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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 6 February 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 6 February 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 6 February 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 Monday 6 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 6 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the criteria are for classifying vegetable oils as (a) fuel substitutes and (b) bio-diesel. | | (48903) | 2
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform the insurance premium tax. | | (49461) | 3
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce the current level of VAT on condoms to five per cent. | | (49239) | 4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the studies of the impact of the climate change levy produced by the Government Economic Service. | | (48917) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's assessment is of the impact of the climate change levy on carbon emissions; and how much of this impact it estimates is attributable to (a) the price effect and (b) other effects consequent upon its introduction. | | (48918) | 6
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the impact of a 10 per cent. change in the climate change levy on carbon emissions after (a) six months and (b) three years. | | (48919) | 7
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that the spirit label stamp scheme will not be undermined by the use of stolen or fake stamps. | | (49271) | 8
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Inland Revenue help lines (a) 01274 532007 and (b) 01274 539628 at busy times of the year for people with queries about paying their tax; whether he plans to improve the service; and if he will make a statement. | | (49594) | 9
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many whole-time equivalent staff of HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessors were employed in the investigation and surveillance of (a) ports and (b) airports in each year since 1999-2000. | | (49760) | 10
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) ports and (b) airports which had a permanent HM Revenue and Customs presence in each year since 1999-2000. | | (49761) | 11
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) consultancy and (b) external secondments in each year since 2000-01. | | (49762) | 12
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49511) | 13
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to public funds of withdrawing tax credit as beneficiaries' income rises to the marginal income tax rate applicable. | | (49190) | 14
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the UK's cumulative net contribution to the EU between 2007 and 2013; and if he will make a statement. | | (49381) | 15
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with EU counterparts on plans for tax harmonisation. | | (49382) | 16
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) private sector jobs in (i) agriculture, (ii) manufacturing and (iii) the service sector and (b) public sector jobs there were in (A) Ribble Valley and (B) Lancashire in each of the last 10 years. | | (49795) | 17
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time tax credit staff were working in (a) debt management and banking, (b) disputed overpayments, (c) bank liaison, (d) childcare provider checks, (e) complex cases, (f) employer liaison, (g) international claims, (h) issues relating to persons from abroad, (i) postroom, (j) the specialist trace unit, (k) claims processing, (l) appeals, (m) complaints, (n) valuables and (o) tax credit hotlines on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (48438) | 18
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05 where HM Revenue and Customs contacted childcare providers to verify the details that had been provided by the claimant, the childcare element of child tax credit was (i) reduced and (ii) stopped. | | (48439) | 19
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department expects to publish full results for the level of compliance in tax credits for 2003-04; and what research has been undertaken on compliance risk monitoring. | | (48442) | 20
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48952) | 21
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 333 of Consolidated Budget Guidance 2006-07, what arrangements his Department has agreed with the Ministry of Defence for the control of non-cash to near-cash switches; and what definition of near-cash he uses. | | (49766) | 22
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. | | (48712) | 23
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Financial Inclusion Taskforce has made in evaluating the community banking model. | | (49038) | 24
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the banking industry on the impact on customers of the right of set-off being used to recover debts from benefits paid into a basic bank account. | | (49191) | 25
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of raising the maximum rate of interest that credit unions can charge on loans on (a) the availability of credit and (b) the rate of take up of loans. | | (49258) | 26
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with non-governmental organisations and social enterprises about the role they can play in financial education. | | (49259) | 27
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcome was of the consultation on extending the community investment tax relief scheme to investments in community development finance institutions' personal lending activities. | | (49260) | 28
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of models for the money advice outreach pilots funded through the Financial Inclusion Fund. | | (49415) | 29
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) net borrowing and (b) net taxes and national insurance contributions projections contained in the pre-Budget report make allowance for the forthcoming group litigation orders in the European Court of Justice on franked investment income tax rules. | | (49173) | 30
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the distribution of ATMs which charge customers to withdraw money in (a) London and (b) the UK. | | (49126) | 31
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects HM Revenue and Customs to make its ex gratia payment of oustanding valued added tax to the Chard Neighbourhood Nursery; and if he will make a statement. | | (47849) | 32
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what technical problems were experienced with the tax credit computer system in (a) November and December 2005 and (b) January 2006; how many claims were delayed as a result; and if he will make a statement. | | (47850) | 33
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimants there have been in St Albans constituency since the scheme began, broken down by those who were (a) underpaid, (b) overpaid and (c) paid the correct amount. | | (49330) | 34
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which court cases, heard by (a) special commissioners in which proceedings are complete and (b) the European Court of Justice his Department successfully challenged tax avoidance schemes operated by (i) corporate and (ii) non-corporate entities. | | (49716) | 35
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission research into the impact of the 1990 Caparo judgment on the quality of audit of company accounts. | | (49717) | 36
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria were used in deciding that (a) NHS hospital pharmacies would pay VAT on prescriptions and (b) other pharmaceutical outlets would not. | | (49675) | 37
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2006, Official Report, column 222W, to the hon. Member for Meriden, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether Tenet software is used for council tax valuation purposes; and if he will list the products purchased from Tenet. | | (49738) | 38
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes there have been in the requirements for (a) homes and (b) businesses to provide information to the Valuation Office Agency since May 1997; and what changes there have been to the penalties for non-compliance with these requirements in each category in this period. | | (49777) | 39
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list foreign trips made by representatives of the Valuations Office Agency at public expense in each of the last three years; and what the (a) purpose and (b) destination was in each case. | | (49810) | 40
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency (a) has and (b) will have access to the local authority lettings continuous recording (LACORE) database. | | (49811) | 41
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether VAT is levied on a surveyor's report produced on a domestic property. | | (49812) | 42
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's policy is on the taxation of vegetable oil when used in (a) modified and (b) unmodified form as a vehicle fuel. | | (49200) | 43
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared on his decision to withdraw the right to hold residential property in a self-invested personal pension. | | (49162) | 44
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2005, Official Report, columns 529-30W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether HM Revenue and Customs staff have access to the information and data collected for council tax valuation purposes for its general use in collecting taxes; and what guidelines apply to the use of that data. | | (49269) | 45
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the requirements on small businesses under the Financial Services Act 1986 are not duplicated at national and county levels; and if he will make a statement. | | (48716) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 46
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many regulations have been (a) amended and (b) removed under the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 in each year since the Act was passed. | | (49148) | 47
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48965) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 48
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appeals have been heard at the Central Court of Appeal in each year since 1997; and how many times (a) three and (b) two judges sat in each year to hear such cases. | | (49177) | 49
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of her Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49508) | 50
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on her Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48964) | 51
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether it is Government policy that civil servants routinely remove their names from documents before releasing them under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if she will make a statement. | | (49032) | 52
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made in discussions with (a) burial authorities and (b) other interested parties on the means of promoting best practice in dealing with unsafe gravestones. | | (49432) | 53
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she next plans to meet Baroness Usha Prashar. | | (48909) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 54
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received requesting financial support for policing at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. | | (49176) | 55
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioners over 75 years in Coventry South are in receipt of a free television licence. | | (47621) | 56
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of her Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49509) | 57
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Lottery funding has been provided (a) in Scotland and (b) in each Scottish constituency in each of the last five years. | | (49262) | 58
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the circus industry relating to licensing proposals; and if she will make a statement. | | (49136) | 59
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will seek to legislate to guarantee the security of national cultural goods on loan from other countries; and if she will make a statement. | | (48920) | 60
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Warley of 8th December 2005, Official Report, column 1469W, on the London Olympics, when her Department expects the Local Employment and Training Framework for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games to be published; and if she will make a statement. | | (49226) | 61
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2006, Official Report, column 50W, on the Olympic Games, if she will list the occasions on which (a) the Inter-Departmental Steering Group and (b) the network of Olympic co-ordinators have met; and if she will make a statement. | | (49380) | 62
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on her Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48963) | 63
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the level of resources English Heritage allocates to the scheduling of newly discovered monuments. | | (49112) | 64
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new sites were added to the Schedule of Ancient Monuments in each of the last five years. | | (49123) | 65
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the role of the scheduling of ancient monuments in protecting the UK's archaeological resource. | | (49124) | 66
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many scheduled sites without up-to-date descriptions and for which there is no publicly available information remain to be reassessed; and whether there is a programme in place for this work. | | (49236) | 67
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people English Heritage employs in the designation of ancient monuments. | | (49244) | 68
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations her Department has made to (a) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) planning inquiries on the expansion of capacity at (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick and (iii) Stansted airports on behalf of the tourism industry. | | (49315) | 69
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to name a new Chairman for VisitBritain. | | (49360) | 70
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to restructure the delivery mechanism for tourism policy in England. | | (49361) | 71
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether regional tourist boards have a role under her Department's plans for marketing tourism in England. | | (49362) | 72
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury on the impact of a green tax on aircraft fuel on tourism. | | (49363) | 73
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the extent to which operators and providers of category C gaming machines (a) are crime free and (b) can meet conditions on the protection of vulnerable people. | | (49367) | 74
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what date she has set for the panel's report on the locations for regional, large and small casinos under the Gambling Act 2005 to be submitted to her Department. | | (49370) | 75
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from local authorities on the number and location of regional casinos under the pilot scheme. | | (49371) | 76
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contribution her Department has made to the development of policy on smoking in public places to represent the interests of the (a) licensed trade and (b) tourism industry. | | (49372) | 77
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from the tourism and hospitality industries regarding policy on smoking in public places. | | (49373) | 78
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received (a) complaints and (b) representations from (i) local authorities and (ii) sports and leisure bodies about the level of licence fees under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (49374) | 79
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on changes to the limits on temporary events notices under the Licensing Act 2003; and from whom. | | (49375) | 80
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from Action with Communities in Rural England regarding the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 for village halls. | | (49376) | 81
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £750 million pledged for school sport at the 2000 Labour Party Conference has been (a) committed, (b) spent and (c) allocated to the Football Foundation. | | (48534) | 82
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in the implementation of the European Court of Justice ruling on database rights in relation to horse racing. | | (48535) | 83
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on football of the European Court of Justice ruling on database rights. | | (48536) | 84
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she made of the likely effects of the European Court of Justice ruling on database rights on the governance of betting at the London 2012 Olympics. | | (48537) | 85
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games plans to implement the commitments given to the International Olympic Committee on betting in the Host City Contract for the 2012 Olympics. | | (48538) | 86
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants of public money have been made available to chamber music groups in each of the last three years; and how much was granted for the purpose of establishing (a) trios, (b) quartets and (c) quintets. | | (47734) | 87
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will nominate a member of the British Sub-Aqua Club to sit on the Marine Historic Review Working Group; if she will meet representatives of the Club to discuss the progress of the working group; and if she will make a statement. | | (48714) | 88
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the value of the (a) casino and (b) gambling industry to the economy in each year since 1997 in (i) Leicester and (ii) England. | | (49740) | 89
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme has cost in each year since 2001. | | (49233) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 90
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department last discussed possible links between Parkinson's disease and Gulf War illnesses with US counterparts. | | (49667) | 91
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research projects related to possible links between Parkinson's disease and Gulf War illnesses are being undertaken by his Department. | | (49670) | 92
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department makes available towards research into possible links between Parkinson's disease and Gulf War illnesses in the US. | | (49671) | 93
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2006, Official Report, columns 28-9W, on Afghanistan, whether the breakdowns by severity of injuries sustained by service personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq are based on the same definitions; and if he will provide equivalent figures for each theatre of conflict where British troops are deployed. | | (49634) | 94
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2006, Official Report, column 667W, on RAF aircraft, whether the current estimated cost of Eurofighter Typhoon is (a) substantially below, (b) substantially above and (c) similar to the original cost. | | (49633) | 95
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14th December 2005, Official Report, column 2038W, on departmental staff (relocation), when he will write to the hon. Member for Twickenham. | | (49159) | 96
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with mine clearing in Afghanistan; and whether the UK troops being deployed to Afghanistan in the coming months will be involved in mine clearing. | | (49308) | 97
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Alan Garwood's contract as Head of Defence Export Services ends; what steps have been taken to appoint a successor; who will be on the appointment panel; and if he will make a statement. | | (49805) | 98
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions the UK has had with the US Administration in the last six months on (a) the cost of and (b) technology transfer in relation to the Joint Strike Fighter project. | | (49807) | 99
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49510) | 100
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) former and (b) current members of the armed forces who are disabled; and if he will make a statement. | | (49142) | 101
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes are provided by his Department to (a) former and (b) current members of the armed forces and their families; and if he will make a statement. | | (49143) | 102
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the total stock of housing provided by his Department is allocated to (a) former and (b) current members of the armed forces and their families; and if he will make a statement. | | (49144) | 103
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the armed forces have been designated as homeless in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) the East of England and (c) the UK in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (49145) | 104
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the housing needs of former members of the armed forces who are disabled are met; and if he will make a statement. | | (49146) | 105
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what criteria claims by former members of the armed services in relation to Gulf War Syndrome are assessed; and if he will make a statement. | | (49541) | 106
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the letter of 11th November 2006 by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on Gulf War Syndrome; and if he will make a statement. | | (49542) | 107
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals from the British Armed Forces served in the first Gulf War; and if he will make a statement. | | (49543) | 108
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many representations his Department has received on Gulf War Syndrome; and if he will make a statement. | | (49544) | 109
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to conduct research into Gulf War Syndrome; and if he will make a statement. | | (49545) | 110
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations the Government has received on Gulf War Syndrome; and if he will make a statement. | | (49546) | 111
N | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the letter of 21st September 2005 from the hon. Member for Worcester, reference 04427/2005, concerning Mr Robert Smith and military medals for action in the Yemen. | | (49229) | 112
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on his Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48962) | 113
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) training and (b) support is being provided for the Rwandan military by UK forces. | | (49218) | 114
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) servicemen and (b) ex-servicemen have received treatment for post traumatic stress disorder or related conditions in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (49185) | 115
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troop-carrying movements were made by air in Afghanistan in 2005 in aircraft which were not fitted with defensive aids systems; how many such movements are expected to be made in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (49427) | 116
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the original timetable was for the development of Strategic Tanker Aircraft; what the current timetable is; and if he will make a statement. | | (49428) | 117
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the (a) main estimate, (b) winter supplementary estimate and (c) spring supplementary estimate Request for Resources (i) 2 and (ii) 3 provision by (A) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and (B) indirect resource DEL for financial years 1999-2000 to 2004-05. | | (49767) | 118
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the Request for Resources (a) 2 and (b) 3 outturn by (i) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and (ii) indirect resource DEL for financial years 1999-2000 to 2004-05. | | (49768) | 119
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the (a) main estimate, (b) winter supplementary estimate and (c) spring supplementary estimate Request for Resources 1 provision for each of his Department's top level budget holders by (i) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and (ii) indirect resource DEL for financial years 1999-2000 to 2004-05. | | (49769) | 120
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the Request for Resources 1 outturn for each of his Department's top level budget holders by (a) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and (b) indirect resource DEL for financial years 1999-2000 to 2004-05. | | (49770) | 121
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down each of the figures for conflict prevention costs in (a) note 2 page 188, (b) note 2 page 159 and (c) note 2 page 135 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2004-05 (HC 1080) by (i) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and (ii) indirect resource DEL. | | (49771) | 122
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's administration costs limit was for financial year 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (49783) | 123
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are deployed in (a) Germany, (b) Iraq, (c) Afghanistan, (d) Bosnia and Kosovo, (e) Cyprus, (f) the Falklands, (g) Gibraltar, (h) Ascension Island, (i) Diego Garcia and (j) Northern Ireland. | | (49174) | 124
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rounds of ammunition were dumped because of quality issues in the last 12 months and from which (a) country of origin and (b) company such ordnance was supplied. | | (49175) | 125
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th December 2005 to the hon. Member for Rushcliffe, Official Report, column 1682W, on white phosphorus, what is considered a safe distance betwen deployed white phosphorus and non-combatants; and what attention is paid in assessing such a safe distance to wind direction and force. | | (49275) | 126
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military assistance his Department (a) is providing and (b) plans to provide to the Afghan government to tackle the problem of heroin production. | | (49446) | 127
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops each country which has participated in the operation in Afghanistan has provided for active service in each year since the start of the war. | | (49447) | 128
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops each country which has participated in the operation in Iraq has provided for active service in each year since the start of the war. | | (49448) | 129
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources are being allocated by the Department to protect (a) engineers and (b) teachers from attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan. | | (49449) | 130
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many C2 aircraft in the Defensive Air Suite were (a) operational and (b) unserviceable on 31st January. | | (49117) | 131
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the rest and relaxation flights for troops serving on (a) OP TELIC and (b) other operations have been reduced. | | (49118) | 132
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider changing the start and finish dates of the rest and relaxation periods of troops from the date on which they leave and arrive in theatre to the date that they arrive in and leave the United Kingdom. | | (49120) | 133
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that flights returning troops from theatre for periods of rest and relaxation are as short as possible. | | (49121) | 134
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the standard of catering on charter flights for troops is equivalent to that provided on RAF flights. | | (49122) | 135
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time was for an application to be processed by the Defence Vetting Agency for (a) a security check and (b) developed vetting on individuals in each country in the UK in the last year for which figures are available. | | (49745) | 136
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to improve the Defence Vetting Agency's basic security check. | | (49748) | 137
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether civilian staff may be employed on his Department's premises before basic security check by the Defence Vetting Agency has been carried out. | | (49751) | 138
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Vetting Agency carries out overseas checks when processing (a) security checks and (b) developed vetting. | | (49754) | 139
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for (a) security checks and (b) developed vetting the Defence Vetting Agency has processed in each of the last five years. | | (49755) | 140
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are employed by the Defence Vetting Agency; and how many were employed in each of the last five years. | | (49756) | 141
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects the recent deployment of British troops to Afghanistan to result in reduced opium production in that country. | | (48797) | 142
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect developments in Nepal have had on the recruitment of Ghurkha over the past 12 months. | | (49684) | 143
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of ex-servicemen who are homeless. | | (49457) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 144
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions officials in his Department have had with chief executives of local authorities on possible future legislation on the reorganisation of local government. | | (49085) | 145
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information his Department collects on the closure of (a) post offices, (b) bank branches and (c) independent retail shops. | | (49420) | 146
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Office's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49496) | 147
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the construction of more energy efficient buildings above minimum Part L building regulations requirements; and if he will make a statement. | | (49535) | 148
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from private sector developers on his Department's proposed code for sustainable buildings; and if he will make a statement. | | (49536) | 149
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance he has issued on the rights of councillors to initiate discussions on matters which may be opposed by the council executive. | | (49440) | 150
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was spent on the his Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48954) | 151
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will reply to Question (a) 32540, (b) 32541 and (c) 32542 from the hon. Member for Norwich North tabled on 23rd November 2005. | | (49230) | 152
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households the Government estimates will be covered by the Open Market Homebuy option by the end of the two-year pilot. | | (48901) | 153
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with (a) the Council of Mortgage Lenders, (b) the Financial Services Authority and (c) the three lenders expected by the Department to be offering the Open Market Homebuy (OMH) product on progress with OMH. | | (48902) | 154
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Open Market Homebuy option will be available by October. | | (48908) | 155
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) ex-emergency services and (b) ex-services personnel who are homeless. | | (49184) | 156
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department's growth areas directorate has had with the Department of Health about the expansion of Kettering General Hospital to accompany local housebuilding growth up to 2021. | | (48362) | 157
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many accidents resulting in hospitalisation have been reported in relation to applicants for disabled facilities grants while waiting for their grant to be approved in each of the last three years. | | (49788) | 158
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how long it has taken on average to approve an application for the disabled facilities grant in each year since 1997. | | (49791) | 159
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to house-builders of making the Lifetime Homes Standards obligatory on all new house builds; and if he will make a statement. | | (49792) | 160
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will review the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England with reference to the merits of establishing a Stansted-Cambridge-Peterborough growth corridor. | | (49119) | 161
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria are used in assessing the eligibility for funding of community contact centres through the Investing in Communities programme in the Eastern Region; and if he will make a statement. | | (49274) | 162
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will provide additional funding to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority to take account of the additional service requirement resulting from Peterborough's increase in size. | | (49286) | 163
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been raised by English Partnerships through the sale of assets in Peterborough in each of the last eight years. | | (49291) | 164
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the merits of Shropshire becoming a unitary authority. | | (49061) | 165
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost was of the referendum for a directly elected mayor in each area where such a process has been conducted. | | (49325) | 166
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many councils have indicated to his Department that they want to introduce directly elected mayors; and what the (a) estimated cost is and (b) average cost has been of transferring from a traditional local authority system to a directly elected mayor. | | (49326) | 167
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many councils have conducted a referendum in which the local electorate (a) accepted and (b) rejected directly elected mayors. | | (49327) | 168
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government plans to take to amend building regulations to take account of further environmental initiatives. | | (49757) | 169
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what factors the Government took into account when deciding to amend the Fire Services Injury Pension Arrangement. | | (49764) | 170
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to encourage fire authorities to retain firefighters in an administrative role who are forced to retire from frontline duties due to ill health. | | (49765) | 171
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the top 150 most valuable assets held on his asset register; and what their financial value is in each case. | | (49328) | 172
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures he has in place to prevent fraud and financial irregularity in his Department. | | (49329) | 173
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the interest rate charged on the housing debt of local authorities was in (a) 1980, (b) 2000 and (c) 2005. | | (49735) | 174
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total debt on council housing was in (a) 1980, (b) 2000 and (c) 2005; and how much has been (i) paid and (ii) written off. | | (49736) | 175
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage change he expects in (a) council house rents and (b) management and maintenance grants in 2006-07. | | (49737) | 176
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was provided to local authorities to support borrowing on their housing revenue accounts in each year since 1997. | | (49772) | 177
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how the proceeds from the sale of council houses are allocated. | | (49773) | 178
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total income from stock transfer of council housing to registered social landlords has been to date; and for what purpose this income has been allocated. | | (49776) | 179
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what additional financial assistance he plans to give to local authorities to fund increases in gas and electricity costs; and if he will make a statement. | | (48910) | 180
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on the use of empty dwelling management orders in relation to seizing properties which are empty due to the death of the owner. | | (49687) | 181
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many meetings he has had with casino operators since May 1997; and (a) where and (b) when each such meeting took place. | | (49688) | 182
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the statutory compensation process is for (a) planning blight and (b) highway developments. | | (49689) | 183
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent assessment the Government has made of the causes of homelessness. | | (49690) | 184
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funding the Government has given to faith groups to address homelessness since May 1997. | | (49691) | 185
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many composite hereditaments were on the valuation lists in England in each year since 1998. | | (49711) | 186
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on the redevelopment of (a) the Millennium Dome and (b) the surrounding land, including the Millennium Village; and if he will make a statement. | | (49712) | 187
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he has had for the Millennium Dome in each year since his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister. | | (49713) | 188
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the timetable is for the implementation of the Northern Way strategy; and which bodies are responsible for the strategy. | | (49714) | 189
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the public sector bodies involved in the Thames Gateway development. | | (49715) | 190
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of homeless people (a) are ex-service personnel and (b) have mental health problems. | | (49775) | 191
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department's new burdens doctrine applies to new obligations imposed on local authorities by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and if he will make a statement. | | (49778) | 192
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average business rates bill levied in (a) England and (b) each local authority billing area in England was in each year since 1997-98; and what the estimated averages are for 2005-06. | | (49779) | 193
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of home information packs which will be produced in each year once the scheme is fully operational. | | (49780) | 194
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated cost of home information packs will be (a) before and (b) after VAT. | | (49781) | 195
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average (a) council tax and (b) business rates bill, paid by a composite hereditament, was in England in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (49782) | 196
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice his Department has given to local authorities on reducing (a) bullying and (b) racism in the workplace. | | (49817) | 197
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average number of households is in a (a) district council area, (b) county council area, (c) English unitary council area, (d) metropolitan council area and (e) London borough area. | | (49818) | 198
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how he is contributing to the Respect agenda. | | (49819) | 199
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions (a) he has had and (b) members of his Department have had with local authorities on local government restructuring. | | (49820) | 200
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost was of restructuring local government in the Humberside County Council area. | | (49821) | 201
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of residential property tribunals to assist the imposition of empty dwelling management orders. | | (49822) | 202
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department has issued on the account which should be taken of special protection area status in assessing planning applications; and if he will make a statement. | | (49823) | 203
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what obligations local planning authorities have to consult English Nature in relation to planning applications in a special protection area. | | (49824) | 204
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on implementation of the local authority lettings continuous recording (LACORE) database. | | (49825) | 205
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information he collects from local authorities on the number of people (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of falling trees and branches. | | (48986) | 206
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2006 to Question reference 47033, if he will publish the consultation paper setting out the arrangements for compensating housing authorities that keep average rent increases to five per cent. in both 2006-07 and 2007-08. | | (48949) | 207
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the datasets that are part of the Automated Valuation Model. | | (49149) | 208
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) criteria and (b) benchmarks will be used in his review of the Oil Firing Technical Association. | | (48804) | 209
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what account is taken of competition issues when planning permission is considered for new supermarket stores. | | (49672) | 210
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations the Government has received on planning permission for new supermarkets. | | (49673) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 211
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she has issued to local education authorities on the replacement of nursery schools with nursery classes. | | (49206) | 212
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authority children's services are aware of their new obligations under the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 when assessing young carers' needs. | | (48806) | 213
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research she has carried out to establish how many individuals whose names appear on the sex offenders register have been employed in the provision of childcare in any regulated pre-school setting in the last four years. | | (48904) | 214
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2006, Official Report, column 2286W, on fast track to attendance, if she will revise the 2003 guidance Ensuring School Attendance to include joint assessment and support working between Children's and Adult Services. | | (49300) | 215
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are taken to verify financial details given by students applying for education maintenance allowances. | | (48933) | 216
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when institutions whose students are eligible for education maintenance allowance were first informed that the administrative costs would be covered by the individual institutions in academic year 2007-08. | | (48934) | 217
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on administration of education maintenance allowance in each year since the scheme was piloted; and how much is expected to be spent in each year until 2009-10. | | (48935) | 218
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of students in receipt of education maintenance allowance who have continued into further education who otherwise would not have continued in education. | | (48936) | 219
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether any further education institution which is in financial difficulty and whose students are eligible for education maintenance allowance is receiving extra funding to enable it to administer the scheme. | | (48937) | 220
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what non-financial support is given to individual further education institutions in providing the education maintenance allowance. | | (48938) | 221
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had in the last three years about equalising funding per student in sixth-form schools and further education colleges; and if she will make a statement. | | (48939) | 222
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place to ensure that students are awarded education maintenance allowance on a consistent basis, with particular reference to (a) attendance, (b) legitimate absence, (c) casual sickness and (d) transport difficulties. | | (48940) | 223
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the extended schools scheme on head teachers' work-life balance. | | (49310) | 224
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what powers school governors have to regulate head teachers' (a) work-life balance and (b) holiday periods. | | (49312) | 225
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she has taken to ensure that the regulation of head teachers' work-life balance by school governors is applied consistently. | | (49313) | 226
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Written Statement of 26th January 2006, Official Report, column 64WS, on dental training, whether the additional temporary dental training places awarded to the Newcastle Dental School in 2005-06 will be renewed in 2006-07; and what additional resources will be made available to Newcastle Dental School in (a) 2006-07 and (b) succeeding years to make provision for the additional students recruited in 2005-06. | | (48799) | 227
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Gateshead East and Washington West of 16th January 2006, Official Report, column 1016W, on qualifications (Gateshead), if she will provide comparable information for each local authority in Tyne and Wear. | | (48891) | 228
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individuals have started forensic science-related National Vocational Qualifications since 1997; and what percentage have completed the course. | | (49132) | 229
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) community, (b) voluntary-aided, (c) voluntary-controlled and (d) foundation secondary schools there are; and what proportion has a sixth form. | | (49749) | 230
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of her Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49507) | 231
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the size of each class is in each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in Haltemprice and Howden. | | (49052) | 232
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers entered into (a) full-time and (b) part-time service in maintained schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each year since 2001. | | (49103) | 233
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what role (a) has been played by and (b) is envisaged for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in relation to specialist schools in England. | | (47844) | 234
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she plans to allow the authors of the study commissioned from the Institute of Education in London to publish their findings regarding social segregation in schools. | | (47852) | 235
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she plans (a) to publish the study commissioned from the Institute of Education in London in relation to social segregation in schools and (b) to respond to its findings. | | (47853) | 236
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much of the total funding from Rewarding and Developing Staff rounds 1 and 2 has been spent directly on pay for existing academic and support staff. | | (49137) | 237
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Government has allocated to higher education institutions to tackle unequal pay. | | (49138) | 238
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance was given to the Higher Education Funding Council for England on how the second round of Rewarding and Developing Staff funding should be allocated to higher education institutions. | | (49139) | 239
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what sum has been allocated under the Rewarding and Developing Staff initiative to the Higher Education Funding Council for England's priority area of implementing institutions-wide job evaluation to tackle unequal pay; and what proportion of total Rewarding and Developing Staff funds from rounds 1 and 2 this represents. | | (49140) | 240
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been given to the Higher Education Funding Council for England meet the Government's equal pay objectives. | | (49141) | 241
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48961) | 242
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2006, Official Report, column 1918W, on neighbourhood nurseries, how many nursery places were taken up in (a) March 2003, (b) March 2004 and (c) March 2005, broken down by region. | | (49083) | 243
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2006 to the hon. Member for Altrincham and Sale, Official Report, column 80W, on independent schools, how many and what percentage of children of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age in each London borough attended independent schools in each year since 1999-2000. | | (49307) | 244
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2005 to the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Official Report, column 952W, on selection, what method is used to (a) identify pupils as being able to benefit from targeted teaching in a particular subject and (b) assess the pupils who demonstrate a special capacity to succeed in a particular subject; and what guidance is given on this to specialist schools that select on aptitude in the relevant subject. | | (49784) | 245
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to introduce further measures to combat poor literacy and numeracy skills amongst adults. | | (49435) | 246
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size is in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) England, (ii) the Tees Valley and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. | | (49436) | 247
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if, in her review of the funding methodology for schools from 2006-07, she will make it her policy to ensure full camparability of data with earlier years. | | (49418) | 248
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding the National Institute of Economic and Social Research received in each year since 1997-98 in (a) framework and (b) projected funding; and what the purpose was in each case. | | (49816) | 249
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will name the teacher who resigned from Canvey Junior School in 2004 after receiving a police caution for having indecent images of children; whether this person (a) is and (b) has since their resignation been working with children; and if she will make a statement. | | (48905) | 250
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many university students studying dentistry worked in (a) Leicester and (b) England for their compulsory year's training with an NHS dentist in each year between 1997 and 2005. | | (49598) | 251
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department is taking (a) to prevent (i) bullying and (ii) the causes of bullying and (b) to help those who are victims of bullying in schools. | | (49599) | 252
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding her Department has made available for improvements to school sports facilities in (a) Leicester and (b) England in each year between 1997 and 2005. | | (49600) | 253
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children have changed schools as a result of being victims of bullying since 1997; and how many children have been (a) suspended and (b) expelled from school for bullying in that period. | | (49601) | 254
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding her Department made available for schools to tackle the problem of bullying in each academic year between 1997 and 2005. | | (49602) | 255
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size is in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Leicester and (ii) England. | | (49612) | 256
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is on the teaching of creationism as a subject in schools; and if she will make a statement. | | (49613) | 257
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department is taking to encourage children from families on low income to pursue postgraduate courses. | | (49614) | 258
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on Government plans to tackle bullying. | | (49637) | 259
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what statistics her Department (a) collects and (b) publishes on bullying in schools in England. | | (49638) | 260
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support her Department provides to (a) ChildLine, (b) the NSPCC and (c) other charitable organisations to help them support victims of bullying. | | (49639) | 261
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) published on bullying in schools since 1997. | | (49640) | 262
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding her Department has made available for school music facilities in (a) Leicester and (b) England in each academic year since 1997. | | (49641) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 263
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she expects to publish the outcome of the Climate Change Review. | | (48524) | 264
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which departments she has consulted as part of the Climate Change Review process; and if she will make a statement. | | (48525) | 265
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy to secure a 20 per cent. reduction of UK carbon dioxide emissions by 2010. | | (48526) | 266
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much water on average was (a) available to and (b) consumed by each person in the UK in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (i) water company and (ii) region. | | (48527) | 267
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) merits, (b) practicality and (c) costs of constructing a water grid to enable the transportation of large volumes of water over long distances. | | (48528) | 268
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the progess of the Climate Change Programme Review. | | (48002) | 269
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the steps which need to be taken on an annual basis in order to meet long-term carbon reduction targets up to 2050. | | (48003) | 270
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures have been taken to ensure that Government long-term targets on climate change meet emission reduction pathways. | | (48004) | 271
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding climate change targets based on 550 parts per million; and if she will make a statement. | | (48005) | 272
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to other Government departments regarding the Climate Change Programme Review; and what response has been received. | | (48006) | 273
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on water supply shortages in East Sussex; and what plans she has to combat such shortages. | | (49469) | 274
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) water shortage in East Sussex and (b) the possible effect of such shortages on consumer supply in (i) 2006 and (ii) the next five years. | | (49470) | 275
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the compatibility of further legislative options for prohibiting the import of illegal timber into the EU with World Trade Organisation rules; and when she expects to make a decision on the compatibility of such options. | | (49632) | 276
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to reach agreement with the heat treatment sector on eligibility for climate change levy exemption; and if she will make a statement. | | (47516) | 277
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of African, Caribbean and Pacific country sugar production was produced by Mauritius in the last period for which figures are available. | | (49631) | 278
| Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 8th October 2005 from the hon. Member for South Staffordshire regarding the waste composting site at Iverley Park Farm, which was transferred by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in November 2005. | | (48911) | 279
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for Single Farm Payment made in 2004 (a) are still under review and (b) have not been processed by the Rural Payments Agency; and if she will set a date by which a decision on all such applications will be made. | | (49125) | 280
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of her Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49506) | 281
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to encourage local authorities to increase public (a) awareness of and (b) participation in recycling schemes. | | (49547) | 282
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the information from the public for local authorities on recycling schemes; and if she will make a statement. | | (49548) | 283
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets have been set by her Department for the domestic recycling of (a) paper, (b) plastics, (c) glass and (d) metals; and which local authorities have (i) met and (ii) failed to meet these targets in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (49549) | 284
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that new commercial developments are built to the highest energy efficiency standards; and if she will make a statement. | | (49537) | 285
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the change in the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from commercial buildings in England in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (49538) | 286
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to promote zero carbon renewable energy systems in commercial buildings; and if she will make a statement. | | (49539) | 287
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of UK carbon dioxide emissions come from buildings other than household dwellings; and if she will make a statement. | | (49540) | 288
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of debt owed to water companies for non-payment of water rates; what discussions she has had with the water companies on this issue, with particular reference to the policy of non-disconnection except in extreme circumstances; and if she will make a statement. | | (47845) | 289
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to seek common standards for animal welfare within the EU. | | (47846) | 290
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she will make available by the Independent Scientific Group to inform the current consultation on bovine TB policy; and if she will make a statement. | | (47847) | 291
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has commissioned into the use of snares over the last three years. | | (47862) | 292
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the delegation from her Department which will attend the conference in April in Austria to discuss genetic modification in the EU will represent different shades of opinion on the subject of GM crops; and if she will make a statement. | | (49340) | 293
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the local authorities that have passed orders declaring air quality management areas; and whether they are still in force. | | (49341) | 294
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have applied, and been accepted, for (a) Entry Level Stewardship and (b) Higher Level Stewardship. | | (49377) | 295
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of the EU animal welfare action plan for the UK; and what legislative changes will be required. | | (49378) | 296
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK has implemented the EU Habitats Directive. | | (49379) | 297
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reasons were given for the rejection of the Stroud EU Life bid; and whether a new bid may be submitted to EU Life Plus. | | (49441) | 298
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department is commissioning into a vaccine to cure avian influenza, with particular reference to the H5NI strain. | | (49455) | 299
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the UK Government's position is on the European Commission's policy of imposing fines on the French government in relation to the adoption of EU legislation on the handling of genetically modified organisms, with particular reference to the need to introduce safety standards. | | (49587) | 300
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48960) | 301
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons Canada geese treated for fishing line injuries in sanctuaries are not allowed to be released back into the wild. | | (48361) | 302
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the EU to vote to lift the ban on the export of British beef; and for what reasons the ban has not been lifted thus far. | | (49188) | 303
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure a good service for customers of Severn Trent Water. | | (49036) | 304
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will visit Shrewsbury constituency to discuss milk prices with Shropshire dairy farmers. | | (49065) | 305
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria the EU applied when designating agricultural products as sensitive in the forthcoming World Trade Organisation negotiations. | | (49172) | 306
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to add vulnerable egg lines to the EU list of products designated as sensitive in the forthcoming World Trade Organisation negotiations. | | (49178) | 307
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will examine the reasons for the delay by the Rural Payments Agency in establishing definitive maps in respect of the holdings of John Lumsdon of Mayhouse Farm, Hadley, Droitwich Spa, WR9 OAS, reference numbers 17/510/0048 and 106620345. | | (49439) | 308
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the compensation tables for cattle which have been compulsorily slaughtered do not provide values for pedigree beef bovines under six months of age. | | (49092) | 309
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of administering the single farm payment scheme in each year since its introduction. | | (49156) | 310
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of single farm payments she expects to have been paid by the end of (a) February and (b) March. | | (49157) | 311
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the allocation of the National Reserve to be finalised. | | (49158) | 312
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total Government expenditure on tackling TB in cattle was in each year since 1996-97, broken down by main area of expenditure. | | (49168) | 313
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many regulations from her Department came into force in each year since 1996-97. | | (49169) | 314
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farming households in England were living below the Government low-income threshold in each year since 1996-97. | | (49170) | 315
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under which EU directive or regulations special protection area status was introduced; and whether the Government published a regulatory impact assessment in relation to its incorporation into UK law. | | (49813) | 316
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role English Nature plays in the planning process for special protection area status; and if she will make a statement. | | (49814) | 317
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what percentage of the total length of rivers in the United Kingdom canoeists have full access throughout the year; and if she will make a statement. | | (48366) | 318
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what legislation the Department has the authority to block a second bovine tuberculosis test for a calf that tested positive to the initial tuberculin skin test when the owner is willing to pay for the test. | | (48713) | 319
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have been registered under the Organic Entry Level Scheme in (a) Devon, (b) Cornwall, (c) Somerset and (d) Dorset. | | (48715) | 320
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of wind farms on wild birds; what research her Department has commissioned on the impact of wind turbines on wildlife; how many protected birds have been recorded as killed in collisions with wind turbines in the last five years; what steps her Department is taking to reduce the risks to birds of wind turbines; and if she will make a statement. | | (49603) | 321
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates she has made of the value of pedigree (a) Hereford, (b) Charolais and (c) Dexter cattle aged (i) under six months, (ii) over three years, (iii) over five years, (iv) over 10 years and (v) over 12 years. | | (49095) | 322
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she received on the criteria for tuberculosis slaughter valuations for pedigree cattle (a) under six months and (b) over three years of age. | | (49096) | 323
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she received on the variations in value of cattle by (a) breed and (b) pedigree. | | (49097) | 324
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what vaccine is available for use in poultry to prevent avian influenza. | | (49635) | 325
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received (a) in favour of and (b) against vaccination of poultry against avian influenza. | | (49642) | 326
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals have been involved in incidents of non-compliance with cattle movement orders since 2001; where these incidents occurred; and how many animals were involved in each case. | | (48597) | 327
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the percentage rate of compliance has been with the cattle movement order since 2001. | | (48598) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 328
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the funds pledged during the London Conference on Afghanistan will be channelled into the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund. | | (49267) | 329
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Iran's nuclear programme. | | (49416) | 330
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 20th January to the hon. Member for Houghton and Washington East, Official Report, column 1702W, on Cuba if he will name the main non-official Cuban human rights organisation referred to; where it is based; and from what sources it receives its funding. | | (48976) | 331
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of whether (a) Serbia and (b) Montenegro are making arms sales to Burma. | | (48615) | 332
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department is liaising with the Afghanistan government to deal with the opium problem in Afghanistan. | | (48915) | 333
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in identifying the opium supply route in Afghanistan. | | (48916) | 334
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the estimated timescale is for eradicating poppy production in each region of Afghanistan; and what methods are being deployed to that end. | | (48924) | 335
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the estimated size is of the area dedicated to poppy production in each region of Afghanistan. | | (48925) | 336
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the UK took over responsibility for controlling opium production in Afghanistan; and what progress has been made since then. | | (48926) | 337
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government prefers destruction, licensing or substitution by other crops to tackle poppy production in Afghanistan; and what budget his Department has allocated to each of these alternatives. | | (48927) | 338
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much opium has been confiscated in Afghanistan in each of the last three years. | | (48928) | 339
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in tackling and destroying opium processing facilities in Afghanistan. | | (48929) | 340
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place with each of Afghanistan's neighbouring countries on (a) blocking of supply routes for and (b) confiscation of opium; and what the results were of those discussions. | | (48932) | 341
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral preparations the Government has made to provide assistance to Zimbabwean refugees should they enter Zimbabwe's neighbouring countries in large numbers. | | (49309) | 342
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's latest estimate is of the number of Zimbabwean refugees to have fled to (a) Mozambique, (b) South Africa, (c) Botswana and (d) Zambia in the last 12 months. | | (49311) | 343
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of Dr A Q Kahn's visits to Myanmar for the proliferation of nuclear weapons; and what assessment he has made of the risk of transfer of Pakistani nuclear technology to the Myanmar regime. | | (49394) | 344
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements are in place for liaison between his Department and (a) UN Stabilisation forces and (b) Operation Enduring Freedom to deal with the opium problem in Afghanistan. | | (49458) | 345
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the effects of reform of the EU sugar regime on African, Caribbean and Pacific sugar producers. | | (49630) | 346
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with other Government Departments on help to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to mitigate the effect on jobs of reform of the EU sugar regime. | | (49664) | 347
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are in place to ensure the co-ordination of (a) military assistance, (b) non-military government aid and (c) government-funded work by non-governmental organisations with work of the government of Afghanistan. | | (49793) | 348
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Lebanese counterpart regarding Hamas's victory in the recent Palestinian elections. | | (47855) | 349
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the incidence of corruption with reconstruction projects in Iraq. | | (47856) | 350
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's most recent assessment is of the human rights situation in (a) Uganda, (b) Uzbekistan, (c) China, (d) Rwanda and (e) the Maldives; what conclusions have been drawn; and if he will make a statement. | | (49490) | 351
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's most recent assessment is of the human rights situation in (a) Libya, (b) Eritrea, (c) Vietnam, (d) Turkmenistan and (e) Belarus; and if he will make a statement. | | (49491) | 352
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49505) | 353
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the plans of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to designate 3,000 donums of land in occupied Morphou for tourist development and to grant 1,500 donums of Greek-Cypriot-owned land in Morphou to Turkish settlers. | | (48898) | 354
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the implications of the decision of the Burmese authorities to move the capital from Rangoon to Pyinmana with particular reference to (a) the implications for the governance of that country and (b) its relations with (i) the UK and (ii) the rest of the world; and if he will make a statement. | | (49489) | 355
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the attitude towards (a) Christian and (b) other minority religions by extremist Hindus in India; and if he will seek to use the EU-India Strategic Partnership to impress upon the Indian Government the need (i) for greater religious tolerance and (ii) to give equal rights to the Dalit community. | | (49588) | 356
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on his Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48959) | 357
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution his Department will make to training of the Afghan National and Border police; and if he will make a statement. | | (49314) | 358
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to achieve a sustained and significant reduction in the production and trafficking of narcotics in the Afghan province of Helmand; and if he will make a statement. | | (49316) | 359
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the composition will be of the Joint Co-ordination and Monitoring Board recommended in the Afghanistan Compact of 31st January 2006; what the UK's contribution will be to the board; and if he will make a statement. | | (49364) | 360
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to the Afghan government to ensure establishment of (a) civil administration, (b) police, (c) prisons and (d) judiciary in the Afghan province of Helmand; and if he will make a statement. | | (49411) | 361
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what visits Ministers from his Department have made to UK Overseas Territories in the last five years, broken down by (a) date, (b) country and (c) Minister. | | (49113) | 362
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations between the Falkland Islands and Argentina. | | (49114) | 363
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the South Georgia Council last met; and who attended. | | (49115) | 364
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who sits on the South Georgia Council; how often it meets; and where it holds its meetings. | | (49116) | 365
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his discussions with the Icelandic Foreign Minister on 18th January on Iceland's whaling programme. | | (49272) | 366
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Sierra Leone. | | (49413) | 367
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2843W, on detention centres (US flights), what assessment he has made of differences between the UK Government's working definition of torture and that of the US Adminstration. | | (49247) | 368
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2852W, on Iraq, whether (a) the Intelligence and Security Committee in 2003 and (b) the Butler Review had access to the same intelligence material on the Government's claim that Iraq sought to procure uranium from Niger. | | (49257) | 369
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2852W, on Israel, if he will make it Government policy not to apologise in any case where someone from another country is arrested or threatened with arrest as a result of a warrant issued by a UK court following private prosecution under international law. | | (49681) | 370
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Sudan's Darfur region; and if he will make a statement. | | (49668) | 371
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of citizens of British overseas territories being able to take part in (a) Westminster and (b) European Parliamentary elections. | | (49037) | 372
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the British Ambassador in Minsk about UK relations with Belarus. | | (49089) | 373
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance his Department (a) is providing and (b) plans to provide to the Afghan government to tackle the problem of heroin production. | | (49444) | 374
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution other countries are making to the British led anti-opium initiative in Afghanistan. | | (49445) | 375
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether HM High Commission Islamabad has sent to the Home Office the appeal papers for the immigration case of Mrs ZN of Aylesbury (reference ISB/879875); and if he will make a statement. | | (48616) | 376
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to implement the international arrest warrant for Charles Munyaneza. | | (49192) | 377
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to invite His Excellency President Paul Kagame to visit the UK. | | (49193) | 378
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the French government to assist the Rwandan government in its request for the extradition of Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka. | | (49195) | 379
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the recent reports of human rights violations in Nepal. | | (49088) | 380
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department (a) is giving and (b) plans to give to Nepalese (i) human rights agencies and (ii) aid organisations in (A) India and (B) the United Kingdom to assist the restoration of consitutional democracy in Nepal. | | (49245) | 381
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Nepal about (a) detention of political leaders, (b) suppression of the media and (c) human rights violations. | | (49246) | 382
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the abduction and detention incommunicado of (a) Qutaiba Hamdani, (b) Uday Nasser (c) Badr, (d) Yasser Hamad and (e) Firaz Imad in Iraq in Feburary 2004. | | (49368) | 383
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2006, Official Report, column 122W, on Iraq, whether he has (a) requested and (b) received information from (i) UK officials, (ii) UK armed service personnel and (iii) Iraqi official sources relating to the whereabouts of Mr Quitaba Hamdani, Mr Uday Nasser Badr, Mr Yasser Hamad and Mr Firaz Imad referred to in the letter of 12th March 2004 from Mr van Boven, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. | | (49369) | 384
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the security situation and (b) the democratic process in the Republic of Yemen. | | (49071) | 385
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development of civil society in Belarus. | | (49607) | 386
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts concerning the final status of Kosovo. | | (49608) | 387
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of President Putin's recent warning of foreign governments against trying to exert influence via non-governmental organisations in Russia. | | (49609) | 388
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent arrest and trial of the Uzbekistan opposition leader Sanjar Umarov for alleged economic crimes. | | (49610) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 389
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of adding cystic fibrosis to the list of diseases which give rise to exemption from prescription charges. | | (49636) | 390
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will undertake a public consultation on the list of diseases that give rise to exemption from prescription charges. | | (49647) | 391
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what directions she plans to give to NHS trusts following the recent decision by the High Court to clarify the responsibility between the NHS and social services departments on what constitutes (a) free care and (b) means-tested care. | | (48907) | 392
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received regarding plans to regionalise ambulance services provision in East Sussex; and if she will make a statement. | | (49463) | 393
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on plans to regionalise ambulance services in East Sussex. | | (49468) | 394
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals have been submitted to her Department to re-open St Mary's Hospital in Armley, West Leeds, as a local health centre; and if she will make a statement. | | (49074) | 395
| Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to provide statutory funding for the provision of communication aid equipment. | | (49084) | 396
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the average NHS funding per person for the Chelmsford Primary Care Trust (PCT) area is less than the average figure for England; what measures are being taken to bring the funding for the Chelmsford PCT area closer to the average figure for England; and if she will make a statement. | | (48368) | 397
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average NHS funding per person is in (a) England and (b) the Chelmsford Primary Care Trust area; and what each figure is projected to be in 2008. | | (48370) | 398
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will increase resources for HIV testing in England; and if she will bring forward proposals to enable and regulate home testing for the infection. | | (49234) | 399
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what date has been set for the commencement of the planned public consultation regarding the possible inclusion of graphic or pictorial warnings on cigarette packets as permitted by EU Directive 2001/37/EC. | | (48571) | 400
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the contracts placed by the Monitor regulatory body with external consultants. | | (48800) | 401
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total budget of Monitor was in each year since it was established; what it will be in 2006-07; how many whole-time equivalent staff it has; at what salary grades; how much of its budget has been spent on external consultants; and whether these consultants were commissioned on a basis of contestability. | | (49759) | 402
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of her Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49504) | 403
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses work in NHS hospitals in the East Riding of Yorkshire; and how many of them are employed via an agency. | | (49099) | 404
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects of excessive salt consumption on patients at risk of developing kidney disease; and if she will make a statement. | | (49104) | 405
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has issued to health professionals on monitoring salt intake levels for patients at risk of developing kidney disease; and what methods are used to monitor salt intake. | | (49105) | 406
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA there have been in each hospital in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (49133) | 407
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have (a) successfully claimed and (b) attempted to claim compensation for contracting MRSA in each of the Lancashire hospitals in each of the last five years. | | (49134) | 408
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients normally resident in Lancashire have been treated for cancer in Lancashire in the past 12 months. | | (49794) | 409
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to launch a new advertising campaign on the transmission of HIV/AIDS. | | (49797) | 410
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has allocated for its publicity campaign on sexually transmitted diseases; and when it will begin. | | (49798) | 411
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on the funding of Bexley Primary Healthcare Trust. | | (48899) | 412
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on the funding of hospital trusts in South East London. | | (48900) | 413
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the divergence in the prescription cost and the over-the-counter price of the morning-after pill; and if she will make a statement. | | (49040) | 414
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on her Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48958) | 415
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2006, Official Report, column 151W, on NHS trusts, what assessment will be made of the value of turnaround teams. | | (49160) | 416
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2006, Official Report, column 151W, on NHS trusts, if she will list the NHS organisations with which turnaround teams will be working; what the total number of staff is in those teams; and whether their reports will be made public. | | (49161) | 417
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS in-patient beds are available for the specialist treatment of those with post-traumatic stress disorder or related conditions. | | (49187) | 418
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times for general practitioner referrals to the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital were (a) at the latest date for which figures are available and (b) in 1997. | | (48970) | 419
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for tertiary referrals at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in the last period for which figures are available. | | (48972) | 420
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of emergency ambulance coverage in (a) Forest of Dean constituency and(b) Gloucestershire. | | (48809) | 421
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources available to the Gloucestershire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. | | (48810) | 422
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the financial situation of the Gloucestershire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. | | (48811) | 423
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future of Royston Hospital. | | (49031) | 424
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices are taking new NHS patients in Chorley constituency. | | (49210) | 425
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for residents in Chorley constituency to be taken on as NHS patients by a dental practice. | | (49211) | 426
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to minimise increases in charges for NHS dental work. | | (49212) | 427
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects on health of cost disincentives to people in relation to regular dental check-ups. | | (49213) | 428
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of people in the Peterborough City Council unitary authority area who are unable to register with an NHS dentist. | | (49287) | 429
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many arrests for drug-related offences have been made in Peterborough constituency in the last 10 years. | | (49288) | 430
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the waiting lists for fitting of new digital hearing aids at the Audiology Department of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (49289) | 431
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much accommodating NHS patients detained under the Mental Health Acts in private sector beds cost in each year since 1997, broken down by strategic health authority area. | | (49264) | 432
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2006, Official Report, column 594W, on NHS financial management, if she will set out examples from case studies presented by the foundation trust network demonstrating new ways of working; and how she has evaluated whether the freedoms conferred by foundation status have allowed NHS foundation trusts to introduce new approaches to patient care more quickly and efficiently than NHS trusts. | | (49248) | 433
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the supplies market within the NHS will be controlled and regulated; and if she will make a statement. | | (49249) | 434
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS was of (a) male to female and (b) female to male gender reassignment operations carried out in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005; and how many of each type of operation were carried out in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (49250) | 435
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to award the contract for the Independent Complaints and Advocacy Service in the (a) West Midlands, (b) South West, (c) North West and (d) North East of England. | | (49251) | 436
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements her Department has made to ensure that (a) patients in the (i) West Midlands, (ii) South West, (iii) the North West and (iv) the North East of England will have access to an independent complaints and advocacy service when the contract with the Citizens Advice Bureau finishes and (b) that there will be a smooth transfer from the current provider to the new provision. | | (49252) | 437
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the start-up costs of a new provider of the independent complaints and advocacy service in the West Midlands complying with the required model of delivery. | | (49253) | 438
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason each new contract for complaints and advocacy services was not awarded to the existing provider. | | (49254) | 439
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on accessibility for patients to complaints and advocacy services of the reduced number of centres. | | (49255) | 440
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to increase the numbers of Macmillan nurses working for the NHS in Shropshire. | | (49054) | 441
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding her Department provides to run the MRI scanner at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. | | (49056) | 442
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to increase the number of NHS neurologists in Shropshire. | | (49057) | 443
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many married couples are being cared for in separate state-run care homes in England. | | (49434) | 444
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of permitting unregistered patients to attend general practitioners as described in paragraph 3.34, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, on the demand for NHS services from those ineligible for NHS care. | | (49517) | 445
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to initiate the review of the funding arrangements for NHS walk-in centres described in paragraph 3.34, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. | | (49518) | 446
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to initiate the review of personal medical services funding described in paragraph 3.31, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say; in which financial year she expects the findings of the review to be implemented; and if she will make a statement. | | (49519) | 447
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to publish the review of General Medical Services funding described in paragraph 3.30, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say; who is conducting the review; and if she will make a statement. | | (49520) | 448
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to make the obligation on primary care trusts to provide up-to-date, authoritative information to the public as described in paragraph 3.25, of her White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, a statutory requirement; whether she plans to provide additional resources to primary care trusts to enable them to meet this commitment; and if she will make a statement. | | (49521) | 449
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS walk-in centres she plans to be fully operational in England by April 2010. | | (49522) | 450
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to launch the high-profile campaign to encourage people to contribute to the drive for a fitter Britain by 2012, described in paragraph 2.99, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say; what resources she plans to provide in support of the campaign; which organisations are designing the campaign; and if she will make a statement. | | (49523) | 451
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where exercise-on-prescription pilots have been carried out as described in paragraph 2.93, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, what estimate she has made of the costs to the NHS of issuing exercise-on-prescription; and what evidence was used to inform the judgment in paragraph 2.93 of the White Paper that exercise-on-prescription pilots have often been successful. | | (49524) | 452
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where Partnerships for Older People projects are being piloted; when the introduction of these projects was first announced; and if she will make a statement. | | (49525) | 453
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with what frequency she expects directors of public health and directors of adult social services to undertake joint reviews of the health and well-being status and needs of their populations as described in paragraph 2.60 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. | | (49526) | 454
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how she plans to redefine and strengthen the role of directors of public health as proposed in paragraph 2.58 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, how she expects the total number of directors of public health to change following the current process of reorganising primary care trusts; and if she will make a statement. | | (49527) | 455
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected timetable is for introduction of the regulation of counsellors and therapists as proposed in paragraph 2.51 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, whether she plans for the regulation of counsellors and therapists to be overseen by the Health Professions Council; what representations she has received regarding the need for regulation of counsellors and therapists, and from whom; and if she will make a statement. | | (49528) | 456
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Swift campaign referred to in paragraph 2.42, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, was introduced; what resources have been committed to support the campaign in each year since its introduction; whether she has assessed the effectiveness of the campaign; and if she will make a statement. | | (49529) | 457
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to introduce a social marketing strategy as described in paragraph 2.39, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, what she plans to include in the strategy; what discussions she has had with relevant parties regarding its introduction; when these discussions took place; what resources she plans to commit from central budgets to support the stategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (49530) | 458
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence of (a) cost and (b) clinical effectiveness was used to support the proposals for an NHS Life Check, as described in the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, at what ages she plans for a NHS Life Check to be offered; in which areas the NHS Life Check will be piloted; and what resources she plans to commit from central budgets to support the implementation of the NHS Life Check. | | (49531) | 459
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the National Clinical Director for Older People to publish his report Next Steps for Older People's National Service Framework. | | (49532) | 460
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) men and (b) women who drink more than the recommended weekly amounts of alcohol; and what assessment she has made of trends in alcohol consumption since 1979. | | (49533) | 461
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of health action zones. | | (49550) | 462
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will postpone any proposals to merge ambulance trusts arising from the current consultation until the urgent care service strategy described in paragraph 4.51 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, is developed. | | (49551) | 463
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the national approach to risk management described in paragraph 4.42 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, is expected to be placed on a statutory basis. | | (49552) | 464
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to launch a national campaign to increase awareness and understanding of direct payments as described in paragraph 4.28 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, what resources she plans to commit in support of the campaign; and if she will make a statement. | | (49553) | 465
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to permit general practices to extend their boundaries so that they cut across (a) primary care trust and (b) local authority social services boundaries. | | (49554) | 466
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to make changes to the primary care contracts to ensure better opening hours as described in paragraph 3.58 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, and if she will make a statement. | | (49555) | 467
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is expected to make arrangements for standardising practice patient surveys as described on paragraph 3.57 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, which organisation will conduct the practice patient surveys; and if she will make a statement. | | (49556) | 468
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis was for the statement in paragraph 3.49 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, that a minority of practices had stopped taking advance bookings; and what evidence suggests that the number of practices which have stopped taking advance bookings is growing. | | (49557) | 469
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons her Department needs to manage the procurement of primary care medical services on behalf of primary care trusts as described in paragraph 3.46 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. | | (49558) | 470
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which six primary care trusts her Department is assisting in the procurement of primary care medical services as described in paragraph 3.37, of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, with which suppliers the primary care trusts are in negotiation to provide primary care medical services; what the average cost is of a general practitioner consulation (a) provided by the suppliers with which primary care trusts are in negotiation and (b) in the NHS as a whole; and if she will make a statement. | | (49559) | 471
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the optimal number of general practitioners per 100,000 population standardised by weighting. | | (49560) | 472
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the merits of waiving inspection fees for multiple sclerosis centres. | | (49204) | 473
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average pay for (a) qualified audiologists and (b) audiology assistants in London hospitals was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (49207) | 474
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects on children at risk of developing kidney disease from consuming excessive levels of salt. | | (49208) | 475
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has issued to health professionals on recommended levels of salt intake for children at risk of developing kidney disease. | | (49209) | 476
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the 18-week waiting requirements will apply to audiology departments for the referral, assessment and fitting of digital hearing aids. | | (49240) | 477
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time between initial general practitioner referral and final fitting of digital hearing aids was in each hospital trust in the last period for which figures are available. | | (49241) | 478
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners use analogue hearing aids. | | (49242) | 479
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified audiologists are employed in each hospital trust; and how many vacancies there were in each trust in the last period for which figures are available. | | (49243) | 480
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence takes into account the rule of rescue when evaluating (a) drug treatments for brain cancer and (b) other drug treatments; and if she will make a statement. | | (49590) | 481
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the rule of rescue principle applies to NHS treatment of (a) brain tumours and (b) other conditions; and if she will make a statement. | | (49591) | 482
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the acceptable incremental level of cost per quality years of life above the norm which the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence considers a drug treatment value for money when administered under the rule of rescue; and if she will make a statement. | | (49592) | 483
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the Questions tabled by the hon. Member for Woking, reference (a) 44640, (b) 44641, (c) 44644 and (d) 44117. | | (48626) | 484
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has issued to strategic health authorities on long-range capacity planning. | | (49787) | 485
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under the health reform in England proposals, what the division of responsibility will be between (a) GP-contracted and (b) local government personal social services for patient care and support. | | (49624) | 486
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under the health reform in England proposals for the system of payment by results, whether the tariff to enable the system will take account of (a) differences in costs dependent on the location of the hospital, (b) the change in prognosis for the patient before and after treatment achieved by the hospital, (c) differing responses of patients to treatment and (d) variations in duration of stay in hospital of different types of patient. | | (49625) | 487
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under the health reform in England proposals, whether the (a) geographical distance and (b) quality of transport links to alternative effective hospitals will be taken into account in the decision over whether a failing hospital is to be required to close. | | (49626) | 488
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under the health reform in England proposals, who will have overall responsibility for the patient in the patient-led framework; whether primary care trusts will have a (a) superintending and (b) funding role for (i) general practice and (ii) hospitals. | | (49627) | 489
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under the health reform in England proposals for a tariff to be used to enable the system of payment by results, what (a) advice and (b) expertise will be provided to hospitals to enable them to assess future income against current and projected expenditure on (i) infrastructure, (ii) staff costs and (iii) service costs; where responsibility will lie for the provision of such guidance; what advice has been prepared for hospitals admitting fewer patients than budgeted for; and what measures will be available in the (A) short and (B) long term to help hospitals that exceed the tariff rate to cover the resulting deficit. | | (49628) | 490
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure that effective (a) training, (b) support and (c) guidance is provided to all general practitioners to enable them to use practice based contracting to maximum benefit for patients; and what assessment she has made of the level of resources necessary to achieve such provision. | | (49629) | 491
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the consultants used in the Pathfinder project for the sterile services initiative; and what the value was of each contract. | | (48802) | 492
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has paid in VAT (a) on prescriptions and (b) in total in each year since 1997. | | (49674) | 493
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has issued guidance to trusts on advising patients on whether to obtain their prescriptions outside hospital pharmacies. | | (49676) | 494
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms her Department has in place for recovering VAT from the Treasury. | | (49677) | 495
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will issue guidelines to primary care trusts on the prescribing of Velcade to apply until such time as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has issued its guidelines; and if she will make a statement. | | (48367) | 496
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the provision of children's NHS dental services in Gloucestershire. | | (48372) | 497
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the provision of NHS dentistry in each of the six constituencies in Gloucestershire; and if she will make a statement. | | (48373) | 498
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure the continued operation of the Mesothelioma Research Group based at St Bartholomew's and the London Hospitals; and if she will make a statement. | | (48364) | 499
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents involving incorrect insulin doses have occurred in hospitals in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in the death of a patient. | | [R] (49107) | 500
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of missed appointments with hospital consultants in each of the past five years. | | (49039) | 501
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that general practices have a choice of IT systems within defined interoperability standards. | | (49430) | 502
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many responses were received to the consultation on the provision of stoma appliances and other services; and if she will make a statement. | | (49431) | 503
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists, excluding orthodontists, have been employed by the NHS in (a) Leicester and (b) England since 1997. | | (49584) | 504
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists, excluding orthodontists, have been available for dental students to work for during their compulsory work experience year in (a) Leicester, (b) Surrey and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (49585) | 505
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding her Department provided for treatments for (a) cancer and (b) breast cancer in (i) Leicester and (ii) England since 1997. | | (49586) | 506
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has evaluated on the effects on health of 3G mobile telephones. | | (49604) | 507
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) Leicester and (b) England receive NHS dialysis treatment. | | (49605) | 508
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the infection rate was for patients receiving NHS dialysis treatment in the last period for which figures are available. | | (49606) | 509
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the (a) number and (b) timing of doses of Prevenar required to protect children from invasive infections. | | (49682) | 510
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what price her Department expects to secure Prevenar for the NHS; and what steps have been taken to ensure security of supply. | | (49683) | 511
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list services that were provided at Ashford Hospital (Middlesex) in July 1997 that are no longer provided on the hospital site; and on what date each of these services ceased to be available at Ashford Hospital. | | (48622) | 512
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the progress of negotiations between Capio Health Care and the Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Trust for an independent treatment centre at Ashford Hospital (Middlesex). | | (48623) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 513
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum and (b) immigration applications were outstanding on 2nd May 1997. | | (49070) | 514
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) immigration and (b) asylum applications switched to spouse status in each year since 1992, broken down by country of origin. | | (49072) | 515
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what percentage asylum applications have changed in each year since 1992 . | | (49073) | 516
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who had (a) signed up for and (b) not signed up for section 4 support have returned home since the introduction of section 4 support, broken down by country of origin. | | (49090) | 517
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers whose applications were refused since 1992 were originally from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Kosovo, (c) Iraq, (d) European Community states, (e) European Accession states, (f) Latin America, (g) Asia and (h) Africa. | | (49091) | 518
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were refused in each year since 1992. | | (49094) | 519
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants have been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK for each year since 1992, broken down by country of origin. | | (49098) | 520
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in each constituency are receiving section 4 support. | | (49108) | 521
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) work permit recipients and (b) immigration applicants switched to asylum applications in each year since 1992. | | (49109) | 522
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants switched to migration applications in each year since 1992. | | (49110) | 523
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are detained in HM Prison Armley, Leeds. | | (49111) | 524
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to roll out the Real Women Programme for sentencing following its pilot in 2004. | | (49214) | 525
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will announce his decision on the locations of the two proposed new women's Community Supervision and Support Centres announced in 2005. | | (49216) | 526
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many original documents requested by the UK Passport Service were lost during the last four years. | | (48805) | 527
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the underestimate of the overall cost of the building programme at HMP Chelmsford; why the underestimate was discovered as early as one month after building work commenced; what steps are to be taken to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement. | | (48369) | 528
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when work commenced on the rebuilding and refurbishment programme at HMP Chelmsford; when the work ceased due to financial problems; when work is expected to recommence; and if he will make a statement. | | (48371) | 529
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward measures to clarify criminal law on the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. | | (49235) | 530
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that all prisons make condoms available anonymously to prisoners and other detainees. | | (49237) | 531
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what post-legislative work has been planned to assess the effectiveness of the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill. | | (48971) | 532
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the distribution of weekly supplementary nutritional packs to prisoners suffering from diabetes; and if he will make a statement. | | (45454) | 533
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken to ensure that non-smoking prison inmates are not required to share cells with prisoners who smoke. | | (45455) | 534
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have closed in (a) Islington North and (b) Greater London in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (49419) | 535
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many whole-time equivalent immigration control staff were employed in control and surveillance of ports and airports in each year since 1999-2000. | | (49752) | 536
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list ports and airports which have had a permanent presence of immigration officials in each year since 1999-2000. | | (49753) | 537
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of merchant ships used International Maritime Organisation certificates rather than passports and visas to stay at UK ports in each year since 1999-2000; and whether he has plans to increase the levels of (a) personal identification for and (b) access controls applied to such staff. | | (49758) | 538
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the level of ethnic monitoring at all stages of the criminal justice system; and how it has changed since 1997. | | (49127) | 539
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of police officers have received training in basic interviewing skills. | | (49128) | 540
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which major investigations have been inspected by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary since 1997. | | (49129) | 541
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on how police performance is assessed. | | (49130) | 542
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been conducted into the merits of extending the video recording of police interviews. | | (49131) | 543
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the professional forensic bodies' register of members who are suitably qualified to act as an expert witness. | | (49163) | 544
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which body is responsible for ensuring standards in forensic science laboratories; and if he will make a statement on its work. | | (49164) | 545
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the work of the Home Office Policy Advisory Board for Forensic Pathology. | | (49165) | 546
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last reviewed the code of practice for scene of crime officers. | | (49166) | 547
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the training for scene of crime officers, with particular reference to the involvement of the (a) Forensic Science Service and (b) Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory. | | (49167) | 548
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the shortest amount of time served by a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment before being released on licence was in each year between 1987 and 1999. | | (49426) | 549
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49503) | 550
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been employed in the Vale of Glamorgan division in each of the last five years. | | (49808) | 551
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notice offences have been issued for (a) selling alcohol to a person under 18 years, (b) the purchase of alcohol for a person under 18 years on licensed premises, (c) the consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 years and (d) allowing delivery of alcohol to a person under 18 years in each basic command unit in England and Wales. | | (49042) | 552
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average salary of (a) a newly-trained police constable and (b) a community support officer was in each police force on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (49043) | 553
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have retired in each year since 2001, broken down by (a) rank and (b) police force area. | | (49044) | 554
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders have been issued in each local authority area in England and Wales. | | (49045) | 555
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken to settle applications for criminal injuries compensation was in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (49046) | 556
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on (a) the recruitment of police officers, (b) the recruitment of graduates to work as police officers and (c) the accelerated promotion scheme for graduate police officers. | | (49047) | 557
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applying for positions within residential care and nursing homes are awaiting clearance from the Criminal Records Bureau in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire, (b) Hull and (c) England. | | (49100) | 558
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners underwent treatment for drugs dependence in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) England and Wales in each of the past five years. | | (49101) | 559
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed by juvenile offenders in (a) Haltemprice and Howden, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) the Humberside Police Authority area in each quarter since 2001; how many cautions were issued in relation to such cases; and how many children in the East Riding of Yorkshire (i) were convicted, (ii) were in local authority care, (iii) received a reprimand, (iv) received a final warning and (v) were found guilty in each year since 2001. | | (49102) | 560
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2006 to the hon. Member for Crosby, Official Report, column 2135W, on pornography, how many successful prosecutions have been brought in each of the last three years under (a) the Obscene Publications Act 1959, (b) the Indecent Displays Act 1981, (c) the Communications Act 2003, (d) the Video Recordings Act 1984 and (e) the Protection of Children Act 1999 for the illegal transference of pornography to minors. | | (49306) | 561
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with EU counterparts on the development of biometric passports and identity cards; and what representations have been made by (a) business and (b) IT companies on security issues in relation to mechanisms for identity verification. | | (49342) | 562
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alcohol-related incidents connected to circuses have been recorded in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (49135) | 563
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) murders, (b) manslaughters, (c) attempted murders, (d) rapes, (e) burglaries and (f) other acts of violence against the person there have been in each constituency in England and Wales since 2001 that have been solved using records of DNA samples taken from suspects who had previously been arrested but not convicted of an offence. | | (48440) | 564
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on his Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48957) | 565
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) Ministers and (b) section of his Department are responsible for making the arrangements for the provision of British citizenship tests. | | (49678) | 566
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for a British citizenship test in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (49679) | 567
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the capacity for British citizenship tests is sufficient to meet the demand. | | (49680) | 568
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what legislation he is restructuring the Probation Service in England and Wales. | | (48980) | 569
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what matters relating to (a) the Probation Service and (b) the Prison Service in Wales are reserved matters. | | (48981) | 570
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those convicted of a criminal offence in the last year for which figures are available were employed by the emergency services at the time of their offence. | | (49186) | 571
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential for the rehabilitation of offenders through the companionship of animals, with particular reference to animal-assisted therapy programmes in prisons. | | (49429) | 572
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January to Question 44622, on sex offenders, what information is supplied to the police regarding the relevant conviction in court to enable enforcement of the requirement of the offender to notify the police; how many relevant offenders were required to make an initial notification to the police in 2005; and how many did so. | | (48890) | 573
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Peterborough who were tagged on early release from prison have breached the rules governing their early release in each of the last five years. | | (49292) | 574
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why DNA profiles collected from those arrested but not charged of any offence are retained. | | (49663) | 575
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to chief constables so that operational decisions taken by them across England and Wales are consistent. | | (48403) | 576
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the provisions of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill on the availability of low-skilled workers in the UK. | | (49433) | 577
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted for holding a stolen pet as ransom in each year since 1997; and what punishments have been imposed. | | (49437) | 578
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Department's policy is on the transport of pregnant prisoners and what guidelines have been issued to the prison service on the matter. | | (49438) | 579
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Police National Computer is compatible with the Scottish Police Computer. | | (49750) | 580
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 5th September 2005, from the hon. Member for Aylesbury to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality about the case of Mr S. S. of Aylesbury (reference S1081532; MI4464/5). | | (49197) | 581
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what areas he expects the National Offender Management Service in Wales to prioritise within the diversity portfolio of issues in addition to those relating to the Welsh language and disability. | | (49041) | 582
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he expects there will be a protocol or memorandum of agreement with the National Assembly for Wales to facilitate the delivery of the National Offender Management Service in Wales. | | (49051) | 583
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he will take to ensure that the implementation of National Offender Management Service (a) procedures and (b) allocated funding are fit for purpose in Wales. | | (49053) | 584
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements there are under the National Offender Management Service to ensure joint working for (a) planning, (b) resourcing and (c) implementing the Wales Reducing Reoffending Action Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (49055) | 585
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the lines of accountability are under the National Offender Management Service in Wales for the delivery of the Reducing Reoffending Action Plan. | | (49058) | 586
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the (a) Probation and (b) Prison Service in Wales will be managed to establish an environment capable of delivering offender management and the Wales Reducing Reoffending Action Plan. | | (49060) | 587
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what developments he expects the (a) prisons and (b) Probation Service to make under the National Offender Management Service in the next (a) six months and (b) three years. | | (49063) | 588
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes he plans to make to the way resources are allocated to deliver the Reducing Reoffending Action Plan effectively in Wales. | | (49064) | 589
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional statutory all-Wales bodies he expects will be established under the National Offender Management Service. | | (49066) | 590
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which core services will be delivered only by public sector (a) prisons and (b) probation staff under the National Offender Management Service. | | (49067) | 591
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which services under the National Offender Management Service will be (a) tendered for and (b) subject to contestability exercises. | | (49068) | 592
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps will be taken under the National Offender Management Service to involve (a) local health trusts and (b) housing departments. | | (49069) | 593
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisation in Wales will assume the lead role for the National Offender Management Service. | | (49201) | 594
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made as part of the preparations for the National Offender Management Service of services which might be commissioned in Wales within the 1/4/22 pyramid of templates. | | (49304) | 595
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking as part of the preparations for the National Offender Management Service to enable the Wales Offender Manager to engage effectively with stakeholders and partners from the (a) courts, (b) voluntary community and (c) private sectors. | | (49305) | 596
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential for the Scottish Intelligence Database to satisfy the recommendations of the Bichard Report. | | (49205) | 597
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were (a) issued and (b) breached in 2004 by each London borough. | | (48973) | 598
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to collect data on the number of anti-social behaviour orders that are issued to individuals with (a) disabilities and (b) mental illnesses. | | (48974) | 599
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to how many anti-social behaviour orders made during (a) 2004 and (b) 2005 an individual support order was attached. | | (48975) | 600
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders in Hertfordshire were on home detention curfews (HDCs) in 2004-05; and what proportion of these offenders failed to complete the HDC period successfully. | | (49332) | 601
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the Questions tabled by the hon. Member for Woking, reference (a) 44140-43, (b) 44642-48, (c) 44118, (d) 44120 and (e) 44125. | | (48627) | 602
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of fuel and energy price increases on police service budgets. | | (49576) | 603
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance and (b) training has been provided to police forces in England and Wales with regard to the Hunting Act 2004. | | (49456) | 604
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to publish his Department's police restructuring proposals following the recent consultations; and if he will make a statement. | | (48618) | 605
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the misuse of methamphetamine. | | (49293) | 606
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has received from the police on the classification of methamphetamine. | | (49294) | 607
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to control access to the precursors of methamphetamine. | | (49295) | 608
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will (a) undertake a public awareness campaign about the impact of the misuse of methamphetamine and (b) set out the risks associated with misuse of the drug. | | (49296) | 609
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the street names by which methamphetamine is known. | | (49297) | 610
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the waiting time is for access to residential drug treatment for heroin addicts in Plymouth. | | (48405) | 611
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure full and accurate financial records are kept by his Department. | | (49685) | 612
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure it keeps full and accurate financial records. | | (49774) | 613
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the report by the Metropolitan Police Authority relating to the murder of Daniel Morgan will be made available to his family. | | (49577) | 614
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was allocated to Swindon from the Stronger Safer Communities Fund in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and how much is planned to be allocated in 2006-07. | | (49412) | 615
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accidents in the security links corridors at Feltham Young Offenders Institution have been experienced by prison officers responding to alarm bells in each of the past five years. | | (48621) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 616
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the nature was of the attack by hackers reported to have taken place before Christmas on the House's computer systems; what investigation has taken place into where the attack came from; what the result was of that investigation; what the extent was of the attack; and what measures have been taken to prevent further such attacks. | | (49593) | 617
N | Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on the progress being made in settling the dispute between the House's cleaning contractors and their employees. | | (49196) | 618
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps are being taken to mark Fair Trade Fortnight in the House. | | (49263) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 619
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had on a renewed and strengthened UN mandate on Darfur. | | (49086) | 620
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding he has supplied to the African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur; and whether he plans to allocate further funds. | | (49087) | 621
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received about the prevention by the Sudanese government of delivery of aid supplies to Darfur. | | (49183) | 622
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to meet representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo as head of the African Union. | | (49324) | 623
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department is liaising with non-governmental organisations operating in Afghanistan on reconstruction. | | (48930) | 624
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's priorities are for the (a) rebuilding of infrastructure and (b) establishment of criminal justice agencies in Afghanistan. | | (48931) | 625
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in dealing with the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. | | (47854) | 626
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49502) | 627
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48956) | 628
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much bilateral aid the UK spent in Rwanda in each of the past eight years for which records are available; and what the planned figures are for each of the next five years. | | (49217) | 629
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendation in paragraph 3 of the UN General Assembly resolution A/60/L.2 on the World Programme of Action for Youth, relating to Youth and the Millennium Development Goals. | | (49219) | 630
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the contracts let by his Department to external consultants that were subsequently sub-let in each of the past five years; and what the value was of each (a) original and (b) sub-let contract. | | (49220) | 631
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK position is on (a) investment, (b) public procurement and (c) competition policy within the economic partnership agreements between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries; and if he will make a statement on the progress made in negotiations of these issues during the UK presidency of the EU. | | (49221) | 632
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK position is on trade liberalisation conditions of the economic partnership agreements between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries; and if he will make a statement on the progress made in negotiations of these issues during the UK presidency of the EU. | | (49222) | 633
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to make copies of the Commission for Africa Report available in Africa. | | (49223) | 634
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what presentations were undertaken by the Commission for Africa in the run-up to the G8 summit; in which country each presentation took place; and what the date was of each presentation. | | (49224) | 635
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial remuneration was paid by his Department to each Commissioner of the Commission for Africa; and what the (a) amount and (b) purpose was of each payment. | | (49225) | 636
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of his Department's catering budget was spent on fair trade produce in the last period for which figures are available. | | (49238) | 637
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of fair trade produce for consumption on its premises. | | (49273) | 638
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with UK commercial airlines on the carriage of aid collected in the UK to Pakistan as part of the relief effort following the earthquake in Kashmir in October 2005. | | (49276) | 639
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) financial and (b) food aid the United Kingdom has given to (i) Sierra Leone and (ii) the Ivory Coast since 1997. | | (49414) | 640
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made on the scale of food shortages in Chechnya and Ingushetia; and if he will make a statement. | | (49669) | 641
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken with (a) UN partners, (b) EU governments, (c) the US Administration and (d) other donor governments to ensure comprehensive sexuality education remains part of HIV prevention programmes. | | (48812) | 642
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken with (a) UN partners, (b) EU governments, (c) the US Administration and (d) other donor governments to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health supplies, including condoms, remains part of global HIV programming. | | (48813) | 643
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's total bilateral aid spending was to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS in 2004-05, broken down by sector. | | (48814) | 644
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken with (a) UN partners, (b) EU governments, (c) the US Administration and (d) other donor governments to ensure the linkage between sexual and reproductive health and HIV information and services is promoted as part of HIV programming. | | (48815) | 645
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to raise the profile of linked sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV/AIDS funding, policies and services to combat HIV/AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session 2006. | | (48816) | 646
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the withdrawal of the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria from Myanmar. | | (48944) | 647
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that money pledged to the global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria is spent where it is intended. | | (48945) | 648
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been pledged by the UK to the global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria; how much of that funding has been delivered; and if he will make a statement. | | (48946) | 649
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) generic and (b) brand-name drugs have been approved for use in schemes financed by the global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria; and if he will make a statement. | | (48947) | 650
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on distributing the 241 million dollars allocated by the global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to schemes to fight HIV/AIDS in India. | | (48948) | 651
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated to tackling eclampsia in Africa in 2005-06. | | (49079) | 652
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to reduce corruption in sub-Saharan Africa. | | (49080) | 653
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to strengthen property rights in Africa. | | (49081) | 654
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on progress towards the establishment of an EU trust fund for Africa. | | (49595) | 655
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK has provided to Bolivia following the recent flooding; and if he will make a statement. | | (49596) | 656
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid the UK has given to Haiti in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (49597) | 657
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of remittances sent by migrants to their families in the developing world on reducing poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (49665) | 658
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department takes to assist states facing food shortages due to locusts. | | (49666) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 659
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken by Invest Northern Ireland to offer assistance and retraining to the employees at Farm Fed Chickens following the announcement by the company on Friday 27th January. | | (48529) | 660
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken by Invest Northern Ireland to ensure viable long-term employment opportunities are being introduced to the East Londonderry constituency. | | (48530) | 661
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average daily number of vehicles using the M2 Motorway outbound between Belfast and (a) Sandyknowes junction, (b) Sandyknowes junction and the A26 junction and (c) the A26 junction and the Toome bypass was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (48531) | 662
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average number of vehicles using the Londonderry/Limavady main road through Ballykelly village was in each of the last five years. | | (48532) | 663
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average bed occupancy rate was for each of Northern Ireland's acute hospitals during 2005. | | (48533) | 664
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what publicly-funded assistance is available for young tennis players based in Northern Ireland. | | (49150) | 665
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost was to public funds of supporting each institution set up to offer hospice care in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (49151) | 666
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) environmental and (b) historical protection there is against inappropriate developments adjacent to Dungiven Castle, County Londonderry. | | (49152) | 667
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people over the age of 80 years there are in Northern Ireland; and how many he estimates there will be in 2016. | | (49153) | 668
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take to ensure that as many households as possible in Northern Ireland have working smoke alarms. | | (49154) | 669
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the location is of each Northern Ireland Development Agency office; what the annual running cost was of each in the last period for which figures are available; and how much (a) inward investment each attracted and (b) trade each produced for Northern Ireland in that period. | | (48921) | 670
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49501) | 671
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many part-time fire-fighters applied to become full-time fire-fighters in each Northern Ireland Fire Service station in each of the last five years; and how many of those applications were successful. | | (49106) | 672
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by what means the Government has been monitoring how grant aid allocated from public expenditure to Shorts/Bombardier in the last five years has been spent by the company. | | (49147) | 673
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48955) | 674
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training has been provided to local councils on the use of anti-social behaviour orders in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years; and what the cost of the training was in each year. | | (48718) | 675
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to introduce in Northern Ireland the measures contained in the Children's Food Bill. | | (49033) | 676
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce a chewing gum tax in Northern Ireland. | | (49035) | 677
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on the involvement of individuals associated with paramilitary organisations in community based restorative justice projects. | | (49303) | 678
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many farming households in Northern Ireland were living below the Government low-income threshold in each year since 1996-97. | | (49171) | 679
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the internal guidance on the assessment and valuation of domestic properties produced by the Valuation and Lands Agency for the rates revaluation in Northern Ireland. | | (49815) | 680
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many defibrillators there are in public places in each district council area in the Province. | | (49317) | 681
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many trained first responders there are in each district council area in the Province. | | (49318) | 682
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether staff grade and associate specialist doctors in the Province will be covered by a national contract for their grades. | | (49319) | 683
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on access to NHS dentists in the Newry and Kilkeel area. | | (49320) | 684
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the closure of the Lee Hestia Association Ltd/Novas Ouvertures Group Ltd Hostel at 3-7 Brunswick St, Belfast. | | (49321) | 685
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses in the Province who have left the NHS in each of the last 10 years; and what assessment he has made of the reasons why nurses in the Province leave the NHS before the age of retirement. | | (49322) | 686
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the likely costs of developing and sustaining seven new health commissioning bodies in the Province. | | (49323) | 687
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the final cost of the Review of Mental Health and Learning Disability. | | (49354) | 688
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase the number of crisis response mental health teams across the Province. | | (49355) | 689
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money was spent by each district council in the Province on floral displays in the last 12 months. | | (49356) | 690
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the responses to the recent consultation on new post-primary admissions criteria for Northern Ireland supported the retention of academic selection. | | (49357) | 691
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what costs were incurred by the Sperrin Lakeland Trust as a result of the severance package of the former Chief Executive of the Trust. | | (49358) | 692
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on rehabilitation services in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (49359) | 693
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average length of stay in hospital in the Province was in each of the last 10 years. | | (49383) | 694
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the merits of making the influenza vaccine available to ercephalomyelitis ME sufferers in the Province. | | (49384) | 695
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time is for a routine initial ophthalmology (a) outpatient and (b) inpatient assessment at each health trust in the Province that offers the service. | | (49385) | 696
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent in each of the last 10 years on measures to prevent road traffic accidents in the Province. | | (49386) | 697
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to increase the number of cognitive therapists in the Province. | | (49387) | 698
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children resident in Strangford constituency travel outside the constituency to attend grammar school. | | (49388) | 699
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adults in the province are deemed to be functionally illiterate, broken down by (a) Northern Ireland local government district and (b) Parliamentary constituency. | | (49389) | 700
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children living in the province are estimated to be living in poverty, broken down by (a) Northern Ireland local government district and (b) Parliamentary constituency. | | (49390) | 701
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the work of the Reconnect-acquired brain injury rehabilitation unit in Castlereagh; how much funding the unit has received from Government in each of the last three years; and how much funding has been allocated to the unit for the next three years. | | (49391) | 702
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients from (a) Northern Ireland, (b) the Irish Republic and (c) elsewhere have received radiotherapy treatment at Belfast City Hospital in each of the last six months. | | (49392) | 703
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in the Province receive disablement pensions. | | (49393) | 704
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on development plans for the Ulster Hospital at Dundonald. | | (49395) | 705
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the trend in the number of general practitioners in Northern Ireland continuing to practise beyond the age of 65 years. | | (49396) | 706
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of school property in Northern Ireland for community activities outside school hours. | | (49397) | 707
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase paediatric cardiology provision in the Province. | | (49398) | 708
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many females (a) aged 16 and (b) 15 years or less have received contraceptive injections or implants in the Province in each of the last three years. | | (49399) | 709
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase inpatient dental surgery provision in Northern Ireland for individuals with complex needs. | | (49400) | 710
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to extend services for the treatment of intravenous drug users in the Province. | | (49401) | 711
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the health trusts in the Province with mobile radiotherapy equipment. | | (49402) | 712
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the cost of the Review of Mental Health and Learning Disability to date. | | (49403) | 713
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed in rehabilitation services in the Province; and how much has been spent on training rehabilitation staff in each of the last three years. | | (49404) | 714
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost of a hospital day case procedure was in each health trust in the Province in 2004-05. | | (49405) | 715
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost of an elective inpatient hospital procedure was in each health trust in the Province in 2004-05. | | (49406) | 716
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost of an NHS hospital procedure was in each health trust in the Province in 2004-05. | | (49407) | 717
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many day case procedures were conducted in 2004-05 in each health trust in the Province. | | (49408) | 718
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average number of operations performed by a whole time equivalent consultant surgeon was in each health trust in the Province in 2004-05. | | (49409) | 719
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many operations were performed in each health trust in the Province in 2004-05. | | (49410) | 720
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on levels of organised crime in Northern Ireland. | | (49365) | 721
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Government's plans are for a phasing out of industrial de-rating in Northern Ireland; and what the average estimated increase is in non-domestic rates for an industrial business as a result. | | (49268) | 722
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list of the (a) value significant codes and (b) property attribute types the computer assisted mass appraisal system being used in the Northern Ireland rates revaluation has the capacity to store and evaluate. | | (49270) | 723
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate the Government has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of households whose rates bills will (i) increase, (ii) decrease and (iii) remain the same under the planned rates revaluation and shift to discrete capital values. | | (49345) | 724
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to each education board area of implementing the 24/27 entitlement framework. | | (49622) | 725
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by Durham University on the pilot of the proposed pupil profile. | | (49623) | Questions to the Prime Minister 726
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the United Nations on whether Mr Victor Bout should be on a list of those subject to planned UN sanctions on arms trafficking; and if he will make a statement. | | (49806) | 727
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Office's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49500) | 728
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Prime Minister, how much was spent on his Office's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48953) | 729
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 30th January 2006, Official Report, column 64W, on torture, and his oral Answer of 7th December 2005, Official Report, column 862, whether his statement that the US does not condone torture was intended to exclude other acts of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment set out in Article 16 of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. | | (48437) | 730
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Written Statement of 15th December 2005, Official Report, column 173WS, on the Wilson Doctrine, when he expects the Government to have finished considering the advice from the Interception of Communications Commissioner on the possible implications for the Wilson Doctrine of the regulatory framework for the interception of communications. | | (49256) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 731
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49499) | 732
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48969) | Questions to the Solicitor General 733
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48966) | 734
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Solicitor General, how many and what percentage of prosecutions in Hertfordshire were not completed in 2004-05. | | (49331) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 735
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent steps he has taken to promote (a) clean coal technology and (b) carbon sequestration. | | (49203) | 736
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the proposed restructuring of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the potential loss of UK scientific research capacity; and if he will make a statement. | | (49093) | 737
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure that UK power stations will not earn renewable obligation certificates by using palm oil as part of its fuel mix. | | (48363) | 738
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment the Government has made of the extent to which new investment has been withdrawn as a result of the EU ban on investing in state-owned enterprises. | | (48889) | 739
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what schemes his Department employs to encourage (a) inward investment and (b) international trade; and what the annual cost has been of each. | | (48922) | 740
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the running cost was of each UK Trade and Investment office in the last period for which figures are available; and how much (a) inward investment each attracted and (b) trade each produced for UK businesses in that period. | | (48923) | 741
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where each Regional Development Agency office is located; and how much (a) inward investment and (b) trade each brought to its region in the last period for which figures are available. | | (49155) | 742
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received since 1999 about changing the name of the Dyfed postal area to take account of new local authority areas since 1999. | | (49228) | 743
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49498) | 744
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much compensation for loss of power was paid to customers by each power company in each of the last five years. | | (49048) | 745
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research the Government is (a) commissioning and (b) sponsoring on the development of a hydrogen-based economy, with particular reference to the production of carbon-free electricity. | | (49343) | 746
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses (a) registered and (b) deregistered for VAT in each year in Ribble Valley since 1997. | | (49796) | 747
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48968) | 748
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce proposals to extend the provisions of the Equality Bill to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (49034) | 749
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) sub-post offices and (b) post offices there were in (i) Peterborough City Council unitary authority area and (ii) Peterborough constituency in each year since 1997. | | (49290) | 750
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the restrictions on the supply of fireworks since the coming into force of the Fireworks Regulations 2004. | | (49516) | 751
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value of imports was from Belarus to the UK in (a) 1997, (b) 2000 and (c) 2005. | | (49062) | 752
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of United Kingdom exports to Liechtenstein in 2005. | | (49298) | 753
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of UK exports to North Korea in (a) 1998 and (b) 2005. | | (49299) | 754
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of the UK's energy has been generated by tidal power in each year since 1997. | | (49442) | 755
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the potential of tidal power as an alternative to fossil fuels. | | (49443) | 756
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff work in his Deprtment's (a) the Employee Relations Directorate, (b) the European World Trade Directorate, (c) Finance and Resource Management and (d) the Energy Resources and Development Unit; and what the total salary costs in each case were in the last year for which figures are available. | | (49686) | 757
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the dates of the meetings officials of his Department have held with representatives of Bifrange UK Ltd in Sheffield in the last 12 months. | | (49077) | 758
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking with the European Commission to secure fair access to supplies of gas at competitive prices. | | (49785) | 759
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of whether speculation is distorting the market for gas prices. | | (49786) | 760
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list each (a) corporate administration, (b) receivership and (c) liquidation that started over 20 years ago but has not yet been completed. | | (49718) | 761
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation requiring companies to file a copy of their audit contract with the Registrar of Companies. | | (49719) | 762
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish his Department's report on Shell's oil and gas reserves. | | (49720) | 763
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what dates he (a) wrote to and (b) met with representatives of the recognised supervisory bodies in relation to their policies on ethnic monitoring and racial discrimination within the UK accountancy profession. | | (49721) | 764
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department will (a) undertake and (b) publish studies into the impact of frauds in the US at (i) Enron, (ii) WorldCom and (iii) Xerox on people in the UK. | | (49722) | 765
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will provide a list in relation to those cases where all proceedings are complete regarding the (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions for insider trading since 1997. | | (49723) | 766
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations his Department has made to the EU in response to its proposed investigation into Equitable Life. | | (49725) | 767
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation to break up the big four accountancy firms. | | (49726) | 768
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to comply with the EU Procurement Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (49727) | 769
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he will introduce legislation requiring companies to disclose annually the amount of their carbon dioxide emissions. | | (49728) | 770
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list each task force set up by his Department since 1997; who the members of each task force are; and with which businesses each non-departmental member is affiliated. | | (49729) | 771
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the trend in the number of business insolvencies. | | (49730) | 772
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation to ban credit card companies from issuing credit cards to anyone below the age of 18 years. | | (49731) | 773
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation requiring company employees to vote on all political donations made by their companies. | | (49732) | 774
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation under which large companies, as defined in the Companies Act 1985, would be required to contribute at least five per cent. of their profits to employees' pension schemes. | | (49733) | 775
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation requiring companies to disclose all donations made to (a) political organisations and (b) parliamentarians. | | (49734) | 776
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the minimum number of post office branches required by the Royal Mail to fulfil the terms of its universal service obligation. | | (49198) | 777
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will publish the compendium due on the Hong Kong World Trade Organisation meeting. | | (48817) | 778
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 13th October 2005, Official Report, column 561W, on WarnTone system, when he expects Ofcom to respond to the request for a test licence for the WarnTone system. | | (49301) | 779
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2006, Official Report, columns 289-90W, on mineworkers' compensation claims, which solicitors were retained by the Department for advice relating to mineworkers' compensation claims. | | (49515) | 780
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the regulation of international money transfer services. | | (49643) | 781
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with the Norwegian government regarding North Sea energy reserves; and if he will make a statement. | | (49644) | 782
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of first class letters posted in Leicester met Royal Mail's online delivery target in the last year for which figures are available. | | (49645) | 783
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received regarding charges for internet services provided by mobile telephone companies. | | (49646) | 784
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many estate agent businesses there were in each year since 1997 in (a) Leicester and (b) England. | | (49739) | 785
| Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations have been received on the proposed (a) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and (b) the Restrictions on Hazardous Substances Directive; what response the Government has made to those representations; and what estimate has been made of the (i) cost and (ii) other implications of implementation. | | (49578) | 786
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost to public funds was of building the (a) Trawsfynydd and (b) Wylfa nuclear power plants; and if he will make a statement. | | (49741) | 787
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much it cost to dispose of spent nuclear fuel in Wales from the (a) Trawsfynydd and (b) Wylfa nuclear power plants in each year since they were built; and if he will make a statement. | | (49742) | 788
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent from public funds on (a) purchasing and (b) moving uranium for use in the (i) Trawsfynydd and (ii) Wylfa nuclear power plants in each year since they were built; and if he will make a statement. | | (49743) | 789
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent from public funds on (a) moving spent fuel out of Wales and (b) disposing of nuclear fuel from the (i) Trawsfynydd and (ii) Wylfa nuclear power plants in each year since they were built; and if he will make a statement. | | (49744) | 790
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average annual energy consumption per household in Wales was in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (49746) | 791
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will reply to the letter dated 3rd November 2005 from Mr John Waterman, a constituent of the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey. | | (48400) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 792
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the environmental consequences arising from the loss at sea of the Ece and its cargo. | | (49202) | 793
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish the Regional Transport Board's advice on priorities regarding the proposed A21 Upgrade. | | (49266) | 794
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role (a) the South East England Development Agency, (b) the South East England Regional Assembly, (c) the Highways Agency, (d) the Environment Agency and (e) local councils will have in plans for an upgrade to the A21 in East Sussex. | | (49459) | 795
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Chief Executive of the South East England Development Agency regarding the proposed A21 upgrade between Flimwell and Robertsbridge. | | (49460) | 796
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Highways Agency has to rent out properties purchased under compulsory purchase orders along the A21 between Flimwell and Robertsbridge. | | (49462) | 797
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the South East England Regional Assembly Regional Transport Board's advice on priorities for road building projects in the South East. | | (49464) | 798
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations (a) have obtained secure station status, (b) had secure status withdrawn and (c) not sought secure station reaccreditation in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (49194) | 799
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial penalties are available when Network Rail fails to complete renewals on time. | | (49804) | 800
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives are in place to encourage Network Rail (a) to improve its efficiency and (b) to complete renewals expeditiously. | | (49809) | 801
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what actions he proposes to take in UK ports and airports in pursuance of the EU policy on critical infrastructure protection. | | (48801) | 802
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Virgin Cross Country regarding the use of untrained staff on strike days in the current dispute with the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union. | | (49763) | 803
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49497) | 804
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on the Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48967) | 805
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department plans to establish a working party involving interested parties to examine the regulations surrounding the licensing of limousines and stretch limousines. | | (48950) | 806
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from his Department Peterborough City Council unitary authority has received for its road budget in each year since 1997. | | (49285) | 807
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help British transport companies to compete with foreign counterparts. | | (49059) | 808
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons trees have been felled on both sides of the M1 motorway south of junction 9; and if he will make a statement. | | (48401) | 809
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) roadworks and (b) new road construction is planned in the vicinity of junction 9 of the M1 motorway over the next two years; how long such work will last; whether it will involve M1 lane closures; and if he will make a statement. | | (48402) | 810
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action he intends to take to tackle the uneven surface of the M181 motorway; in what timescale; and if he will make a statement. | | (48404) | 811
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving the closure of the M1 motorway in (a) either and (b) both directions between junctions 1 and 32 have occurred in (i) 2001, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005. | | (48406) | 812
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department has issued regarding the use of overhead electronic gantry signs on motorways for messages other than those related to relevant traffic conditions; and if he will make a statement. | | (49050) | 813
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the public consultation on mixed-mode at Heathrow Airport will (a) start and (b) finish. | | (48943) | 814
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that funding for the policing of the railways continues to be provided solely by the railway industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (48365) | 815
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the five largest bus companies in the last eight months. | | (48807) | 816
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list meetings he has held with (a) passenger transport authorities and (b) passenger transport executives in the last eight months. | | (48808) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 817
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49512) | 818
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what matters relating to (a) the Probation Service and (b) the Prison Service in Wales are devolved. | | (48979) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 819
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality of management information and (b) appraisal of effectiveness within his Department. | | (49514) | 820
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of children were living in families which received below 60 per cent. of median household income in (a) England, (b) each English region, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in 2004-05. | | (49189) | 821
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many industrial (a) injuries and (b) fatalities occurred in UK (i) nuclear, (ii) coal-fired and (iii) gas-fired power stations in each year since 1990. | | (49215) | 822
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many industrial (a) injuries and (b) fatalies have occurred in UK (i) coal mines and (ii) oil and gas extraction, refining and storage facilities has been since 1990. | | (49227) | 823
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the acts of vandalism which have been perpetrated (a) inside and (b) on the outside of his Department's buildings in the last 12 months. | | (49513) | 824
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of eligible pensioners have received the winter fuel payment in each year since 2003. | | (49049) | 825
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects payment for maintenance arrears for (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 to be made to Miss Jones of Birkenhead. | | (48441) | 826
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on his Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (48951) | 827
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department has set to ensure that claims for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support and (c) incapacity benefit are paid at the earliest possible date after the initial claim has been made. | | (48977) | 828
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure benefits are paid to claimants in the Chesham and Amersham constituency as quickly as possible after a claim is made. | | (48978) | 829
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the impact on the extent of financial exclusion has been of the introduction of the scheme to enable lenders to recover debts through deduction from benefits. | | (49261) | 830
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per participant is in Pathway to Work pilots. | | (49302) | 831
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish the next annual progress report on the objectives set out in Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People. | | (49789) | 832
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action his Department has taken to place disabled children and their families on equal terms with non-disabled children and their families in the 10-year Strategy for Childcare, as recommended by the report by the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People. | | (49790) | 833
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the £360 million announced in his statement on the Welfare Reform Green Paper is to be spent; from which budgets this sum has been drawn; and over what period of time it is to be allocated. | | (49799) | 834
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Green Paper on Welfare Reform, what proportion of the one million incapacity benefits recipients that he estimates can be returned to work over a decade he expects to be (a) new claimants and (b) existing claimants. | | (49800) | 835
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's estimate is of the average cost of undertaking a medical examination for the personal capability assessment. | | (49801) | 836
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's estimate is of the cost to date of personal adviser time per work-focused interview in Pathways to work pilot areas. | | (49802) | 837
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the numbers returning to work each year (a) in current Pathways to work pilot areas and (b) when the scheme is fully operational. | | (49803) | 838
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are using the Post Office Card Account to withdraw their benefits and pensions; and how many people the Government estimates will be using the Post Office Card Account by the end of (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. | | (48941) | 839
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in receipt of benefit, including pensioners, who are not within a 30-minute public transport journey to a bank. | | (48942) | 840
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) compulsory and (b) voluntary redundancies are expected as a result of the development of Bowback House in Milton Keynes. | | (48798) | 841
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with representatives of general practitioners regarding developing their role in supporting patients' return to work; whether these discussions have included proposals for general practitioners to monitor patients' suitability for incapacity benefit; and when he expects to publish the range of initiatives to provide the support to general practitioners necessary to assist patients in returning to work as described in paragraph 2.19 of the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. | | (49534) | 842
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a staff survey has been conducted (a) in London and (b) in the UK on the number of community languages staff speak at work to assist customers. | | (48982) | 843
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual cost of Language Line has been in each of the last five years, broken down by region. | | (48983) | 844
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used in making decisions on the (a) number and (b) location of benefit-processing centres in London. | | (48984) | 845
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the departmental target is for the time taken to process a benefit application when a customer requires language support or documentation from other Government departments; and how many days applications took in the last period for which figures are available. | | (48985) | 846
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to (a) Questions 38885, 38991 and 38992 on the Child Support Agency and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service tabled on 19th December 2005, (b) Question 41897 on the numbers of people employed at the Child Support Agency, Jobcentre Plus and other agencies tabled on 10th January 2006 and (c) Question 44602 on Child Support Agency assessments tabled on 17th January 2006. | | (48906) | 847
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) St Albans were in arrears in each year between 1997 and 2005. | | (49333) | 848
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of incapacity benefit in St Albans had their benefit reduced in each of the last five years, broken down by reason; and if he will make a statement. | | (49334) | 849
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in St Albans claimed incapacity benefit in each year since 1997; and what proportion of the working age population in the constituency the figure represents in each year. | | (49335) | 850
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce legislation requiring companies who have taken a pensions contribution holiday since 1997 to make the payments not made. | | (49724) | 851
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the pension protection fund levy on small businesses. | | (48803) | 852
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the current rules of eligibility for the Financial Assistance Scheme before 2007-08. | | (49336) | 853
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of changes in annuity returns on the ability of the Financial Assistance Scheme to achieve the best outcomes for members of eligible schemes. | | (49337) | 854
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the status is of the guaranteed minimum pension rights of those individuals covered by the Financial Assistance Scheme. | | (49338) | 855
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the numbers of people that will be eligible for the Financial Assistance Scheme under the existing rules. | | (49339) | 856
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the three pilot schemes his Department plans to operate during February to test the approaches for moving recipients of pensions and benefits away from Post Office Card Accounts. | | (49232) | 857
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the criteria his Department will use to select recipients of pension and benefits to be contacted during the three pilot schemes that his Department are operating during February to test the approaches for moving recipients of pensions and benefits away from Post Office Card Accounts; and if he will place in the Library copies of the letters or leaflets his Department sends to those selected. | | (49265) | 858
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments of (a) state pension, (b) pension credit and (c) other benefits are made each week to (i) Post Office card accounts, (ii) basic bank accounts and (iii) other bank accounts in (1) the UK, (2) Argyll and Bute constituency and (3) each region. | | (49344) | 859
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department has been of a participant in the Pathway to Work pilots since the scheme was introduced. | | (49366) | 860
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency (CSA) has raised under the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 and the Child Support Act 1991 as a result of empowering employers to collect an additional fee of £1 to help defray the costs of administering each CSA order; and if he will make a statement. | | (48717) | 861
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness amongst entitled people of the means-tested benefits for which they are eligible. | | (49611) | 862
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to switch from current occupational or private pension schemes into the proposed National Pension Savings Scheme, if it is implemented. | | (49580) | 863
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the persistency levels for (a) regular premium personal pensions and (b) group and individual personal pensions was in each of the last 10 years. | | (49582) | 864
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research into the likely levels of persistency if a national pension savings scheme were to be established as proposed in the Pensions Commission Report. | | (49583) | 865
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those placed on the holding benefit referred to in the Green Paper on reform of incapacity benefit are expected to be entitled to free prescriptions. | | (49078) | 866
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wales are (a) entitled to council tax benefits and (b) receiving council tax benefits; and if he will make a statement. | | (49747) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 867
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that all ministerial cars are converted to run on an 85 per cent. biofuel blend as soon as is practically possible. | | [Transferred] (49589) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 868
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who would claim one per cent. tax relief in (a) the initial year and (b) subsequent years if the proposed National Pension Savings Scheme were implemented. | | [Transferred] (49579) | 869
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research into the likely impact on economic growth in the UK of the National Pension Savings Scheme proposed in the Pensions Commission's second report. | | [Transferred] (49581) |
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