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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 31 January 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 31 January 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 31 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 31 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 31 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of amending the qualifying conditions for working tax credit to include hours spent as a carer in the same category as hours spent in employment. | | (47485) | 2
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the changes made to the definitions of capital spending in the Public Sector Accounts since May 2001. | | (47521) | 3
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he uses to decide whether the HM Revenue and Customs logo may appear on a commercial product; and whether HM Revenue and Customs endorses tax calculation products which do not include the full UK tax return. | | (47321) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 4
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reason a Government car has been made available to the Minister Without Portfolio. | | (46953) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 5
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many members of the Judicial Correspondence Unit took (a) voluntary early severance and (b) early retirement in each year since 1997. | | (47505) | 6
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many disciplinary actions against officials employed by the Judicial Correspondence Unit (a) were commenced and (b) resulted in a sanction being applied in each of the last five years for which information is available. | | (47506) | 7
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people convicted of offences have (a) failed to furnish a statement of their financial circumstances in response to an official request and (b) been prosecuted for failing to do so under section 95 of the Courts Act 2003 in the last two years. | | (47531) | 8
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress towards meeting the target set out in the Justice for All White Paper 2002 to establish a secure portal to enable victims to track their cases online by 31st December 2005; when she expects such a portal to be available in every criminal justice area; and what assessment she has made of the reasons for the delay in meeting the target. | | (47532) | 9
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many complaints the Information Commissioner has received about the time taken by his office to handle cases. | | (47533) | 10
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appeals have been received by the Information Commissioner's officer against refusals to release information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and how many of these appeals have (a) been upheld, (b) been rejected and (c) yet to be determined. | | (47534) | 11
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent performance of the court service in Coventry. | | (46164) | 12
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Commission for Racial Equality. | | (46165) | 13
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate she has made of the savings that would have been made had means testing for legal aid in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts not been abolished in 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (47334) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 14
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will offer a television licence discount for those people unable to receive digital television through their terrestrial aerial. | | (47512) | 15
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of Swindon's Football in the Community scheme. | | (47554) | 16
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to continue to promote an anti-racist message through football in (a) Swindon and (b) England. | | (47555) | 17
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on (a) governance, (b) regulation and (c) trading practices of association football. | | (46898) | 18
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will implement an inquiry into sports governance; and if she will make a statement. | | (46901) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 19
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the acquisition of SevenCs by the UK Hydrographic Office on other commercial enterprises in the hydrographic industry. | | (47220) | 20
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the rules governing the commercial operations of his Department and its agencies; how his Department applied the rules to the acquisition of SevenCs by the UK Hydrographic Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (47221) | 21
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the acquisition of SevenCs by the UK Hydrographic Office. | | (47222) | 22
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Ministers from his Department met representatives from the Public and Commercial Services Union during the Union's lobby of Parliament on 25th January; and if he will make a statement. | | (46789) | 23
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) representations he has received and (b) meetings he has had with (i) representatives from the Public and Commercial Services Union and (ii) other interested groups in relation to job cuts and outsourcing of functions in his Department in Northern Ireland. | | (46795) | 24
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the extra £1 billion funding for the recent deployment to Afghanistan will be drawn from his Department's existing budget. | | (46976) | 25
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether assets and units of 16th Air Assault Brigade will be made available for taking part in the US Operation Enduring Freedom. | | (46977) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 26
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the programmes managed by the Government Office for London in 2005-06; and what the total funding for each was. | | (47514) | 27
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what action his Department has taken to increase the proportion of family-sized social rented homes to be built in the Housing Corporation's National Affordable Housing Programme in the South East Region in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (47492) | 28
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to announce the Housing Corporation's National Affordable Housing Programme in the South East Region for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (47493) | 29
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made since 1997 in reducing the number of children living in overcrowded conditions in the South East; and if he will make a statement. | | (47494) | 30
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many children in the South East Region were living in accommodation one or more bedrooms below the bedroom standard in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (47508) | 31
N | Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will publish the Housing Revenue Account Subsidy Determination 2006-07 Consultation Paper. | | (47033) | 32
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what financial irregularity occurred in 2004-05, as referred to in the Department's Resource Accounts for 2004-05; how much was involved; which departmental division was involved; which Minister had oversight of the areas; whether the police authorities have been informed; and if he will make a statement. | | (47510) | 33
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons there was a failure to pay national non-domestic rates collected from local authorities into the Consolidated Fund in 2004-05; how much was involved; and if he will make a statement. | | (47511) | 34
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department's Accounting Officer has made of the financial irregularities referred to in the Department's Resource Accounts for 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (47513) | 35
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been lost by his Department due to (a) fraud, (b) theft and (c) loss of property in each year since its creation; and what estimate he has made of such losses in 2005-06 to date. | | (47515) | 36
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of council tax was allocated to pay local authority employee pensions in each local authority in 2005-06. | | (47562) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 37
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individuals whose names have been removed from (a) List 99 and (b) the Protection of Children Act List in each of the last four years have subsequently been employed in the provision of childcare in any regulated setting from birth to entry to school. | | (47224) | 38
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received about individuals whose name appears (a) on the Sex Offenders Register, (b) List 99 and (c) the Protection of Children Act List working in unregulated childcare settings. | | (47225) | 39
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether registered sex offenders have been approved by her Department to work in Coventry Local Education Authority schools. | | (46166) | 40
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):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 Coventry South in each year since 1997. | | (46167) | 41
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on speech therapy services for children in Westmorland and Lonsdale in each of the last three years. | | (47055) | 42
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the provisions announced in her Statement of 19th January 2006, Official Report, columns 966-70, apply to (a) sixth form colleges, (b) colleges of further education, (c) nurseries and (d) playgroups. | | (47214) | 43
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people on List 99 have been permitted, at Ministers' discretion, to work in (a) sixth form colleges, (b) colleges of further education, (c) nurseries and (d) playgroups in each of the last five years. | | (47215) | 44
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of how many adults lacked basic (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2005 in (A) Hampshire, (B) Portsmouth, (C) Southampton, (D) the Isle of Wight and (E) each (1) borough and (2) district council in Hampshire. | | (47482) | 45
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2006, Official Report, column 1927W, on schools admissions, if she will list the schools where there have been objections to schools' proposals to interview parents and pupils as part of their admissions process; which objections were considered by (a) the Schools Adjudicator and (b) the Secretary of State; and what the outcome was in each case. | | (47535) | 46
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional resources her Department is providing to schools to finance teachers' preparation, planning and assessment time; and if she will make a statement. | | (46985) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 47
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will make funds available to (a) Vietnam, (b) Turkey and (c) other countries for the purposes of controlling the spread of avian influenza in those countries. | | (46954) | 48
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department had with the Treasury before the decision not to proceed with Operating and Financial Review; and if she will make a statement. | | (46956) | 49
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether funding has been made available to local authorities to enable them to fulfil their responsibility for looking after stray animals under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. | | (47175) | 50
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to ban the spreading of poultry manure as a measure against an outbreak of avian influenza; and if she will make a statement. | | (47499) | 51
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make representations to the Norwegian and Japanese governments against their commercial whaling activities; and if she will make a statement. | | (46689) | 52
N | Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of packaging being used for commercial products by companies in England. | | (47501) | 53
N | Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of corporate waste was recycled in each year between 2000 and 2005. | | (47502) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 54
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2838W, on Afghanistan, how much of the Afghan counter-narcotics trust fund will be ring-fenced; for what purposes; how much cash will be required for the wages and salaries of counter-narcotics staff; what mechanisms are in place to safeguard these funds; and how much of the pledged US funding has been transferred into the fund. | | (46270) | 55
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with President Evo Morales of Bolivia on the security of British business interests in that country from nationalisation. | | (46275) | 56
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the death toll of migrants being smuggled to countries around the Horn of Africa; what representations he has made to (a) the countries involved and (b) the UN; and if he will make a statement. | | (47491) | 57
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made in the Younas case currently before the High Court in Pakistan; and if he will take steps to reiterate the Government's case against the use of the death penalty and for the need for a fair trial conducted without fear of intimidation. | | (47517) | 58
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2006, Official Report, column 1704W, on Israel, when Sir Emyr Jones-Parry will be making his next statement at the United Nations Security Council open consultations; what other United Nations mechanisms are available to the UK for raising this matter; and if he will make a statement on Lieutenant General Halutz's response to the Government's concerns about low flying aircraft over Gaza. | | (47528) | 59
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the incidence of HIV/AIDS in China; and if he will make a statement. | | (47540) | 60
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | (47542) | 61
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the United Nations investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri; and if he will make a statement. | | (47543) | 62
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence he has received of Iranian assistance to terrorists and insurgent forces in Afghanistan. | | (46978) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 63
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in signing the contract for the private finance initiative scheme at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford; and if she will make a statement. | | (47176) | 64
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by her Department on campaigns to raise awareness of the health effects of (a) illegal drugs, (b) tobacco and (c) alcohol in each year since 1997. | | (47576) | 65
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have access to the NHS data spine; what safeguards are in place to prevent unlawful access to the spine; what audit arrangements are in place to monitor inappropriate access to the spine; what penalties are available for unlawful use of the spine; and what guidance has been issued on the appropriate course of action if individuals are found to have misused the system. | | (47577) | 66
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) the Cotswolds (i) there were in 2000, (ii) there were on the latest date for which figures are available and (iii) are projected in the current three year plan. | | (47519) | 67
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that parents understand the importance of eye examinations for children. | | (46658) | 68
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make support available for the use of fundus cameras in opticians' practices to provide convenient diabetes retinopathy screening for patients; and if she will make a statement. | | (46659) | 69
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding she allocated to the external commercial turnaround expertise sent to the Kennett and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust; from what budget this funding will be drawn; what the remit is; and by what criteria she will judge its success. | | (46892) | 70
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatment and resources are provided to ex-servicemen suffering post combat mental health illness who are also alcohol- or drug-dependent; and if she will make a statement. | | (47503) | 71
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients in each primary care trust in England were seen in genito-urinary medicine clinics within the 48 hour target in the last period for which figures are available; what steps she is taking to increase the number being seen within the target; and if she will make a statement. | | (47522) | 72
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on genito-urinary medicine clinics by each primary care trust (PCT) in England in each of the last three years; and what the projected budget of each PCT is for these clinics for the next two years. | | (47523) | 73
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer Question 31790 tabled by the hon. Member for Portsmouth South on 24th November 2005. | | (47526) | 74
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to ensure that the money allocated for genito-urinary medicine modernisation is spent for that purpose by each primary care trust. | | (47537) | 75
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Government-funded studies have been carried out to ascertain the safety of genetically modified products intended for (a) animal and (b) human consumption since 1999; what the cost to public funds of such studies were; and what steps she plans to take as a result of these studies. | | (47560) | 76
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists served (a) Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust and (b) East Yorkshire Primary Care Trust in each of the last five years. | | (47520) | 77
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) her Department and (b) NHS trusts have spent on fees for bailiffs recruited to collect payments for anti-viral drugs from people residing in the UK who have been refused asylum or overstayed their visa; and how much has been collected by bailiffs in these circumstances. | | (47559) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 78
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests were received by his Department for the electronic interception of (a) telephone calls, (b) emails and (c) other electronic communications of hon. Members between July and December 2005; and how many requests his Department has received for details of the communications traffic data of hon. Members in this period. | | (47558) | 79
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response he (a) has made and (b) plans to make to the recommendations in the Select Committee on Science and Technology's Seventh Report, Session 2004-05, Forensic Science on Trial, HC 96, that independent research should be undertaken to assess (i) the public attitude towards retention of DNA samples from convicted criminals and others and (ii) the evidence of benefits associated with retaining DNA samples | | (47538) | 80
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response he (a) has made and (b) plans to make to the recommendation in the Select Committee on Science and Technology's Seventh Report, Session 2004-05, Forensic Science on Trial, HC 96, that the Goverment commission a cost-benefit analysis of the possibility of moving the national DNA database from a 10 marker system to a 16 marker system. | | (47541) | 81
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on campaigns to raise awareness of the health effects of illegal drugs in each year since 1997. | | (47546) | 82
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens' arrests were made in each of the last five years. | | (47547) | 83
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the research studies commissioned by his Department in each of the last five years where a decision was taken not to publish the results of the research after it was completed. | | (47563) | 84
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of additional profiles which are likely to be added to the National DNA database as a result of the extension of police powers of arrest under section 110 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. | | (47564) | 85
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether DNA profiles held on the National DNA database will be tagged with the individual's National Identity Register number; and if he will make a statement. | | (47565) | 86
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many life sentenced prisoners are held in local prisons awaiting the beginning of the first stage of their planned life sentence regime (a) six months and (b) one year after sentence was passed. | | (47566) | 87
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to implement the recommendation of the Chief Inspector of Prisons that the National Offender Management Service, in conjunction with the Department of Health, should develop a national strategy for older and less able prisoners that conforms to the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and the National Service Framework for older people. | | (47567) | 88
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to implement the recommendations of his Department's publication Breaking the Circle: A Report of the Review of the Rehabilitation of Offenders, published in July 2002; and what assessment has been made of the impact of the decision to date not to implement these recommendations on the rehabilitation of offenders. | | (47568) | 89
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prison wings, having been closed awaiting refurbishment, have been reopened in 2006 without work being completed. | | (47569) | 90
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have access to the Police National Computer (PNC); what safeguards are in place to prevent unlawful access to the PNC; what audit arrangements are in place to monitor inappropriate access to the PNC; what penalties are available for unlawful use of the PNC; and what guidance has been issued on the appropriate course of action if officers are found to have misused the system. | | (47570) | 91
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systems are in place to communicate information to police forces on individuals who are subject to anti-social behaviour orders with conditions which apply to the whole of England and Wales. | | (47571) | 92
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the identity cards scheme to date. | | (47572) | 93
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his timetable is for the introduction of Custody Plus sentences. | | (47573) | 94
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings have been held in the last six months of the pilot group tasked with taking forward the recommendation adopted at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels on 28th and 29th November 2002 in relation to terrorist profiling; and what was discussed at those meetings. | | (47574) | 95
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the hon. Member for Winchester of 14th December 2005, Official Report, column 2034W, on prisoners, whether (a) HMP Nottingham, (b) HMP Holme House, (c) HMP Usk, (d) HMP Prescoed, (e) HMP Durham and (f) HMP Doncaster comply with the minimum visit requirements for prisoners on the basic regime. | | (47575) | 96
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis was for the statement in Closing the Gap that police restructuring will assist the delivery of policing in rural areas. | | (47497) | 97
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the police authorities that suggested that they would seek federation rather than amalgamation in their response to Closing the Gap; and if he will make a statement. | | (47498) | 98
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of cruelty towards animals (a) in Westmorland and Lonsdale and (b) England in each year since 1997. | | (47056) | 99
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green dated 12th October 2005, regarding a constituent, Ms Dorothy Kyomuhendo (Home Office reference T1059542). | | (47054) | 100
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a target for the number of DNA records to be held in the National Register by December; and if he will make a statement. | | (47480) | 101
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) age group and (b) sex was of each asylum claimant carrying an electronic tag on 31st December 2005. | | (47481) | 102
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of asylum claimants who will be carrying an electronic tag on (a) 30th June 2006 and (b) 31st December 2006. | | (47483) | 103
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claimants awaiting a decision were wearing an electronic tag on 31st December 2005. | | (47484) | 104
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants have been returned to the UK from other EU countries under the terms of the Dublin Regulations since their introduction. | | (47490) | 105
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to chief constables on the retention of the DNA records of (a) children and (b) adults who have not been convicted of any offence. | | (47518) | 106
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the consultants employed by (a) each police authority and (b) each police force in England and Wales to advise on police force amalgamations; and what the cost was in each case. | | (47314) | 107
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the consultants employed by his Department to advise on police force amalgamations; and what the cost was in each case. | | (47315) | 108
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the consultants employed by non-governmental organisations funded by his Department to advise on police force amalgamations; and what the cost was in each case. | | (47316) | 109
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the private finance projects in place in each police force in England and Wales; and what the (a) cost and (b) duration is of each. | | (47317) | 110
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost of each of the police force amalgamations and (b) the total cost of the police amalgamations proposed in his statement of 11th November 2005. | | (47318) | 111
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been kept in penal custody in each of the last three years; what proportion of children so held had (a) some form of mental health problem, (b) a history of having been in care, (c) literacy levels below the average for their age, (d) had no educational provision, (e) reported experience of violence at home and (f) reported suffering from sexual abuse. | | (47527) | 112
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to support the recovery of (a) children and (b) adults who have suffered childhood sexual abuse. | | (47549) | 113
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2006, Official Report, column 1422W, on cash-in-transit crime, what criteria are used when assessing (a) the harm crimes cause and (b) the impact that the Serious Organised Crime Agency can make by preventing them. | | (47288) | 114
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he estimates that the Serious Organised Crime Agency will be operational. | | (47507) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 115
N | Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of waste from offices of the House was recycled over the period 2000 to 2005. | | (47500) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 116
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional support he is making available to the World Food Programme in Kenya; what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Kenya following his recent visit; and if he will make a statement. | | (47496) | Questions to the Leader of the House 117
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, how many motions calling for the removal of a member of the judiciary were tabled in each session of Parliament since 1976. | | (47486) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 118
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of (a) female and (b) male prisoners in Northern Ireland are citizens of the Irish Republic. | | (46543) | 119
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19th January 2006, Official Report, column 1588W, on Male Prisoners (Nationality), whether the statistics provided include prisoners of Irish nationality; and if he will make a statement. | | (46660) | 120
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether technology is available to the Police Service of Northern Ireland to allow it to use mobile phone tracking to pursue investigations into (a) missing persons and (b) missing persons believed to be underwater. | | (46817) | 121
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of cars which travelled on (a) Newtownards Road, Comber, (b) Hillsborough Road, Comber, (c) Hillsborough Road, Moneyrea and (d) Hillsborough Road, Carryduff in the past five years. | | (47551) | 122
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to tackle child poverty in Northern Ireland. | | (47536) | 123
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children are living in poverty in each constituency in Northern Ireland; and what the equivalent figures were in each of the past five years. | | (47579) | Questions to the Prime Minister 124
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish those sections of the report from the Interception of Communications Commissioner which are relevant to the Wilson Doctrine; if he will put any proposed changes to the doctrine to a vote on the floor of the House; and if he will make a statement. | | (46813) | 125
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to request the Senior Salaries Review Body to carry out a review of parliamentary pay and allowances. | | (46958) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 126
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people are registered as directors who are under the age of 16 years. | | (47504) | 127
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the written Answer of 23rd January 2006, Official Report, column 1767W, on the Marine Bill, when the Government will undertake the public consultation on the Bill. | | (47529) | 128
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the written Answer of 23rd January 2006, Official Report, column 1767W, on the Marine Bill, what meetings his Department held with (a) other Government Departments, (b) industry representatives and (c) other stakeholders; and when the meetings took place. | | (47530) | 129
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 45W, on regional development agencies, when he will write with the relevant information. | | (47553) | 130
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the map of Stage 1 of the liquid gas pipeline from (a) Milford Haven to Tirley and (b) Milford Haven to Felindre. | | (47552) | 131
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there will be (a) a race committee and (b) black and minority ethnic commissioners on the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. | | (47561) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 132
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research and consultation his Department undertook before the launch of the Safe and Efficient Drivers Scheme. | | (47495) | 133
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent guidance he (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to local authorities about the implementation of his policy of quiet lanes in rural areas. | | (47524) | 134
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the implementation of his policy of quiet lanes in rural areas, with particular reference to local authority areas in the south east of England. | | (47525) | 135
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the conclusions are of the most recent assessment carried out by or commissioned by his Department on the feasibility and viability of the Crossrail project; and if he will make a statement. | | (46691) | 136
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to allow local authorities to impose levies or charges for road use; and if he will make a statement. | | (46692) | 137
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the M1 motorway was closed on Monday 16th January in the vicinity of junction 28; upon whose authority the closure took place; why the closure was deemed necessary; and if he will make a statement. | | (46695) | 138
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next expects the M181 motorway to be resurfaced. | | (46696) | 139
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent, including consultants' and civil servants' costs, considering the revised tram proposals in Leeds from May 2004. | | (47121) | 140
N | Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on minor repairs to trunk roads and motorways in the last three years. | | (47488) | 141
N | Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities have occurred in each year between 2000 and 2005 as a result of motor accidents caused by drivers (a) using mobile phones and (b) smoking while driving. | | (47489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 142
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive benefit or pension payments through a Post Office Card Account (a) in total and (b) broken down by region. | | (46881) | 143
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of days taken was (a) to call back and (b) from call back to interview date for each customer management system centre in the last period for which figures are available. | | (46882) | 144
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria will be used to assess whether the contract for the Post Office Card Account is continued for the payment of benefits and pensions after 2010. | | (46883) | 145
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had received payments under the Financial Assistance Scheme by 31st December 2005. | | (46884) | 146
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to end in the next five years any of his Department's activities currently undertaken on the Government building site at Heyhouses Lane, Lytham St Anne's; and if he will make a statement. | | (47074) | 147
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list (a) the sections of (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies and (b) those working on contract for the Department located on the Government building site at Heyhouses Lane, Lytham St Anne's. | | (47075) | 148
N | Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that those who are eligible receive assistance from the Financial Assistance Scheme. | | (47487) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 149
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authorities subsidised the cost of Royal National Institute for the Blind Talking Books on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (47578) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 150
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many European Economic Area family member permits were issued by British missions overseas in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (47320) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 151
N | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in reducing shortages of hospital beds during winter. | | [Question Unstarred] (46723) | 152
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to maintain the National Carers Grant after 2008. | | [Transferred] (47544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 153
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought under Section 2 (1) of the Suicide Act 1961 in each year since 1976. | | [Transferred] (47509) | Questions to the Prime Minister 154
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson Doctrine applies to (a) Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and (b) (i) UK and (ii) non-UK members of the European Parliament. | | [Transferred] (47539) | 155
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson Doctrine applies to Members of (a) the Welsh Assembly and (b) the Scottish Parliament. | | [Transferred] (47545) | 156
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had on the right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to a possible suspension of the Wilson Doctrine. | | [Transferred] (47548) | 157
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions have taken place regarding the suspension of the Wilson Doctrine on interception of parliamentary communications. | | [Transferred] (47550) | 158
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson Doctrine has been updated to apply to internet activity. | | [Transferred] (47556) | 159
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson Doctrine applies to (a) communications traffic data and (b) the interception of postal services. | | [Transferred] (47557) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 160
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to inform businesses of their requirements under the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive. | | [Transferred] (46955) |
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