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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 20 January 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 20 January 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 20 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 Friday 20 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 20 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from insurance companies under investigation for alleged fraud regarding the insurance premium tax. | | (44795) | 2
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the correspondence dated 29th November 2005 about Mrs Pauline Duff, a constituent of the hon. Member for Edinburgh West. | | (44697) | 3
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) charges interest on tax arrears determined following reviews of tax accounts, from a date prior to that on which HMRC (a) determined and (b) informed the liable person that such arrears existed; if he will amend this practice so that interest on tax arrears is only charged from the point that the liable person could reasonably first have made payment; and if he will make a statement. | | (44784) | 4
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the change in the differential in the (a) income an (b) savings of the rich and poor since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (44785) | 5
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the levels of long-term (a) adult and (b) youth unemployment were in Westmorland and Lonsdale in each year since 1997. | | (44294) | 6
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what calculations are performed to compare the costs of a private finance initiative scheme with traditional funding schemes from public sector borrowing. | | (44807) | 7
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the online system for claiming tax credits has been suspended in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (44585) | 8
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the extent of involvement of organised crime in the tax credit system in Northern Ireland since its introduction. | | (44586) | 9
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for tax credits have been halted in Northern Ireland in each month since their introduction due to suspicion that organised criminals have tried to obtain tax credits. | | (44587) | 10
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff within HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland have been tasked with investigating (a) fraud and (b) other criminal activity by organised gangs in each of the last three years, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement. | | (44588) | 11
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people eligible for the child trust fund have applied for and taken up the fund in each month since the scheme was introduced. | | (44333) | 12
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the detailed assumptions underlying the estimate of future expenditure on public service pension benefits set out in table 5.1 of the Long-term public finance report of December 2005. | | (44830) | 13
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11th November 2005, Official Report, column 775W, on pensions, how allowance was made for future improvement in life expectancy in calculating the estimates of the accrued liability for unfunded public sector pensions. | | (44831) | 14
N | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) babies and (b) stillborn babies were reported as having birth abnormalities in each year since 1995. | | (40793) | 15
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what items are exempt from VAT. | | (44652) | 16
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will reply to the faxed letter of 6th December 2005 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire. | | (44144) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 17
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what consultation his Department has undertaken on the privacy of data sharing within the delivery of more secure public services. | | (44606) | 18
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the Government's policy is on pension entitlement for those taking up a public appointment; and if he will make a statement. | | (44609) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 19
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans the Department has to reform the law in relation to coroners. | | (44773) | 20
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received from the Hertfordshire coroner on the powers available to him to conduct appropriate inquiries into the Potter's Bar rail crash; and what response she has made to those representations. | | (44774) | 21
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the powers of the coroner to conduct inquiries into major public incidents; and if she will make a statement. | | (44775) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Written Statement of 15th December 2005, Official Report, column 161WS, on judicial pensions, what estimate she has made of (a) the annual cost of the long service award and (b) the annual yield from tax paid by scheme members on pension contributions. | | (44764) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2006 to question reference 41390, when the review of new voting systems began; who the members are of the review group; when their final report will be completed; whether the report will be published; and if she will make a statement. | | (44860) | 24
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if the Government will seek to legislate to require the family courts to be satisfied that contact arrangements will be safe for children. | | (44663) | 25
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she plans to introduce proposals for custodial sentences for the abuse and unauthorised sale of government information. | | (44741) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 26
N | Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the letter dated 23rd August 2005 from the hon. Member for Torridge and West Devon, with regard to Mr J. Moody. | | (44146) | 27
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what level of funding has been made available to support youth sport up to the 2012 London Olympics. | | (44296) | 28
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she estimates digital television will be accessible to all people living in Dundee through household aerials. | | (44045) | 29
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to switch off the analogue signal in Dundee. | | (44046) | 30
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has spent on promoting the take-up of digital television. | | (44047) | 31
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of households in the UK had access to digital television through their household aerial in each of the past three years. | | (44048) | 32
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps have been taken to provide a clear description of her Department's estate which includes (a) executive agencies, (b) staff numbers, (c) buildings and (d) land managed. | | (44705) | 33
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what she has identified as the most significant sustainable development impacts in relation to the operation of her Department's estate. | | (44706) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 34
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreement will govern the handover of prisoners detained in Afghanistan by UK forces to (a) US forces and (b) Afghan security forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (44262) | 35
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreement between the UK and the Afghan government has governed the arrest and detention of prisoners captured in Afghanistan since the UK led the first International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) deployment to Kabul in 2001; and what agreement between the UK and the government of Afghanistan will govern the arrest and detention of prisoners captured during ISAF operations in the Helmand province. | | (44263) | 36
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreement has been reached between NATO and the Afghan government regarding the arrest and detention of prisoners apprehended on Afghan territory; and if he will make a statement. | | (44264) | 37
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures will govern the UK's handling of prisoners captured and detained by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces in Afghanistan when captured by UK contingents (a) as a part of NATO ISAF and (b) operating as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom. | | (44266) | 38
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new homes he estimates will be required to house the families of soldiers stationed at Glencorse Barracks. | | (44634) | 39
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian jobs he estimates will be created at Glencorse Barracks over the next three years. | | (44635) | 40
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army personnel will be stationed at Glencorse Barracks over the next three years. | | (44636) | 41
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Midlothian residents (a) are eligible for and (b) have received a veteran's badge. | | (44885) | 42
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd November 2005, Official Report, column 2053W, on the Falklands garrison, if he will break down the costs of maintaining the Falklands garrison in 2004-05 by main cost area. | | (44607) | 43
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK naval vessels have recently been prevented from going to sea due to a shortage of fuel or the resources to pay for fuel; and if he will make a statement. | | (44018) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 44
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will issue planning guidance on applications for chicken farming establishments which takes account of avian influenza and the presence of the virus H5N1 in Europe. | | (43386) | 45
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received about planning permission for large scale chicken farming establishments that are in proximity to (a) residential areas and (b) educational establishments. | | (43387) | 46
| Meg Hillier (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many applications for housing benefit extended payments were made in 2004-05; and how many of those applications were successful. | | (44811) | 47
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will take steps to make beach safety provision a statutory responsibility of (a) local authorities and (b) other beach owners. | | (44704) | 48
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether it is his policy to encourage the housing market renewal pathfinders in England to form themselves into limited companies; and if he will make a statement. | | (44608) | 49
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 12th January 2006, Official Report, columns 782-3W, on official residences (council tax), whether the sum he has repaid for outstanding council tax includes interest on the money owed; and if he will make a statement. | | (44067) | 50
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many park homes are registered in (a) Band A, (b) Band B, (c) Band C, (d) Band D, (e) Band E, (f) Band F, (g) Band G and (h) Band H for council tax purposes. | | (43182) | 51
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what target he has set for improving the energy efficiency of residential accommodation by 2010. | | (44870) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 52
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she has given to local authorities in relation to Fast Track to Attendance and young carers. | | (44305) | 53
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research her Department has carried out to estimate (a) the number of school age young carers and (b) the average number of hours per week that such carers spend on their caring roles. | | (44306) | 54
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment her Department has made of the proportion of identified serial truants who are young carers. | | (44307) | 55
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) GCSE passes at grade A-C and (b) GNVQ full intermediate passes there were in (i) media studies and (ii) child care in each of the last 20 years. | | (44702) | 56
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils have obtained a GCSE pass at grade A-C in (a) mathematics and English and (b) mathematics, English, a science subject and a modern foreign language in each of the last 20 years. | | (44703) | 57
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether representatives of companies from the (a) banking, (b) supermarket, (c) tobacco, (d) oil and energy, (e) fast food, (f) construction and (g) IT industries have (i) expressed an interest in, (ii) requested information about and (iii) corresponded with her Department about trust schools. | | (44543) | 58
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what background checks (a) community schools, (b) voluntary-aided schools, (c) foundation schools, (d) city technology colleges and (e) academies are (i) legally required and (ii) recommended to make when recruiting teaching staff. | | (44544) | 59
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received from the General Teaching Council Wales about ensuring that foreign nationals working as teachers have undergone appropriate background checks. | | (44731) | 60
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how long foreign nationals may work as teachers in a school before having to register with the General Teaching Council. | | (44738) | 61
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many same sex couples have adopted children in each of the last three years. | | (44766) | 62
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place to ensure that foreign nationals working as teachers do not have criminal convictions in their countries of origin which would make them unsuitable for working with children. | | (44767) | 63
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, to what regulations home tutors are subject. | | (44283) | 64
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Government has a list of all home tutors working in England. | | (44284) | 65
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what security checks an individual must pass through before working as a home tutor. | | (44285) | 66
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether an individual who has been convicted of a sexual offence may work as a home tutor; and if she will make a statement. | | (44286) | 67
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether her Department plans to review the regulation of home tutors within the education system; and if she will make a statement. | | (44546) | 68
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on subsidies for primary schools in the Bournemouth area for daily school milk. | | (44844) | 69
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time teachers and (b) teaching assistants were employed in Bournemouth Local Education Authority in each year since 1997. | | (44846) | 70
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual budget of (a) Bournemouth Local Education Authority and (b) Middlesborough Local Education Authority was in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (44847) | 71
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement about the future employment of William Gibson. | | (44854) | 72
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):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 in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency. | | (44257) | 73
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have been employed in schools on a (a) temporary, (b) permanent and (c) contracted basis in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency who are, or have at any time in the past, been on the Sex Offenders Register in each year since 1997. | | (44267) | 74
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make representations to the Deputy Prime Minister to prevent planning permission from being granted to chicken farms being opened in close proximity to schools. | | (44261) | 75
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support her Department provides to enable specialist industry sectors to meet their training needs. | | (44258) | 76
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria must be satisfied before the Learning and Skills Council fund a national industry-specific apprenticeship scheme. | | (44268) | 77
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will assess the merits of supplying free milk to secondary schools. | | (44908) | 78
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the restrictions which apply to employment in schools of people convicted or cautioned for sex offences apply to employment in education units in (a) secure training centres and (b) young offender institutions. | | (44664) | 79
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the contact centres for children and absent parents funded by her Department. | | (44665) | 80
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been awarded to Herefordshire Council to provide for new school buildings at each school in Hereford constituency since 1997; and what the sum awarded was in each case. | | (44615) | 81
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual funding per pupil has been in (a) Hereford and (b) Leominster constituencies in each year since 1997. | | (44616) | 82
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individuals are on the Protection of Children Act list. | | (44896) | 83
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many checks against the Protection of Children Act list were made in the last year for which figures are available; and what the average time taken to respond to each check was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (44897) | 84
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have (a) been on and (b) been removed from the Protection of Children Act List in each year since it was first compiled. | | (44810) | 85
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria are used to decide who is (a) placed on and (b) removed from the Protection of Children Act List; who is responsible for deciding who is placed on it; and if she will make a statement on the operation of the list. | | (44812) | 86
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what interaction takes place between (a) the Protection of Children Act List, (b) List 99 and (c) the Register of Sex Offenders. | | (44932) | 87
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the judgment in Re H & R on the standard of proof required in cases involving allegations of child abuse. | | (44659) | 88
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children have been killed during contact visits after contact orders were granted to parents who were known to be violent in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (44662) | 89
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that contact visits are safe for adopted and fostered children. | | (44666) | 90
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average spending per child in primary schools was in each local education authority in each year since 1997. | | (44331) | 91
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size was in primary schools in each local education authority in each year since 1997. | | (44332) | 92
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools were under special measures in 2005. | | (44656) | 93
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Leicestershire were classed as outstanding in their last Ofsted report. | | (44841) | 94
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many comprehensive schools offered non-European languages as an option in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44842) | 95
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what national target she has set for increasing the proportion of 16-year-olds taking part in further education. | | (44855) | 96
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what target she has set for increasing the number of people in education at the age of 17 years. | | (44856) | 97
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what national target she has set for increasing the proportion of care leavers aged 19 years who are in employment, education or training. | | (44857) | 98
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what national target she has set for the percentage of schools with travel plans by 2009. | | (44859) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 99
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether populations of (a) white-clawed crayfish, (b) medicinal leech, (c) pearl mussel, (d) large blue butterfly and (e) noble crayfish in the UK have Favourable Condition Status as defined by the EU Habitats Directive 1992. | | (44865) | 100
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the roman snail (helix pomatia) was not added to Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act Review in 2002. | | (44866) | 101
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of roman snail (helix pomatia) in the UK; and what measures have been taken to prevent further depletion of their numbers by collectors for the restaurant trade. | | (44867) | 102
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many species the UK has requested to be added to the EU Habitats Directive 1992 in each year since 1992. | | (44868) | 103
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to minimise the length of time necessary for the identification of species potentially at risk and their addition to the EU Habitats Directive 1992; and if she will make a statement. | | (44869) | 104
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of imported timber which comes from illegal sources; and what steps she is taking to prevent such imports. | | (44871) | 105
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many poultry inspection assistants are employed by poultry slaughter houses; and which slaughter houses employ such assistants. | | (44894) | 106
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister concerning planning permission for new chicken farms near (a) residential areas and (b) schools. | | (43388) | 107
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on the culling of badgers; and whether the option of vaccines for badgers is being considered as an alternative. | | (44695) | 108
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will reply to the letter of 10th November 2005 from the Right hon. Member for Warley regarding climate change. | | (44700) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 109
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what NATO's policy is on the rendition of terror suspects detained by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (44265) | 110
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the system of justice in Rwanda; how many perpetrators of the genocide have been brought to justice; and what assessment he has made of the protection available to witnesses. | | (44815) | 111
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what help the Government has given towards the reconciliation process in Rwanda. | | (44816) | 112
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a new Governor of Gibraltar will be appointed; and who will be consulted on the appointment. | | (44537) | 113
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of talks on the transfer of powers from the Governor of Gibraltar and the UK Government to the Gibraltar Government. | | (44538) | 114
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of talks between the UK, Gibraltar and Spain. | | (44539) | 115
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons European Union foreign ministers decided not to publish the report by the British Consulate in Jerusalem on Israel's activities in the Occupied Territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (44763) | 116
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate the case of Theresa McDermott, who was detained by the Israeli authorities on her arrival in Israel on 25th December 2005 and thereafter deported. | | (44895) | 117
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Israeli authorities on the operation of a blacklist of persons not allowed to enter the occupied territories. | | (44907) | 118
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letters of 1st December and 20th December 2005 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire about the US Congress. | | (44064) | 119
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the government of India to ensure the protection of the minority Christian and Muslim communities in the Darys district of Gujarat from violence threatened by Hindu extremist groups. | | (44772) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 120
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual level of prescribing of (a) carmustie implants and (b) temozolomide outside the context of clinical trials was in the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by (i) strategic health authority and (ii) primary care trust. | | (44794) | 121
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to make an announcement on the funding of air ambulances. | | (44139) | 122
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when data will be made available to measure the total waiting time from a patient's first visit to their GP to an operation being carried out. | | (44295) | 123
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the labelling information on foodstuffs uses 100 grams as the standard unit. | | (44617) | 124
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to implement the recommendations of the House of Lords Select Committee report on Complementary and Alternative Medicines. | | (44618) | 125
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines she has issued on the use of homeopathy. | | (44619) | 126
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total capital sum is of each of the private finance initiative schemes over £10 million (a) in operation and (b) where the outline business case has been approved for which her Department is responsible; and what the (i) total optimism bias percentage, (ii) net value at commencement and (iii) amount of optimism bias for the public sector comparator is in respect of each scheme. | | (44806) | 127
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there are in each primary care trust area; and what net change in the number of dentists in each primary care trust area the Government expects as a result of the implementation of the new NHS dental contract. | | (44813) | 128
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January to Question ref 38278, on Capio Healthcare UK, on what date Capio Healthcare UK submitted its bid for the contract in the programme for the provision of a national chain of treatment centres. | | (44884) | 129
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Hereford constituency have been removed from NHS dentists' registers since 2002; and what percentage of people in the constituency are registered with an NHS dentist. | | (44610) | 130
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2006, Official Report, columns 575-6W, on dentistry, how many of the 69 NHS dentists with general dental service or personal dental service contracts within Hereford constituency are accepting new patients on to their NHS lists. | | (44611) | 131
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in Hereford constituency whose training was funded by the NHS only treat private patients. | | (44612) | 132
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of children in Hereford constituency are registered with an NHS dentist. | | (44613) | 133
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2006, Official Report, column 145W, on NHS Finance, what the total saving made by the NHS Litigation Authority was; and whether this saving is non-recurrent. | | (44269) | 134
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which staff groups specialise in genetic testing; how many staff in these groups there were in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest date for which figures are available; and how many full-time equivalent posts those figures represent. | | (44734) | 135
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to build capacity for genetic testing services in the NHS. | | (44781) | 136
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cardiac physiologists have worked in the NHS in each year since 1997; and how many full-time equivalent posts this represents. | | (44782) | 137
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals are on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list. | | (44898) | 138
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many checks against the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list were made in the last year for which figures are available; and what the average time taken to respond to each check was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (44899) | 139
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) general practitioners and (b) staff employed by general practitioners are permitted to work if they are included on the Protection of Children Act list. | | (44901) | 140
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what types of services provided by the NHS are required to make checks against the Protection of Children Act list of the people employed in them. | | (44902) | 141
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to extend the Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme to (a) the NHS and (b) other health and social care settings not covered by the relevant provisions of the Care Standards Act 2000. | | (44903) | 142
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which genetic tests are offered by NHS organisations in England; which providers offer genetic testing services; which conditions can be diagnosed by these genetic tests; and if she will make a statement. | | (44904) | 143
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been undertaken (a) by the Medical Research Council and (b) through her Department's research and development budget for the NHS into developing genetic testing. | | (44905) | 144
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding she has made available for expanding genetic testing services since 1997, broken down by area of expenditure. | | (44906) | 145
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2006, column 732W, on NHS finance, what expert advice was provided to NHS trusts forecasting a deficit prior to her Written Statement of 1st December 2005, Official Report, column 37WS, on NHS finance, that turnaround teams were being established. | | (44931) | 146
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st November 2005, Official Report, column 971W, on influenza, which manufacturers have responded to the invitation to tender for a contract to supply pandemic influenza vaccine; when the invitation to tender for the contract closed; when she expects to agree the contract to supply pandemic influenza vaccine; when she expects influenza vaccine manufacturers to have sufficient capacity to produce 120 million doses of influenza vaccine to the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement. | | (44933) | 147
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices in Manchester, Withington have started carrying out NHS work since 1997. | | (44671) | 148
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the clinical trials at the Atkinson Morley Wing of St George's Medical School in Tooting, South London for Aimspro to treat secondary progressive multiple sclerosis are expected to be completed. | | (44916) | 149
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on training of general practitioners in dealing with substance misuse in each of the last five years. | | (44640) | 150
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average time a patient requiring (a) residential and (b) inpatient specialist drug treatment was on a waiting list for treatment in the last period for which figures are available. | | (44641) | 151
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned on the use of naltrexone as a treatment for drug misusers; and if she will make a statement. | | (44644) | 152
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards her Department is putting in place against conflicts of interest in practice-based commissioning. | | (44922) | 153
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public health campaigns her Department (a) is running, (b) has announced and plans to start in 2006 and (c) has promised but not yet announced a start date for. | | (44923) | 154
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many independent sector treatment centres have not fulfilled their quotas of treatments in the last three years. | | (44924) | 155
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contractors have been involved in the delivery of the NHS IT programme; and for how long each contractor has been involved. | | (44925) | 156
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is of controlling the bleeding of people with haemophilia (a) using recombinant factor VIII and factor IX and (b) using plasma derived products. | | (44926) | 157
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether general practitioners will be able to commission services provided by themselves under practice-based commissioning. | | (44927) | 158
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts (a) paid and (b) did not pay 95 per cent. of undisputed invoices within contract terms or 30 days where no terms have been agreed in the last period for which figures are available; and what the total value is of those invoices. | | (44928) | 159
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls NHS Direct received in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005. | | (44653) | 160
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff are employed by NHS Direct. | | (44654) | 161
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average salary of an NHS dentist was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44655) | 162
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to question reference 40822, what the closing date is for tenders to contract to supply influenza vaccine to tackle a pandemic. | | (44749) | 163
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists are in practice in Leicestershire. | | (44832) | 164
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists stopped registering NHS patients in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005. | | (44833) | 165
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists the NHS needs to recruit in order to meet Government targets. | | (44834) | 166
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the potential impact of primary care trust debt on the carrying out of routine hospital operations. | | (44835) | 167
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what gambling addiction services are available in (a) Lancashire and (b) Lancaster and Wyre. | | (44715) | 168
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact on waiting times for in-patient drug and alcohol detoxification treatment in (a) Lancaster and Wyre and (b) Lancashire if the Castle Unit at Ridge Lea Hospital in Lancaster closes. | | (44716) | 169
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the availability of in-patient drug and alcohol detoxification services in (a) Lancashire, (b) Lancaster and Wyre and (c) the North West. | | (44717) | 170
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) median and (b) mean waiting times for patients waiting to see a consultant psychiatrist as (i) an outpatient first attendance and (ii) an elective inpatient admission were in (A) Lancashire and (B) Lancaster and Wyre in each year since 1997. | | (44718) | 171
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) target waiting time was to see a (i) psychiatrist and (ii) psychologist for (A) adults and (B) children in (1) Lancashire and (2) Lancaster and Wyre in each year since 1997. | | (44719) | 172
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average wait for a mental health bed was in (a) Lancashire and (b) Lancaster and Wyre in the last year for which figures are available. | | (44720) | 173
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust's proposal to close the Castle Unit at the Ridge Lea Hospital in Lancaster. | | (44721) | 174
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each of the Suffolk primary care trusts will receive in 2006-07 per head of population; and what the national average is expected to be. | | (44637) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 175
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average time is that a school may expect to wait for an enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau for a prospective member of its teaching staff. | | (44411) | 176
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he (a) saw and (b) commented upon a draft of the letter from the Deputy Chief Constable of Surrey Police, dated 13th January, on 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. | | (44605) | 177
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the regional offender managers within the National Offender Management Service; and when each was appointed to the post. | | (44876) | 178
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the prison establishments falling within the areas covered by each regional offender manager. | | (44877) | 179
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the latest job descriptions are of each of the regional offender managers working for the National Offender Management Service. | | (44878) | 180
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the indicative budget is for each of the regional offender managers to procure prison places for 2006-07. | | (44879) | 181
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the effectiveness of regional offender managers is to be assessed. | | (44880) | 182
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the first assessment of the effectiveness and value for money of regional offender managers is expected to be (a) made and (b) published. | | (44881) | 183
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether regional offender managers will commission prison places (a) from local governors, (b) from area managers and (c) across England and Wales. | | (44882) | 184
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to align public sector prison service areas to those of the regional offender managers. | | (44883) | 185
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for the Government's view that the introduction of contestability into the Probation Service will raise standards and reduce levels of re-offending. | | (44633) | 186
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2890W, on DNA profiles, how many (a) murderers and (b) rapists who had been arrested but had not initially been charged or cautioned for an offence have been caught as a consequence of having their profiles stored on the national DNA database; and if he will make a statement. | | (44407) | 187
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many temporary migrants (a) were receiving NHS treatment, (b) had places in state schools and (c) were receiving in-work benefits on 1st December 2005. | | (44827) | 188
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on security at small ports; and how many intelligence-led checks were made at small ports during 2005. | | (44828) | 189
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the size is of the migrations fund to help failed asylum seekers resettle in their own country; and if he will make a statement. | | (44829) | 190
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January to Question 42430, on the Closing the Gap report, whether (a) ministers and (b) officials provided comment to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary as a result of the briefing on Closing the Gap prior to 13th September 2005. | | (44292) | 191
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a deadline by which police checks via the Criminal Records Bureau should be completed. | | (44920) | 192
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most recent estimate is of the time taken to process (a) a standard disclosure and (b) an enhanced disclosure by the Criminal Records Bureau; and whether the average time taken has changed since the system was introduced. | | (44900) | 193
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are supported in each local authority area. | | (44308) | 194
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of possession of (a) a Class A drug, (b) a Class B drug and (c) a Class C drug in each of the last five years; and what percentage received a custodial sentence in each case. | | (44140) | 195
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of how many users of Class A drugs there were in the UK in each year from 1998 to 2005. | | (44142) | 196
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of possession of (a) a Class A, (b) a Class B and (c) a Class C drug with intent to supply in each of the last five years; and what percentage received a custodial sentence in each case. | | (44143) | 197
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug treatment and testing orders were made by courts in England in each of the last three years; and how many were breached in each year. | | (44145) | 198
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of problem drug misusers he estimates are addicted to heroin. | | (44642) | 199
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the percentage of crime attributable to drug misusers; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such crime to public funds. | | (44643) | 200
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the percentage of police time spent on drug-related crime in the last period for which figures are available. | | (44645) | 201
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average sum spent each day by problematic drug users on drugs; and what percentage of such money he estimates is raised through crime. | | (44646) | 202
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of users of class A drugs aged under 25 years in each of the last five years; how many (a) residental and (b) non-residential drug treatment places were available in each year; and what estimate he has made of the (i) street price and (ii) volume of circulation of (A) cocaine, (B) crack cocaine and (C) heroin in each year. | | (44647) | 203
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the extent to which the voluntary sector is used for and involved in the provision of treatment of problematic drug users. | | (44648) | 204
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the provision of drug treatment programmes to serving prisoners. | | (44660) | 205
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward proposals to update the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to ensure reasonable penalties for misuse. | | (44740) | 206
| 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 18th July 2005 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on behalf of Abbas Adeli (Home Office Reference A1165607). | | (44614) | 207
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Police Service has made in achieving diversity targets on recruiting and retaining (a) female officers and (b) officers from ethnic minority backgrounds in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (44836) | 208
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers from black or other ethnic minority backgrounds who resigned in each of the last three years stated discrimination from their colleagues as the reason for their resignation. | | (44837) | 209
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prostitutes were given custodial sentences for soliciting in 2005. | | (44838) | 210
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what programmes to assist women who wish to stop working as prostitutes receive support from his Department. | | (44839) | 211
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has paid to the Metropolitan Police for the operations of (a) S012 and (b) S013 in each year since 1997. | | (44707) | 212
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what review of the size and structure of Special Branch he (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake. | | (44708) | 213
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staffing levels of Special Branch were in each police force in each year since 1997. | | (44709) | 214
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget for Special Branch was in each police force in each year since 1997. | | (44710) | 215
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from chief constables on the size of Special Branch within police forces. | | (44711) | 216
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding was provided by his Department for the Special Branch National Training Unit in each year since 1997; and what his Department's projected funding is for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (44712) | 217
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the personnel establishment is of the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit; and what the personnel establishment is projected to be by 2010. | | (44713) | 218
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Metropolitan Police Special Branch Surveillance Unit received in each year since 1997. | | (44714) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 219
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that international donors fulfil their pledges for £4.5 billion for humanitarian aid in Southern Sudan. | | (44825) | 220
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost of the enhanced early retirement scheme for civil servants in his Department and its agencies was in each year from 1997-98 to 2004-05; what the estimated cost is for each year from 2005-06 to 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (44768) | 221
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take to promote the interests of the world's poor following the outcome of the World Trade Organisation's ministerial meetings in Hong Kong at the end of 2005. | | (44848) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 222
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will break down the Department for Rural Development's Roads Service Budget for 2006-07 by main budget heading. | | (44059) | 223
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children were statemented during 2005 in each of the education and library board areas in Northern Ireland. | | (44060) | 224
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much grant assistance was paid towards additional job creation in the private sector in East Londonderry constituency in 2005. | | (44061) | 225
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the status is of the Offshore Wind Farm proposals for the Tunes Plateau near Portstewart, Northern Ireland. | | (44062) | 226
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) primary and (b) post-primary schools in the (i) controlled and (ii) maintained sectors in East Londonderry constituency are scheduled to have new school buildings within the next 10 years. | | (44063) | 227
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which organisations or companies have been employed by his Department on measuring public opinion in each of the last three years; and how much has been spent in each case. | | (44742) | 228
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are used to assess confidence of the public in the police in Northern Ireland. | | (44743) | 229
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on police oversight arrangements in each year since the publication of the Patten Report. | | (44744) | 230
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by (a) his Department and (b) the Northern Ireland Policing Board on the administration and running of district policing partnerships in Northern Ireland. | | (44745) | 231
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by the Police Ombudsman's Office on (a) administration and (b) case work in each year since its formation. | | (44746) | 232
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications to join the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been received from (a) the Irish Republic, (b) Great Britain and (c) Northern Ireland in each year since the implementation of the Patten Report; and how many have been successful in each case. | | (44747) | 233
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the Garda Siochana have been (a) seconded and (b) transferred to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each year since the implementation of the Patten Report. | | (44748) | 234
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made by his Department in its objective of reducing crime and the threat of crime. | | (44886) | 235
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland who have served a prison sentence have been convicted of a further subsequent offence and reimprisoned in each of the last five years. | | (44887) | 236
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers based in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales have been (i) transferred and (ii) seconded into the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each year since the implementation of the Patten Report. | | (44888) | 237
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the members are of the Criminal Justice Board in Northern Ireland; how many times it has met in each year since its formation; and whether its minutes are published. | | (44889) | 238
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on Community Safety Partnership strategies in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (44891) | 239
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the recorded crime figures for (a) murder, (b) manslaughter, (c) grievous bodily harm, (d) assault, (e) burglary, (f) armed robbery, (g) riotous behaviour and (h) theft in Northern Ireland were in each of the last six years. | | (44892) | 240
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his Department's contribution is to the expenses of the Independent Monitoring Commission; what the cost of the Commission has been in each year since its formation; and how much of the cost is accounted for by (a) administrative costs including staff, (b) members' allowances and emoluments and (c) members' expenses. | | (44893) | 241
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many unfair dismissal claims were made against Shorts/Bombardier in each of the last five years; and what the outcome was in each case. | | (44698) | 242
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) amounts, (b) categories and (c) purposes of grant aid from public expenditure allocated to Shorts/Bombardier in each of the last five years. | | (44699) | 243
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for how many patients each health board has commissioned interuterine insemination (IUI) treatment in each of the last five years, broken down by IUI (a) service provider and (b) location. | | (44817) | 244
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients have received interuterine insemination treatment at Altnagelvin Area Hospital in each of the last five years. | | (44818) | 245
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients have been affected by the withdrawal of interuterine insemination services at Altnagelvin Area Hospital. | | (44819) | 246
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how long the (a) waiting lists and (b) average waiting times are for interuterine insemination treatments in Northern Ireland, broken down by provider. | | (44820) | 247
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the limitation and subsequent withdrawal of interuterine insemination services at Altnagelvin Area Hospital in late 2005; and what steps he is taking to provide alternative service providers for the patients affected. | | (44821) | 248
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for how many patients IVF treatment has been commissioned in each of the last five years. | | (44822) | 249
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to review the number of interuterine insemination treatments a patient has to undergo in order to qualify for health service-funded IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (44823) | 250
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues in relation to the prostitution strategy for England and Wales; and what plans he has to introduce similar reforms in Northern Ireland. | | (44584) | 251
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is his policy that the Government should bear the cost of (a) buying and (b) installing domestic water meters. | | (44798) | 252
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of patients who fail to keep hospital outpatient appointments. | | (44909) | 253
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to reduce unnecessary delays in discharges from hospitals in Northern Ireland. | | (44910) | 254
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to change the amount of personal advice available to unemployed people at jobcentres in Northern Ireland. | | (44911) | 255
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to assist people in Northern Ireland who are partially sighted (a) to overcome barriers to employment and (b) into work. | | (44912) | 256
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many responses were received from each district council area to the consultation paper on nuisance high hedges released on 10th August 2005; and when the Environment Minister is expected to report on the result of the consultation. | | (44913) | 257
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent action has been taken to improve access to specialist drugs for patients with (a) relapsing and remitting and (b) primary progressive multiple sclerosis in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (44914) | 258
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in each of the four health board areas are waiting to receive MS drugs; what the waiting times were in each of the four health board areas from (a) general practitioner referral to first appointment with a hospital consultant and (b) first appointment until treatment was actually received in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (44915) | 259
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Department of Agriculture and Rural Development staff are engaged in a monitoring role for each leader company in Northern Ireland; and at what cost in the last period for which figures are available. | | (44917) | 260
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to address social exclusion in Northern Ireland; what assistance has been given to address pockets of socio-economic deprivation in deprived areas in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (44918) | 261
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been made of the merits of the introduction of the medicine Aimspro in Northern Ireland for patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. | | (44919) | 262
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide ring-fenced funding for kidney transplants in Northern Ireland. | | (44921) | 263
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings Lord Rooker has attended in (a) Brussels and (b) Westminster on sea fisheries since taking up the position of Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Rural Development. | | (44696) | 264
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list Lord Rooker's duties and engagements for 21st and 22nd December 2005. | | (44770) | 265
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings with his officials have been requested (a) by officials in the Fisheries Division of his Department and (b) by Lord Rooker since his appointment as Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development; and how many briefings he (i) has requested from officials in the Fisheries Division and (ii) has received. | | (44771) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 266
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what areas of scientific research will be (a) reduced and (b) discontinued following the proposed Centre for Ecology and Hydrology closures. | | (44852) | 267
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many endangered species in the UK the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology has been credited with saving from extinction. | | (44853) | 268
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many environmental research projects Government departments and agencies have commissioned the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology to undertake in each year since 1997. | | (44862) | 269
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much funding the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology received in each year since 1997; and what the proposed funding totals are for the next five years. | | (44863) | 270
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact which the proposed Centre for Ecology and Hydrology closures will have on schools, colleges and universities with which it has educational and training links. | | (44864) | 271
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost of the enhanced early retirement scheme for civil servants in his Department and its agencies was in each year from 1997-98 to 2004-05; what the estimated cost is for each year from 2005-06 to 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (44769) | 272
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to resolve the pension loss issues at co-defendant rates in the coalminers compensation scheme. | | (44540) | 273
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many UK registered companies operate in South and Central America, broken down by country. | | (44191) | 274
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what dates in 2005 officials from his Department had meetings with British companies working in South America; and what was discussed at each meeting. | | (44192) | 275
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what factors affected the decision on which regions should receive additional allocations from the European Regional Development Fund under paragraph 54 of the final comprehensive proposal from the Presidency of the Financial Perspective 2007 to 2013; what account he took of the position of the Highlands and Islands when making the proposal; and if he will make a statement. | | (44277) | 276
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 12th January 2005, Official Report, column 791W, on wind power, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the growth of British manufacturing capability to provide for demand from wind power developers. | | (44750) | 277
N | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria were used in setting the level of sales in relation to the artists' resale levy below 3,000 euros; what assessment has been made of the administrative costs of setting the level at this rate; and if he will make a statement. | | (44409) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 278
| Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the consultants' report on the review of the Northern Rail franchise; and whether he expects the results of that review to be incorporated into the 2006 timetable. | | (44826) | 279
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he plans to make of the number of (a) people aged 60 and over and (b) disabled people obtaining bus passes under the Government's concessionary fare schemes; and what funding is being made available by central government to provide free travel outside district and unitary authority boundaries. | | (44701) | 280
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rules apply to the photographs required for the new driving licence; and whether exemptions apply for particular religious groups. | | (44739) | 281
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what responsibilities he has for the provision of transport in Scotland. | | (44667) | 282
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an individual who is subject to medical treatment in a hospital over a period including midnight following a road accident is automatically classified in official statistics as having been seriously injured. | | (44668) | 283
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the administration costs are of the Highways Agency to date in the financial year 2005-06. | | (44669) | 284
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has allocated funding to local authorities for road safety initiatives outside schools since May 2002. | | (44670) | 285
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department contributed to the (a) West Midlands to East Midlands, (b) West Midlands and (c) East Midlands Multi-Modal Studies; what the total cost was of carrying out each study; which of each study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced. | | (44751) | 286
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department contributed to the (a) A453, (b) A52, (c) A34 and (d) M60 Multi-Modal Studies; what the total cost was of carrying out each study; which of each study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced. | | (44752) | 287
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department contributed to the (a) London to South Midlands, (b) London orbital and (c) Thames Valley Multi-Modal Studies; what the total cost was of carrying out each study; which of each study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced. | | (44753) | 288
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department contributed to the (a) Cambridge to Huntingdon, (b) Norwich to Peterborough and (c) London to Ipswich Multi-Modal Studies; what the total cost was of carrying out each study; which of each study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced. | | (44754) | 289
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department contributed to the (a) M1 North/South, (b) south coast and (c) access to Hastings Multi-Modal Studies; what the total cost was of carrying out each study; which of each study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced. | | (44755) | 290
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department contributed to the (a) South-West area, (b) South-East Manchester and (c) West Midlands to North-West Multi-Modal Studies; what the total cost was of carrying out each study; which of each study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced. | | (44756) | 291
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department contributed to the (a) Hull (East-West Corridor), (b) South and West Yorkshire and (c) Tyneside Multi-Modal Studies; what the total cost was of carrying out each study; which of each study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced. | | (44757) | 292
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department contributed to the A1 Multi-Modal Study; what the total cost was of carrying out the study; which of the study's recommendations have been approved by his Department; and in which recommended areas construction work has commenced. | | (44758) | 293
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost was of conducting the stage (a) one and (b) two consultation on night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports; and if he will make a statement. | | (44545) | 294
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are employed by the Office of Rail Regulation. | | (44778) | 295
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the peak flow of traffic at the southern roundabout of junction 6 on the M3. | | (43112) | 296
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the future of the Gatwick Express. | | (44808) | 297
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the prospects for a fast rail service between the Sussex coast and London. | | (44809) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 298
| David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what elements made up the £15.9 million spent on land acquisition and development costs at RAF St Athan since its acquisition by the Welsh Development Agency in 2003. | | (44849) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 299
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce proposals to amend legislation to enable women who return to work immediately after giving birth on a part-time basis to claim a full-time salary or full-time maternity pay. | | (44765) | 300
| Meg Hillier (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of widening the housing benefit extended payment scheme from April 2004 to include those in receipt of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (44777) | 301
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to close the Work and Pensions Insurance Office in Central Milton Keynes. | | (44824) | 302
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to tag non-resident parents who are not compliant with child maintenance assessments issued by the Child Support Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (44732) | 303
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he makes comparisons of child poverty levels in the UK with levels in other developed countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (44733) | 304
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of children living in households below 60 per cent. of median income in each year since 1976-77 (a) before and (b) after housing costs; and if he will make a statement. | | (44735) | 305
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) disabled people, (c) couples, (d) single people and (e) children living in (i) absolute poverty and (ii) relative poverty in each year since 1996-97; and if he will make a statement. | | (44736) | 306
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many deduction of earnings orders were imposed by the Child Support Agency in each year from 1991 to 1994; and if he will make a statement. | | (44737) | 307
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20th July 2005, Official Report, columns 1810-1W, on departmental advertising, whether the figures provided include all costs of publicity which the Department has incurred in each year. | | (44759) | 308
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the running costs of his central department for 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (44760) | 309
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) cost and (b) other effects of abolishing the Industrial Injuries Disablement Pension and transferring responsibility to employers; and if he will make a statement. | | (44761) | 310
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it a statutory obligation for non-resident parents who have been assessed for Child Support Agency maintenance to inform the Agency of changes of (a) address and (b) job; and if he will make a statement. | | (44762) | 311
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the annual cost of income support for single parents who are not required to work due to the age of their children; and if he will make a statement. | | (44776) | 312
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to give the Child Support Agency powers to use (a) travel bans and (b) passport withdrawal as a child support enforcement tool; and if he will make a statement. | | (44779) | 313
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of making existing deduction of earnings orders by the Child Support Agency automatically transferable to new employers; and if he will make a statement. | | (44780) | 314
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of introducing a single working age benefit for all people of working age not in employment; and if he will make a statement. | | (44783) | 315
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Housing Benefit was in each of the past three years for which records are available. | | (44049) | 316
N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of expenditure under the Financial Assistance Scheme on deferred pensioners in the Allied Steel and Wire (Cardiff) pension scheme in (a) 2005-06, and (b) each year from 2006-07 to 2010-11, under the three-year rule. | | (44259) | 317
N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of expenditure under the Financial Assistance Scheme in (a) 2005-06 and (b) each year from 2006-07 to 2010-11, under the three-year rule. | | (44260) | 318
N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of expenditure under the Financial Assistance Scheme over each of the next five financial years if the three-year rule were to be extended to a five-year rule. | | (44270) | 319
N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9th January 2006, Official Report, column 12, on ASW Sheerness (pension scheme), what the basis is of the estimate of 15,000 pensioners qualifying for assistance under the Financial Assistance Scheme. | | (44271) | 320
N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of how many company pension funds in wind-up and eligible for assistance under the Financial Assistance Scheme the three-year rule will apply to (a) 0 to five per cent., (b) five to 10 per cent., (c) 10 to 15 per cent., (d) 15 to 20 per cent., (e) 20 to 25 per cent., (f) 25 to 30 per cent. and (g) more than 30 per cent. of deferred pensioners; and what the total number of deferred pensioners is in each category. | | (44272) | 321
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact on the rate of movement of lone parents into jobs of the outsourcing of New Deal for Lone Parent provision. | | (44929) | 322
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of movement was of lone parents into jobs (a) in London areas where provision for lone parents is outsourced and (b) other areas in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the rate was in those London areas prior to outsourcing. | | (44930) | 323
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on negotiations with the Public and Commercial Services Union on compulsory redundancies for jobcentre and benefit office workers. | | (44840) | 324
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2006, Official Report, column 43W, on Norcross (job losses), how many staff have been re-deployed from (a) Norcross, (b) Peel Park, (c) Warbreck House and (d) Moorland Road; and to where these staff have been redeployed. | | (44845) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 325
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made with the setting up of the Judicial Appointments Commission in Northern Ireland. | | [Transferred] (44890) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 326
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology on (a) the amount of independent research undertaken into climate change and (b) capabilities for the long-term collection and analysis of environmental and ecological data necessary to reveal the effects of climate change; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (44850) | 327
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact that proposed Centre for Ecology and Hydrology closures will have on the Government's ability to maintain and improve the environment; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (44851) | 328
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the proposed Centre for Ecology and Hydrology closures will affect the capacity of the Government (a) to react to environmental issues across the geographic range of the United Kingdom and (b) to monitor biological diversity in different regions. | | [Transferred] (44861) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 329
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure a reduction in production of opium and its derivatives in Afghanistan. | | [Transferred] (44141) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 330
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target he has set for increasing the number of young offenders in education, training or employment when leaving the supervision of youth offender teams. | | [Transferred] (44858) | Questions to the Solicitor General 331
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Solicitor General, what steps will be taken to protect (a) innocent people from conviction and (b) civil liberties under the proposed instant justice scheme; whether defendants will be able to seek independent legal advice before accepting a penalty; and whether they will have the option of going to court if they dispute the allegation made against them. | | [Transferred] (44843) |
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