to RAF Hercules C-130 aircraft before 30th January 2006. | | (44138) | 53
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to encourage the retention of research staff within the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; and what further measures are planned. | | (44149) | 54
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects a funding agreement to be concluded between the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory and Defence Estates on remediation work at Porton Down. | | (44165) | 55
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the flotation of QinetiQ on (a) site improvements at Fort Halstead and (b) the transfer of Defence Science and Technology Laboratory staff from Malvern to Fort Halstead. | | (44166) | 56
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Department has for antenna test and measurement facilities at Pershore. | | (44167) | 57
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees will be affected by the rationalisation of locations in the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. | | (44168) | 58
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the review of Defence Science and Technology Laboratory sites. | | (44169) | 59
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure on RAF (a) tanker and (b) transport aircraft was in each financial year since 1996-97. | | (44170) | 60
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts regarding the Council of Europe request to inspect Bondsteel camp in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (44171) | 61
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work (a) the Department and (b) QinetiQ is undertaking to support the European Defence Agency's review of training and evaluation. | | (44172) | 62
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the next routine five-yearly review of long-term partnership agreements on capabilities in training and evaluation will take place. | | (44173) | 63
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to conclude the review of air training and evaluation capabilities. | | (44174) | 64
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Joint Casualty Treatment Ship programme. | | (44175) | 65
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what impact the deployment of Defence Science and Technology Laboratory staff to Iraq has had on the work of the Laboratory in the UK. | | (44187) | 66
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new personnel were employed in the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in each year since 2002. | | (44410) | 67
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the defensive aids fitted to each (a) C130K and (b) C130J. | | (43369) | 68
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the defensive aids fitted to the Hercules aircraft shot down in Iraq in 2005. | | (43370) | 69
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he is having with manufacturers of the Hercules C130J and K about retrospectively fitting foam flame retardants to the fuel tank. | | (43371) | 70
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 10th January 2006, Official Report, column 506W, on Type 23 frigates, what plans he has to refit those Type 23 frigates carrying Lynx helicopters with Merlins. | | (44529) | 71
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 10th January 2006, Official Report, column 506W, on Type 23 frigates, why HMS Richmond was not included in the information provided. | | (44530) | 72
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the United States Administration on the proposed sale of QinetiQ; and if he will make a statement. | | (44532) | 73
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of defence research contracts by (a) number and (b) value his Department has awarded to (i) QinetiQ and the (ii) Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in each year since 2000; and what proportion of those contracts were passed on to third parties. | | (44152) | 74
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's special share in QinetiQ. | | (44153) | 75
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the proceeds of the QinetiQ flotation will (a) be reinvested with his Department and (b) go to the Treasury. | | (44154) | 76
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the proceeds from the flotation of QinetiQ will be re-invested in defence research. | | (44155) | 77
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to place restrictions on QinetiQ's acceptance of contracts from foreign governments following its flotation. | | (44156) | 78
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguards he has put in place to ensure that intellectual property developed by QinetiQ remains in the UK following that company's flotation. | | (44157) | 79
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to ease the restrictions on QinetiQ's involvement in defence manufacturing. | | (44158) | 80
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what restrictions he has placed on QinetiQ's use of technology funded by his Department for third party contracts. | | (44159) | 81
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will have the power to veto third party contracts proposed to be entered into by QinetiQ following its flotation. | | (44160) | 82
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department revalidated outsourced components previously provided by Royal Ordnance Chorley. | | (43616) | 83
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which suppliers to his Department are being considered to replace Royal Ordnance Chorley. | | (43617) | 84
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many products produced by Royal Ordnance Chorley have been strategically stockpiled by (a) Royal Ordnance and (b) his Department. | | (43618) | 85
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Munitions Corporate Business Unit has made of the proposed cessation of manufacturing at Royal Ordnance Chorley. | | (43619) | 86
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future role in Gibraltar of the (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Army, (d) the Department's Gibraltarian workforce, (e) Navy, Army and Airforce Institution, (f) Department Hospital and (g) Department's schools. | | (44147) | 87
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships visited (a) Gibraltar and (b) Spain in the last 12 months. | | (44148) | 88
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF aircraft landed at RAF Gibraltar in the last 12 months, broken down by type. | | (44533) | 89
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which army regiments have visited Gibraltar in the last 12 months. | | (44534) | 90
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships from the navies of other countries called at Gibraltar in the last 12 months, broken down by country. | | (44535) | 91
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft from other countries' airforces landed at RAF Gibraltar in the last 12 months. | | (44536) | 92
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2005, Official Report, column 2342W, on Iraq, what are the names of the individuals suspected of being responsible for the deaths of the six members of the Royal Military Police. | | (44128) | 93
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of RAF Leeming. | | (44499) | 94
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is eligible to apply for the UK Armed Forces Veterans' Badge. | | (44490) | 95
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department gives to cadet forces. | | (44491) | 96
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Veterans' Badges have been issued since the badge was introduced. | | (44492) | 97
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the Veterans' Badge to those who left the services recently. | | (44493) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 98
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of agreed changes to the EU budget on funds provided by the EU for regeneration in deprived areas of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (44253) | 99
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the cost implications for the retained fire service of the planned expansion of housing in Aylesbury Vale. | | (44161) | 100
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to ensure that tenants of arm's length management organisations are able to decide their future tenancy arrangements when the current contracts expire; and if he will make a statement. | | (44464) | 101
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding has been made available to Homes for Islington by his Department; what proportion of it is a loan; what the interest rate is on the loan; and what the repayment terms are. | | (44465) | 102
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent meetings he has held with (a) local authorities and (b) other interested groups concerning the development and maintenance of council housing; and if he will make a statement. | | (44466) | 103
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the applications he has received in the last 12 months for the de-registration of allotment land; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on such applications. | | (44574) | 104
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Department's estimate is of (a) the land available for allotments in Greater London in each of the last five years and (b) the likely amount of such land in each London borough in 2006-07. | | (44575) | 105
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what restrictions can be placed under planning regulations on the use of helicopter landing pads within or adjacent to (a) residential areas and (b) defined bridleways. | | (44123) | 106
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will include emissions targets in the public service agreements his Department has with local and regional organisations. | | (44392) | 107
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria he applies in considering whether to approve a local authority's application to extend its mandatory licensing scheme to smaller houses in multiple occupation. | | (44541) | 108
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much Government grant was given to Oxfordshire County Council by his Department in the financial year (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (44542) | 109
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to make an announcement on the number of affordable homes expected to be built or procured through the National Affordable Housing Programme in Oxford in 2006-08. | | (44560) | 110
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 12th January, Official Report, columns 782-3W, on official residences (council tax), whether (a) he and (b) a civil servant registered his residence at Admiralty House with Westminster City Council as a second home for council tax purposes. | | (43381) | 111
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 12th January, Official Report, columns 782-3W, on official residences (council tax), whether he has had his council tax bill for his residence in Hull paid from public funds in each year since 1997-98. | | (43382) | 112
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 12th January, Official Report, columns 782-3W, on official residences (council tax), on what date he became aware that his council tax bill on his Admiralty House residence was being paid from public funds. | | (43383) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to meet the National Association of Estate Agents to discuss the introduction of home information packs. | | (44200) | 114
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to publish the replacement for planning circular 01-94, regarding gypsy sites and planning. | | (44055) | 115
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department has issued on the planning status of pheasant rearing units. | | (44206) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 116
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she is taking to ensure that full screening takes place in relation to child protection issues in the provision of (a) child care in all settings from birth to entry to school and (b) youth services. | | (43767) | 117
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether her Department has given permission for an individual whose name appears on (a) the sex offenders register, (b) List 99 and (c) the Protection of Children Act List to work in (i) the provision of childcare in all settings from birth to entry to school and (ii) the provision of youth services in each of the last four years. | | (43768) | 118
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her Department's estimate is of the cost of (a) setting up and (b) running the Information Sharing and Assessment Index Project; and how much her Department has (i) spent to date and (ii) plans to spend on consultants and other specialist staff associated with the project. | | (43447) | 119
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had on the future of the Learning and Skills Council in Coventry; and if she will make a statement. | | (42781) | 120
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the budget for learners with learning needs and disabilities is in each learning and skills council in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement. | | (42782) | 121
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parents in Coventry South are educating their children at home. | | (42783) | 122
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria Ministers have been using to assess teachers' appeals against appearing on List 99; who drew up the criteria; and when they were last revised. | | (43779) | 123
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions have been held between her Department and the Home Office on List 99 in the past 12 months; and whether discussions were initiated by her Department. | | (43845) | 124
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have held the position of Senior Medical Officer in her Department over the past 10 years. | | (43846) | 125
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance the Department has issued to supply teacher agencies on (a) required and (b) recommended background checks on persons applying for work as supply teachers in the last two years. | | (43847) | 126
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) qualifications and (b) experience are required of candidates for the post of her Senior Medical Officer. | | (43848) | 127
| Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Post Graduate Certificate in Education places were provided for classics in this academic year; and how many she expects to be provided in the (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 academic years. | | (44025) | 128
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, by what process the decision to commission and fund the National Foundation for Educational Research to conduct a trial of the US SAT test was taken; and what other assessments were considered for funded research. | | (43377) | 129
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupil exclusions there have been in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Westmorland and Lonsdale since 1997. | | (43378) | 130
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teaching posts were vacant in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Westmorland and Lonsdale in each year since 1997; and what the average vacancy rate for a local education authority in England was in each year. | | (43384) | 131
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how the Government decides whether someone is eligible for the Criminal Records Bureau enhanced disclosure checks; and if she will make a statement. | | (44413) | 132
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people (a) are on List 99 and (b) have been added to the List in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (44414) | 133
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers are placed in each local authority under the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme. | | (43604) | 134
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of background checks carried out on teachers placed under the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (43605) | 135
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what procedures are in place for background checks on teachers taken on under the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme. | | (43606) | 136
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers were working in schools under the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme in each year since 1997-98; and if she will make a statement. | | (43607) | 137
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the country of origin is of staff placed under the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme. | | (43608) | 138
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the rates of (a) temporary and (b) permanent exclusions are at schools run with (i) exclusively public money and (ii) financial assistance from the Vardy Foundation. | | (44066) | 139
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effect of the level of direct support grant allocated to Shropshire's schools on their ability to remain within their budget for 2004-05. | | (44177) | 140
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individuals who have worked with children through employment by an agency have been (a) on List 99 and (b) on the sex offenders' register since the establishment of each. | | (44470) | 141
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether her Department imposes a legal obligation on agencies employing those who work with children to carry out a check on an applicant's previous history of sexual offences before (a) allowing them to join the agency and (b) offering them work. | | (44471) | 142
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what duty is placed on local authorities to report to her Department incidents of individuals with a record of sex offending working with children. | | (44473) | 143
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people on the sex offenders' register have (a) been registered as a foster parent and (b) worked as a foster parent in each of the last eight years. | | (44474) | 144
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of the education maintenance allowance in encouraging 16 to 18 year olds to stay in education. | | (44129) | 145
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Bristol were in receipt of education maintenance allowance at the rate of (a) £30, (b) £20 and (c) £10 per week in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44130) | 146
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase education maintenance allowance payments in 2006. | | (44131) | 147
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will ensure that teachers and school staff are aware of (a) the needs of young carers and (b) the impact caring responsibilities may have on their schoolwork and attendance at school. | | (44132) | 148
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the policy reviews her Department has conducted in each year since 1997. | | (44330) | 149
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what checks are carried out on workers sub-contracted to carry out work on school premises, including cleaners and maintenance workers. | | (43523) | 150
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people employed in schools on a (a) temporary, (b) permanent and (c) contracted basis in the Leeds Metropolitan area in each year since 1997 (i) are and (ii) have been on the sex offenders' register. | | (43524) | 151
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people who (a) are working for and (b) have worked for her Department in the Leeds Metropolitan area in the last 10 years (i) are on and (ii) have been on the sex offenders' register. | | (43931) | 152
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many representations her Department has received (a) in favour of and (b) opposed to the proposals in the recent White Paper on Schools. | | (44483) | 153
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the levels of capital expenditure on (a) new, (b) improvements to and (c) repairs to school buildings in England were in each year since 1997. | | (44484) | 154
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support is provided to church schools within the state sector in England for (a) repairs and improvements to school buildings and (b) new school buildings and facilities. | | (44485) | 155
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements she has for regular meetings with the Education Minister in the National Assembly for Wales to discuss education issues and share best practice. | | (44486) | 156
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applications to higher education institutions there were for the (a) 2006-07, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2004-05 academic year; and if she will make a statement. | | (44183) | 157
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had with (a) organisations and (b) Government departments about changes in pupil numbers and provision of school places in communities in which the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister intends to build additional houses; and if she will make a statement. | | (44452) | 158
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list people working in schools in Chipping Barnet who are on the Sex Offenders Register, broken down by school. | | (44500) | 159
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish the guidelines used by the Children's Safeguard Unit in advising her on cases in which she has discretion in relation to List 99. | | (43769) | 160
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which offences lead to an automatic ban from working in schools. | | (43770) | 161
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what categories of (a) ban and (b) partial ban from working in schools can be applied to people included on List 99. | | (43771) | 162
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people on the register of sex offenders have been permitted to work in schools and have subsequently committed a sexual offence. | | (43772) | 163
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people on List 99 have limited permission to work (a) with some types of children and (b) in certain types of school. | | (43773) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 164
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what legislation action can be taken against those responsible for cruel tethering of horses; and if she will make a statement. | | (44396) | 165
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the additional waste recycling capacity that will be required as a result of the planned expansion of housing in Aylesbury Vale. | | (44162) | 166
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the draft UK National Allocation Plan for Phase 2 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme will set a target higher than that for Phase 1. | | (43517) | 167
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she expects to publish the draft National Allocation Plan for Phase 2 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | | (43519) | 168
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much waste was collected by each London borough in the most recent period for which information is available; and how much was (a) re-cycled, (b) sent to UK landfill sites, (c) incinerated and (d) sent overseas for landfill by each borough in that period. | | (44453) | 169
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Over Thirty Month Scheme will come to an end. | | (44040) | 170
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of when the export ban on British beef will be lifted following the cessation of the Over Thirty Month Scheme. | | (44041) | 171
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the cattle market of a delay in lifting the ban on the export of British beef. | | (44042) | 172
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase the number of abattoirs allowed to process over thirty months cattle. | | (44043) | 173
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial savings she has estimated will be made over (a) two, (b) five, (c) 10 and (d) 15 years from the planned closure of Centre for Ecology and Hydrology sites; and what the cost to her Department will be over each period of obtaining the services previously provided by those centres. | | (44150) | 174
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) financial and (b) scientific impact of the proposed closure of each of the five centres for Ecology and Hydrology on research into (i) emergent diseases, (ii) invasive species, (iii) climate change, (iv) avian influenza, (v) GMO release, (vi) sea level rises and (vii) monitoring biodiversity; and if she will make a statement. | | (44151) | 175
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 16th January, to Question 42140, on avian influenza, on what date the testing of the 3179 wild birds for avian influenza commenced; and on what dates the mallard and shelduck were (a) found or captured and (b) tested. | | (43615) | 176
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the (a) government of Ireland and (b) EU Commission regarding the use of Irish salmon drift nets in relation to the Habitats Directive; and if she will make a statement. | | (42966) | 177
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which UK-based internet service providers (ISPs) the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit has been working with; when discussions have taken place between the Unit and ISPs; and which of the ISPs have made commitments to combat the illegal trade in endangered species as a consequence of such discussions. | | (44245) | 178
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what commitment eBay has made to the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit to combat the illegal trade in endangered species on its website. | | (44246) | 179
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to seek to insert a provision into the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill to increase the fines given for the illegal destruction of habitat; and if she will make a statement. | | (44247) | 180
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department collects information on the number of farms that have started pheasant shoots as part of their business since 2000. | | (44207) | 181
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grants her Department has made for pheasant rearing as part of farm diversification in each year since 2000. | | (44214) | 182
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints her Department has received in the last 12 months on the effects on (a) residential amenities and (b) the environment of the rearing and release of pheasants for shooting. | | (44215) | 183
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department collects statistics on the number of pheasants reared for shooting each year. | | (44216) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 184
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has refused a request by the United States for the rendition through the United Kingdom of (a) Mohammed Sadeek Odeh and (b) Mohammed Rashed Dauod al-Owhali since 1997. | | (43594) | 185
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent communications he has had with the government of Somaliland; and if he will make a statement on future relations. | | (44454) | 186
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what British participation there has been in the peace process in Somalia; and if he will make a statement. | | (44455) | 187
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent visits have been made to (a) Somaliland and (b) Somalia by British officials; and what organisations they met whilst there. | | (44456) | 188
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring of the human rights situation in Somalia is undertaken by his officials; and if he will make a statement. | | (44457) | 189
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) bilateral and (b) multi-lateral contact he has had with the government of Iran since January 2005 concerning nuclear processing; and what plans he has for further contact. | | (44458) | 190
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his officials have had with the Kurdish regional government of Iraq concerning (a) removal of non-Kurdish people from the area and (b) freedom of expression; and if he will make a statement. | | (44463) | 191
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring of the recent referendum in the Democratic Republic of Congo was undertaken by his officials or representatives; and what advice he was given on its (a) administration and (b) outcome. | | (44468) | 192
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the members of the UK delegation to the 2006 United Nations Human Rights Convention in Geneva; and what issues the delegation proposes to bring before it. | | (44573) | 193
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the legality of the EU-Morocco Fishing Agreement in respect of the waters off the coast of the Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement. | | (44576) | 194
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the EU-Morrocco Fishing Agreement on the peace process in the Western Sahara. | | (44577) | 195
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of decolonisation of the Western Sahara; and when he expects a referendum to be held. | | (44578) | 196
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of prison conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and what visits to penal establishments have been made by Embassy staff. | | (44580) | 197
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received concerning the state of human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and what recent representations have been made to the government of that country by his Department. | | (44581) | 198
| Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that progress is made under the Austrian Presidency on negotiations regarding Turkish membership of the European Union. | | (44097) | 199
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received in the past 12 months concerning the safety of (a) genocide survivors and (b) prisoners released under the gacaca system in Rwanda. | | (44319) | 200
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the gacaca prisoner-release system in Rwanda; and if he will make a statement. | | (44320) | 201
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government will ratify the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. | | (44441) | 202
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Cuba about the detention of Dr Oscar Elias Biscet; and if he will make a statement. | | (44531) | 203
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the ongoing violence and rape in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (44039) | 204
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in developing the international non-proliferation regime since the June 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (44496) | 205
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK took during the UK Presidency of the European Union to secure European commitments on non-proliferation and disarmament; what outcomes were achieved; and if he will make a statement. | | (44497) | 206
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK Government has taken since the June 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; and if he will make a statement. | | (44498) | 207
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funds have been provided by his Department for the promotion of civil society in Iran. | | (43364) | 208
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the security situation in Gaza. | | (43365) | 209
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the security situation in Jordan. | | (43366) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 210
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the proportion of processed food in the United Kingdom which contains (a) added sugar, (b) Aspartame and (c) neither. | | (44228) | 211
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place (a) to inform people from (i) ethnic minorities, (ii) deprived areas and (iii) hard to reach groups about the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and (b) to encourage them to participate. | | (43776) | 212
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to prepare for increases in demands placed on NHS bowel cancer services as a result of the roll-out of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. | | (43777) | 213
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter regarding the roll-out of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, dated 13th December 2005, which was jointly signed by Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer. | | (43778) | 214
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Deputy Prime Minister about the number of extra (a) hospital beds and (b) GP surgeries that will be required in Aylesbury Vale as a result of the planned expansion of housing. | | (44164) | 215
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of whether there is a need for a new community hospital in Aylesbury Vale as a result of housing expansion in the area. | | (44188) | 216
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in the Dental Policy Directorate (a) are and (b) were (i) dentally qualified or practising dentists and (ii) officers of (A) the British Dental Association and (B) the Dental Practitioners' Association. | | (43582) | 217
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of (a) the number and (b) the proportion of the population of England aged over 50 who have been screened for cancer of the colon; what plans she has (i) to promote and (ii) to extend such screening; and what estimate she has made of the proportion of the population likely to be screened in the future. | | (44309) | 218
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her latest estimate is of the budget over-spending at (a) University College Hospital, (b) the Royal Free Hospital and (c) Whittington Hospital. | | (44582) | 219
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwife-led birthing centres there are in Coventry South. | | (42784) | 220
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of inoculating everyone in the UK against the H5N1 strand of avian influenza. | | (43774) | 221
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made on the impact of the Private Finance Initiative arrangements on the reference cost index of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (44321) | 222
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis is for the change in the discount rate on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Trust Finance Initiative deferred asset in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement. | | (44322) | 223
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what allowance for population growth has been made in the budget allocation to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Trust (a) in 2005-06 and (b) in future years. | | (44323) | 224
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the change in methodology in the calculation of profit from the sale of the former Greenwich District Hospital site; and who has been affected financially as a consequence of this change. | | (44324) | 225
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the consortia refinanced the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Trust Private Finance Initiative; and what estimate she has made of the financial effect on the trust if it had shared the reduced costs. | | (44325) | 226
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last discussed funding for (a) Royal Liverpool University Hospital and (b) Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital at Alder Hey; and if she will make a statement. | | (43559) | 227
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has given to the ambulance service on the passing on of information to the police relating to call-outs involving drugs. | | (43853) | 228
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to deal with the NHS trusts that are unable to contain their financial deficits; and if she will make a statement. | | (44418) | 229
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many recruitment agencies have signed the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Workers in each of the past five years for which records are available. | | (44440) | 230
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent to date on NHS turnaround teams in each NHS trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (43458) | 231
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money contained in the departmental budget reflected by the latest departmental Winter Supplementary Estimate 2005-06 will be allocated for financial turnaround teams working with NHS trusts; and if she will make a statement. | | (43459) | 232
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding her Department has allocated for training controllers to expand their local geographical knowledge to prepare for the proposed reorganisation of ambulance trusts. | | (44065) | 233
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will decide whether to support the redevelopment of Barts and the London NHS Trust by 31st January. | | (43448) | 234
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response her Department's Access and Capacity Review Team made to the full business case for redevelopment at the Barts and the London NHS Trust. | | (43449) | 235
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates she has made of the requirement for capacity at the Barts and the London NHS Trust. | | (43450) | 236
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals whose names appear on the (a) Protection of Children Act list and (b) Protection of Vulnerable Adults list are employed by (i) NHS organisations and (ii) social services departments; and how many individuals employed by (A) NHS organisations and (B) social services departments have committed an offence listed under Schedule 1 to the Sex Offenders Act 1997. | | (43451) | 237
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the programmes which form part of the Improving Working Lives standard; how much funding has been allocated to each of these programmes since their start date, broken down by financial year; from what sources the funding for these programmes has been derived (a) in past years and (b) in 2005-06; if she will make it her policy that funding will be made available to support (i) the flexible careers scheme, (ii) the NHS Childcare Strategy, (iii) the GP Returner scheme, (iv) the Golden Hello scheme and (v) the NHS Delayed Retirement scheme in five financial years; and if she will make a statement. | | (44056) | 238
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for NHS Professionals was in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and what the anticipated budget is for 2006-07. | | (44057) | 239
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her latest estimate is of the number of inpatient procedures which could be performed as day surgery; and what savings she estimates would have resulted from such a reconfiguration of services in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (44058) | 240
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2006, Official Report, column 732W, on NHS finance, if she will list the 63 NHS organisations which are forecasting the most significant deficits; and what the (a) latest in-year deficit and (b) forecast year-end deficit is in each case. | | (44242) | 241
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2006, Official Report, column 729W, on influenza, when her Department's research to which she refers began; which bodies are conducting the research; when she expects the research to be completed; if she will place a copy of the research in the Library when completed; whether she expects to take a decision on the routine immunisation of those aged 50 and over in time for the 2006-07 winter flu immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (44243) | 242
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what duty is placed on local authorities to report to her Department incidents of individuals with a record of sex offending working with children. | | (44472) | 243
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people on (a) the sex offenders' register and (b) her Department's list of individuals who are considered unsuitable to work with children have been employed by local authorities to work with children. | | (44475) | 244
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been on her Department's list of individuals who are considered unsuitable to work with children in each of the last five years. | | (44476) | 245
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether being placed on the sex offenders' register is a criterion for being placed on her Department's list of individuals who are considered unsuitable to work with children. | | (44477) | 246
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria she uses when deciding who should be placed on her Department's list of individuals who are considered unsuitable to work with children. | | (44478) | 247
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals who are on the sex offenders' register are currently working in the (a) NHS, (b) social services departments and (c) children's services departments. | | (44479) | 248
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) local authorities, (b) social service departments and (c) children's services departments can employ an individual to work in the health sector if that person is on her Department's list of individuals who are considered unsuitable to work with children. | | (44480) | 249
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) NHS services, (b) social service departments and (c) children's services departments are legally obliged to check their employees against her Department's list of individuals who are considered unsuitable to work with children. | | (44481) | 250
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Department for Constitutional Affairs regarding the transfer of responsibility for mental health tribunals from her Department to the Department for Constitutional Affairs. | | (44482) | 251
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed by the NHS in (a) St Albans, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England solely for the provision of sexual health education; and how many there were in each year since 2000. | | (44327) | 252
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list policy reviews her Department has conducted in each year since 1997. | | (44328) | 253
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure advice on benefits is made available to patients when they are diagnosed as having terminal illness. | | (44334) | 254
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been waiting longer than six months for a non-urgent ear, nose and throat appointment in the West Hertfordshire NHS Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (44400) | 255
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what status patients have who have been removed from hospital waiting lists due to operations being cancelled by the hospital at short notice but who have not yet been treated; and if she will make a statement. | | (44408) | 256
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been available in each of the last five years for the treatment of problem drug users. | | (44117) | 257
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions with primary diagnoses of mental and behavioural disorders relating to drug misuse took place in each of the last five years. | | (44119) | 258
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals have been built in England in each year since 1997. | | (44487) | 259
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements she has for regular meetings with the Health Minister in the National Assembly for Wales to discuss health issues and share best practice. | | (44488) | 260
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place for cross-border health provision between England and Wales. | | (44489) | 261
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons she has cancelled BCG inoculation programmes administered in schools. | | (44112) | 262
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the savings made since the policy of free tuberculosis vaccinations administered in schools came to an end. | | (44116) | 263
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in Beverley and Holderness have left the NHS to work in private practice in each year since 1997. | | (44317) | 264
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what method is used to calculate the number of Department of Health public information leaflets distributed to general practitioner practices and other health service sites. | | (44038) | 265
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding her Department will make available to general practitioners for entry of patients' records onto the central NHS database by 2010; and what contingency plans she will put in place for errors in code conversions from general practitioners' records to the database. | | (44109) | 266
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what central funding has been made available for the roll-out of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08; and what ring-fenced funding has been made available to primary care trusts to assist with the roll-out. | | (44401) | 267
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appeals in relation to pay under Agenda for Change have been received from (a) nurses, (b) physiotherapists, (c) occupational therapists and (d) speech and language therapists working in the NHS. | | (44402) | 268
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which grades of (a) nurses, (b) physiotherapists, (c) occupational therapists and (d) speech and language therapists will receive (i) pay increases and (ii) frozen or reduced pay under Agenda for Change; and if she will make a statement. | | (44403) | 269
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have employed Finnamore Consultants to advise them on measures to address potential financial deficits in 2005-06; what assessment she has made of the (a) practicality and (b) relevance of their recommendations; and what the cost was in each case. | | (44405) | 270
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on progress being made on (a) achieving the Government's commitment for all people with breast problems to be seen by a specialist within two weeks and (b) making HER2 testing available for all women diagnosed with breast cancer. | | (43372) | 271
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis recently-opened dental practices will be paid under the proposed dental contract; and if she will make special arrangements for recently-opened specialist orthodontist practices where payments are concentrated at the end of the course of treatment. | | (43373) | 272
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to make additional funding available to primary care trusts to pay for newly licensed drugs; and if she will make a statement. | | (43374) | 273
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to review the use of the Private Finance Initiative for major hospital rebuilding projects. | | (43547) | 274
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her latest estimate is of the cost of implementing the Bristol Health Services Plan; whether the financing of the plan will be made through the Private Finance Initiative; and if she will make a statement. | | (43548) | 275
| David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected financial out-turn for 2005-06 is for each of the NHS trusts in the West Midlands Government Office area. | | (44406) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 276
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials employed by the United Kingdom Passport Service have been (a) investigated, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted of fraudulent issuing of passports in each Passport Office in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (40792) | 277
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure disciplinary action is taken against members of the police involved in the failure to bring to court the case of the death of Jo Martinson. | | (44395) | 278
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines apply to a police officer with a family interest in a legal case continuing to serve in the local geographical area in which the alleged offence took place. | | (44397) | 279
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation hostels there are; and what the capacity is of each. | | (44300) | 280
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of prison education schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (44301) | 281
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of how many probation hostel places will be required in each of the next five years; what effect he expects the establishment of the National Offender Management Service to have on demand; and if he will make a statement. | | (44335) | 282
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect on the work of the Probation Service of transfers of prisoners between establishments; and if he will make a statement. | | (44336) | 283
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources are made available to assist inmates preparing for release in finding (a) work and (b) accommodation; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of these resources; and if he will make a statement. | | (44337) | 284
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account he has taken of the views of inmates in the organisation of prison education; and if he will make a statement. | | (44338) | 285
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of inmates (a) had access to and (b) enrolled in formal education and training schemes in each prison in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (44339) | 286
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend the range of vocational training and provision in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (44340) | 287
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the methods for initial assessment of prisoners' educational needs to take account of how progression is encouraged, supported and realised; and if he will make a statement. | | (44341) | 288
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to provide career development opportunities for prison officers interested in assisting in the delivery of (a) prison education and (b) effective re-settlement; and if he will make a statement. | | (44342) | 289
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the levels of overcrowding were for (a) each prison and (b) the whole Prison Estate broken down by (i) public and (ii) private sector prisons for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (44343) | 290
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Measuring Quality of Prison Life audit was last conducted for each prison; what mechanisms there are for public access to these audits; what assessment he has made of the results; and if he will make a statement. | | (44344) | 291
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in each prison had (a) a job, (b) training and (c) an education placement to attend upon release in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (44345) | 292
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase (a) public and (b) private sector prison capacity in each of the next five years, broken down by (i) category of establishment and (ii) security status; and if he will make a statement. | | (44346) | 293
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what opportunities exist for prisoners to develop (a) interpersonal, (b) social, (c) life, (d) self-management and (e) coping skills within the Prison Estate; what assessment he has made of the diversity of provision of such education; and if he will make a statement. | | (44347) | 294
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the formal curriculum for prisoner education; and if he will make a statement. | | (44348) | 295
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons have local learning centres; what the cost of each centre is; what plans he has to create more local learning centres; and if he will make a statement. | | (44349) | 296
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the (a) entry criteria and (b) initial training programme for prison officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (44350) | 297
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend the Personal Officer scheme across the prison estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (44351) | 298
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the drop-out rate for prison officers within two years of recruitment at each prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (44352) | 299
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the Prison Service's policy on the management of sickness absence; and if he will make a statement. | | (44353) | 300
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to ensure that the Prison Service achieves the National Audit Office target on sickness absence; and if he will make a statement. | | (44354) | 301
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many working days were recorded lost in each prison in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (44355) | 302
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the ratios of (a) prison officers and (b) all prison staff to inmates were in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (44356) | 303
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have served as governor in each prison since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (44357) | 304
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average tenure has been since 1997 for governors in (a) each prison, (b) each region and (c) England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (44358) | 305
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of management and leadership in the Prison Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (44359) | 306
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of inmates at each prison (a) had access to and (b) enrolled in (i) recognised vocational education courses, (ii) further education courses, (iii) higher education courses and (iv) basic literacy and numeracy skills courses in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (44360) | 307
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action (a) his Department and (b) the Prison Service is taking to promote learning in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (44361) | 308
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of prison education on levels of offender recidivism; and if he will make a statement. | | (44362) | 309
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account is taken of prison officers' (a) experience and (b) opinions in the construction of offender resettlement initiatives; and if he will make a statement. | | (44363) | 310
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the views of (a) prison governors, (b) prison education managers and (c) prison education contractors on the state of education delivery in the prison estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (44364) | 311
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the contribution to effective resettlement made by prison officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (44365) | 312
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure integrated management of learning in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (44366) | 313
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons reported a serious drug problem in the last period for which figures are available; what action is being taking to reduce the level of drugs in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (44367) | 314
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of contraband in each prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (44368) | 315
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantities of (a) mobile phones, (b) drugs and (c) alcohol have been found in each prison in each month over the last year; and if he will make a statement. | | (44369) | 316
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the supply of (a) mobile phones, (b) drugs and (c) alcohol into the Prison Estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (44370) | 317
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were assessed as having a serious drug problem in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (44371) | 318
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the Drug Intervention Programme at HMP Pentonville. | | (44372) | 319
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons have intensive rehabilitation programmes for drugs; what his assessment is of the effectiveness of the programmes; what plans he has to expand the programmes; and if he will make a statement. | | (44373) | 320
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of ear acupuncture in the high security prison estate; what plans he has to extend the availability of ear acupuncture in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (44374) | 321
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison dogs have been in service in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (44375) | 322
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the work of prison dogs; and if he will make a statement. | | (44376) | 323
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison dogs are designated as (a) passive and (b) pro-active in the detection of drugs; and if he will make a statement. | | (44377) | 324
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the arrangements for prisoners being released before completing their sentence; and if he will make a statement. | | (44378) | 325
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders have been released from prison in each region (a) in total and (b) on the basis of a paper dossier prepared by the Probation Service in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (44379) | 326
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist to ensure consistency in Probation Service assessments; and if he will make a statement. | | (44380) | 327
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued in determining the risk that an offender presents (a) to the public and (b) of re-offending; and if he will make a statement. | | (44381) | 328
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used, expressed as level of risk (a) to the public and (b) of re-offending, for each level of Probation Service supervision for an offender upon release from prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (44382) | 329
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases the Probation Service handled in each region in the last year; how many staff were employed by the Probation Service in each region; and if he will make a statement. | | (44383) | 330
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of levels of staff absenteeism in the Probation Service in each region in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (44384) | 331
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the offender assessment procedures used by the Probation Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (44385) | 332
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact the introduction of (a) early release schemes and (b) intensive supervision schemes have had on the workload of the Probation Service; and whether additional resources have been made available to the Probation Service to deal with these schemes. | | (44386) | 333
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unfilled posts there are in each region in the Probation Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (44387) | 334
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances a violent offender would be released from prison without (a) consultation with the police and (b) supervision; and if he will make a statement. | | (44388) | 335
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of offenders (a) released early from prison and (b) who had completed their sentences re-offended within two years in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (44389) | 336
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to develop an over-arching strategy for prison education; and if he will make a statement. | | (44391) | 337
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the results of the Drug Intervention Programme. | | (44094) | 338
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases in the Drug Intervention Programme (a) handling stolen goods, (b) attenuated acquisitive crime and (c) begging was the trigger for a drugs test in 2004-05. | | (44095) | 339
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of additional (a) police officers and (b) police stations that will be required as a result of the planned expansion of housing in Aylesbury Vale. | | (44163) | 340
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 470W, on taser stun guns, if he will make a statement on the use of tasers in recent efforts by the police to heighten security in (a) the City of London and (b) England. | | (44404) | 341
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations are in place governing the private sale and distribution of tasers; and whether he plans to tighten these regulations. | | (44419) | 342
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at how many people tasers have been fired by each police constabulary in England and Wales, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age and (c) ethnicity. | | (44420) | 343
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances tasers have been fired in each police constabulary in England. | | (44421) | 344
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a standard policy in place for taser deployment and usage in England and Wales. | | (44426) | 345
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring of the safety and welfare of deported asylum seekers to (a) Somaliland and (b) Somalia is undertaken; and from what sources his Department gains information to assess the personal safety and security of such people. | | (44459) | 346
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has received reports concerning the monitoring of returned asylum seekers to the Democratic Republic of Congo by state officials; and if he will make a statement. | | (44579) | 347
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date he received a business plan from the police authorities of Wales relating to the creation of a single strategic force in Wales. | | (44278) | 348
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library copies of the business plans and implementation plans he has received relating to police force restructuring. | | (44279) | 349
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police authorities did not respond to the consultation on restructuring before the 23rd December 2005 deadline. | | (44280) | 350
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police authorities submitted (a) business plans and (b) implementation plans for restructuring forces on or before the 23rd December 2005 deadline. | | (44281) | 351
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings (a) he and (b) his officals have had with the Association of Chief Police Officers about the creation of a specific statutory duty requiring public authorities to disclose incidents of violence coming to their attention which are committed by readily identifiable individuals; and when (i) he and (ii) his officials last met the Deputy Chief Constable of Surrey Police to discuss the creation of such an offence. | | (44282) | 352
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to introduce a statutory duty requiring public authorities to disclose incidents of violence coming to their attention which are committed by readily identifiable individuals; and if he will make a statement. | | (44287) | 353
| Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are in Caerphilly constituency; and how many there were two years ago. | | (44099) | 354
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the investigation by the police of recent statements by Sir Iqbal Sacranie relating to homosexuality. | | (44451) | 355
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued by his Department on investigations and prosecutions under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. | | (44469) | 356
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in Livingston constituency became British citizens in 2005. | | (44021) | 357
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much property was seized by the Drug Enforcement Agency in Livingston in 2005. | | (44023) | 358
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses were prosecuted for selling (a) alcohol, (b) glue products and (c) fireworks to under-age people in the South Lakeland Crime and Disorder Partnership in 2004-05. | | (43379) | 359
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to bring the number of prisoners held at Leeds prison down to its certified level; and if he will make a statement. | | (44415) | 360
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to improve race relations in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (44416) | 361
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what events are planned as part of the Tackling Drugs, Changing Lives strategy in (a) February and (b) March. | | (44193) | 362
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question 24259 tabled by the hon. Member for St Ives. | | (44449) | 363
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total police funding allocated to each London borough is for the next three years, broken down by (a) staff and (b) non-staff funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (43593) | 364
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours a week on average the Safer Neighbourhood Teams in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham worked in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by ward. | | (44293) | 365
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many press officers are employed by each of the executive agencies of his Department. | | (44425) | 366
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new press officers his Department is planning to employ over the next 12 months; and at what estimated cost. | | (44495) | 367
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposed powers in the Identity Cards Bill he plans to use to facilitate data sharing between the identity card database and other public sector databases. | | (44102) | 368
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the technical specifications for the identity card database will allow two-way data sharing with the CORE database. | | (44103) | 369
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of workers in the United Kingdom from EU accession states, broken down by (a) occupation and (b) country of origin. | | (44194) | 370
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) men and (b) women aged (i) under 25 years and (ii) 25 years or over arrested but not charged are subsequently convicted of a different crime; and what the conviction rate is for the general population in the same gender and age groups. | | (44204) | 371
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of contested prosecutions for rape in the Avon and Somerset Police Force area have resulted in a conviction in the last five years. | | (44110) | 372
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England and Wales routinely issue in-car satellite navigation systems for use in patrol cars. | | (44111) | 373
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in Bristol since 1st June 2000; and how many are in force. | | (44136) | 374
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure that, in his Department's ongoing dialogue with faith groups and representatives of British Muslims on issues relating to community cohesion and counter-terrorism, the views of the Somali community are adequately represented. | | (44137) | 375
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the policy reviews his Department has conducted in each year since 1997. | | (44329) | 376
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was at current prices of policing per head of population in Hertfordshire in (a) 1997-98, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; and how much of this funding came from (i) council tax, (ii) police grant, (iii) national business rate, (iv) revenue support grant and (v) other funding sources in each year. | | (44393) | 377
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce imports of cocaine (a) from Jamaica by air and (b) from South America by ship; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such steps. | | (44118) | 378
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reach a decision on whether to extradite Haroon Rashid Aswat to the US; what the considerations are on which his decision will be based; and whether Mr Aswat has been questioned regarding any information he might have about the London bombings of 7th and 21st July 2005. | | (43197) | 379
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of forged passports in use in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (44114) | 380
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will require the National Criminal Intelligence Service to allow inward communication from the public via email and the internet; and if he will make a statement. | | (44240) | 381
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the projects to build new prisons which have been funded by private finance initiatives; how many have been completed; and what stage each of the remaining projects has reached. | | (44241) | 382
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 22nd November 2005 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, on behalf of Ansumana Barrow and Fatoumata Barrow (reference B453843, acknowledgement reference BZ8028/5). | | (44108) | 383
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the proportion of all recorded crimes and (b) the total number of crimes which were related to internet gambling addiction in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44288) | 384
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposals to develop a new vetting and barring scheme will include provisions to bar those on the Sexual Offenders Register from holding office (a) as a local councillor and (b) on a police authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (44251) | 385
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st November 2005, Official Report, column 925W, on crime, what plans he has to extend the Partners Against Crime Partnership; and if he will make a statement. | | (44050) | 386
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what controls and checks are in place to ensure that information gained from the new national monitoring of road journeys by CCTV is not misused; when this monitoring of road journeys was authorised; and by whom. | | (44182) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 387
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the organisation which is responsible for security scanning mail to the House; on how many occasions the House authorities have made complaints about its work; what assessment has been made of the environmental consequences of the journeys required to process mail; and if he will make a statement. | | (44424) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 388
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what monitoring of the use of (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo is undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (44467) | 389
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total UK aid to Somalia granted (a) directly and (b) through multilateral sources was in each of the last five years; and what major projects have been funded. | | (44583) | 390
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what written correspondence he has had with the (a) World Bank, (b) International Monetary Fund, (c) European Commission and (d) other G8 members on aid conditionality since March 2005. | | (44439) | 391
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the Iraqi population have had access to safe drinking water for each of the past four years. | | (44442) | 392
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the rate of unemployment has been in Iraq for each of the past four years. | | (44443) | 393
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the infant mortality rate has been in Iraq in each of the past four years. | | (44444) | 394
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the economic growth rate has been in Iraq in each of the past four years. | | (44445) | 395
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the life expectancy at birth has been in Iraq in each of the past four years. | | (44446) | 396
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the literacy rate has been in Iraq in each of the past four years. | | (44447) | 397
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the school enrolment rates have been in Iraq in each of the past five years for (a) girls and (b) boys, broken down by (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. | | (44448) | 398
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the rate of oil production has been in Iraq in each of the last four years. | | (44450) | 399
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan. | | (44209) | 400
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports he has received of abuse of women and children in Darfur, Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (44210) | 401
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on UK Government (a) aid and (b) humanitarian assistance projects in the Darfur region of Sudan. | | (44211) | 402
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had on the promotion of women's rights in developing countries. | | (44212) | 403
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance his Department is giving to Somalia in the financial year 2005-06; and if he will make a statement on his Department's programme for Somalia. | | (44133) | 404
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the bilateral demining project in Somaliland in 2004-05. | | (44134) | 405
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to establish an office of his Department in Somaliland; and if he will make a statement. | | (44135) | 406
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received from the government of the Cape Verde islands about illegal drugs. | | (43639) | 407
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures the UK Government is taking to combat drug running in the Cape Verde islands. | | (43640) | 408
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to tackle adult illiteracy in Africa. | | (44184) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 409
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people (a) convicted of and (b) having received a caution regarding sexual involvement with children have been employed in schools in Northern Ireland over the last 10 years. | | (43620) | 410
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many schoolchildren have participated in visits to Parliament Buildings, Stormont, in each of the last three years. | | (43621) | 411
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to announce further nominations to the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland. | | (43622) | 412
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to announce the creation of Deputy Chief Commissioner posts for the Equality and Human Rights Commissions in Northern Ireland within the next three months. | | (43623) | 413
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to ensure safer journeys for children going to, and coming from schools where a decision has been taken during 2005 to remove the school crossing patrol. | | (43624) | 414
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people work in each of the directorates within the Northern Ireland Office, broken down by (a) sex and (b) community background. | | (44513) | 415
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in relation to the Lyons Relocation Target for the Northern Ireland Office. | | (44514) | 416
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been taken by the Northern Ireland Office to implement the 2004 Spending Review Settlement. | | (44515) | 417
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people employed by the Northern Ireland Office are based in each of the parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland. | | (44516) | 418
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in the implementation of the Hamill Review. | | (44517) | 419
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what efficiency gains have been made by the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (44518) | 420
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to extend the Communication Aids Project launched by the Department for Education and Skills in England in 2002 to Northern Ireland. | | (44201) | 421
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce a ban on hare coursing in Northern Ireland. | | (44561) | 422
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many convicted sex offenders have been working in (a) schools and (b) hospitals in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. | | (44562) | 423
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance has been provided by his Department to each district and borough council in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years to fund the removal of chewing gum from public areas. | | (44563) | 424
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers serving in the Police Service of Northern Ireland have criminal convictions broken down by rank; and if he will make a statement. | | (44564) | 425
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the Health and Social Service Boards in Northern Ireland has appointed a network manager to lead in the development of the diabetes service. | | (44565) | 426
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision is made in Northern Ireland for counselling and psychological support for people diagnosed with diabetes; and if he will make a statement. | | (44566) | 427
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time for MOT inspections was at each vehicle testing agency site in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44567) | 428
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what strategy each Health Board in Northern Ireland has put in place for identifying people likely to develop (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes. | | (44568) | 429
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance the Department for Education, issues to schools about the employment of ex-offenders. | | (43554) | 430
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether anyone with a conviction for a sexual offence is working in a school in Northern Ireland. | | (43555) | 431
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are in place to regulate the employment in a job working with children in Northern Ireland of (a) people with a conviction for a sexual offence and (b) people with a caution for a sexual offence; and if he will make a statement. | | (43556) | 432
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers in Northern Ireland have (a) convictions, including spent convictions, and (b) police cautions; how many such convictions and cautions were in respect of sexual offences; and if he will make a statement. | | (43557) | 433
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adult workers in each constituency in Northern Ireland are employed in the Republic of Ireland, listed in descending order. | | (44422) | 434
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of 16 to 25 year olds in each ward in Northern Ireland are in further education, listed in descending order and indicating in which constituency each ward lies. | | (44525) | 435
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding per pupil in real terms was spent on (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) further education in each local authority area of Northern Ireland in each of the past 20 years. | | (44526) | 436
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many young people in each ward in Northern Ireland have been helped into work under the New Deal programme (a) in total and (b) in each year since the introduction of the New Deal, listed in descending order and indicating in which constituency each ward lies. | | (44527) | 437
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of 18 to 25 year olds are in higher education in each ward in Northern Ireland, broken down by constituency. | | (44528) | 438
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the percentage unemployment rates are for each ward in Northern Ireland listed in descending order and indicating in which constituency each ward lies. | | (44601) | 439
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether computer adaptive testing will form part of the proposed pupil profile for primary school children in Northern Ireland. | | (44297) | 440
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of 18 year olds in the Northern Ireland population achieved two or more A level grades A-E in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (44298) | 441
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of pupils in Northern Ireland's schools in receipt of free school meals achieved five or more GCSE grades A*-C in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (44299) | Questions to the Prime Minister 442
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Prime Minister, what decision has been made on requests for the tapping of hon. Members' telephone lines. | | (43854) | 443
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received (a) in favour of and (b) against tapping rt. hon. and hon. Members' telephone lines. | | (43855) | 444
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had on the tapping of hon. Members' telephone lines. | | (43856) | 445
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Wilson doctrine on tapping hon. Members' telephones. | | (44186) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 446
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the Arbuthnot Commission on Boundary Differences and Voting Systems in Scotland will publish its report; and if he will make a statement. | | (44051) | Questions to the Solicitor General 447
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will take steps to ensure disciplinary action is taken against those in the Crown Prosecution Service responsible for the failure to bring to court the case of the death of Jo Martinson. | | (44394) | 448
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, what account the Crown Prosecution Service takes of the judgment of a coroner's inquest in deciding whether to bring charges in the case of a suspicious death where no charges have previously been made; and if he will make a statement. | | (44399) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 449
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of deregulation on productivity; and if he will make a statement. | | (43106) | 450
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reasons Postcomm gave for its decision to remove Presstream from price control when the new price control regime starts in April; and if he will make a statement. | | (44256) | 451
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many registered lending companies there were in the (a) Leeds metropolitan district and (b) Leeds West constituency in each year since 1997. | | (44438) | 452
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effect of the implementation of the UK National Allocation Plan for Phase 1 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the profitability of the UK power generation sector. | | (43516) | 453
| Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the planned timetable is for the implementation of the Consumer Credit Bill. | | (44101) | 454
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations the Department has received in the last 12 months from (a) individuals and (b) groups regarding the situation of women who return to work immediately after giving birth and receive neither full-time salary nor full time maternity pay; and if he will make a statement. | | (44312) | 455
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements he plans to put in place to replace the Home Accident Safety Survey; and when an announcement is expected to be be made. | | (43857) | 456
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he made of the EU Directive on the safety of toys; and if he will include consideration of hybrid products that increase the risk of children choking in the assessment. | | (43858) | 457
| Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what factors led Companies House to increase its charges for making an annual return; and if he will reduce this charge for not-for-profit companies. | | (44024) | 458
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria are used to determine whether a product can be classified as fair trade, with particular reference to how much of the profit must go to the farmer. | | (44105) | 459
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assess the merits of encouraging companies selling food produced in the developing world to publish on the packaging what proportion of the sale price is paid to the farmers. | | (44106) | 460
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on progress with negotiations for new interconnector with third countries to increase levels of energy supplies to the UK. | | (44053) | 461
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what licences have been granted for (a) the extraction of coal and (b) coal exploration in South Lanarkshire; and in what areas in each case. | | (44235) | 462
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total coal reserves are in Scotland. | | (44236) | 463
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total coal reserves are in South Lanarkshire; and in what areas they are situated. | | (44237) | 464
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total coal reserves are in the Douglas and Nethan Valleys; in what areas they are situated; and how many tonnes each area has. | | (44238) | 465
N | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (43239) | 466
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding local race equality work will be allocated in the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. | | (44176) | 467
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many appeals against refusal of export licences by his Department for the defence procurement industry have been lodged in each of the last five years; and how many of them were (a) refused and (b) successful. | | (44519) | 468
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications for export licences for the defence procurement industry were made in 2004-05; and how many of them were dealt with within 20 days of receipt. | | (44520) | 469
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the future of nuclear power. | | (44054) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 470
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Highways Agency has spent on renovating properties purchased under compulsory purchase order along the A21 in East Sussex. | | (43107) | 471
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what renovation work has been carried out by contractors working for the Highways Agency on Stage Cottage, Hurst Green, East Sussex; and how much they have been paid. | | (43108) | 472
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Highways Agency has to rent out Stage Cottage, Hurst Green, East Sussex following its purchase under a compulsory purchase order in 2005. | | (43109) | 473
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to hold further public consultations on the proposed A21 Upgrade in East Sussex; and whether he has received a report on previous public consultations. | | (43110) | 474
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Highways Agency has spent on Stage Cottage, Hurst Green, East Sussex since it was purchased under a compulsory purchase order. | | (43111) | 475
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation is responsible for road and public safety matters between the start of a new development and the date when roads are adopted by the Local Highways Authority. | | (44198) | 476
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2005, Official Report, columns 2318-9W, on road improvement costs, what proportion of the overrun for the targeted programme of improvements can be ascribed to (a) underestimates, (b) fraud, (c) inflation in the construction industry and (d) other factors. | | (44104) | 477
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage public transport operators to use passenger travel alert services through mobile communications technology. | | (44304) | 478
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received in support of free senior citizen rail travel; and what his response was. | | (44213) | 479
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus services have been withdrawn in South Manchester since 1997. | | (44390) | 480
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of unlicensed taxis operating in (a) England and (b) Leeds North West. | | (43376) | 481
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th December 2005, Official Report, column 226W, on the Transport Commissioners, when he plans to make a statement on the consultation paper on proposals for modernising and streamlining the operator licensing system. | | (43951) | 482
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in road accidents, where the primary cause was ice on the road, there were in each of the past 20 years. | | (44524) | 483
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the revenue from fuel tax that would have been received in each of the last three years by the Government if airlines had been subject to the same tax treatment as public transport bus companies. | | (44234) | 484
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on subsidies for (a) rail and (b) bus travel in East Yorkshire in each of the last five years. | | (44248) | 485
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of fuel duty on local bus operators. | | (44249) | 486
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus companies were in existence in each of the last five years. | | (44250) | 487
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department collects information on the number of fatalities in road traffic accidents partially or wholly caused by (a) domestic animals, (b) farm animals and (c) pheasants reared for shooting. | | (44202) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 488
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) First Minister and (b) Welsh Assembly Government on support for the manufacturing industry in Wales. | | (44494) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 489
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the promotion of women to senior public appointments. | | (44052) | 490
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will ensure that the Commission for Equality and Human Rights will provide a regional network of local organisations to carry out anti-discrimination and racial equality work. | | (44100) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 491
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to increase benefit entitlements to levels that guarantee all children are above the poverty line. | | (44252) | 492
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims were rejected by the Child Support Agency as a result of computer error in the 12 months up to December (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (43367) | 493
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) target time is and (b) average time taken has been before the claim is processed manually when there is a Child Support Agency computer fault that means a claim cannot be processed. | | (43368) | 494
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what powers the Child Support Agency pays compensation for errors it makes; and who decides (a) when and (b) of what quantums such payments should be. | | (44229) | 495
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Support Agency has paid compensation of amounts of over £1,000 for errors by the agency to parents (a) with and (b) without custody in each of the last five years. | | (44230) | 496
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what powers the Independent Case Examiner has (a) to award and (b) to recommend the awarding of compensation by the Child Support Agency (CSA) in cases where the Examiner considers that the CSA has failed claimants. | | (44231) | 497
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases in each of the last five years the Independent Case Examiner has found failure by the Child Support Agency; and in how many cases the Examiner recommended that the Agency should pay compensation. | | (44232) | 498
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of maladministration the Parliamentary Ombudsman found in respect of the Child Support Agency in each year of the last five years; and in respect of how many of those she recommended that compensation be paid. | | (44233) | 499
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases over the last five years the courts have made orders for compensation against the Child Support Agency. | | (44239) | 500
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases over the last five years the United Tribunal has made orders for compensation against the Child Support Agency. | | (44254) | 501
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many notified job vacancies there were in the Easington travel to work area in each year since 2002. | | (44302) | 502
| Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on incapacity benefits in the Pathways to Work pilots have helped back into work since the initiative began. | | (44098) | 503
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by the Child Support Agency in each year between 2000 and 2005. | | (44017) | 504
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many external consultants were used by the Child Support Agency in 2005; and at what cost. | | (44019) | 505
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria are for use by an organisation of the two tick disability symbol; under what circumstances organisations lose the right to use the symbol; and how many organisations have lost the right to use the symbol in each of the last five years. | | (44512) | 506
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single women pension credit recipients are in receipt of the guaranteed credit, broken down by constituency. | | (43375) | 507
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who will decide under the proposed legislation which claimants will have their incapacity benefits withdrawn; and if he will make a statement. | | (44417) | 508
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fines have been imposed on (a) public and (b) private bodies found to be non-compliant with the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. | | (44126) | 509
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are undertaken to determine compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act 2005; and by whom. | | (44127) | 510
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on transferring responsibility for overseeing public sector pensions to his Department. | | (44501) | 511
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many occupational pension schemes have fully wound up since 1997; and how many are in the process of winding up. | | (44502) | 512
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people left jobseeker's allowance for incapacity benefit in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (44503) | 513
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming incapacity benefit have indicated to his Department that they want to work. | | (44504) | 514
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the main (a) technology suppliers, (b) consultancy firms and (c) strategy consultants engaged by the Department in each year since 1997; and how much was spent on each. | | (44505) | 515
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the average time taken to process applications for pension credit. | | (44506) | 516
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies have been fined for failing to offer stakeholder pensions in each year since 2002. | | (44507) | 517
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of companies which are required to offer stakeholder pensions but do not. | | (44508) | 518
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have left incapacity benefit since 2001 owing to the receipt of an occupational pension. | | (44509) | 519
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of how many people are affected by incapacity benefit reductions relating to the receipt of an occupational pension. | | (44510) | 520
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the main reasons for claimants leaving jobseeker's allowance; and how many people there were in each category of departure in each year since 1997. | | (44521) | 521
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were received by the Pension Service in each of the last 12 months; and what the average time taken to resolve complaints was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (44522) | 522
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for health and safety on building sites of the recruitment of employees from Eastern Europe. | | (44195) | 523
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to monitor the safety of building sites where a high proportion of workers from EU accession states are employed. | | (44196) | 524
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department will provide to people in Warrington who lose their jobs as a result of the closure of the Safeway distribution centre. | | (43242) | 525
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances a person may receive incapacity benefit without having passed the personal capability assessment; how many such people there were in each of the last three years; and what the procedure is for the withdrawal of benefits from people deemed fit for work. | | (44203) | 526
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many professionals are involved in condition management programmes in each of the Pathways to Work pilots, broken down by profession; what the annual cost of the work of healthcare professionals has been in each pilot; how many people in each pilot have been receiving incapacity benefit for (a) less than six months, (b) between six and 12 months and (c) 12 months or longer; and what assessment he has made of the implications for the number of healthcare workers needed if Pathways to Work is extended to all areas. | | (44205) | 527
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what bereavement payments are available to pensioners; and what the eligibility criteria are. | | (44569) | 528
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account is taken by the Child Support Agency of jointly incurred debts when assessing maintenance payments. | | (44570) | 529
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what entitlement is available for women who are supporting men aged below the state pension age. | | (44571) | 530
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women in England and Wales are receiving the Adult Dependency Addition; and if he will make a statement. | | (44572) | 531
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why an overdraft incurred as a result of being unable to pay maintenance and debt repayments is not considered in Child Support Agency assessments. | | (44602) | 532
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on financial hardship caused by Child Support Agency maintenance assessments; and if he will make a statement. | | (44603) | 533
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase bereavement payments available to people over 65. | | (44604) | 534
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to ensure services to clients are not disrupted during the reorganisation of the Disability Benefits Unit; and if he will make a statement. | | (44326) | 535
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24th November 2005, Official Report, column 2253W, on discretionary housing payments, if he will prioritise the use of the returned funding to help those affected by unsustainable housing benefit shortfalls, eviction and homelessness. | | (44303) | 536
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of help given to pensioners to help them with fuel bills in each year from 1979 to 1997. | | (44523) | 537
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list his Department's contracts with (a) private sector and (b) voluntary sector providers of services outsourced by Jobcentre Plus in (i) Pathways to Work areas for each of the last two years and (ii) non-Pathways to Work areas for each of the last five years; and what the value was of each contract. | | (44427) | 538
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals who would otherwise qualify for incapacity benefit are affected by (a) whole and (b) partial withdrawal of benefit owing to their receipt of an occupational pension; and what the total annual benefit foregone from this clawback was in each of the last five years. | | (44428) | 539
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraud inspectors there have been in his Department to investigate (a) incapacity benefit fraud and (b) other benefit fraud in each year since 1997. | | (44429) | 540
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department monitors the number of incapacity benefit claims that are supported by each (a) general practitioner practice and (b) individual general practitioner in (i) Pathways to Work areas and (ii) non-Pathways to Work areas. | | (44430) | 541
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many general practitioner surgeries are participating in the Pathways to Work pilots; and in how many of them employment advisers have been placed. | | (44431) | 542
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations his Department has received in the last three years regarding the use of lie detectors in the investigation of suspected fraudulent (a) incapacity benefit claims and (b) other benefit claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (44432) | 543
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had in the last three years regarding the use of lie detectors in the investigation of suspected fraudulent (a) incapacity benefit claims and (b) other benefit claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (44433) | 544
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of incapacity benefit have undertaken permitted work in each of the last five years. | | (44434) | 545
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Beverley and Holderness registered on the New Deal for Disabled People programme found work in the last five years. | | (44313) | 546
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Beverley and Holderness who attained employment through a New Deal programme have since restarted on a New Deal programme. | | (44314) | 547
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the New Deal for Disabled People programme. | | (44315) | 548
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed incapacity benefit in Beverley and Holderness in each year since 1997. | | (44316) | 549
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure that leaflets on pensions and disability benefits from his Department are freely available at (a) post offices, (b) libraries, (c) doctor's surgeries, (d) council offices and (e) Citizens Advice Bureaux. | | (44037) | 550
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances an individual may receive pension payments by cheque. | | (44412) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 551
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government spent in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04 on the reducing availability strand of its policy to prevent the supply of illegal drugs. | | [Transferred] (44120) | 552
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the change in the level of opium production in Afghanistan was in 2002 to 2004. | | [Transferred] (44121) | 553
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely change in the level of the production of opium and its derivatives in Afghanistan in the next 12 months. | | [Transferred] (44122) | 554
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 28th October 2005 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, on behalf of Nazia Mahmood (post reference 728276, reference M1265571, acknowledgement reference B2588015). | | [Transferred] (44107) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 555
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential drug rehabilitation places were available in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (44125) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 556
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the interface between universities and small and medium-sized enterprises through knowledge partnerships. | | [Question Unstarred] (43236) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 557
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) public bodies and (b) private companies which are compliant with the provisions (i) of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and (ii) the provisions of the Act relating to disabled parking facilities. | | [Transferred] (44124) | 558
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK are eligible to receive a national insurance number. | | [Transferred] (44113) | 559
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers have been issued. | | [Transferred] (44115) |
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